Sideline Story-J. Cole

[00:00.00] 作词 : J. Cole/Kingsley Swan/Suzanne Swan [00:00.02] 作曲 : J. Cole/Kingsley Swan/Suzanne Swan [00:00.05]I put my heart and soul in this game, I'm feelin' drained [00:03.32]Unappreciated, unalleviated [00:05.86]Tired of comin' up short, **** abbreviate [00:08.40]Want my whole name spelled out, my own pain spilled out [00:11.37]No pain, no gain, I blow brains, Cobain [00:14.05]Throw flames, Liu Kang, the coach ain't help out, so I call my own shots [00:18.20]I'm David Blaine, I'm breakin' out of my own box, you stay the same [00:21.96]But homie if you change, may you change for the better [00:24.78]Back when Martin King had a thing for Coretta [00:27.39]Wonder if she seen all the dreams he was dreamin' [00:30.27]Did she have a clue of all the schemes he was schemin' [00:32.87]Still loved him just enough to put up with the cheatin' [00:35.52]Months go by and only see him for a weekend [00:38.41]I say a prayer, hope my girl ain't leavin' [00:40.84]We all got angels, we all got demons [00:44.24]As you fall through the club [00:46.32]Bad niggas down to do all the abov [00:48.95]Money comes fast so bein' hungry don't last [00:51.48]Till you look in the mirror and you saw who you was [00:54.67]Cole World, it couldn't be more clearer [00:57.09]The time is now, couldn't be more herer [00:59.80]My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras [01:02.25]Say hello to the real, I can be your hero [01:05.52]Hey, I'mma put us all on the map [01:07.90]Gone and I ain't lookin' back [01:09.91]I know they gone feel it like they tank on E [01:12.54]I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me [01:15.32]Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more [01:18.63]You thinking I'mma fall, don't be so sure [01:21.80]I wish somebody made guidelines [01:24.73]On how to get up off the sidelines [01:26.73]Up in 1st class, laugh even though it's not funny [01:29.45]See a white man wonder how the **** I got mone [01:32.24]While he sit at coach, hate to see me walk past 'im [01:35.06]Young black pants sag, headphones blastin' [01:37.78]Know what he askin', "how did he manage?" [01:40.28]"With all the cards against him, he used them to his advantage!" [01:43.00]Slang we be speakin' probably soundin' like Spanish [01:45.61]Then I **** they heads up when a nigga show manner [01:48.41]Some New York niggas thought it was funny callin' us 'Bam [01:51.11]Laughin' at the grammar cause they didn't understand us [01:53.80]Must've thought we slow, but little do they know [01:56.03]I came up in here to take advantage of that shit y'all take for grante [01:59.32]Opportunity that I would kill for [02:01.90]Lookin' at rappers like "what the **** you got a deal for?! [02:04.86]When I was assed out with my funds low [02:07.20]It's nice to know I had the whole world at my front door [02:10.45]Hey, I'mma put us all on the map [02:12.72]Gone and I ain't lookin' back [02:14.68]I know they gone feel it like they tank on E [02:17.33]I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me [02:19.94]Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more [02:23.41]You thinking I'mma fall, don't be so sure [02:26.81]I wish somebody made guidelines [02:29.62]On how to get up off the sidelines [02:31.52]I made it to the rack, even though they tried to box me out [02:34.51]I got the key to the game, they tried to lock me out [02:37.07]But what they don't understand is this is all plan [02:39.70]It's a bigger picture and you can't photoshop me out [02:42.57]Some niggas ask me why Jay never shout me ou [02:45.20]Like I'm supposed to give a **** [02:46.51]Don't you know that I be out in France [02:48.27]Where the fans throw they hands like Pacquiao [02:50.55]Not cause my looks, cause my hooks could knock Rocky out [02:53.37]And my lines is designed from the heart [02:55.58]Young Simba been a lion from the start [02:57.71]Dumb niggas, y'all been lyin from the star [02:59.77]My life's like a movie, truly [03:01.68]And these niggas is dyin' for the par [03:03.85]But, you'll never play me like LeBron vs. Jordan [03:06.59]Twenty years, wonder who they gone say was more important [03:09.39]Both changed the game, came through and made a lane [03:11.80]Who's to say that who's greater, all we know, they ain't the same [03:14.95]Hey, I'mma put us all on the map [03:17.60]Gone and I ain't lookin' back [03:19.39]I know they gone feel it like they tank on E [03:22.00]I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me [03:24.80]Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more [03:28.07]You thinking I'mma fall, don't be so sure [03:31.59]I wish somebody made guidelines [03:34.42]On how to get up off the sidelines [03:37.99]