(Intro)
Hurt, to think that you lied to me
Hurt, way down deep inside of me

And it breaks my heart?

(Verse 1: J. Cole)

Get paid a pretty penny for my thoughts
I'm Hardaway with grammar, I'm hot
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he hand the rock

Or when he dishing the pill, or when he grippin' the steel
Bailing out my brother, tell the lawyer ?get the appeal?
With the flick of the pen write the check and he out

Two years later he be at my shows checking me out
Know he proud of lil bro and how my records be out
Flashbacks to childhood when he was deckin' me out

Now it's clear lil Maine is the best mc out
Hands down, flow water, can't drown
My flow father, go harder, Cole smarter

Shout out to fiends in Queens, I'm team no daughters

(Bridge)

I seen it all at this young age
The only thing left to do is die and hit front page
Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid

These hoes be poppin' pills, these ^!$$%s be poppin' %#@!, (*##$

(Hook)

Pac on the mic in his prime
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he writing a rhyme, boy
Kenny Lofton you feelin' my pace?

They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he stealin' the base
It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm $#&@ing them all
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he dunkin' the ball

And it breaks my heart
The world's a stage and I'm just playing my part


(Verse 2)
Just caught fire like a young Richard Pryor with unforgettable quotes
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when tellin' a joke, or when he's sellin' his dope

They tell the reverend ?Man, I rather get to heaven with !@%!e
Then live in hell and be broke?
Shout out to black man who beat the odds by yellin' for hope

Today he asked if I could Twitter y'all and tell you to vote
My ^!$$%, how could I, knowing what I know
It's a game of charades, masquerade for the dough

Read the teleprompter these ^!$$%s is actors on the low
Yeah I voted for the ^!$$% cause he got the best show
Like I got the best flow

On your mark, set, go
Mama got us out the hood but we still ghetto


(Bridge)
I seen it all at this young age
The only thing left to do is die and hit front page

Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid
These hoes be poppin' pills, these ^!$$%s be poppin' %#@!, (*##$


(Hook)
Pac on the mic in his prime
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he writing a rhyme, boy

Kenny Lofton you feelin' my pace?
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he stealin' the base
It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm $#&@ing them all

They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he dunkin' the ball
And it breaks my heart
The world's a stage and I'm just playing my part


(Verse 3: Young Jeezy)
I said, you wouldn't know the truth if it was right there in your face

See I can't explain the feeling when feds surround your place
In that PJ Rose, I drink that %#@! by the case
Like somebody pray for me, Reverend Run, Pastor Mase

See I do this for my homie he got caught with a soft eight
When I say a soft eight, yeah that's two less than ten
If they let him out today he gon' do it all again

Say he lost the first time it won't stop until he win
Street life will have you drunk, Im talkin serious Gin
Screamin' Scarface, but we all know how that ends
Every word is like dope, you can snort it like lines
If I said it, then I meant it, they reciting' every line

If I had to write a book, it would be the Life & Times
Every verse is that work, you can weight it like a nine
You see I lost a lot of ^!$$%s and it broke my heart
Life is staged I just play my part


(Hook)
Pac on the mic in his prime
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he writing a rhyme, boy
Kenny Lofton you feelin' my pace?
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he stealin' the base

It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm $#&@ing them all
They only care 'bout a ^!$$% when he dunkin' the ball
And it breaks my heart
The world's a stage and I'm just playing my part