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[ti:Fire Squad] |
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[ar:J. Cole] |
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Nigga why you actin' like a ho? |
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Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go |
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Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time |
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When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb |
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Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch |
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If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich? |
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Come here baby why you always insecure? |
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Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure |
| [00:43.040][Verse 1] |
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Ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest |
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A lotta niggas sat on the throne, I am the latest |
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I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants |
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I ain't afraid of you niggas, I'll end up fading you niggas |
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'Fore it's all said and done, this nigga need medicine |
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My uzi it weighed a ton, I need me a better gun |
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In fact I just might need two, cuz niggas say they the one |
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And I got something to prove |
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Forgive me lord here they come, BLAOOW |
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Nigga why you actin' like a ho? |
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Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go |
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Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time |
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When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb |
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Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch |
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If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich? |
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Come here baby why you always insecure? |
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Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure |
| [01:26.710][Verse 2] |
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My inhibitions, fighting my intuition |
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Premature premonition |
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Showin me the demoliton of these phony niggas |
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So ahead of my time |
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Even when I rhyme about the future I be reminiscing |
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You want the truth well come and listen |
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I'm like that time you bagged a dime |
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And checked ya phone and saw it was a number missing |
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As fate passes you by, half of you try |
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The other half of you fry, too high to actually fly |
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One day y'all have to decide, who you gon' be |
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A scary nigga or a nigga that's gon' rule like me |
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Keep it true like me, Cole you might be |
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Like the new Ice Cube, meets the new Ice-T |
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Meets 2 Live Crew, meets the new Spike Lee |
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Meets Bruce like Wayne, meets Bruce like Lee |
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Meets '02 Lil Wayne, in a new white tee |
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Meets KD, ain't no nigga that can shoot like me! BLAOOOW |
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Nigga why you actin' like a ho? |
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Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go |
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Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time |
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When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb |
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Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch |
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If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich? |
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Come here baby why you always insecure? |
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Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure |
| [02:32.600][Bridge] |
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(Who's the king?) |
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Came from the bottom nigga, with stains on my shirt |
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What you expected from me, I came from the dirt |
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(Who's the king?) |
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Money my motivator, the songs that I sing |
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Picture a peasant passin' from pawn to a King |
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You tell me ya still love me, if so then let me go |
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Will I return or will I burn, never know |
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Look in my eyes and see the future |
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But don't sugar coat it |
| [02:53.830][Verse 3] |
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Listen |
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History repeats itself and that's just how it goes |
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Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows |
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Same thing that my nigga Elvis did with Rock n Roll |
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Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and then Macklemore |
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While silly niggas argue over who gone snatch the crown |
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Look around my nigga white people have snatched the sound |
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This year I＊ll prolly go to the awards dappered down |
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Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile |
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I'm just playin', but all good jokes contain true shit |
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Same rope you climb up on, they'll hang you with |
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But not Jermaine, my aim too sick |
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I bang nigga, I came to bring the pain my brain too quick |
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You see how I maneuver this game, I ain't stupid |
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I recognize that life is a dream, and I dream lucid |
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And break the chains and change minds, one verse at a time |
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And claim too sick. And fuck it, if the shoe fits |
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Who's the king? |
| [03:39.850][Outro] |
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We all kings |
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(We all kings nigga) |
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Kings of ourselves first and foremost |
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(True) |
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While the people debate who's the king of this rap game |
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Here comes lil' ol' Jermaine |
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With every ounce of strength in his veins |
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To snatch the crown from whoever y'all think has it |
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But rather than place it on his head as soon as he grabs it |
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Poof, boom, paow, it's like magic |
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With a flash and a BANG the crown disintegrates |
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And falls to the Earth from which it came |
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It's done |
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Ain't gonna be no more kings |
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Be wary of any man that claims |
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Because deep down he clings onto the need for power |
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But in reality he's a coward |
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Ultimately he's scared to die |
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And sometimes so am I |
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But when I'm in tune with the most high |
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I realize |
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The fear lies in my lack of awareness of the other side |
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Today I know that we are the same |
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Are the same, you and I |
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Different kind of skin, different set of eyes |
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Two different minds, but only one God |
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(It's only one God nigga) |
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It's for all the kings |
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Cause deep down I know every poet just wanna be loved |
