J. Cole - Sideline Story

I put my heart and soul in this
game I’m feelin’ drained
Unappreciated unalleviated
Tired of comin’ up short
fuck abbreviated
Want my whole name spelled out
my own pain spilled out
No pain no gain
I blow brains Cobain
Throw flames Liu Kang the
coach ain’t help out
So I call my own shots
I’m David Blaine
I’m breakin’ out of my
own box you stay the same
But homie if you change
man you change for the better
Back when Martin King had a
thing for Coretta
Wonder if she seen all the
dreams he was dreamin’
Did she have a clue of all the
schemes he was schemin’
Still loved him just enough to
put up with the cheatin’
Months go by and only
see him for a weekend
I say a prayer hope
my girl ain’t leavin’
We all got angels
we all got demons
As you fall through the club
Bad bitches down to do
all the above
Money comes fast so bein’
hungry don’t last
Till you look in the mirror and
you saw who you was
Cole World it couldn’t be
more clearer
The time is now
couldn’t be more herer
My reign gonna last like 3 4 eras
Say hello to the real
I can be your hero
Hey I’mma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain’t lookin’ back
I knew they gone feel it like
they tank on E I promise baby
you can bet the bank on me
Cause ain’t nobody tell me why
I ain’t gonna be no more
Thinking I’mma fall
don’t be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sidelines
Up in 1st class laugh even
though it’s not funny
See a white man wonder
how the fuck I got money
While he sit at coach hate to
see me walk past em
Young black pants sag
headphones blastin
Know what he askin
how did he manage
With all the cards against him
he used them to his advantage
Slang we be speakin’ probably
soundin’ like Spanish
Then I fuck they heads up
when a nigga show manners
Some New York niggas thought it
was funny callin’ us Bamma
Laughin’ at the grammar cause
they didn’t understand us
Must’ve thought we slow
but little do they know
I came up in here to take
advantage of that shit ya’ll
take for granted
Opportunity that I would kill for
Lookin’ at rappers like
what the fuck you got a deal for
When I was assed out
with my funds low
It’s nice to know I had the
whole world at my front door
Hey I’mma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain’t lookin’ back
I knew they gone feel it like
they tank on E I promise baby
you can bet the bank on me
Cause ain’t nobody tell me why
I ain’t gonna be no more
Thinking I’mma fall
don’t be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sidelines
I made it to the Roc even
though they tried to box me out
I got the key to the game
they tried to lock me out
But what they don’t understand
is this is all plan
It’s a bigger picture and you
can’t photoshop me out
Some nigga ask me why
Jay never shout me out
Like I’m supposed to give a fuck
Don’t you know that
I be out in France
Where the fans throw they
hands like Pacquiao
Not cause my looks cause my
hooks could knock Rocky out
And my lines is designed
from the heart
Young Simba been a lion
from the start
Dumb nigga’s ya’ll been lyin
from the start
My life’s like a movie truly
And these niggas is
dyin’ for the part
But you’ll never play me like
LeBron vs Jordan
Twenty years wonder who they
gone say was more important
Both changed the game came
through and made a lane
Who’s to say that who’s
greater all we know
they ain’t the same
Hey I’mma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain’t lookin’ back
I knew they gone feel it like
they tank on E I promise baby
you can bet the bank on me
Cause ain’t nobody tell me why
I ain’t gonna be no more
Thinking I’mma fall
don’t be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sidelines
I put my heart and soul in this
game I’m feelin’ drained
Unappreciated unalleviated
Tired of comin’ up short
fuck abbreviated
Want my whole name spelled out
my own pain spilled out
No pain no gain
I blow brains Cobain
Throw flames Liu Kang the
coach ain’t help out
So I call my own shots
I’m David Blaine
I’m breakin’ out of my
own box you stay the same
But homie if you change
man you change for the better
Back when Martin King had a
thing for Coretta
Wonder if she seen all the
dreams he was dreamin’
Did she have a clue of all the
schemes he was schemin’
Still loved him just enough to
put up with the cheatin’
Months go by and only
see him for a weekend
I say a prayer hope
my girl ain’t leavin’
We all got angels
we all got demons
As you fall through the club
Bad bitches down to do
all the above
Money comes fast so bein’
hungry don’t last
Till you look in the mirror and
you saw who you was
Cole World it couldn’t be
more clearer
The time is now
couldn’t be more herer
My reign gonna last like 3 4 eras
Say hello to the real
I can be your hero
Hey I’mma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain’t lookin’ back
I knew they gone feel it like
they tank on E I promise baby
you can bet the bank on me
Cause ain’t nobody tell me why
I ain’t gonna be no more
Thinking I’mma fall
don’t be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sidelines
Up in 1st class laugh even
though it’s not funny
See a white man wonder
how the fuck I got money
While he sit at coach hate to
see me walk past em
Young black pants sag
headphones blastin
Know what he askin
how did he manage
With all the cards against him
he used them to his advantage
Slang we be speakin’ probably
soundin’ like Spanish
Then I fuck they heads up
when a nigga show manners
Some New York niggas thought it
was funny callin’ us Bamma
Laughin’ at the grammar cause
they didn’t understand us
Must’ve thought we slow
but little do they know
I came up in here to take
advantage of that shit ya’ll
take for granted
Opportunity that I would kill for
Lookin’ at rappers like
what the fuck you got a deal for
When I was assed out
with my funds low
It’s nice to know I had the
whole world at my front door
Hey I’mma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain’t lookin’ back
I knew they gone feel it like
they tank on E I promise baby
you can bet the bank on me
Cause ain’t nobody tell me why
I ain’t gonna be no more
Thinking I’mma fall
don’t be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sidelines
I made it to the Roc even
though they tried to box me out
I got the key to the game
they tried to lock me out
But what they don’t understand
is this is all plan
It’s a bigger picture and you
can’t photoshop me out
Some nigga ask me why
Jay never shout me out
Like I’m supposed to give a fuck
Don’t you know that
I be out in France
Where the fans throw they
hands like Pacquiao
Not cause my looks cause my
hooks could knock Rocky out
And my lines is designed
from the heart
Young Simba been a lion
from the start
Dumb nigga’s ya’ll been lyin
from the start
My life’s like a movie truly
And these niggas is
dyin’ for the part
But you’ll never play me like
LeBron vs Jordan
Twenty years wonder who they
gone say was more important
Both changed the game came
through and made a lane
Who’s to say that who’s
greater all we know
they ain’t the same
Hey I’mma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain’t lookin’ back
I knew they gone feel it like
they tank on E I promise baby
you can bet the bank on me
Cause ain’t nobody tell me why
I ain’t gonna be no more
Thinking I’mma fall
don’t be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sidelines

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