J. Cole - The Climb Back (Official Audio)
[00:23.71] Are you doin' this work to facilitate growth or to become famous?
[00:24.46] Which is more important?
[00:25.21] You can do anything, anything you can do (You can do anything)
[00:25.96] Getting or letting go?
[00:26.21] You can do anything, anything you can do (You can do anything)
[00:32.71] Everything come back around full circle
[00:35.96] Why do lies sound pleasant, but the truth hurtful?
[00:38.96] Everybody gotta cry once in a while
[00:43.71] But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
[00:45.21] This is that come-back-to-life shit
[00:46.46] My niggas pick me up and we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift
[00:50.46] And paint the town red for my nigga found dead too soon (Bitch, I'm back out...)
[00:56.21] Yeah
[00:56.71] To the left of that decimal, I need seven figures to play the joint
[00:58.96] Turn up your decibels, peep how I decimate a joint
[01:01.71] Check out my projects like them workers that Section 8 appoints
[01:05.21] And you'll see how I flipped like exclamation points
[01:07.96] My niggas shoot first as if they never played the point, more two guards
[01:11.96] Enough straps to fill four U-Hauls
[01:13.96] More death than World War II caused
[01:16.46] Around these parts we pour the brown just to drown these thoughts
[01:19.96] Of black corpses in county morgues, Lord, those images hauntin'
[01:23.71] I ain't been asleep yet, it's ten in the mornin'
[01:26.46] I'm sendin' a warnin', a problem with me is like the BET Hip-Hop Awards
[01:31.96] I'm startin' to see you niggas don't want it
[01:32.46] I'm sick of this flauntin', from niggas I know for sure ain't got mo' dough than Cole
[01:34.71] Trash rappers, ass backwards, tryna go toe-to-toe
[01:37.71] We laugh at ya, staff strapped up on top the totem pole to blast at ya
[01:41.71] Bassmasters, look how they tote a pole
[01:43.96] Gotta know the ropes and the protocol
[01:45.71] Or they gon' for sure blow your clothes half off like a promo code
[01:49.71] Made a lil' tune called "Foldin Clothes," and a nigga still ain't known to fold under pressure
[01:54.21] Well, you know what Cole do
[01:55.96] Make a diamond, they just rhymin', me, I'm quotin' gold
[01:58.46] One phone call get you canceled like a homophobe in this PC culture
[02:02.71] Address me as the G.O.A.T. like they call Chief Keef Sosa
[02:05.96] In my sectional like a fuckin' three-piece sofa
[02:09.21] I'm known as the chosen one
[02:10.46] Another dead body lay frozen, that's how it go sometimes
[02:12.96] When niggas weighin' coke and not the pros and cons
[02:17.21] Well, I ain't with that sleepin' underground like a gopher, so I go for mines
[02:21.46] Everything come back around full circle (Nigga, gotta go for mines)
[02:22.21] Why do lies sound pleasant, but the truth hurtful? (Yeah)
[02:24.71] Everybody gotta cry once in a while
[02:29.46] But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
[02:33.96] This is that come-back-to-life shit
[02:34.46] My niggas pick me up and we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift
[02:36.46] And paint the town red for my nigga found dead too soon
[02:40.46] Now I know why they call it blue moon (Yeah)
[02:43.21] Survival at all costs, every day, niggas get logged off
[02:44.96] Bodies get hauled off
[00:00.00] Passin' a funeral procession while holdin' my breath in the car, I thought
[00:00.00] At times, it be feelin' the devil be winnin' but do that mean God lost?
[00:00.00] Just got off the phone with my nigga, he back in the kennel, my dog lost
[00:00.00] I brought him 'round close to me before but he
[00:00.00] Became addicted to clout and all the hoes we'd meet
[00:00.00] I slowly peeped jealousy on his breath whenever he spoke to me
[00:00.00] Like on the low, he feelin' that in my shoes is where he supposed to be
[00:00.00] I tried to ignore the signs, but they're in the back of my mind
[00:00.00] It felt like lettin' a nigga come sleep on your couch and he eatin' up all yo' groceries
[00:00.00] My nigga repeated this quote to me, I felt its potency
[00:00.00] Said, "Most of these niggas gon' hang themselves, just give 'em the rope and see"
[00:00.00] Shit, I heeded that, and what got showed to me
[00:00.00] Was screamin' that, some niggas, you gotta leave 'em back
[00:00.00] Unfortunately we seen the trap
[00:00.00] Niggas be on that demon clock resultantly
[00:00.00] They fiend to clap as often as the Genius app misquotin' me, uh
[00:00.00] Meanwhile, I see that yo' diamonds is glistenin'
[00:00.00] I'm glad that you shinin', but need I remind you my niggas is dimin' and nickelin'?
[00:00.00] Scrapin' up whatever coin they can find, the pettiest crime, they committin' it
[00:00.00] Just to get by for a limited time, the steepest of mountains, they tryin' to climb
[00:00.00] I'm here tryna find the derivative, you niggas don't feel me
[00:00.00] You see the clout, you don't see the real me
[00:00.00] If I was sick, you niggas wouldn't heal me
[00:00.00] Therefore I'm healin' myself, gettin' in tune with my God
[00:00.00] Slowly revealin' myself, buildin' my wealth
[00:00.00] A nigga touch mine, I'ma kill 'em myself, trust me
[00:00.00] Everything come back around full circle
[00:00.00] Why do lies sound pleasant, but the truth hurtful?
[00:00.00] Everybody gotta cry once in a while
[00:00.00] But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
[00:00.00] This is that come-back-to-life shit
[00:00.00] My niggas pick me up and we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift
[00:00.00] And paint the town red for my nigga found dead too soon
[00:00.00] Now I know why they call it blue moon (Yeah)
[00:00.00] Bitch, I'm back outside, nigga
[00:00.00] I'm back outside
[00:00.00] I'm back outside
[00:00.00] I'm back outside
[00:00.00] Everybody mentions suicide prevention
[00:00.00] Man, they even made a hotline
[00:00.00] To call up when there's tension, but I got a question
[00:00.00] What about a fuckin' homicide?
[00:00.00] Need a number for my niggas to call
[00:00.00] Whenever there's a urge to get triggers involved
[00:00.00] Need a number for my niggas to call
[00:00.00] Whenever there's a urge to get triggers involved
