J. Cole - High For Hours (Lyrics)
[00:02.03] This is called being high as shit, for hours
[00:07.87] That's the name of this song, nigga
[00:12.40] "High as Shit for Hours"
[00:18.77] Here we go, yeah
[00:20.10] American hypocrisy, oh, let me count the ways
[00:21.95] They came here seekin' freedom
[00:24.35] Then they end up ownin' slaves
[00:25.67] Justified it usin' Christianity which saves
[00:27.27] Religion don't mean shit, there's too much ego in the way
[00:29.66] That's why ISIS is a crisis
[00:31.52] But in reality this country do the same shit
[00:33.65] Take a life and call it righteous
[00:34.97] Remember when Bin Laden got killed, supposedly?
[00:37.10] In a hotel lobby after a show, was noticin'
[00:39.22] These white ladies watchin' CNN, coverin' the action
[00:41.88] They read the headline and then they all started clappin'
[00:44.81] As if LeBron had just scored a basket at the buzzer
[00:47.19] I stood there for a second
[00:50.12] Watched them high-five each other
[00:52.77] For real? I thought this was "Thou shalt not kill"
[00:54.36] But police still lettin' off on niggas in the Ville
[00:55.69] Claimin' that he reached for a gun
[00:56.76] They really think we dumb and got a death wish
[00:58.61] Now somebody's son is layin' breathless
[01:00.21] When I was a little boy my father lived in Texas
[01:02.07] Pulled up in Toyota, drove that bitch like it was Lexus
[01:04.99] Put my bag in his trunk and headed off for Dallas
[01:07.38] Out there for the summer, feelin' just like I was Alice
[01:09.77] Lost in the Wonderland where niggas still sufferin'
[01:12.16] Just like they was back home, and that's wrong
[01:15.08] So now it's "Fuck the government!"
[01:17.21] They see my niggas strugglin'
[01:18.54] And they don't give a fuck at all, and that's wrong, yeah
[01:21.20] The type of shit that make you wanna
[01:22.80] The type of shit that make you wanna let go
[01:25.74] The type of shit that make you wanna
[01:28.13] The type of shit that make you wanna let go
[01:30.26] I had a convo with the President, I paid to go and see him
[01:32.39] Thinkin' about the things I said I'd say when I would see him
[01:34.77] Feelin' nervous, sittin' in a room full of white folks
[01:37.17] Thinkin' about the black man plight, think I might choke
[01:40.08] Nope, raised my hand and asked a man a question
[01:42.76] Does he see the struggle of his brothers in oppression?
[01:45.16] And if so, if you got all the power in the clout
[01:47.01] As the President, what's keepin' you from helpin' niggas out?
[01:49.93] Well, I didn't say "nigga," but you catch my drift
[01:52.32] He looked me in my eyes and spoke and he was rather swift
[01:54.99] He broke the issues down
[01:57.38] And showed me he was well-aware
[02:00.03] I got the vibe he was sincere and that the brother cared
[02:01.35] But dawg, you in the chair, what's the hold up?
[02:02.42] He said, "There's things that I wanna fix
[02:03.74] But you know this shit, nigga: politics."
[02:05.61] Don't stop fightin' and don't stop believin'
[02:07.73] You can make the world better
[02:09.59] For your kids before you leave it
[02:10.92] Change is slow, always has been, always will be
[02:12.24] But fuck that, I'ma bust back 'til they kill me
[02:14.38] Change is slow, always has been, always will be
[02:18.08] But fuck that, I'ma bust back until they kill me, feel me?
[02:20.48] The type of shit that make you wanna (Aight, third verse)
[02:23.67] The type of shit that make you wanna let go
[02:25.54] The type of shit that make you wanna
[02:28.47] The type of shit that make you wanna let go
[02:30.85] Here's a thought for my revolutionary heart
[02:32.72] Take a deeper look at history, it's there to pick apart
[02:34.84] See, the people at the top
[02:36.70] They get to do just what they want
[02:38.03] 'Til after a while the people at the bottom finally get smart
[02:40.44] Then they start to holla "Revolution!"
[02:42.03] Tired of livin' here, destitution
[02:43.62] Fuck that lootin'! Can you tell me what's the best solution?
[02:45.22] I used to think it was to overthrow oppressors, see
[02:47.61] If we destroy the system, that means we'll have less of greed
[02:50.27] But see, it's not that simple
[02:52.39] I got to thinkin' about the history of human nature
[02:54.25] While this instrumental played
[02:56.11] Then I realized somethin' that made
[02:57.97] Me wonder if revolution was really ever the way
[02:59.83] Before you trip and throw a fit over these words I say
[03:02.48] Think about this shit for a second, you heard the way
[03:04.87] The children in abusive households grow up
[03:07.80] Knockin' girlfriends out cold, that's called a cycle
[03:09.65] Abused becomes the abuser and that's just how life go
[03:11.51] So understand
[03:13.64] You get the power, but you know what power does to man?
[03:15.76] Corruption always leads us to the same shit again
[03:18.16] So when you talk 'bout revolution
[03:19.76] Dawg, I hear just what you sayin'
[03:21.09] What good is takin' over
[03:22.15] When we know what you gon' do?
[03:23.75] The only real revolution happens right inside of you
[03:25.61] I said, what good is takin' over
[03:27.20] When we know what you gon' do?
[03:28.26] The only real revolution happens right inside of you, nigga
[03:32.26] The type of shit that make you wanna
[03:33.58] (High for hours, nigga)
[03:35.18] The type of shit that make you wanna let go (Volume one)
[03:37.04] The type of shit that make you wanna
[03:40.48] The type of shit that make you wanna let go
