J. Cole - p u n c h i n _ . t h e . c l o c k (Official Audio)(MP3_160K)

[00:03.16] It ain't nothing I want more

[00:05.66] Ain't nothing I want more

[00:08.42] I ain't c–

[00:08.91] I told you, when I first came here, I said, "I ain't come here to waste my time"

[00:10.91] I came here

[00:12.66] They gave us a chance to get in, like we asked for

[00:14.66] And that's, that's what we here to do

[00:16.42] Yeah, nigga, 26

[00:17.91] The job still ain't done

[00:18.92] Straight up

[00:19.42] But I, I said, "You, you know what I'm here for"

[00:20.41] Back on top, punchin' the clock, clutchin' sanity

[00:22.66] I got more cribs than Habitat for Humanity

[00:24.92] Shit profound, we propagating more profanity

[00:27.66] Paid off collections from recollections of calamity (Oh shit, look, that nigga gonna shoot)

[00:30.66] The shit pop off, I learned to duck under the canopy (Oh shit, run, nigga, run)

[00:32.66] 'Til it cool off, they murked a nigga right in front of me

[00:35.18] Told him to come off his chain for tryna floss

[00:37.91] Died over a cross just like the start of Christianity

[00:40.91] When I was a boy, the teacher often reprimanded me (Jermaine)

[00:43.17] Thought it was toys, it was a Glock this nigga handed me

[00:45.67] I busted the trees, was barely strong enough to squeeze

[00:48.17] Bullets traveled through leaves, it probably killed somebody randomly

[00:51.16] Ran in the crib and played it off amongst the family

[00:53.16] Nightmare scenes, the police finally apprehended me

[00:55.91] Woke up screamin', seen a demon had his hand on me

[00:58.16] Still sport the scar on my arm from where he branded me

[01:01.16] Like a Que Dog, my niggas burnin' with the mute off

[01:04.41] Loud pack smoke through the cracks, I catch a contact

[01:06.16] Triggerin' a paranoid mindset, now I'm back

[01:08.67] Teeterin' between enlightened and insanity

[01:11.18] Now that I'm rich, I feel nobody understandin' me

[01:13.67] All I can do is cut the mic on, holler at you

[01:16.41] Can't let the fame scare me off from speaking candidly

[01:18.91] All them niggas is so Kane, they started singin' like Danity

[01:21.91] Now I'm left here, paid like I planned to be, damn

[01:27.18] A lot of times, those situations are, um, are handled way before the time comes

[01:32.69] In the summer, I think when you truly prepare yourself, and

[01:35.92] With training and conditioning, and things like that

[01:38.91] When you cheat yourself, you fail in those moments

[01:41.67] You know, you crash, and when you really put the time in and

[01:45.41] Whether people see it, or whether people know it or not

[01:48.16] You know, it always come to light