J. Cole - p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v I l (Official Audio)(MP3_160K)
[00:09.92] Uh
[00:11.67] Pride is the Devil
[00:14.18] Think it got a hold on me
[00:16.93] Pride is the Devil
[00:19.42] It left so many R.I.P.
[00:22.17] Pride is the Devil
[00:24.92] Think it got a hold on me
[00:27.68] Pride is the Devil, yeah, uh
[00:32.42] Terrified, paranoid, I'll put you over everything to fill the void
[00:36.67] And when you're gone, will I have anything or will I be destroyed? Uh
[00:42.69] Terrified, paranoid, I'll put you over everything to fill the void
[00:47.93] And when you're gone, will I have anything or will I be destroyed? Yeah
[00:53.69] Bright lights pass me in the city, it's emergency
[00:56.42] I'm thankful 'cause I made it past my thirties, no one murdered me
[00:58.93] Still remember vividly the nigga that pulled a gun on me
[01:01.67] I'm petrified, but moving like I got no sense of urgency
[01:04.18] Pride make a nigga act way harder than he really be
[01:07.17] Pride hide the shame when city cut off all utilities
[01:09.92] Pride hide the pain of growing up inhaling poverty
[01:12.43] Pride make a nigga feel the way that you would follow me
[01:15.42] Make a nigga flash a thousand like he hit the lottery
[01:17.67] Make a baby mama make shit harder than it gotta be
[01:20.43] Make you have to take the bitch to court to see your prodigy
[01:23.18] Make you have to use your last resort and pull a robbery
[01:25.92] Pride be the reason for the family dichotomy
[01:28.42] Got uncles and some aunties that's too proud to give apologies
[01:31.17] Slowly realizing what the root of all my problems be
[01:33.92] It got me feeling different when somebody say they proud of me
[01:38.18] Pride is the Devil, uh
[01:41.67] I think it got a hold on me
[01:43.42] Pride is the Devil, uh
[01:46.17] It left so many R.I.P.
[01:48.42] Pride is the Devil
[01:51.67] I think it got a hold on me
[01:53.42] Pride is the Devil, uh, yeah
[01:58.92] Terrified, paranoid, I'll put you over everything to fill the void
[02:03.67] And when you're gone, will I have anything or will I be destroyed? Uh
[02:08.92] Terrified, paranoid, I'll put you over everything to fill the void
[02:13.92] And when you're gone, will I have anything or will I be destroyed? Yeah
[02:20.18] Too much money to count, what's the amount?
[02:21.93] Check never bounce
[02:22.67] I gotta pay a nigga to add it up
[02:23.92] Then pay somebody to make sure whatever amount he say he can back it up
[02:26.42] Got racks on racks, I'm rackin' up, stackin' up
[02:28.93] You're reachin', I'm actin' up
[02:29.67] Break it down, weigh it up, now bag it up
[02:30.92] Making five a month, that's regular
[02:32.17] Nigga playing with us, that's a negative
[02:33.42] Go back to start, that's never
[02:34.67] I'm a boss, my closet leather
[02:35.93] Ain't no off-days on my schedule
[02:37.17] Long as I live, we live forever
[02:38.67] Told my twin this shit get better
[02:39.92] These niggas done slipped, let me ahead 'em
[02:41.42] Got my feet up, I paid silly bands to have sex on the jet
[02:43.68] I don't need 'em, that shit in the past, I'm feelin' like what's next
[02:46.42] Got my speed up, foot all on the gas, this not a C8 'Vette
[02:49.18] I can beat 'em, I believe in me, just tell me what's the bet
[02:51.92] All my pride gone, had to lose it all then I got rich
[02:54.67] I own five homes, glad some of this shit starting to make sense
[02:57.67] I'm staying hella focused and I can't forget the bigger picture
[03:00.17] I can't even hold you, I didn't have shit, I won't forget it
[03:02.92] Will I be destroyed?
[03:04.92] Come to me with everything, it's starting to get annoying
[03:06.94] I'm addicted to promethazine, it's crazy, yeah, I know it
[03:09.68] All this money coming in, it drive me crazy not to show it
[03:12.42] I'll be crazy if I blow it
[03:13.92] Pride is the Devil, uh
[03:18.18] I think it got a hold on me
[03:19.68] Pride is the Devil, uh
[03:22.67] And it left so many R.I.P.
[03:27.43] Pride is the Devil
[03:29.43] I think it got a hold on me
[03:30.93] Pride is the Devil, uh
