Fire Squad - J. Cole
[Hook:]
N_gga why you actin' like a ho?
Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go
Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time
When you tell me you love me, can't you see I'm tryna climb
Damn my n_gga why you actin' like a b_tch
If you scared to take a chance, how the f_ck we gon' get rich?
Come here baby why you always insecure?
Hold on tight to a n_gga and be sure
Ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest
A lotta n_ggas sat on the throne, I am the latest
I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants
I ain't afraid of you n_ggas, I'll end up fading you n_ggas
'Fore it's all said and done, this n_gga need medicine
My uzi it weighed a ton, I need me a better gun
In fact I just might need two, cuz n_ggas say they the one
And I got something to prove
Forgive me lord here they come, BLAOOW
[Hook]
My inhibitions, fighting my intuition
Premature premonition
Showin me the demoliton of these phony n_ggas
So ahead of my time
Even when I rhyme about the future I be reminiscing
You want the truth well come and listen
I'm like that time you bagged a dime
And checked ya phone and saw it was a number missing
As fate passes you by, half of you try
The other half of you fry, too high to actually fly
One day y'all have to decide, who you gon' be
A scary n_gga or a n_gga that's gon' rule like me
Keep it true like me, Cole you might be
Like the new Ice Cube, meets the new Ice-T
Meets 2 Live Crew, meets the new Spike Lee
Meets Bruce like Wayne, meets Bruce like Lee
Meets '02 Lil Wayne, in a new white tee
Meets KD, ain't no n_gga that can shoot like me! BLAOOOW
[Hook]
(Who's the king?)
Came from the bottom n_gga, with stains on my shirt
What you expected from me, I came from the dirt
(Who's the king?)
Money my motivator, the songs that I sing
Picture a peasant passin' from pawn to a King
You tell me ya still love me, if so then let me go
Will I return or will I burn, never know
Look in my eyes and see the future
But don't sugar coat it
Listen
History repeats itself and that's just how it goes
Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows
Same thing that my n_gga Elvis did with Rock n Roll
Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and then Macklemore
While silly n_ggas argue over who gone snatch the crown
Look around my n_gga white people have snatched the sound
This year I'll prolly go to the awards dappered down
Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile
I'm just playin', but all good jokes contain true sh_t
Same rope you climb up on, they'll hang you with
But not Jermaine, my aim too sick
I bang n_gga, I came to bring the pain my brain too quick
You see how I maneuver this game, I ain't stupid
I recognize that life is a dream, and I dream lucid
And break the chains and change minds, one verse at a time
And claim too sick. And f_ck it, if the shoe fits
Who's the king?
We all kings
(We all kings n_gga)
Kings of ourselves first and foremost
(True)
While the people debate who's the king of this rap game
Here comes lil' ol' Jermaine
With every ounce of strength in his veins
To snatch the crown from whoever y'all think has it
But rather than place it on his head as soon as he grabs it
Poof, boom, paow, it's like magic
With a flash and a BANG the crown disintegrates
And falls to the Earth from which it came
It's done
Ain't gonna be no more kings
Be wary of any man that claims
Because deep down he clings onto the need for power
But in reality he's a coward
Ultimately he's scared to die
And sometimes so am I
But when I'm in tune with the most high
I realize
The fear lies in my lack of awareness of the other side
Today I know that we are the same
Are the same, you and I
Different kind of skin, different set of eyes
Two different minds, but only one God
(It's only one God n_gga)
It's for all the kings
Cause deep down I know every poet just wanna be loved
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