[ti:Sideline Story ]
[ar:J. Cole]
[al:Cole World: The Sideline Story]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]Sideline Story - God
[00:01.34][Verse 1]
[00:01.77]I put my heart and soul in this game, I'm feelin' drained
[00:03.72]Unappreciated, unalleviated
[00:06.22]
[00:06.79]Tired of comin' up short, f**k abbreviated
[00:08.78]
[00:09.29]Want my whole name spelled out, my own pain spilled out
[00:11.85]No pain, no gain, I blow brains, Cobain
[00:14.66]Throw flames, Liu Kang, the coach ain't help out, so I call my own shots
[00:18.97]I'm David Blaine, I'm breakin' out of my own box, you stay the same
[00:22.79]But homie if you change, man you change for the better
[00:25.35]Back when Martin King had a thing for Coretta
[00:27.79]Wonder if she seen all the dreams he was dreamin'
[00:30.66]Did she have a clue of all the schemes he was schemin'
[00:33.59]Still loved her just enough to put up with the cheatin'
[00:35.97]Must go by and only see him for a weekend
[00:38.35]
[00:39.23]I say a prayer, hope my girl ain't leavin'
[00:41.53]We all got angels, we all got demons
[00:43.91]
[00:45.54]As you fall through the club
[00:47.22]Bad b**ches down to do all the above
[00:48.97]
[00:49.73]Money comes fast so bein' hungry don't last
[00:51.66]
[00:52.35]Till you look in the mirror and you saw who you was
[00:54.91]
[00:55.42]Cole World, it couldn't be more clearer
[00:57.60]The time is now, it couldn't be more herer
[01:00.35]My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras
[01:02.35]
[01:02.91]Say hello to the real, I can be your hero
[01:05.35]
[01:06.10][Hook]
[01:06.60]Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
[01:08.85]Gone and I ain't lookin' back
[01:10.29]
[01:10.85]I knew they gon' feel it like they tank on E
[01:13.60]I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
[01:15.98]Cause ain't nobody tell me why there ain't gonna be no more
[01:18.72]
[01:19.53]Thinking I'ma fall? Don't be so sure
[01:21.29]
[01:22.48]I wish somebody made guidelines
[01:24.54]
[01:25.78]On how to get up off the sidelines
[01:27.91][Verse 2]
[01:28.35]Up in first class, laugh even though it's not funny
[01:30.22]See a white man wonder how the f**k I got money
[01:32.66]While he sit at coach, hate to see me walk past em
[01:35.54]Young black pants sag, headphones blastin'
[01:37.60]
[01:38.54]Know what he askin', "How did he manage?"
[01:40.97]"With all the cards against him, he used them to his advantage!"
[01:43.91]Slang we be speakin' probably soundin' like Spanish
[01:45.67]Then I f**k they heads up when a ni**a show manners
[01:48.91]Some New York niggas thought it was funny callin' us Bama
[01:51.73]Laughin' at the grammar cause they didn't understand us
[01:54.36]Must've thought we slow, but little do they know
[01:57.22]I came up in here to take advantage of that sh*t y'all take for granted
[02:00.54]Opportunity that I would kill for
[02:02.79]Lookin' at rappers like "what the f**k you got a deal for?!"
[02:05.60]When I was assed out with my funds low
[02:08.16]It's nice to know I had the whole world at my front door
[02:11.42][Hook]
[02:11.66]Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
[02:13.79]Gone and I ain't lookin' back
[02:15.54]I knew they gon' feel it like they tank on E
[02:18.23]I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
[02:20.85]Cause ain't nobody tell me why there ain't gonna be no more
[02:24.23]Thinking I'ma fall? Don't be so sure
[02:26.29]I wish somebody made guidelines
[02:29.04]
[02:30.48]On how to get up off the sidelines
[02:32.66][Verse 3]
[02:33.04]I made it to the Roc, even though they tried to box me out
[02:35.79]I got the key to the game, they tried to lock me out
[02:38.47]But what they don't understand is this is all plan
[02:40.60]It's a bigger picture and you can't photoshop me out
[02:42.72]Some ni**a ask me why Jay never shout me out
[02:45.79]Like I'm supposed to give a f**k
[02:47.66]Don't you know that I be out in France
[02:49.66]Where the fans throw they hands like Pacquiao
[02:51.36]Not cause my looks, cause my hooks could knock Rocky out
[02:53.79]And my lines is designed from the heart
[02:56.48]Young Simba been a lion from the start
[02:58.35]Dumb niggas, y'all been lyin' from the start
[03:00.41]My life's like a move, truly
[03:01.66]And these niggas is dyin' for the part
[03:04.10]But, you'll never play me like LeBron vs. Jordan
[03:07.04]Twenty years, wonder who they gon' say was more importan'
[03:09.60]Both changed the game, came through and made a lane
[03:12.60]Who's to say that who's greater, all we know, they ain't the same
[03:15.35][Hook]
[03:16.23]Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
[03:18.41]Gone and I ain't lookin' back
[03:20.35]I knew they gon' feel it like they tank on E
[03:22.79]I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
[03:25.35]Cause ain't nobody tell me why there ain't gonna be no more
[03:28.16]Thinking I'ma fall? Don't be so sure
[03:31.10]
[03:32.41]I wish somebody made guidelines
[03:33.97]
[03:35.22]On how to get up off the sidelines