Sideline Story-God

[ti:Sideline Story ] [ar:J. Cole] [al:Cole World: The Sideline Story] [by:] [offset:0] [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