J. Cole - Breakdown lyrics
J. Cole [Jermaine Lamarr Cole] Frankfurt, Germany/Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
[J. Cole - Breakdown lyrics]
Look, I just shed tears homie and no
I ain't too proud to admit it
Just seen my father for the
First time in a minute
When I say a minute I mean years man
Damn, a whale could have swam
In them tears fam 'Cause as I left 'em I
Reflected on my younger days
When it was just me and my
Brother and my mother played
Father, ‘cause no other man bothered
Not even my biological
It never seemed logical
But, I accepted it 'cause I
Ain't know no better
Thought I was brighter than a Polo sweater
No pops was like Martin with no Coretta
So many things you could have told me
And saved me the trouble of
Letting my mistakes show me
I feel like you barely know me
And that's a shame ‘cause our
Last name is the same
That blood type flowing through our
Veins is the same
My mama left you and it may
Be that anger's to blame
But that's no excuse
Only you and God know the truth
On why you only called monthly
Barely ever saw me
Spend some summers with you and
Played with my cousin Maury
Maybe I should be telling you
"fuck you" ‘cause you selfish
But, I want a father so bad, I can't help but
Break down i break down
Can't help but break down i break down
Yeah, I never thought I'd see
My mama on that shit, man
It's fucking with her body, now she sick
Damn i wanted a big house with a
White picket fence and a pool
Who would have ever thought that
It would come to this, man?
Quicksand is what this life feel like
That shit these rappers kick is
Nothing like real life
You made a milli off of
Serving hard white? yeah right
My mama tell you what addicted
To that pipe feel like stupid niggas
I heard the cops be shooting niggas
I swear to God
Wish I could bulletproof my niggas
Can't get no jobs
But they still recruiting niggas
We trying to stand tall when
It get too crucial niggas
Break down, we break down
We break down, we break down
Break the break down
Yeah, he's serving time, locked down
And she don't want nobody to know
His daughter 25 pounds
By the time he get out, she gon' be 4
Now will his girl stay down?
Ain't no doubt she love him
Yeah that's for sure
But temptation stays 'round
And if she strayed
How could he ever know? Never know
And so, she goes to the club on the weekend
A little freaking, but them niggas holler
But she never speakin'
But tonight I see the devil creeping
'Cause she been lonely
She ain't felt a man in seven seasons
Damn! She doin' the best that she can
Her mama tellin' her to find another man
She college educated with a felon boyfriend
That's what she thinkin' tonight
Maybe she's right, but please
Stay down mama
Gotta be strong, don't break down mama
Please stay down mama
Gotta be strong, don't break down mama
Don't break down yeah, don't break down
Don't break down don't break down
Uh, break the break down
Break, break down steady break me down
Break, break down steady break me down
Break, break down steady break me down
Break, break down steady break me down
I ain't too proud to admit it
Just seen my father for the
First time in a minute
When I say a minute I mean years man
Damn, a whale could have swam
In them tears fam 'Cause as I left 'em I
Reflected on my younger days
When it was just me and my
Brother and my mother played
Father, ‘cause no other man bothered
Not even my biological
It never seemed logical
But, I accepted it 'cause I
Ain't know no better
Thought I was brighter than a Polo sweater
No pops was like Martin with no Coretta
So many things you could have told me
And saved me the trouble of
Letting my mistakes show me
I feel like you barely know me
And that's a shame ‘cause our
Last name is the same
That blood type flowing through our
Veins is the same
My mama left you and it may
Be that anger's to blame
But that's no excuse
Only you and God know the truth
On why you only called monthly
Barely ever saw me
Spend some summers with you and
Played with my cousin Maury
Maybe I should be telling you
"fuck you" ‘cause you selfish
But, I want a father so bad, I can't help but
Break down i break down
Can't help but break down i break down
Yeah, I never thought I'd see
My mama on that shit, man
It's fucking with her body, now she sick
Damn i wanted a big house with a
White picket fence and a pool
Who would have ever thought that
It would come to this, man?
Quicksand is what this life feel like
That shit these rappers kick is
Nothing like real life
You made a milli off of
Serving hard white? yeah right
My mama tell you what addicted
To that pipe feel like stupid niggas
I heard the cops be shooting niggas
I swear to God
Wish I could bulletproof my niggas
Can't get no jobs
But they still recruiting niggas
We trying to stand tall when
It get too crucial niggas
Break down, we break down
We break down, we break down
Break the break down
Yeah, he's serving time, locked down
And she don't want nobody to know
His daughter 25 pounds
By the time he get out, she gon' be 4
Now will his girl stay down?
Ain't no doubt she love him
Yeah that's for sure
But temptation stays 'round
And if she strayed
How could he ever know? Never know
And so, she goes to the club on the weekend
A little freaking, but them niggas holler
But she never speakin'
But tonight I see the devil creeping
'Cause she been lonely
She ain't felt a man in seven seasons
Damn! She doin' the best that she can
Her mama tellin' her to find another man
She college educated with a felon boyfriend
That's what she thinkin' tonight
Maybe she's right, but please
Stay down mama
Gotta be strong, don't break down mama
Please stay down mama
Gotta be strong, don't break down mama
Don't break down yeah, don't break down
Don't break down don't break down
Uh, break the break down
Break, break down steady break me down
Break, break down steady break me down
Break, break down steady break me down
Break, break down steady break me down