J. Cole - Change lyrics

My intuition is telling me
There'll be better days, yeah
My intuition is telling me
There'll be better days i like this tone

Yeah, my intuition is telling me
There'll be better days
I sit in silence and find whenever I meditate
My fears alleviate, my tears evaporate
My faith don't deviate
Ideas don't have a date
But see I'm growing and getting
Stronger with every breath
Bringing me closer to Heaven's
Doors with every step
As we speak I'm at peace
No longer scared to die
Most niggas don't believe in God
And so they terrified
It's either that or they be fearing
They gon' go to Hell


Asking the Father for forgiveness
Got 'em overwhelmed
(Please, God, I want to go to Heaven)
As if He's spiteful like them white
Folks that control the jail
See I believe if God is real
He'd never judge a man
Because He knows us all and
Therefore He would understand
The ignorance that make a nigga
Take his brother life
The bitterness and pain that got
Him beating on his wife

I know you desperate for a
Change let the pen glide
But the only real change come from inside
(Come from inside)
But the only real change come from inside
(Come from inside)
But the only real change come from
In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
But the only real change come from inside
(Come from inside)
But the only real change come from inside
(Come from inside)
But the only real change come from

Yeah, my chosen religion
Jesus piece frozen from sinnin'
Doin' dirt, hoping to God
He know my intentions
To see a million 'fore I see a casket
I got a baby on the way
Know he gon' be a bastard
I'm living fast like I'm in a drag race
How that cash taste when I was a senior
I was ballin' on my classmates
Niggas put three bullets in my car
One hit the gas tank
Know I got a angel cause I'm
Supposed to have a halo right now
My lifestyle destined for a federal facility
For my ability to make them birds fly
Fiends wanna get higher than
A bird's eye view
And who am I to tell a nigga what to do?
I just supply, it's economics
My business ain't got the suit and tie
Keep a pistol at all times
Niggas want what's mine
I can't oblige, dog, I work too hard
So reach for it, get referred
To God, I'm going hard, nigga

I know you desperate for a
Change let the pen glide
But the only real change come from inside
But the only real change come from inside
But the only real change come from
In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
But the only real change come from inside
But the only real change come from inside
But the only real change come from

Yeah, prodigal son, got a new gun
This one don't run out of ammo
Lately been working on my handles
Can I ball, become a star and remain my self?
If I fall, dust it off and regain my self
Fuck 'em all
They don't know all the pain I felt
I'm in awe, after all the fame I felt
I evolved
I no longer bury demons, I be a vessel
For the truth until I'm barely breathing
I'm singing

Life is all about the evolution
I give up, I give in, I move back a little
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
You can dream but don't neglect the execution
I give up, I give in, I move back a little
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
Time is short that's what somebody told me
I give up, I give in, I move back a little
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
Too short to keep following your homies
I give up, I give in, I move back a little
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more

I reminisce back to a time
Where niggas threw they hands
All of a sudden niggas pop a
Trunk and then we scram
Finger on trigger make a
Little nigga understand
What it's like to finally
Be the motherfuckin' man
Eyes wide that's from the power
That the coward feels
Niggas die over bitches, disrespect
And dollar bills
Bloodshed that turned the city
To a battlefield
I call it poison, you call it real
(pop, pop, pop, pop) that's how you feel?

Pistols be poppin' and niggas
Drop in a heartbeat scattered like roaches
A body laid on the concrete
A body laid on the concrete
Look, somebody laid on the concrete
No time for that, ain't no lookin' back
Cause I'm running too i made it home
I woke up and turned on the morning news
Overcame with a feeling I can't explain
Cause that was my nigga James that was slain
He was 22 (Last night at around) He was 22
(22 year old black male, suspect
Reporting live)

(I swear to God, bruh)
We're gathered here today (I swear to God)
To mourn the life of James McMillan Jr
(I swear to God nigga, I'ma kill them niggas
Man) a tragedy
Another tragedy in the black community
(I promise you, bro)
We got to do better, people
22 years old, this boy was too young
(I promise you, bro, I'ma kill them niggas
Yo)
Our condolences go to his family, our prayers
(I'ma kill them niggas myself)
We know he's in a better place
We know he's in a better place
But this has got to end, ladies and gentleman
We've got to come together
This is this is beyond words
Now I'd like to open this
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