J. Cole - Farewell lyrics
J. Cole [Jermaine Lamarr Cole] Frankfurt, Germany/Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
[J. Cole - Farewell lyrics]
Yeah, farewell hey, farewell
All my niggas farewell fayettenam
Look, some niggas let their dirt out
Some just keep it all in ‘em
So when a man dies all
His secrets go with him
And fade, a part of history no longer known
Done did a lot of dirt I’ll
Bury with me when I’m gone
When my story’s told, how will they tell it?
Will they say I was a giver
Or remember I was selfish?
Will they say I was a sinner
Or pretend I was a saint?
Will I go down as a winner
What's the picture they gon' paint?
Wouldn’t say that I’m a quitter
That's one thing I know I ain't
Will they tarnish, will they
Taint? Glorify me, over-think?
Say they know me, say I’m
Great? Say I’m phoney, i was fake?
Say the things about me that they
Never told me to my face?
I was loved I was hated
Just a nigga with a dream
I’m a liar, I was honest
I was all of these things
When I’m gone let em talk
They discussing who I am
When they bury me just know I
Wasn't nothing but a man
Wasn’t nothin’ but a man
This for them niggas
Climbin’ heaven's stairwell
Yeah, hey farewell yeh, hey farewell
This for niggas climbin’ heaven's stairwell
I pray you farewell i bid you farewell
Yeah, hey farewell yeah, yeah
If I should die Lord this here is my will
Reincarnate a nigga send me right
Back to the Ville
Let me relive my younger days just once again
Reenact my memories from every
Friend to every sin
Keeping demons buried in my closet
But yet I put in work like
A deposit on my bank account
My eyes lit while I think about
My childhood now I'm blanking out
Those were truly my best days
The only thing I had to stress was
How the hell to get laid
Gradually turn into me stressin’ how
The hell to get paid
Been making songs so long
Now how the hell they get played
Ok, I’m blowing up quickly
I guess the flow is sickly
But yet I can’t forget my past
And hope it won’t forget me
Got good grades but A's can’t stop
Strays so pray for me
Pour liquor for my niggas but
Hey don’t wait for me
'Cause, I’m trying to cheat death
She out to bury my ass
You know the cliche "life's a bitch"
Well I’m gon marry that ass
And sign a prenup
Think back to when we tore
The skating rink up
Rapping and we scrapping
We got older hit the teen club
Gave mean mugs to niggas but we
Winked to all the girls
Then we went back to the crib
Thinking we had saw the world no sir
Came a long way from having momma chauffer
It's hard to think these hoes at
Some point were so pure
But now we play the game
When it's over send me back
I swear I’m not gon change a thing
I swear I’m not gon change a thing
This for niggas climbin’ heaven's stairwell
Yeah, hey farewell yeh, hey farewell
This for niggas climbin’ heaven's stairwell
I pray you farewell i bid you farewell
Yeah, hey farewell yeah, yeah
All my niggas farewell fayettenam
Look, some niggas let their dirt out
Some just keep it all in ‘em
So when a man dies all
His secrets go with him
And fade, a part of history no longer known
Done did a lot of dirt I’ll
Bury with me when I’m gone
When my story’s told, how will they tell it?
Will they say I was a giver
Or remember I was selfish?
Will they say I was a sinner
Or pretend I was a saint?
Will I go down as a winner
What's the picture they gon' paint?
Wouldn’t say that I’m a quitter
That's one thing I know I ain't
Will they tarnish, will they
Taint? Glorify me, over-think?
Say they know me, say I’m
Great? Say I’m phoney, i was fake?
Say the things about me that they
Never told me to my face?
I was loved I was hated
Just a nigga with a dream
I’m a liar, I was honest
I was all of these things
When I’m gone let em talk
They discussing who I am
When they bury me just know I
Wasn't nothing but a man
Wasn’t nothin’ but a man
This for them niggas
Climbin’ heaven's stairwell
Yeah, hey farewell yeh, hey farewell
This for niggas climbin’ heaven's stairwell
I pray you farewell i bid you farewell
Yeah, hey farewell yeah, yeah
If I should die Lord this here is my will
Reincarnate a nigga send me right
Back to the Ville
Let me relive my younger days just once again
Reenact my memories from every
Friend to every sin
Keeping demons buried in my closet
But yet I put in work like
A deposit on my bank account
My eyes lit while I think about
My childhood now I'm blanking out
Those were truly my best days
The only thing I had to stress was
How the hell to get laid
Gradually turn into me stressin’ how
The hell to get paid
Been making songs so long
Now how the hell they get played
Ok, I’m blowing up quickly
I guess the flow is sickly
But yet I can’t forget my past
And hope it won’t forget me
Got good grades but A's can’t stop
Strays so pray for me
Pour liquor for my niggas but
Hey don’t wait for me
'Cause, I’m trying to cheat death
She out to bury my ass
You know the cliche "life's a bitch"
Well I’m gon marry that ass
And sign a prenup
Think back to when we tore
The skating rink up
Rapping and we scrapping
We got older hit the teen club
Gave mean mugs to niggas but we
Winked to all the girls
Then we went back to the crib
Thinking we had saw the world no sir
Came a long way from having momma chauffer
It's hard to think these hoes at
Some point were so pure
But now we play the game
When it's over send me back
I swear I’m not gon change a thing
I swear I’m not gon change a thing
This for niggas climbin’ heaven's stairwell
Yeah, hey farewell yeh, hey farewell
This for niggas climbin’ heaven's stairwell
I pray you farewell i bid you farewell
Yeah, hey farewell yeah, yeah