J. Cole - I Get Up lyrics

I woke up early in the morning
Hoes blowing up my phone
I ain't used to small talking when
They know I'm tryna bone
Fuck 'em, I'll holla later, man, right now
My mind's elsewhere my mom's healthcare
Get her out this hell here
A lot of niggas fail
Frail niggas won't prevail here
We seen it all man
Niggas can't even spell scared
A Fresh Prince
But yo my city ain't no Bel-Air
Fuck if you would sell
I'm worry bout my welfares
So farewell to them broke days and
Bonjour to the most paid
Soon as my dough straight
I throw the wifey in some Dolce
And put some chains on my
Niggas like I own slaves


I get up, look out the window
Hope the sun shining
Down on my niggas out there front lining
I hit the streets and see them boys
Out there locking up some older head
So Goddamn homie, hold your head
And hold your head

I get up, I see the clouds from my window
I pray the sun gon' shine this way
And where I go as the wind blow
Momma, your son gon' find his way
And if I gotta crawl
I'ma make to the end though
And to the top I'ma climb my way
And tell 'em I'ma rise
I'm on my headed for the sky i'm on my way

Paint a picture to show the deaf
What it's like to listen
And speak the words and tell a
Blind man what he missin'
For all my niggas doin' time man up in prison
Felt you had to resort to crime
Man fuck the system
We raisin' babies up in Hades
Where there ain't no hope ain't no fathers
Don't take no scholarship to slang no dope
Politicians hollerin' bout problems but
I ain't gon' vote he talk about change
Still we floatin' in the same ol' boat
So tell me how I'm supposed to
Feel when the President spoke
When he ain't never had to struggle
Ain't never been broke
Ain't even roll through the ghetto
Ain't neva been close
Trustin' this government's like trustin'
The devil in oath
For rebel with quotes, I get up
Lifestyle of the young, black and reckless
A generation of niggas strapped
And askin' questions like:
"Tell me why I ain't got shit?"
I let this liquor fill my liver
With them toxics as I sip

I get up, I see the clouds from my window
I pray the sun gon' shine this way
And where I go as the wind blow
Momma, your son gon' find his way
And if I gotta crawl
I'ma make to the end though
And to the top I'ma climb my way
And tell 'em I'ma rise
I'm on my headed for the sky i'm on my way

Yeah, to all my niggas paper chasin'
I pray for your patience
Just keep the faith that you gon' make
It one day you'll be cakin'
Takin this shit one step at a time
That real shit is stuck on my mind
But to that bullshit I'm deaf and I'm blind
Destined to shine I'ma find a way, 'cause hey
Damn it, them jobs out there ain't tryna pay
I pray
Granted nine to five is how you survive
I ain't tryna survive
I'm tryna throw my Momma in rides
I'mma provide for my seed I'm the soil
I'll teach 'em bout' loyalty
I'll teach 'em that his skin black
Like oil that's for royalty
I'll show 'em all the things that
My pops was never showin' me
Treat 'em like a growin'
Tree with this poetry
I get up and show the sons
How to lead not to follow
The present is our gift but
Our seed's got tomorrow
So please, niggas raise your kids
And help em' overcome that bull
Shit they daze us with i blaze the shit

I get up, I see the clouds from my window
I pray the sun gon' shine this way
And where I go as the wind blow
Momma, your son gon' find his way
And if I gotta crawl
I'ma make to the end though
And to the top I'ma climb my way
And tell 'em I'ma rise
I'm on my headed for the sky i'm on my way
I get up, I see the clouds from my window
I pray the sun gon' shine this way
And where I go as the wind blow
Momma, your son gon' find his way
And if I gotta crawl
I'ma make to the end though
And to the top I'ma climb my way
And tell 'em I'ma rise
I'm on my headed for the sky i'm on my way