J. Cole - Lion King on Ice lyrics

I got blood on my hands, I ain't gon' lie
I got mud on my shoes, I ain't gon' lie
I got real, real big plans, I ain't gon' lie
Got a whole lot to prove, I ain't gon' lie
I got blood on my hands, I ain't gon' lie
I got mud on my shoes, I ain't gon' lie
I got real, real big plans, I ain't gon' lie
Got a whole lot to prove, uh

Sip from the bottle for shit
That we bottlin' in
Goin' live, but we not on the 'Gram
This the land of supply and demand
Where my young niggas choppin' up grams
And them choppers won't pry from they hands
Packin' lead like they got a exam
If it's beef
My niggas look just like homewreckers
They got they eye on your mans
I pray to God that it jam
Too many done died in these parts


So we gotta be smart if we tryna see August
Some niggas won't make it
Past summer regardless
I'm tryin' my hardest to stack my deposit's
These niggas be lookin' at me like I got it
Deep down inside, though
I still feel as broke
As that nigga who just graduated from college
Scrapin' up change that got
Left in my pockets
I'm tryna make nickels turn into a dollar
Ridin' the train, way too shy to go holler
Just watched her get off at her stop
I'm a coward
Fuck it, though, you got a way bigger target
I'ma do it so big
They won't know what to call it
Sound like a whole Lambo' truck in my stomach
Bitch, I ain't hungry
This feeling is starving
Gotta move mama from out them apartments
Gotta put 'Ville on the map, we forgotten
Gotta hit hoes you hang up in your locker
Gotta get rich
'cause my granny picked cotton
Gotta make hit's, 'cause if not
Then I'm floppin'
Gotta stay me in the process
Niggas dissed me, it was nonsense
I sat 'em down like his father
My nigga asked, "Why you bother?
We should've caught him and mobbed him"
I said, "We gotta move smarter"
Don't wan' be the reason for
One more sad song i tried to warn niggas
They wouldn't last long
I hope that you see how
They came and they went
They shots never hit
But they made they attempts
May have a good year like
That name on the blimp
But, you know what it takes
To be poppin' this long?
Dedication on another level niggas never
Seen in they life
Celebratin' all your first downs like
They touchdowns bring a price
Young Simba had the bustdown, yeah
The Lion King on ice
Niggas wanted me to look the part
Had to stop takin' advice
Put the jewelry to the side, had to find me
Had to find God
Half the time, we be pacifyin'
What they expect from us?
But that's treacherous, that shows less of us
I need y'all to see every part of me
Every scar and every artery
Every story that I can recall
Then I can fall

I got blood on my hands, I ain't gon' lie
I got mud on my shoes, I ain't gon' lie
I got real, real big plans, I ain't gon' lie
Got a whole lot to prove, I ain't gon' lie
I got blood on my hands, I ain't gon' lie
I got mud on my shoes, I ain't gon' lie
I got real, real big plans, I ain't gon' lie
Got a whole lot to prove, I ain't gon' lie
(Uh)

Lately, I reflect on the times
A nigga was low i got it up off the floor
I'm stronger than ever before
I'm stronger than ever before just
Like I planned to be they wanna see me fold
It ain't no thang to me
Thoughts when I was broke, if only I could be
Pockets holdin' hope, it ain't no thang to me
At night, I hit my knees
I prayed for better days
Then found a better me
I got my head on straight

Up, up, and away, just ridin' my wave
I ain't never gon' say nothin'
Nigga throw a shot my way
I just jot down names
Ain't never gon' say nothin'
Know you be stressin', hate
Only block your blessin'
I'm never gon' say nothin'
Quit all that flexin', niggas
Live check to check
I'm never gon' say nothin'
Know that it's destined