J. Cole - p u n c h i n ' . t h e . c l o c k lyrics
J. Cole [Jermaine Lamarr Cole] Frankfurt, Germany/Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
[J. Cole - p u n c h i n ' . t h e . c l o c k lyrics]
It ain't nothing I want more
Ain't nothing I want more i ain't c–
I told you, when I first came here, I said
"I ain't come here to waste my time"
I came here they gave us a chance to get in
Like we asked for
And that's, that's what we here to do
Yeah, nigga, 26 the job still ain't done
Straight up but, I, I said, "You
You know what I'm here for"
Back on top, punchin' the clock
Clutchin' sanity
I got more cribs than Habitat for Humanity
Shit profound, we propagating more profanity
Paid off collections from
Recollections of calamity
(Oh shit, look, that nigga gonna shoot)
The shit pop off
I learned to duck under the canopy
(Oh shit, run, nigga, run) 'Til it cool off
They murked a nigga right in front of me
Told him to come off his
Chain for tryna floss
Died over a cross just like
The start of Christianity when I was a boy
The teacher often reprimanded me (Jermaine)
Thought it was toys
It was a Glock this nigga handed me
I busted the trees
Was barely strong enough to squeeze
Bullets traveled through leaves
It probably killed somebody randomly
Ran in the crib and played
It off amongst the family nightmare scenes
The police finally apprehended me
Woke up screamin'
Seen a demon had his hand on me
Still sport the scar on my arm
From where he branded me like a Que Dog
My niggas burnin' with the mute off
Loud pack smoke through the cracks
I catch a contact
Triggerin' a paranoid mindset, now I'm back
Teeterin' between enlightened and insanity
Now that I'm rich
I feel nobody understandin' me
All I can do is cut the mic on, holler at you
Can't let the fame scare me
Off from speaking candidly
All them niggas is so Kane
They started singin' like Danity
Now I'm left here, paid like I planned to be
Damn
A lot of times, those situations are, um
Are handled way before the time comes
In the summer, I think when
You truly prepare yourself, and
With training and conditioning
And things like that
When you cheat yourself
You fail in those moments
You know, you crash
And when you really put the time in and
Whether people see it
Or whether people know it or not
You know, it always come to light
Ain't nothing I want more i ain't c–
I told you, when I first came here, I said
"I ain't come here to waste my time"
I came here they gave us a chance to get in
Like we asked for
And that's, that's what we here to do
Yeah, nigga, 26 the job still ain't done
Straight up but, I, I said, "You
You know what I'm here for"
Back on top, punchin' the clock
Clutchin' sanity
I got more cribs than Habitat for Humanity
Shit profound, we propagating more profanity
Paid off collections from
Recollections of calamity
(Oh shit, look, that nigga gonna shoot)
The shit pop off
I learned to duck under the canopy
(Oh shit, run, nigga, run) 'Til it cool off
They murked a nigga right in front of me
Told him to come off his
Chain for tryna floss
Died over a cross just like
The start of Christianity when I was a boy
The teacher often reprimanded me (Jermaine)
Thought it was toys
It was a Glock this nigga handed me
I busted the trees
Was barely strong enough to squeeze
Bullets traveled through leaves
It probably killed somebody randomly
Ran in the crib and played
It off amongst the family nightmare scenes
The police finally apprehended me
Woke up screamin'
Seen a demon had his hand on me
Still sport the scar on my arm
From where he branded me like a Que Dog
My niggas burnin' with the mute off
Loud pack smoke through the cracks
I catch a contact
Triggerin' a paranoid mindset, now I'm back
Teeterin' between enlightened and insanity
Now that I'm rich
I feel nobody understandin' me
All I can do is cut the mic on, holler at you
Can't let the fame scare me
Off from speaking candidly
All them niggas is so Kane
They started singin' like Danity
Now I'm left here, paid like I planned to be
Damn
A lot of times, those situations are, um
Are handled way before the time comes
In the summer, I think when
You truly prepare yourself, and
With training and conditioning
And things like that
When you cheat yourself
You fail in those moments
You know, you crash
And when you really put the time in and
Whether people see it
Or whether people know it or not
You know, it always come to light