J. Cole - t h e . c l i m b . b a c k lyrics
J. Cole [Jermaine Lamarr Cole] Frankfurt, Germany/Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
[J. Cole - t h e . c l i m b . b a c k lyrics]
Are you doin' this work to facilitate
Growth or to become famous?
Which is more important?
Getting or letting go?
You can do anything, anything you can do
(You can do anything)
You can do anything, anything you can do
(You can do anything)
Everything come back around full circle
Why do lies sound pleasant
But the truth hurtful?
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back-to-life shit
My niggas pick me up and
We gon' light the city
Up as if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my
Nigga found dead too soon
(Bitch, I'm back out)
Yeah to the left of that decimal
I need seven figures to play the joint
Turn up your decibels
Peep how I decimate a joint
Check out my projects like them
Workers that Section 8 appoints
And you'll see how I
Flipped like exclamation points
My niggas shoot first as if
They never played the point, more two guards
Enough straps to fill four U-Hauls
More death than World War I I caused
Around these parts we pour the brown
Just to drown these thoughts
Of black corpses in county morgues, Lord
Those images hauntin'
I ain't been asleep yet
It's ten in the mornin'
I'm sendin' a warnin'
A problem with me is like
The BET Hip-Hop Awards
I'm startin' to see you niggas don't want it
I'm sick of this flauntin'
From niggas I know for sure ain't
Got mo' dough than Cole
Trash rappers, ass backwards
Tryna go toe-to-toe we laugh at ya
Staff strapped up on top the totem
Pole to blast at ya
Bassmasters, look how they tote a pole
Gotta know the ropes and the protocol
Or they gon' for sure blow your clothes
Half off like a promo code
Made a lil' tune called "Foldin Clothes
" and a nigga still ain't
Known to fold under pressure
Well, you know what Cole do
Make a diamond, they just rhymin', me
I'm quotin' gold
One phone call get you canceled like
A homophobe in this PC culture
Address me as the GOAT like
They call Chief Keef Sosa
In my sectional like a
Fuckin' three-piece sofa
I'm known as the chosen one
Another dead body lay frozen
That's how it go sometimes
When niggas weighin' coke and not
The pros and cons
Well, I ain't with that sleepin'
Underground like a gopher, so I go for mines
Everything come back around full circle
(Nigga, gotta go for mines)
Why do lies sound pleasant
But the truth hurtful? (yeah)
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back-to-life shit
My niggas pick me up and
We gon' light the city
Up as if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my
Nigga found dead too soon
Now I know why they call it blue moon (yeah)
Survival at all costs, every day
Niggas get logged off bodies get hauled off
Passin' a funeral procession while holdin'
My breath in the car, i thought
At times, it be feelin' the devil be winnin'
But do that mean God lost?
Just got off the phone with my
Nigga, he back in the kennel, my dog lost
I brought him 'round close to
Me before but he
Became addicted to clout and all
The hoes we'd meet
I slowly peeped jealousy on his breath
Whenever he spoke to me like on the low
He feelin' that in my shoes is
Where he supposed to be
I tried to ignore the signs
But they're in the back of my mind
It felt like lettin' a nigga
Come sleep on your
Couch and he eatin' up all yo' groceries
My nigga repeated this quote to me
I felt it's potency
Said, "Most of these niggas
Gon' hang themselves
Just give 'em the rope and see"
Shit, I heeded that
And what got showed to me
Was screamin' that, some niggas
You gotta leave 'em back
Unfortunately we seen the trap
Niggas be on that demon clock resultantly
They fiend to clap as often as
The Genius app misquotin' me, uh
Meanwhile, I see that yo'
Diamonds is glistenin'
I'm glad that you shinin'
But need I remind you my
Niggas is dimin' and nickelin'?
Scrapin' up whatever coin they can
Find, the pettiest crime, they committin' it
Just to get by for a limited
Time, the steepest of mountains
They tryin' to climb
I'm here tryna find the derivative
You niggas don't feel me
You see the clout, you don't see the real me
If I was sick, you niggas wouldn't heal me
Therefore I'm healin' myself
Gettin' in tune with my God
Slowly revealin' myself, buildin' my wealth
A nigga touch mine, I'ma kill 'em myself
Trust me
Everything come back around full circle
Why do lies sound pleasant
But the truth hurtful?
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back-to-life shit
My niggas pick me up and
We gon' light the city
Up as if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my
Nigga found dead too soon
Now I know why they call it blue moon (yeah)
Bitch, I'm back outside, nigga
I'm back outside i'm back outside
I'm back outside
Everybody mentions suicide prevention
Man, they even made a hotline
To call up when there's tension
But I got a question
What about a fuckin' homicide?
Need a number for my niggas to call
Whenever there's a urge to
Get triggers involved
Need a number for my niggas to call
Whenever there's a urge to
Get triggers involved
Growth or to become famous?
Which is more important?
Getting or letting go?
You can do anything, anything you can do
(You can do anything)
You can do anything, anything you can do
(You can do anything)
Everything come back around full circle
Why do lies sound pleasant
But the truth hurtful?
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back-to-life shit
My niggas pick me up and
We gon' light the city
Up as if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my
Nigga found dead too soon
(Bitch, I'm back out)
Yeah to the left of that decimal
I need seven figures to play the joint
Turn up your decibels
Peep how I decimate a joint
Check out my projects like them
Workers that Section 8 appoints
And you'll see how I
Flipped like exclamation points
My niggas shoot first as if
They never played the point, more two guards
Enough straps to fill four U-Hauls
More death than World War I I caused
Around these parts we pour the brown
Just to drown these thoughts
Of black corpses in county morgues, Lord
Those images hauntin'
I ain't been asleep yet
It's ten in the mornin'
I'm sendin' a warnin'
A problem with me is like
The BET Hip-Hop Awards
I'm startin' to see you niggas don't want it
I'm sick of this flauntin'
From niggas I know for sure ain't
Got mo' dough than Cole
Trash rappers, ass backwards
Tryna go toe-to-toe we laugh at ya
Staff strapped up on top the totem
Pole to blast at ya
Bassmasters, look how they tote a pole
Gotta know the ropes and the protocol
Or they gon' for sure blow your clothes
Half off like a promo code
Made a lil' tune called "Foldin Clothes
" and a nigga still ain't
Known to fold under pressure
Well, you know what Cole do
Make a diamond, they just rhymin', me
I'm quotin' gold
One phone call get you canceled like
A homophobe in this PC culture
Address me as the GOAT like
They call Chief Keef Sosa
In my sectional like a
Fuckin' three-piece sofa
I'm known as the chosen one
Another dead body lay frozen
That's how it go sometimes
When niggas weighin' coke and not
The pros and cons
Well, I ain't with that sleepin'
Underground like a gopher, so I go for mines
Everything come back around full circle
(Nigga, gotta go for mines)
Why do lies sound pleasant
But the truth hurtful? (yeah)
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back-to-life shit
My niggas pick me up and
We gon' light the city
Up as if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my
Nigga found dead too soon
Now I know why they call it blue moon (yeah)
Survival at all costs, every day
Niggas get logged off bodies get hauled off
Passin' a funeral procession while holdin'
My breath in the car, i thought
At times, it be feelin' the devil be winnin'
But do that mean God lost?
Just got off the phone with my
Nigga, he back in the kennel, my dog lost
I brought him 'round close to
Me before but he
Became addicted to clout and all
The hoes we'd meet
I slowly peeped jealousy on his breath
Whenever he spoke to me like on the low
He feelin' that in my shoes is
Where he supposed to be
I tried to ignore the signs
But they're in the back of my mind
It felt like lettin' a nigga
Come sleep on your
Couch and he eatin' up all yo' groceries
My nigga repeated this quote to me
I felt it's potency
Said, "Most of these niggas
Gon' hang themselves
Just give 'em the rope and see"
Shit, I heeded that
And what got showed to me
Was screamin' that, some niggas
You gotta leave 'em back
Unfortunately we seen the trap
Niggas be on that demon clock resultantly
They fiend to clap as often as
The Genius app misquotin' me, uh
Meanwhile, I see that yo'
Diamonds is glistenin'
I'm glad that you shinin'
But need I remind you my
Niggas is dimin' and nickelin'?
Scrapin' up whatever coin they can
Find, the pettiest crime, they committin' it
Just to get by for a limited
Time, the steepest of mountains
They tryin' to climb
I'm here tryna find the derivative
You niggas don't feel me
You see the clout, you don't see the real me
If I was sick, you niggas wouldn't heal me
Therefore I'm healin' myself
Gettin' in tune with my God
Slowly revealin' myself, buildin' my wealth
A nigga touch mine, I'ma kill 'em myself
Trust me
Everything come back around full circle
Why do lies sound pleasant
But the truth hurtful?
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back-to-life shit
My niggas pick me up and
We gon' light the city
Up as if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my
Nigga found dead too soon
Now I know why they call it blue moon (yeah)
Bitch, I'm back outside, nigga
I'm back outside i'm back outside
I'm back outside
Everybody mentions suicide prevention
Man, they even made a hotline
To call up when there's tension
But I got a question
What about a fuckin' homicide?
Need a number for my niggas to call
Whenever there's a urge to
Get triggers involved
Need a number for my niggas to call
Whenever there's a urge to
Get triggers involved