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J. Cole
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[Hook]
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Nigga why you actin' like a ho?
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Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go
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Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time
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When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb
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Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch
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If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?
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Come here baby why you always insecure?
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Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure
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[Verse 1]
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Ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest
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A lotta niggas sat on the thrown, I am the latest
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I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants
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I ain't afraid of you niggas, I'll end up fading you niggas
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'Fore it's all said and done, this nigga need medicine
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My uzi it weighed a ton, I need me a better gun
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In fact I just might need two, cuz niggas say they the one
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And i got something to prove
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Forgive me lord here they come, BLAOOW
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[Hook]
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[Verse 2]
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My inhibitions, fighting my intuition
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Premature premontion
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Showin me the demoliton of these phony niggas
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So ahead of my time
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Even when i rhyme about the future I be reminiscing
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You want the truth well come and listen
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Im like that time you bagged a dime
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And checked ya phone and saw it was a number missing
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As fate passes you by half of you try
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The other half of you fry, too high to actually fly
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One day yall have to decide, who you gon be
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A scary nigga or a nigga thats gon' rule like me
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Keep it true like me, Cole you might be
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Like the new Ice Cube, meets the new Ice-T
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Meets 2 Live Crew, meets the new Spike Lee
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Meets Bruce like Wayne, meets Bruce like Lee
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Meets '02 Lil Wayne, in a new white tee
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Meets KD, ain't no nigga that can shoot like me! BLAOOOW
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[Hook]
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[Bridge]
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(Who's the king?)
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Came from the bottom nigga, with stains on my shirt
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What you expected from me, I came from the dirt
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(Who's the king?)
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Money my motivator, the songs that I sing
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Picture a peasant passin' from pawn to a King
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You tell me ya still love me, if so then let me go
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Will I return or will I burn, never know
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Look in my eyes and see the future
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But dont sugar coat it
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[Verse 3]
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History repeats itself and thats just how it goes
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Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows
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Same thing that my nigga Elvis did with Rock Roll
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Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and then Macklemore
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While silly niggas argue over who gone snatch the crown
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Look around my nigga white people have snatched the sound
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This year i'll prolly go to the awards dappered down
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Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile
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I'm just playin', but all good jokes contain true shit
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Same rope you climb up on, they'll hang you with
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But not Jermaine, my aim too sick
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I bang nigga, I came to bring the pain my brain too quick
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You see how I maneuver this game, I ain't stupid
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I recognize that life is a dream, and I dream lucid
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And break the chains and change minds, one verse at a time
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And claim that you sick, and fuck it if the truth is
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Who's the king?
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[Outro]
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We all kings
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(We all kings nigga)
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Kings of ourselves first and foremost
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(True)
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While the people debate who's the king of this rap game
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Here comes lil' ol' Jermaine
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With every ounce of strength in his veins
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To snatch the crown from whoever y'all think has it
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But rather than place it on his head as soon as he grabs it
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Poof, boom, paow, it's like magic
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With a flash and a BANG the crown disintegrates
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And falls from the Earth from which it came
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It's done
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Ain't gonna be no more kings
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Be wary of any man that claims
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Because deep down he claims onto the need for power
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But reality he's a coward
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Ultimately he's scared to die
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And sometimes so am I
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But when I'm in tune with the most high
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I realise
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The fear lies in my lack of awareness of the other side
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Today I know that we are the same
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Are the same, you and I
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Different kind of skin, different set of eyes
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Two different minds, but only one God
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(It's only one God nigga)
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It's for all the kings
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Cause deep down I know every pore just wanna be loved
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