[ti:Sideline Story (Explicit)] [ar:J. Cole] [al:Cole World: The Sideline Story (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sideline Story - J. Cole [00:00.27]Lyrics by：Jermaine Cole/Kingsley Swan/Suzanne Swan [00:00.54]Composed by：Jermaine Cole/Kingsley Swan/Suzanne Swan [00:00.81]I put my heart and soul in this game I'm feelin' drained [00:03.47]Unappreciated unalleviated [00:06.29]Tired of comin' up short f**k abbreviated [00:08.80]Want my whole name spelt out my own pain spilt out [00:11.60]No pain no gain I blow brains Cobain [00:14.30]Throw flames Liu Kang the coach ain't help out so I call my own shots [00:18.63]I'm David Blaine I'm breakin' out of my own box you stay the same [00:22.35]But homie if you change may you change for the better [00:25.29]Back when Martin King had a thing for Coretta [00:27.63]Wonder if she seen all the dreams he was dreamin' [00:30.50]Did she have a clue of all the schemes he was schemin' [00:33.26]Still loved him just enough to put up with the cheatin' [00:35.95]Months go by and only see him for a weekend [00:38.55]I say a prayer hope my girl ain't leavin' [00:41.27]We all got angels we all got demons [00:45.13]As you fall through the club [00:46.75]Bad b***hes down to do all the above [00:49.41]Money come fast so bein' hungry don't last [00:51.91]Till you look in the mirror and you saw who you was [00:54.93]Cole World it couldn't be more clearer [00:57.33]The time is now couldn't be more here-er [00:59.97]My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras [01:02.67]Say hello to the real I can be your hero [01:06.20]Hey I'ma put us all on the map [01:08.48]Gone and I ain't lookin' back [01:10.06]I know they gone feel it like they tank on E [01:12.79]I promise baby you can bet the bank on me [01:15.47]Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more [01:18.92]You thinking I'ma fall don't be so sure [01:22.56]I wish somebody made guidelines [01:25.39]On how to get up off the sidelines [01:27.04]Up in 1st class laugh even though it's not funny [01:29.60]See a white man wonder how the f**k I got money [01:32.32]While he sit at coach hate to see me walk past 'I'm [01:35.40]Young black pants sag headphones blastin' [01:37.97]Know what he askin' "how did he manage" [01:40.66]"With all the cards against him he used them to his advantage" [01:43.43]Slang we be speakin' probably soundin' like Spanish [01:45.77]Then I f**k they heads up when a n***a show manners [01:48.59]Some New York n***as thought it was funny callin' us 'Bama [01:51.36]Laughin' at the grammar cause they didn't understand us [01:53.99]Must've thought we slow but little do they know [01:56.44]I came up in here to take advantage of that s**t y'all take for granted [01:59.84]Opportunity that I would kill for [02:02.28]Lookin' at rappers like "what the f**k you got a deal for [02:05.33]When I was assed out with my funds low [02:07.56]It's nice to know I had the whole world at my front door [02:10.99]Hey I'ma put us all on the map [02:13.27]Gone and I ain't lookin' back [02:14.87]I know they gone feel it like they tank on E [02:17.52]I promise baby you can bet the bank on me [02:20.25]Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more [02:23.62]You thinking I'ma fall don't be so sure [02:27.28]I wish somebody made guidelines [02:30.00]On how to get up off the sidelines [02:31.99]I made it to the rock even though they tried to box me out [02:34.73]I got the key to the game they tried to lock me out [02:37.36]But what they don't understand is this is all planned [02:40.08]It's a bigger picture and you can't photoshop me out [02:42.91]Some n***a ask me why Jay never shout me out [02:45.40]Like I'm supposed to give a f**k [02:46.88]Don't you know that I be out in France [02:48.66]Where the fans throw they hands like Pacquiao [02:50.71]Not cause my looks cause my hooks could knock Rocky out [02:53.47]And my lines is designed from the heart [02:55.91]Young Simba been a lion from the start [02:57.79]Dumb n***as y'all been lyin from the start [02:59.96]My life like a movie truly [03:01.95]And these n***as is dyin' for the part [03:03.72]But you'll never play me like LeBron vs. Jordan [03:06.68]Twenty years wonder who they gone say was more important [03:09.54]Both changed the game came through and made a lane [03:12.13]Who's to say that who's greater all we know they ain't the same [03:15.71]Hey I'ma put us all on the map [03:17.58]Gone and I ain't lookin' back [03:19.68]I know they gone feel it like they tank on E [03:22.18]I promise baby you can bet the bank on me [03:24.91]Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more [03:28.25]You thinking I'ma fall don't be so sure [03:32.04]I wish somebody made guidelines [03:34.69]On how to get up off the sidelines