[00:20.47]Now I was dreaming bout a deal at the age of thirteen
[00:23.29]I was fiending for the meals; I ain't talking Burger King
[00:26.27]Some of my niggas in the Ville all they did was serve fiends
[00:28.88]Fuck scales, I had skills all day rehearsing
[00:31.55]Them pretty boys had them gals, spent their time flirting
[00:34.32]All they wanted was some waves like they fucking surfing
[00:37.28]Hold up now don’t get it twisted, I ain't hating, do your thing
[00:40.08]I was like a young Simba couldn’t wait to be the King
[00:42.75]Now, nigga, it’s the Prince
[00:44.42]Hopped over the fence, where the grass way greener
[00:47.09]Look at shorty ass, way meaner
[00:48.81]Something like Serena mixed with Trina, have you seen her
[00:51.85]She fine enough to be Miss Howard, word to Adina
[00:54.52]My money like a senior, watch it graduate
[00:56.68]Now it's time to eat
[00:58.12]I’m letting all my niggas grab a plate
[00:59.62]Gravitate to real shit, stay away from phonies
[01:02.42]These niggas heard about me now they acting like they know me
[01:05.12]Keep on saying “Where you going nigga”
[01:07.37]Shit, there ain't no telling
[01:10.62]Ay, where you going nigga
[01:13.07]Ay, there ain't no telling
[01:15.37]They keep on saying where you going nigga going nigga
[01:18.35]There ain't no telling
[01:20.86]Can’t tell you where I’m going, just know I won't stop
[01:24.37]Goodbye to the bottom, hello to the top
[01:27.78]Pardon the interruption
[01:29.52]A proper introduction is necessary when your shit is legendary, man
[01:33.50]Greedy niggas wouldn’t let me in the cafeteria
[01:36.30]Cause they ain't believe, suddenly they Presbyterian
[01:39.14]The hoes is librarians, they looking me up
[01:41.46]She got a jones like Marion, she licking me up
[01:44.36]Then we cut, look how she say my name
[01:46.25]I got her moaning J. Cole, they used to say Jermaine
[01:49.23]I never change, I'm like a corpse in a coffin, six feet shit's deep
[01:53.02]I was low just a dolla and some hope fixed me
[01:55.52]Cause I was broke plus the weed that I would smoke would make it worser
[01:58.19]Lord, please let my problems disappear like Ron Mercer
[02:00.93]I’m a star, Converses
[02:02.54]Conversin' with them girls with them curves like cursive
[02:05.41]They open like curtains because my shit is unheard of
[02:08.23]Like curses on the radio
[02:09.43]Same bitches used to play me though
[02:11.46]And now they yelling “Where you going nigga”
[02:13.84]Shit, there ain't no telling
[02:17.19]Ay, where you going nigga
[02:19.74]Shit, there ain't no telling
[02:22.26]They keep on saying where you going nigga going nigga
[02:25.28]There ain't no telling
[02:27.60]Can’t tell you where I’m going, just know I won't stop
[02:31.06]Goodbye to the bottom, hello to the top
[02:33.72]I left the city for a minute but it's still on my back
[02:36.37]Told my niggas, aye I'm finna put the Ville on the map
[02:39.30]I'll be back, and I'm coming with a deal and a plaque
[02:42.05]Cause I'm ill bitch, they couldn’t make a pill for the rap
[02:44.78]Pouring liquor for my niggas that was killed, send em back
[02:47.48]Came home shit is real niggas still in the trap
[02:50.35]Hold up now don’t get it twisted if you slang do your thang
[02:53.06]Me I'm like a young Simba I can't wait to be the King
[02:55.90]Witness the dream
[02:57.18]Straight out that Carolina water I was brought up
[02:59.33]In the city where the skinny niggas tryna be the ballas
[03:02.12]Ain't no fathers but the skinny niggas tryna hit their daughters
[03:04.87]Sneaking in her crib but her momma never caught us
[03:07.59]What they taught us men them bad bitches only want the ballas
[03:10.25]The starters, we hooping now the hoes wanna guard us
[03:13.16]Okay, so play D, know what I mean
[03:16.00]And I put you on the team
[03:17.82]Man this life is but a dream
[03:19.33]And I need a fast car, bad broads, fast forward passports
[03:22.71]I'm a fucking rap star
[03:24.02]Ay, Where you going nigga
[03:25.95]Shit, there ain't no telling
[03:28.22]Yeah, they say this life is but a dream
[03:30.39]Well I need a fast car, bad broads, fast forward passports
[03:34.00]I'm a fucking rap star
[03:35.05]Ay, Where you going nigga
[03:37.53]Yeah, there ain't no telling
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