[ti:Just to Get By]
[ar:J.Cole]
[al:The Warm Up]
[00:00.98]That was the warm up, that was the warm up, baby
[00:02.91]Aight, Elite, for real, one take, dawg, and I'm up outta here
[00:06.41]One, yup, yeah.
[00:11.06]Lord, please forgive me for my sinning
[00:13.30]I ain't saying that I'm finished, but I'm praying in advance
[00:16.15]Cause the way her eyes glance like they playing in my pants
[00:18.60]Yeah, ball game
[00:19.44]I swear the hoes wasn't in my plans
[00:21.25]When a ***** took the chance and came to the big city
[00:23.95]My beat machine the only ******* thing I had with me
[00:26.58]Like Bobby had Whitney, we was cooking up crack
[00:29.23]But them fifteen credits had a ***** off track
[00:31.84]Picture that, best rapper since Lil Wayne in classes
[00:34.69]The best bachelor since Bruce Wayne with his bachelor's
[00:37.43]But mastered this rap s**t
[00:38.79]You hear the words coming from my lips bastards
[00:41.03]I never crack, I got that Chapstick
[00:42.77]I practiced till that s**t made perfect
[00:44.86]And served it to the people on a silver platter
[00:46.88]Now where's the ladder?
[00:47.88]Cause either you gonna whine or you climb; I chose the latter
[00:50.70]Know you haters is pissed, hold your bladder though
[00:52.85]'Fore you get tossed like a forward lateral
[00:55.14]We never tattle, let God handle that
[00:57.07]Or let the mob handle that
[00:58.33]No Soprano, half black, half white; I'm a piano
[01:01.04]I'm an animal, my video on Discovery Channel
[01:03.67]I'm a beast when my s**t hits the streets, these ****** cease to exist
[01:07.23]Like a beach in a tsunami, you'll find me in the Ville
[01:09.66]In the state of NC
[01:10.83]*****, if I ain't back home, I'm up in NYC
[01:13.57]'Bout that money probably like a ******* robbery
[01:16.21]But I ain’t jacking
[01:17.16]I'm chasing dreams sort of like jeans, boy, I ain’t slacking
[01:19.75]I'm chasing dreams sort of like jeans, boy, I ain’t slacking
[01:22.44]Hey, take a hard look at my drive *****, no hacking on my s**t
[01:25.52]I'm straight smacking ******, straight tagging ******
[01:28.01]Yo, I freestyle and **** you ******, ya'll be wilding and I'm out