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Born Sinner - J. Cole James Fauntleroy |
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Spinning in circles, live my life without rehearsal |
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If I die today my n*gga was it business? |
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Was it personal? |
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Should this be my last breath |
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I'm blessed cause it was purposeful |
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Never got to church to worship Lord |
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But please be merciful |
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You made me versatile, well-rounded like cursive |
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Now you chose me for a purpose |
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I put my soul in these verses |
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Born sinner, was never born to be perfect |
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Sucka for women licking their lips |
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And holding these purses |
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Back when we ran the streets |
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Who would think we grow to be murderers |
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Teachers treated n*ggas as |
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If they totally worthless |
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And violent, and hopeless |
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I saw but never noticed that the |
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College point is right to |
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"Be All That You Can Be" posters |
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Rest in peace to Tiffany |
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I don't know if this is the realest sh*t I wrote |
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But know the realest n*gga wrote this |
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And signed it, and sealed it in a envelope |
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And knew one day you'd find it |
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And knew one day you'd come back |
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And rewind this, singing... |
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I'm a born sinner |
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But I'll die better than that; swear. |
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You were always where I needed you to be |
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Whether you were there or not there (I was there) |
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I was born sinning but I live better than that |
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(better than that, better than that) |
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And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care. |
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah) |
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Yeah, this music sh*t is a gift |
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But God help us make it cause |
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This music business is a cliff |
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I got a life in my grip |
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She holding tight to my wrist |
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She screaming: "Don't let me slip" |
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She see the tears in my eyes |
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I see the fear on her lips |
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True when I told you, you the only reason why |
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I don't flip and go insane |
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My roof in the pouring rain |
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You knew me before the fame |
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Don't lose me the more I change, no |
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Just grow with me, go broke you go broke with me |
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I smoke you gon' smoke with me |
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Woman's curse since birth |
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Man lead her to the hearse |
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I go Bobby you go with me damn |
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Listen here, I'll tell you my biggest fears |
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You the only one who knows them |
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Don't you ever go expose them |
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This life is harder than you'll probably ever know |
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Emotions I hardly ever show |
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More for you than for me |
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Don't you worry yourself |
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I gotta do this for me |
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They tell me life is a test but where's a tutor for me |
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Pops came late I'm already stuck in my ways |
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Ducking calls from my mother for days |
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Sometimes she hate the way she raised me |
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But she love what she raised |
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Can't wait to hand her these house keys |
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With nothing to say |
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I'm a born sinner |
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But I'll die better than that; swear. |
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You were always where I needed you to be |
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Whether you were there or not there (I was there) |
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I was born sinning but I live better than that |
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(better than that, better than that) |
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And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care. |
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah) |
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I'm a born sinner |
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But I'll die better than that; swear. |
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You were always where I needed you to be |
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Whether you were there or not there (I was there) |
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I was born sinning but I live better than that |
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(better than that, better than that) |
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And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care. |
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah) |
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