[00:00.00]"It Won't Be Long"
[00:03.74]Uh, yeah
[00:04.89]I said it won’t be long (no)
[00:08.37]‘fore we out here baby
[00:12.34]Gotta get you up out here baby
[00:14.91]Said it won’t be long
[00:18.69]‘fore we out here baby
[00:22.35]We up out here baby
[00:25.78]I say a prayer and look up in the sky
[00:30.95]Thank God even though a ***** headed to this tired day job
[00:31.08]Will my eyes stay wide still I know I’m gonna blow
[00:33.64]This is music for my *****s cause I know you want more
[00:36.15]Cause that old *****t fake but this new *****t real
[00:38.97]J. Cole not Jay but this that Blueprint feel
[00:41.64]Hey Cole is you crazy that's some big boots to fill
[00:44.00]Yeah straight out the Ville and the shoes fit well
[00:46.86]Seen heaven, seen hell, seen *****s get killed
[00:49.19]Knew every detail still never would tell
[00:52.10]Scared of the repercussion, scared of them people bussin'
[00:54.47]Bullets be hittin’ *****’s you swear they could be percussion
[00:57.24]*****s be holding triggers before they could read instructions
[00:59.78]Oh God, never did our fathers teach us nothing
[01:03.11]No law, but became a man on my own
[01:05.13]Showed my momma I could stand on my own
[01:06.96]I said it won’t be long (no)
[01:11.48]‘fore we out here baby
[01:15.12]Gotta get you up out here baby
[01:17.64]Said it won’t be long
[01:21.82]‘fore we out here baby
[01:25.84]We up out here baby
[01:27.35]Dear mama, your son hurting
[01:30.46]Living in this cold World where *****s shun virgins
[01:32.83]And praise hoes
[01:33.69]As days go by shawty 19 years old
[01:36.25]No clothes for her baby yet she stay so fly
[01:38.67]Tell me why mamma do you cry
[01:40.38]Is it cause you know my teacher be feeding me lies
[01:43.05]Is it cause you know that Preacher is greedy inside
[01:45.61]Cause racism is alive I see the disguise
[01:48.38]Mamma I know it hurts
[01:49.44]It hurts me to watch you go to work barely hanging on
[01:52.46]Some rich man getting richer while you slaving for him
[01:54.73]So whats the options for him
[01:56.43]A young ***** from the hood without a pops at home
[01:58.59]Surrounded by no good
[01:59.86]And soon no good becomes so good quick
[02:01.98]A little drug money got him feeling so hood rich
[02:04.94]Killing your hood with the same *****t Ronald Reagon filled up your hood with
[02:09.07]And it’s still in your hood *****t
[02:10.12]I’m feeling no good mamma
[02:11.68]I’m sick of my soul
[02:12.54]Is there a better life for us I just sit and I hope
[02:15.16]I just hope and I pray
[02:16.51]It’ll change one day I’ll make a change one way
[02:19.12]And mamma I can fly you out this cold World
[02:21.28]This cold life, it’s all wrong
[02:24.26]There’s no right
[02:25.41]Its hard to see the good when there’s no light
[02:27.88]Just grab onto me, trust me hold tight!
[02:31.11]I said it won’t be long (no)
[02:34.29]‘fore we out here baby
[02:38.22]Gotta get you up out here baby
[02:41.09]Said it won’t be long
[02:45.01]‘fore we out here baby
[02:48.53]We up out here baby