[ti:Fire Squad]
[ar:J. Cole]
[00:22.020]Nigga why you actin' like a ho?
[00:24.760]Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go
[00:27.250]Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time
[00:29.990]When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb
[00:32.830]Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch
[00:35.370]If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?
[00:38.270]Come here baby why you always insecure?
[00:41.160]Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure
[00:43.040][Verse 1]
[00:43.550]Ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest
[00:46.550]A lotta niggas sat on the throne, I am the latest
[00:49.490]I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants
[00:52.030]I ain't afraid of you niggas, I'll end up fading you niggas
[00:54.730]'Fore it's all said and done, this nigga need medicine
[00:57.310]My uzi it weighed a ton, I need me a better gun
[00:59.960]In fact I just might need two, cuz niggas say they the one
[01:02.750]And I got something to prove
[01:04.580]Forgive me lord here they come, BLAOOW
[01:06.140]Nigga why you actin' like a ho?
[01:08.520]Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go
[01:11.020]Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time
[01:14.060]When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb
[01:16.450]Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch
[01:19.400]If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?
[01:21.980]Come here baby why you always insecure?
[01:24.940]Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure
[01:26.710][Verse 2]
[01:27.320]My inhibitions, fighting my intuition
[01:30.320]Premature premonition
[01:31.850]Showin me the demoliton of these phony niggas
[01:34.640]So ahead of my time
[01:36.160]Even when I rhyme about the future I be reminiscing
[01:38.960]You want the truth well come and listen
[01:40.630]I'm like that time you bagged a dime
[01:42.250]And checked ya phone and saw it was a number missing
[01:44.390]As fate passes you by, half of you try
[01:46.630]The other half of you fry, too high to actually fly
[01:49.380]One day y'all have to decide, who you gon' be
[01:52.120]A scary nigga or a nigga that's gon' rule like me
[01:54.810]Keep it true like me, Cole you might be
[01:57.290]Like the new Ice Cube, meets the new Ice-T
[02:00.190]Meets 2 Live Crew, meets the new Spike Lee
[02:03.140]Meets Bruce like Wayne, meets Bruce like Lee
[02:05.670]Meets '02 Lil Wayne, in a new white tee
[02:08.420]Meets KD, ain't no nigga that can shoot like me! BLAOOOW
[02:11.750]Nigga why you actin' like a ho?
[02:14.090]Know that I'ma ride for ya, either way it go
[02:16.590]Tell me girl why you be stressin me for time
[02:19.530]When you tell me you love me, can't you see im tryna climb
[02:22.070]Damn my nigga why you actin' like a bitch
[02:25.020]If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?
[02:27.620]Come here baby why you always insecure?
[02:30.370]Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure
[02:32.600][Bridge]
[02:33.160](Who's the king?)
[02:34.280]Came from the bottom nigga, with stains on my shirt
[02:36.610]What you expected from me, I came from the dirt
[02:38.640](Who's the king?)
[02:38.840]Money my motivator, the songs that I sing
[02:42.100]Picture a peasant passin' from pawn to a King
[02:44.330]You tell me ya still love me, if so then let me go
[02:47.580]Will I return or will I burn, never know
[02:49.810]Look in my eyes and see the future
[02:52.410]But don't sugar coat it
[02:53.830][Verse 3]
[02:54.540]Listen
[02:55.200]History repeats itself and that's just how it goes
[02:57.940]Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows
[03:01.040]Same thing that my nigga Elvis did with Rock n Roll
[03:03.430]Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and then Macklemore
[03:06.120]While silly niggas argue over who gone snatch the crown
[03:08.960]Look around my nigga white people have snatched the sound
[03:11.770]This year I＊ll prolly go to the awards dappered down
[03:14.300]Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile
[03:17.090]I'm just playin', but all good jokes contain true shit
[03:19.850]Same rope you climb up on, they'll hang you with
[03:22.430]But not Jermaine, my aim too sick
[03:25.120]I bang nigga, I came to bring the pain my brain too quick
[03:27.970]You see how I maneuver this game, I ain't stupid
[03:30.660]I recognize that life is a dream, and I dream lucid
[03:33.350]And break the chains and change minds, one verse at a time
[03:36.190]And claim too sick. And fuck it, if the shoe fits
[03:38.780]Who's the king?
[03:39.850][Outro]
[03:40.210]We all kings
[03:41.530](We all kings nigga)
[03:42.800]Kings of ourselves first and foremost
[03:44.070](True)
[03:44.270]While the people debate who's the king of this rap game
[03:46.970]Here comes lil' ol' Jermaine
[03:49.200]With every ounce of strength in his veins
[03:50.830]To snatch the crown from whoever y'all think has it
[03:54.080]But rather than place it on his head as soon as he grabs it
[03:56.570]Poof, boom, paow, it's like magic
[03:59.370]With a flash and a BANG the crown disintegrates
[04:02.820]And falls to the Earth from which it came
[04:05.210]It's done
[04:06.270]Ain't gonna be no more kings
[04:08.760]Be wary of any man that claims
[04:10.590]Because deep down he clings onto the need for power
[04:13.590]But in reality he's a coward
[04:16.330]Ultimately he's scared to die
[04:19.430]And sometimes so am I
[04:21.410]But when I'm in tune with the most high
[04:24.050]I realize
[04:25.110]The fear lies in my lack of awareness of the other side
[04:29.020]Today I know that we are the same
[04:30.750]Are the same, you and I
[04:32.780]Different kind of skin, different set of eyes
[04:35.320]Two different minds, but only one God
[04:37.810](It's only one God nigga)
[04:39.990]It's for all the kings
[04:41.670]Cause deep down I know every poet just wanna be loved