It Won't Be Long-J. Cole

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[00:03.38]Uh, yeah
[00:04.26]I said it won't be long (no)
[00:08.95]'fore we out here baby
[00:12.63]Gotta get you up out here baby
[00:15.38]Said it won't be long
[00:17.95]'fore we out here baby
[00:23.38]We up out here baby
[00:26.01]I say a prayer and look up in the sky
[00:28.20]Thank God even though a n-gga headed to this tired day job
[00:30.82]Will my eyes stay wide
[00:32.51]Still I know I'm gonna blow
[00:34.13]This is music for my n-ggas cause I know you want more
[00:36.20]Cause that old sh-t fake and this new sh-t real
[00:39.01]J Cole not Jay witness that Blueprint feel
[00:40.95]Hey Cole is you crazy thats some big boots to fill
[00:44.39]Yeah straight out the Ville and the shoes fit well
[00:46.89]Same heaven same hell
[00:47.95]Same n-ggas get killed
[00:49.51]Knew every detail still never would tell
[00:51.20]Scared of the repercussion
[00:53.39]Scared of them people bussin
[00:54.76]Bullets be hittin' n-gga's you swear they could be percussion
[00:57.45]N-ggas be holding triggers before they could read instructions
[01:00.14]Oh God, never did our fathers teach us nothing
[01:02.70]No law, but became a man on my own
[01:05.14]Showed my momma I could stand on my own
[01:07.07]Uh, yeah
[01:07.70]I said it won't be long (no)
[01:11.76]'fore we out here baby
[01:15.01]Gotta get you up out here baby
[01:17.51]Said it won't be long
[01:20.89]'fore we out here baby
[01:25.89]We up out here baby
[01:28.14]Dear mama, your son hurting
[01:30.39]Living in this cold World where n-ggas shun virgins
[01:33.01]And praise hoes
[01:34.01]As days go by shawty 19 years old
[01:36.14]No clothes for her baby yet she stay so fly
[01:39.07]Tell me why mamma do you cry
[01:40.82]Is it cause you know my teacher be feeding me lies
[01:43.51]Is it cause you know that Preacher is greedy inside
[01:46.14]Cause racism is alive I see the disguise
[01:48.14]Mamma I know it hurts
[01:49.95]It hurts me to watch you go to work barely hanging on
[01:52.89]Some rich man getting richer while you slaving for him
[01:55.45]So whats the options for him
[01:56.89]A young n-gga from the hood without a pops at home
[01:59.20]Surrounded by no good
[02:00.45]And soon no good becomes so good quick
[02:02.70]A little ** money got him feeling so hood rich
[02:05.14]Killing your hood with the same sh-t Ronald Reagon filled up your hood with
[02:08.40]And it's still in your hood sh-t
[02:10.09]I'm feeling no good mamma
[02:11.40]I'm sick of my soul
[02:12.77]Is there a better life for us I just sit and I hope
[02:15.40]I just hope and I pray
[02:17.02]It'll change one day I'll make a change one way
[02:19.53]And mamma I can fly you out this cold World
[02:22.15]This cold life, it's all wrong
[02:24.59]There's no right
[02:25.84]Its hard to see the good when there's no light
[02:28.28]Just grrab onto me, trust me hold tight!
[02:30.34]Uh, yeah
[02:31.21]I said it won't be long (no)
[02:35.22]'fore we out here baby
[02:37.71]Gotta get you up out here baby
[02:41.46]Said it won't be long
[02:44.46]'fore we out here baby
[02:48.03]We up out here baby
[02:52.28]I said it won't be long (no)
[03:18.09]'fore we out here baby
[03:20.15]Gotta get you up out here baby
[03:22.97]Said it won't be long
[03:26.09]'fore we out here baby
[03:31.28]We up out here baby