t h e . c l i m b . b a c k (Explicit) - J. Cole

Lyrics by：J. Cole/Gary Bailey/Montey Bailey/Maximilian Axelrod

Composed by：J. Cole/Gary Bailey/Montey Bailey/Maximilian Axelrod

Are you doin' this work to facilitate growth or to become famous

Which is more important

Getting or letting go

You can do anything

Anything you can do

You can do anything

You can do anything

Anything you can do

You can do anything

Everything come back around full circle

Why do lies sound pleasant but the truth hurtful

Everybody gotta cry once in a while

But how long will it take 'fore you smile

This is that come-back-to-life s**t

My n***as pick me up

And we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift

And paint the town red for my n***a found dead too soon

B***h I'm back out

Yeah

To the left of that decimal

I need seven figures to play the joint

Turn up your decibels peep how I decimate a joint

Check out my projects like them workers that Section 8 appoints

And you'll see how I flipped like exclamation points

My n***as shoot first as if they never played the point more two guards

Enough straps to fill four U-Hauls

More death than World War II caused

Around these parts we pour the brown just to drown these thoughts

Of black corpses in county morgues

Lord those images hauntin'

I ain't been asleep yet it's ten in the mornin'

I'm sendin' a warnin'

A problem with me is like the BET Hip-Hop Awards

I'm startin' to see you n***as don't want it

I'm sick of this flauntin'

From n***as I know for sure ain't got mo' dough than Cole

Trash rappers a*s backwards tryna go toe-to-toe

We laugh at ya

Staff strapped up on top the totem pole to blast at ya

Bassmasters look how they tote a pole

Gotta know the ropes and the protocol

Or they gon' for sure blow your clothes half off like a promo code

Made a lil' tune called "Foldin Clothes "

And a n***a still ain't known to fold under pressure

Well you know what Cole do

Make a diamond they just rhymin' me I'm quotin' gold

One phone call get you canceled like a homophobe in this PC culture

Address me as the G.O.A.T. like they call Chief Keef Sosa

In my sectional like a f**kin' three-piece sofa

I'm known as the chosen one

Another dead body lay frozen that's how it go sometimes

When n***as weighin' coke and not the pros and cons

Well I ain't with that sleepin' underground like a gopher

So I go for mines

Everything come back around full circle

N***a gotta go for mines

Why do lies sound pleasant but the truth hurtful

Yeah

Everybody gotta cry once in a while

But how long will it take 'fore you smile

This is that come-back-to-life s**t

My n***as pick me up

And we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift

And paint the town red for my n***a found dead too soon

Now I know why they call it blue moon

Yeah

Survival at all costs every day n***as get logged off

Bodies get hauled off

Passin' a funeral procession

While holdin' my breath in the car I thought

At times it be feelin' the devil be winnin'

But do that mean God lost

Just got off the phone with my n***a

He back in the kennel my dog lost

I brought him 'round close to me before but he

Became addicted to clout and all the h*es we'd meet

I slowly peeped jealousy on his breath whenever he spoke to me

Like on the low

He feelin' that in my shoes is where he supposed to be

I tried to ignore the signs but there in the back of my mind

It felt like lettin' a n***a come sleep on your couch

And he eatin' up all yo' groceries

My n***a repeated this quote to me I felt its potency

Said "Most of these n***as gon' hang themselves

Just give 'em the rope and see"

S**t I heeded that and what got showed to me

Was screamin' that some n***as you gotta leave 'em back

Unfortunately we seen the trap

N***as be on that demon clock resultantly

They fiend to clap as often as the Genius app misquotin' me uh

Meanwhile I see that yo' diamonds is glistenin'

I'm glad that you shinin'

But need I remind you my n***as is dimin' and nickelin'

Scrapin' up whatever coin they can find

The pettiest crime they committin' it

Just to get by for a limited time

The steepest of mountains they tryin' to climb

I'm here tryna find the derivative you n***as don't feel me

You see the clout you don't see the real me

If I was sick you n***as wouldn't heal me

Therefore I'm healin' myself gettin' in tune with my God

Slowly revealin' myself buildin' my wealth

A n***a touch mine I'ma kill 'em myself trust me

Everything come back around full circle

Why do lies sound pleasant but the truth hurtful

Everybody gotta cry once in a while

But how long will it take 'fore you smile

This is that come-back-to-life s**t

My n***as pick me up

And we gon' light the city up as if the sun had the night shift

And paint the town red for my n***a found dead too soon

Now I know why they call it blue moon

Yeah

B***h I'm back outside n***a

I'm back outside

I'm back outside

B***h I'm back outside

Everybody mentions suicide prevention

Man they even made a hotline

To call up when there's tension but I got a question

What about a f**kin' homicide

Need a number for my n***as to call

Whenever there's a urge to get triggers involved

Need a number for my n***as to call

Whenever there's a urge to get triggers involved