Sideline Story - J. Cole

Lyrics by：Jermaine Cole/Kingsley Swan/Suzanne Swan

Composed by：J. Cole/Kingsley Swan/Suzanne Swan

I put my heart and soul in this game I'm feelin' drained

Unappreciated unalleviated

Tired of comin' up short f**k abbreviated

Want my whole name spelt out my own pain spilt out

No pain no gain I blow brains Cobain

Throw flames Liu Kang the coach ain't help out so I call my own shots

I'm David Blaine I'm breakin' out of my own box you stay the same

But homie if you change may you change for the better

Back when Martin King had a thing for Coretta

Wonder if she seen all the dreams he was dreamin'

Did she have a clue of all the schemes he was schemin'

Still loved him just enough to put up with the cheatin'

Months go by and only see him for a weekend

I say a prayer hope my girl ain't leavin'

We all got angels we all got demons

As you fall through the club

Bad b***hes down to do all the above

Money come fast so bein' hungry don't last

Till you look in the mirror and you saw who you was

Cole World it couldn't be more clearer

The time is now couldn't be more here-er

My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras

Say hello to the real I can be your hero

Hey I'ma put us all on the map

Gone and I ain't lookin' back

I know they gone feel it like they tank on E

I promise baby you can bet the bank on me

Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more

You thinking I'ma fall don't be so sure

I wish somebody made guidelines

On how to get up off the sidelines

Up in 1st class laugh even though it's not funny

See a white man wonder how the f**k I got money

While he sit at coach hate to see me walk past 'I'm

Young black pants sag headphones blastin'

Know what he askin' "how did he manage"

"With all the cards against him he used them to his advantage"

Slang we be speakin' probably soundin' like Spanish

Then I f**k they heads up when a n***a show manners

Some New York n***as thought it was funny callin' us 'Bama

Laughin' at the grammar cause they didn't understand us

Must've thought we slow but little do they know

I came up in here to take advantage of that s**t y'all take for granted

Opportunity that I would kill for

Lookin' at rappers like "what the f**k you got a deal for

When I was assed out with my funds low

It's nice to know I had the whole world at my front door

Hey I'ma put us all on the map

Gone and I ain't lookin' back

I know they gone feel it like they tank on E

I promise baby you can bet the bank on me

Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more

You thinking I'ma fall don't be so sure

I wish somebody made guidelines

On how to get up off the sidelines

I made it to the rock even though they tried to box me out

I got the key to the game they tried to lock me out

But what they don't understand is this is all planned

It's a bigger picture and you can't photoshop me out

Some n***a ask me why Jay never shout me out

Like I'm supposed to give a f**k

Don't you know that I be out in France

Where the fans throw they hands like Pacquiao

Not cause my looks cause my hooks could knock Rocky out

And my lines is designed from the heart

Young Simba been a lion from the start

Dumb n***as y'all been lyin from the start

My life like a movie truly

And these n***as is dyin' for the part

But you'll never play me like LeBron vs. Jordan

Twenty years wonder who they gone say was more important

Both changed the game came through and made a lane

Who's to say that who's greater all we know they ain't the same

Hey I'ma put us all on the map

Gone and I ain't lookin' back

I know they gone feel it like they tank on E

I promise baby you can bet the bank on me

Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more

You thinking I'ma fall don't be so sure

I wish somebody made guidelines

On how to get up off the sidelines