[ar:J. Cole]
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[00:00.00]Change (Explicit) - J. Cole
[00:01.54]Written by：Jermaine Cole
[00:03.09]My intuition is telling me there'll be better days
[00:09.97]Yeah
[00:13.08]My intuition is telling me there'll be better days
[00:16.82]I like this tone
[00:19.18]Yeah my intuition is telling me there'll be better days
[00:22.66]I sit in silence and find whenever I meditate
[00:24.73]My fears alleviate my tears evaporate
[00:27.45]My faith don't deviate ideas don't have a date
[00:30.05]But see I'm growing and getting stronger with every breath
[00:32.61]Bringing me closer to heaven's doors with every step
[00:34.80]As we speak I'm at peace no longer scared to die
[00:37.42]Most don't believe in God and so they terrified
[00:40.04]It's either that or they be fearing they gon' go to hell
[00:42.67]Asking the father for forgiveness God
[00:44.03]I'm overwhelmed
[00:46.97]As if he's spiteful like them white folks that control the jail
[00:49.91]See I believe if God is real he'd never judge a man
[00:52.40]Because he knows us all and therefore he would understand
[00:54.77]The ignorance that make a take his brother's life
[00:57.33]The bitterness and pain that got him beating on his wife
[01:00.31]I know you desperate for a change at the pen glide
[01:02.75]But the only real change come from inside
[01:05.52]But the only real change come from inside
[01:07.64]But the only real change come from
[01:10.41]In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
[01:12.63]But the only real change come from inside
[01:15.18]But the only real change come from inside
[01:17.74]But the only real change come from
[01:19.57]Yeah my chosen religion Jesus piece frozen from sinnin'
[01:22.09]Doin' dirt hoping to God he know my intentions
[01:24.41]To see a million 'fore I see a casket
[01:26.44]I got a baby on the way know he gon' be a bastard
[01:28.85]I'm living fast like I'm in a drag race how that cash taste
[01:31.56]When I was a senior I was ballin' on my classmates
[01:34.18]Put three bullets in my car one hit the gas tank
[01:37.05]Know I got a angel cause I'm supposed to have a halo
[01:39.35]Right now my lifestyle destined for a federal facility
[01:41.98]For my ability to make them birds fly
[01:44.13]Fiends wanna get higher than a bird's eye view
[01:46.36]And who am I tell a what to do
[01:48.49]I just supply it's economics
[01:49.52]My business ain't got the suit and tie
[01:51.63]Keep a pistol at all times want what's mine
[01:54.27]I can't oblige dog I work too hard
[01:56.17]So reach for it get referred to God I'm going hard
[02:00.14]I know you desperate for a change at the pen glide
[02:03.02]But the only real change come from inside
[02:04.93]But the only real change come from inside
[02:07.06]But the only real change come from
[02:09.76]In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
[02:12.05]But the only real change come from inside
[02:14.49]But the only real change come from inside
[02:17.14]But the only real change come from
[02:19.03]Yeah prodigal son got a new gun this one
[02:20.97]Don't run out of ammo lately been working on my handles
[02:23.30]Can I ball become a star and remain my self
[02:25.63]If I fall dust it off and regain my self
[02:28.58]F**k ''em all they don't know all the pain I felt
[02:31.34]I'm in awe after all the fame I felt I evolve
[02:34.10]I no longer bury demons I be a vessel for the truth
[02:37.05]Until I'm barely breathing I'm singing
[02:41.05]Life is all about the evolution
[02:44.00]I give up I give in I move back a little
[02:45.90]I live up I look up now I'm back for more
[02:50.80]You can dream but don't neglect the execution
[02:53.99]I give up I give in I move back a little
[02:56.22]I live up I look up now I'm back for more
[03:00.94]Time is short that's what somebody told me
[03:03.70]I give up I give in I move back a little
[03:06.09]I live up I look up now I'm back for more
[03:10.85]Too short to keep following your homies
[03:14.09]I give up I give in I move back a little
[03:16.40]I live up I look up now I'm back for more
[03:18.78]I reminisce back to a time where threw they hands
[03:20.91]All of a sudden pop a trunk and then we scram
[03:23.50]Finger on trigger make a little understand
[03:25.18]What it's like to finally be the motherf**kin' man
[03:28.11]Eyes wide that's from the power that the coward feels
[03:30.46]Die over b**ches disrespecting dollar bills
[03:33.02]Bloodshed that turned the city to a battlefield
[03:35.59]I call it poison you call it real
[03:37.39]That's how you feel
[03:38.31]Pistols be poppin' and drop in a heartbeat
[03:40.52]Scattered like roaches a body laid on the concrete
[03:42.89]Body laid on the concrete
[03:45.75]Look somebody laid on the concrete
[03:48.09]No time for that ain't no lookin' back cause I'm running too
[03:50.74]I made it home I woke up and turned on the morning news
[03:53.18]Overcame with a feeling I can't explain
[03:54.94]Cause that was my James that was slain he was 22
[03:58.35]Last night at around
[03:59.59]He was 22