J. Cole - Tears For ODB Lyrics
[Verse 1]Tears for ODB, drug-induced poetryWhat's the use? Strung-out from that drug abuse, woe is me80's baby, so I know my pops was gettin' highIn the 90's, me and mama barely gettin' by2000's I was concentratin' more on gettin' flyGettin' *****es, gettin' rich to get the shit I couldn't buyYou know the story, you know my allegoryI was sent from Heaven with a set of horns, they'd better warn y'allI'm here for more than just to kick some witty metaphors, dawgThis more of the type of shit you spit to set a war off'Cause niggas be poor, get money and still don't knowWhy the ***** they can't cop a house, the system meant to lock us outBut I'm knockin' down the door, strapped up with a four-fourRobin Hood shit – and yeah, I'm 'hood richThat's good enough to stay in new kicks and a good whipGet good head from a good *****, I give two shits, I'ma tell you straight up[Hook]Straight upStraight up – aye, any chance I'ma take itRather die before I fake itThey say life is what you make it, *****, but I'm just tryna make itStraight upStraight upStraight up – aye, any chance I'ma take itRather die before I fake itThey say life is what you make it, *****[Verse 2]Lord have mercy on my soul – what I've done and what I've seenMy life has tumbled into that which only you could interveneI put my heart in senseless things – money, *****es and street shitFascinated by beef, sad to say I won't be shitGrew up in this ***** without a pot to piss in, no toiletHow ironic, I took a lot of shit, like a bottom *****Or a model chick, high off cokeThey lockin' sons up for less, I don't care how y'all copeBut yet I still peddle this dope and these pillsI'll never know how sittin' comfy on that Oprah seat feelsMore than likely be on Most Wanted posters, we stillHoldin' on to old dreams of bein' Hova, be realWe the forgotten souls, bottom of the totem polesLeft for dead, some niggas fled, people say they sold their soulsI just think they found a better way, Lord knows I never prayBut sometimes I be wishin' I could levitate, I'll take it straight up[Hook]Straight upStraight up – aye, any chance I'ma take itRather die before I fake itThey say life is what you make it, *****, but I'm just tryna make itStraight upStraight upStraight up – aye, any chance I'ma take itRather die before I fake itThey say life is what you make it, *****, but I'm just tryna make itStraight up