[ti:False Prophets (Clean)]
[ar:J. Cole]
[al:False Prophets]
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[00:00.20]False Prophets (Clean) - J. Cole
[00:00.96]Written by：Jermaine Cole
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[00:12.25]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[00:15.11]Be like this be like this
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[00:17.78]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[00:20.73]Yeah life is a balance
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[00:23.17]You lose your grip you can slip into an abyss
[00:25.37]No doubt you see these niggas trippin'
[00:27.23]Ego in charge of every move he's a star
[00:29.54]And we can't look away
[00:30.76]Due to the days that he caught our hearts
[00:32.65]He's fallin' apart but we deny it
[00:34.74]Justifying that half ass shit he dropped we always buy it
[00:38.12]When he tell us he a genius but it's clearer lately
[00:40.68]It's been hard for him to look into the mirror lately
[00:43.18]There was a time when this nigga was my hero maybe
[00:46.00]That's the reason why his fall from grace is hard to take
[00:48.56]'Cause I believed him when he said his shit was purer and he
[00:51.14]The type of nigga swear he real but all around him's fake
[00:53.93]The women the dickriders you know the yes men
[00:56.30]Nobody with the balls to say somethin' to contest him
[00:59.17]So he grows out of control
[01:00.75]Into the person that he truly was all along it's startin' to show
[01:03.89]Damn wonder what happened
[01:05.76]Maybe it's my fault for idolizing niggas
[01:07.86]Based off the words they be rappin'
[01:09.71]But come to find out these niggas don't even write they shit
[01:12.63]Hear some new style bubblin' up then they bite the shit
[01:14.96]Damn that's what I get for lyin' to myself
[01:17.70]Well f**k it what's more important is he's cryin' out for help
[01:20.39]While the world's eggin' him on I'm beggin' him to stop it
[01:22.76]Playin' his old shit knowin' he won't top it false prophets
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[01:26.82]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[01:29.65]Be like this be like this
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[01:32.20]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
[01:34.75]Be like this
[01:35.78]False prophets
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[01:37.50]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[01:40.30]Be like this be like this
[01:42.83]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[01:45.94]Yeah false prophets
[01:46.54]I got a homie he a rapper and he wanna win bad
[01:49.33]He want the fame the acclaim the respect that's been had
[01:51.60]By all the legends so every time I see him he stressin'
[01:54.51]Talkin' 'bout niggas don't f**k with him the shit is depressin'
[01:57.51]And I know he so bitter he can't see his own blessings
[02:00.10]Goddamn nigga you too blind to see you got fans nigga
[02:03.39]And a platform to make a classic rap song
[02:05.62]To change a nigga's life but you too anxious livin' life
[02:08.42]Always worried 'bout the critics who ain't ever f**kin' did it
[02:10.90]I write what's in my heart don't give a f**k who f**kin' with it
[02:13.69]But in a sense I can relate the need to be great
[02:16.44]Turns into an obsession and keeps a nigga up late
[02:18.76]Writin' words hopin' people observe the dedication
[02:21.55]That stirs in you constantly but intentions get blurred
[02:24.20]Do I do it for the love of
[02:25.65]The music or is there more to me
[02:27.32]Do I want these niggas to worship me false prophets
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[02:30.89]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[02:33.68]Be like this be like this
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[02:36.24]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[02:38.89]Be like this
[02:39.54]False prophets
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[02:41.45]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[02:44.30]Be like this be like this
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[02:46.88]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[02:49.94]Yeah false prophets
[02:51.17]These rappers insecure
[02:52.37]They talk about being a man so much
[02:54.04]I finally understand that they ain't even sure
[02:56.38]'Bout who they are and why they do this
[02:58.23]Guess I'm included in that category
[02:59.98]As a nigga who done had the glory
[03:01.88]My highest moments come from tellin' all the saddest stories
[03:04.54]I've seen in my life I be fiendin' to write
[03:06.76]Songs that raise the hair on my arms
[03:08.62]My lowest moments came from tryin' too hard
[03:10.57]To impress some niggas that couldn't care if I'm on
[03:13.16]Therefore from here on out my hair grow out
[03:15.49]I care nothin' about opinions
[03:17.65]I wanna give hope like the fountains you throw pennies in
[03:20.35]Hit the store take your diss make your wish
[03:23.00]This is dedicated to the ones
[03:24.61]Who listen to me on some faithful shit
[03:26.65]I'm on some thankful shit
[03:28.07]But the real god is in you not the music you coppin'
[03:30.89]I hear my old shit and I know I can top it false prophets
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[03:34.92]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[03:37.65]Be like this be like this
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[03:40.15]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[03:42.98]Be like this
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[03:45.54]Somebody shoulda told me it would be like this
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[03:48.28]Be like this be like this
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[03:54.19]False prophets