[Instrumental break]
[Verse 1: J. Cole]
Yeah, I had this little bad thing, something like them tens
She gave a n***a mad brain, something like The Wiz
But, you see, the sad thing f**in' with her is
Is the chick ain't even have brains, dummy like a b**h
So I tried to show her about the world
And about just who we really are
And where we've come and how we still have to go really far
Like, "Baby, look at how we live broke on the boulevard"
But all she ever want me to do is unhook her bra
Then all I really want is for her to go down low
Before you know it, she wet enough to get drowned slow
And all that deep sh** I was previously down fo'
Replaced by freak sh** I am currently down fo'
You see I peeped it, p**y is power
That proud feeling we get knowing that p**y is ours
And how it feels to feel that feeling
You feeling when you be drillin' that sh**
Got her sayin' you be k**in' that sh**
And all the pain the world cause, she be healin' that sh**
And naw, that ain't your girl, dog
But you be feelin' that chick
And you just wanna tell her everything she might need
But in the meantime it's lights please
[Hook: J. Cole]
Lights please, lights please, turn off the lights
For now everything just seems so right
And how you make the darkness seem so bright
I'm feeling like things gon' be alright
[Verse 2: J. Cole]
So now we in the hotel, mirrors on the ceiling
She say she wanna blow L's, I hear her and I'm willing
But every time I smoke, well, a n***a mind gone
So that every word I spoke, well, I'm tryin' to put her on
But she couldn't hear me
I told her all about how we been livin' a lie
And that they love to see us all go to prison or die
Like, "Baby, look at how they show us on the TV screen"
But all she ever want me to do is unzip her jeans
Then all I really want is for her to get on top
Before you know it, she workin', jerkin' it nonstop
And all that next sh** I was previously talkin'
Is now that wet sh** that I'm currently lost in
And while that sweat drip, I am reminded
All the times my brother told me that p**y is blindin'
I'm findin', the more I grow
The more y'all seem to stay the same
Don't even know the rules, but yet y'all tryin' to play the game
And ain't it shameful how n***as blame hoes for givin' birth
To a baby that took two to make?
Coward n***a, you a fake
How you gonna look in your son's face and turn your back
Then go start another family?
Dawg, what type of sh** is that?
She said it's okay, rub my head and told me to relax
Laid a n***a down proper, like she was recording tracks
Said "I know you wanna change the world
But for the night, please
Just reach over and hit the lights please"
[Hook: J. Cole]
Lights please, lights please, turn off the lights
For now everything just seems so right
And how you make the darkness seem so bright
I'm feeling like things gon' be alright [Outro: J. Cole]
Alright, if y'all n***as heard the first one, The Come Up and sh**, then you would have heard part 1 of this joint right here. It's "Dead Presidents", you know cla**ic n***a, that's cla**ic Jay sh**. So I did it, threw it on the first mixtape, this is about a year ago. We let n***as hear like you know the mixtape whatever, and there was always this one n***a that stuck out to me like a year ago. This n***a's like "yo". like I thought I did my thing on this sh**, that was like two of my favorite verses that I did, but he was just like "Yo", like, "Yo you didn't come right man. If you gon' come on Dead Presidents son, you gotta come hard son, you gotta come harder than that son, you gotta come harder than that." I was like, man what you mean I came hard? But, that sh** always stuck in my mind, so doing this next, you know, doing this The Warm Up I was like, damn, I gotta get on it again, I gotta do it again. Just almost like, just to prove to that n***a and kinda prove to myself that you I can, I can maybe get a little...