J. Cole - It Won't Be Long lyrics

[Chorus] uh, yeah I said it won't be long (no) 'fore we out here baby gotta get you up out here baby Said it won't be long 'fore we out here baby we up out here baby [J. Cole Verse 1] I say a prayer and look up in the sky thank God even though a n-gga headed to this tired day job will my eyes stay wide still I know I'm gonna blow this is music for my n-ggas cause I know you want more cause that old sh-t fake and this new sh-t real J Cole not Jay witness that Blueprint feel hey Cole is you crazy thats some big boots to fill yeah straight out the Ville and the shoes fit well same heaven same hell same n-ggas get k**ed knew every detail still never would tell scared of the repercussion scared of them people bussin bullets be hittin' n-gga's you swear they could be percussion n-ggas be holding triggers before they could read instructions oh God, never did our fathers teach us nothing no law, but became a man on my own showed my momma I could stand on my own [Chorus] [J. Cole Verse 2] Dear mama, your son hurting living in this cold World where n-ggas shun virgins and praise hoes as days go by shawty 19 years old no clothes for her baby yet she stay so fly tell me why mamma do you cry is it cause you know my teacher be feeding me lies is it cause you know that Preacher is greedy inside cause racism is alive I see the disguise mamma I know it hurts it hurts me to watch you go to work barely hanging on some rich man getting richer while you slaving for him so whats the options for him a young n-gga from the hood without a pops at home surrounded by no good and soon no good becomes so good quick a little drug money got him feeling so hood rich k**ing your hood with the same sh-t Ronald Reagon filled up your hood with and it's still in your hood sh-t I'm feeling no good mamma I'm sick of my soul is there a better life for us I just sit and I hope I just hope and I pray it'll change one day I'll make a change one way and mamma I can fly you out this cold World this cold life, it's all wrong there's no right its hard to see the good when there's no light just grrab onto me, trust me hold tight! [Chorus]