p u n c h i n ‘ . t h e . c l o c k (Clean)

p u n c h i n ‘ . t h e . c l o c k (Clean) - J. Cole

Lyrics by：J. Cole

Composed by：J. Cole

J. Cole/Damian Lillard：

It ain't nothing I want more

Ain't nothing I want more

I ain't c

I told you when I first came here

I said "I ain't come here to waste my time"

I came here

They gave us a chance to get in like we asked for

And that's that's what we here to do

Yeah n***a 26

The job still ain't done

Straight up

But I I said "You you know what I'm here for"

J. Cole：

Back on top punchin' the clock clutchin' sanity

I got more cribs than Habitat for Humanity

S**t profound we propagating more profanity

Paid off collections from recollections of calamity

Oh s**t look that n***a gonna shoot

The s**t pop off I learned to duck under the canopy

Oh s**t run n***a run

'Til it cool off they murked a n***a right in front of me

Told him to come off his chain for tryna floss

Died over a cross just like the start of Christianity

When I was a boy the teacher often reprimanded me

Jermaine

Thought it was toys it was a Glock this n***a handed me

I busted the trees was barely strong enough to squeeze

Bullets traveled through leaves it probably killed somebody randomly

Ran in the crib and played it off amongst the family

Nightmare scenes the police finally apprehended me

Woke up screamin' seen a demon had his hand on me

Still sport the scar on my arm from where he branded me

Like a Que Dog my n***as burnin' with the mute off

Loud pack smoke through the cracks I catch a contact

Triggerin' a paranoid mindset now I'm back

Teeterin' between enlightened and insanity

Now that I'm rich I feel nobody understandin' me

All I can do is cut the mic on holler at you

Can't let the fame scare me off from speaking candidly

All them n***as is so Kane they started singin' like Danity

Now I'm left here paid like I planned to be d**n

Damian Lillard：

A lot of times those situations are um are handled way before the time comes

In the summer I think when you truly prepare yourself and

With training and conditioning and things like that

When you cheat yourself you fail in those moments

You know you crash and when you really put the time in and

Whether people see it or whether people know it or not

You know it always come to light