Farewell (Explicit)

Farewell (Explicit) - J. Cole

Lyrics by：Jermaine Cole

Composed by：Jermaine Cole

Produced by：J. Cole

Yeah farewell

Hey farewell

All my niggas farewell

Fayettenam

Look some niggas let their dirt out

Some just keep it all in 'em

So when a man dies all his secrets go with him

And fade a part of history no longer known

Done did a lot of dirt I'll bury with me when I'm gone

When my story's told how will they tell it?

Will they say I was a giver or remember I was selfish?

Will they say I was a sinner or pretend I was a saint?

Will I go down as a winner what's the picture they gon' paint?

Wouldn't say that I'm a quitter

That's one thing I know I ain't

Will they tarnish will they taint? Glorify me over-think?

Say they know me say I'm great? Say I'm phoney I was fake?

Say the things about me that they never told me to my face?

I was loved I was hated just a nigga with a dream

I'm a liar I was honest I was all of these things

When I'm gone let 'em talk they discussing who I am

When they bury me just know I wasn't nothing but a man

Wasn't nothin' but a man

This for them niggas climbin' heaven's stairwell

Yeah hey farewell

Yeah hey farewell

This for niggas climbin' heaven's stairwell

I pray you farewell

I bid you farewell

Yeah hey farewell

Yeah yeah

If I should die Lord this here is my will

Reincarnate a nigga send me right back to the 'Ville

Let me relive my younger days just once again

Reenact my memories from every friend to every sin

Keeping demons buried in my closet

But yet I put in work like a deposit on my bank account

My eyes lit while I think about my childhood

Now I'm blanking out

Those were truly my best days

The only thing I had to stress was how the hell to get laid

Gradually turn into me stressin' how the hell to get paid

Been making songs so long now how the hell they get played?

Ok I'm blowing up quickly I guess the flow is sickly

But yet I can't forget my past and hope it won't forget me

Got good grades but A's can't stop strays so pray for me

Pour liquor for my niggas but hey don't wait for me

'Cause I'm trying to cheat death she out to bury my a*s

You know the cliche "Life's a *****" well

I'm gon' marry that a*s

And sign a prenup think back to when we tore the skating rink up

Rapping and we scrapping we got older hit the teen club

Gave mean mugs to niggas but we winked to all the girls

Then we went back to the crib thinking we had saw the world

No sir came a long way from having momma chauffer

It's hard to think these h*es at some point were so pure

But now we play the game when it's over send me back

I swear I'm not gon' change a thing

Swear I'm not gon' change a thing

This for them niggas climbin' heaven's stairwell

Yeah hey farewell

I pray you niggas farewell

This for them niggas climbin' heaven's stairwell

Hey farewell

Hey farewell

Yeah hey farewell

Yeah

I love who you are love who you ain't

I love who you are love who you ain't

I love who you are love who you ain't

I love who you are love who you ain't

I love who you are