[ti:Farewell] [ar:J. Cole] [al:Friday Night Lights] [00:00.01]J. Cole - Farewell [00:00.51] [00:02.01]yeah, farewell,uh uhh uhh [00:07.31]hey, farewell [00:10.68]all my niggas farewell [00:14.49]fayettenam [00:16.60] [00:23.00]look, some niggas let there dirt out, [00:24.53]some niggas keep it in 'em [00:25.78]so when a man dies all his secrets go with him [00:28.61]and fame a part of history no longer known [00:31.50]done did a lot of dirt I'll bury with me when i'm gone [00:34.22]when my story's told, how will they tell it? [00:36.92]will they say I was a giver or will they say I was selfish [00:39.59]will they say I was a sinner or pretend I was a saint [00:42.43]will I go down as a winner, whats the picture they gon paint [00:45.26]wouldn't say that I'm a quitter thats one thing I know I aint aint [00:48.50]will they tarnish, will they taint? [00:49.81]glorify me, overthink, say they know me, say I'm great [00:52.56]say I'm phoney, I was fake [00:53.90]say the things about me they never told me to my face [00:56.70]I was loved I was hated [00:58.45]just a nigga with a dream [00:59.87]I'm a liar I was honest, I was all of these things [01:02.49]when I'm gone let em talk [01:04.24]they discussing who I am [01:05.55]when they bury me just know I was nothing but a man [01:08.41]wasn't nothin' but a man [01:10.26] [01:10.78]This for niggas climbin' heavens stairwell [01:12.61]yeah, hey farewell [01:16.24]yeh, hey farewell [01:19.34]this for niggas climbin' heavens stairwell [01:21.49]I pray you farewell [01:25.58]I bid you farewell [01:28.39]yeah, ey, farewell [01:31.17]yeah, yeah [01:32.59] [01:32.94]If I should die Lord this here is my will [01:34.43]reincarnate a nigga send me right back to the Ville [01:37.27]let me relive my younger days just once again [01:39.90]reenact my memories from every friend to every sin [01:42.67]keeping demons buried in my closet [01:44.53]but yet I put in work like a deposit on my bank account [01:47.57]my eyes lit while I think about my childhood now Im blanking out [01:50.71]those were truly my best days [01:52.33]the only thing I had to stress was how the hell to get laid [01:55.22]gradually turn into me stressin' how the hell to get paid [01:57.98]been making songs so long, now how the hell they get played [02:00.96]ok, I'm blowing up quickly [02:02.49]I guess the flow is sickly [02:03.74]but yet I can't forget my past and hope it won't forget me [02:06.54]got good grades but age can't stop strays so pray for me [02:09.64]pour liquor for my niggas but hey, don't wait for me [02:12.52]cause I'm trying to cheat death, she had to bury my ass [02:15.38]you know the cliche "lifes a bitch" well I'm gon marry that ass [02:18.21]and sign a preinup [02:19.61]think back to when we tore the skating rink up [02:21.30]rapping and we scrapping, we got older hit the teen club [02:24.18]gave mean mugs to niggas but we winked to all the girls [02:27.10]then we went back to the crib thinking we had saw the World [02:29.80] [02:30.69]no way, came a long way from having mom chauffer [02:33.66]its hard to think these hoes at some point were so pure [02:36.67]but now we play the game, when its over send me back [02:39.65]I swear I'm not gon change a thing [02:41.47]I swear I'm not gon change a thing [02:43.10] [02:43.54]This for them niggas climbin' heavens stairwell [02:45.57]yeah, hey farewell [02:49.02]I pray you niggas farewell [02:51.90]this for niggas climbin' heavens stairwell [02:54.12]hey farewell, hey farewell [03:01.02]yeah, farewell [03:04.61]yeh [03:07.22] [03:10.18]Show some Love to J. Cole [03:13.12] [03:18.99]J. Cole - Farewell [03:22.06]