[ti:Chaining Day]
[ar:J Cole]
[al:Born Sinner (Deluxe Version)]
[offset:0]
[00:00.66]Chaining Day - J Cole
[00:11.14]Look at me, pathetic nigga
[00:12.97]this chain that I bought
[00:14.16]You could dream pain and fame
[00:15.48]this is heinous result
[00:16.97]Let these words be the colors
[00:18.30]I'm just paintin my heart
[00:19.80]I'm knee-deep in the game
[00:20.92]and it ain't what I thought
[00:22.67]Copped the range rover
[00:23.95]my girl got the mercedes
[00:25.23]Iced out crazy
[00:27.16]I wanna shine like baby
[00:28.60]Compared to that nigga
[00:29.66]I ain't even got a bib yet
[00:31.50]Truth be told I ain't even bought a crib yet
[00:34.26]This is everything
[00:35.51]they told a nigga not to do
[00:37.09]Image is everything I see
[00:38.83]it got a lot to do
[00:40.28]With the way that people perceive
[00:41.75]and what they believe
[00:42.74]Money short so this jewelry is like a weave
[00:45.63]Meant to deceive and hear niggas say I see you
[00:48.31]Now bitches wanna fuck you and niggas wanna be you
[00:51.18]And police wanna stop you
[00:52.49]frisk you wonder what he do
[00:53.85]If a hater snatch yo chain
[00:55.29]I bet it still won't free you
[00:56.84]Cause I'll be right back grinding
[00:58.16]'til I cop another
[00:59.79]I sit and think about all this shit
[01:01.54]I coulda copped my mother
[01:02.79]My partner said that's just the game my nigga
[01:04.97]So I heard my jeweler say
[01:06.25]here go your chain my nigga
[01:08.00]This is chaining day
[01:08.65]
[01:11.47]Chaining day
[01:11.62]
[01:14.01]my chaining day
[01:14.76]
[01:16.87]my chaining day
[01:17.49]
[01:18.80]My last piece, I swear
[01:20.24]my guilt heavy as this piece I wear
[01:21.88]
[01:23.00]They even iced out Jesus' hair
[01:24.85]
[01:26.36]My last piece, I swear
[01:27.90]
[01:28.65]they even iced out Jesus' hair
[01:30.10]
[01:31.04]Ice on this white Jesus seem a little unholy
[01:33.61]The real strange thing
[01:34.92]about this iced out Rolly
[01:36.56]It's the same shit a broke black nigga get gassed at
[01:39.51]The same shit a rich white mo'fucka laugh at
[01:41.77]
[01:42.64]Well laugh on white man
[01:44.32]I ain't paid as you
[01:45.53]But I bet your rims ain't the same age as you
[01:47.85]
[01:48.47]And I ain't got no investment portfolio
[01:51.22]But my black and white diamonds shinin' like a Oreo
[01:53.49]I know back home where niggas sit today
[01:55.86]
[01:56.42]You rock a chain and they always got some shit to say
[01:59.18]Even back when I was broke
[02:00.51]I knew his shit was fake
[02:02.01]He'd prolly sneeze too hard
[02:03.08]and his shit could break
[02:04.83]But hey, you know the sayin'
[02:06.16]"Fake it 'til you make it"
[02:07.78]Me, I did the opposite
[02:08.96]made it then I faked it
[02:10.59]And actin' like I gave a fuck
[02:11.94]money I was savin' up
[02:13.50]And copped a crib that's gated then
[02:14.75]that hundred racks, I gave it up
[02:16.62]For What
[02:17.28]
[02:19.60]This is chaining day
[02:20.47]
[02:22.51]my chaining day
[02:23.00]
[02:25.06]my chaining day
[02:25.62]
[02:26.80]My last piece, I swear
[02:28.20]my guilt heavy as this piece I wear
[02:30.02]
[02:31.16]They even iced out Jesus' hair
[02:32.64]
[02:34.70]My last piece, I swear
[02:36.33]
[02:49.84]This is the last time
[02:51.72]
[02:59.61]Told my accountant
[03:01.62]It's the las time
[03:03.20]
[03:06.10]I swear this is the last time
[03:08.53]
[03:11.09]I know that I said that last time
[03:14.59]
[03:18.15]But this the last time
[03:20.60]
[03:22.30]Mama I swear this is the last time
[03:26.01]
[03:27.32]So don't take my Chains from me
[03:29.45]This is the last time
[03:31.94]
[03:33.00]Cause I chose this slavery
[03:34.57]This is the last time
[03:37.07]
[03:38.70]Don't take my chains from me
[03:40.51]This is the last time
[03:42.69]
[03:44.21]Cause I love this slavery
[03:46.02]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[03:51.11]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[03:56.63]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[04:02.33]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[04:07.84]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[04:13.68]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[04:19.39]I need you to love me, love me, love me
[04:24.77]
[04:25.43]I need you to love me, love me, love me
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[04:31.50]I said this is my last time
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