Home Alone

[Intro: J. Cole] This shit just be like journals Journal entries, journal entry Dedicated to the niggas that switched Dedicated to the women I miss Dedicated to the one that I love Never strayin', I ain't fuckin' up this Dedicated to my niggas that stayed With me even through my questionable ways Dedicated to the seeds that we grown World revolve around this family we raised [Chorus: J. Cole] Dedicated to the niggas that switched Dedicated to thе women I miss Dedicated to thе one that I love Never strayin', I ain't fuckin' up this Dedicated to my niggas that stayed With me even through my questionable ways Dedicated to the seeds that we grown World revolve around this family we raised [Verse 1: J. Cole] I ain't a killer but don't slip up and tempt me I paint a picture like I mentored da Vinci The rain done filled up on 'em, India and Sicily I was young and not developed yet mentally Mommy, daddy arguin' in the livin' room I would come to learn that some things ain't meant to be Guess I'm destined for a childhood of solitude Introverted 'cause there's nobody listenin' Father figure wasn't on television screens Told me stories every day that were riveting Homicidal niggas die over anything All my idols either rapping or pivotin' On the sofa every day, I resemble Macaulay Culkin while my momma deliverin' Home alone without the mansion, I'm glancin' out windows, makin' sure no robbers is visitin' Paranoid, 'cause I know the city is wild, I seen that shit with my own eyes First time I 'member a nigga try break in our crib late at night, I was five Dead tired, I called for my momma, somehow in that moment I realized We was sittin' ducks, no man in the house, just two kids and her And nowhere was her nigga, don't give a fuck, better toughen up [Pre-Chorus: J. Cole] And it seem like that shit stuck with me Keep your guard up, don't fuck with me Niggas better know what's up with me, what's up with me And it seem like that shit stuck with me Keep your guard up, don't fuck with me Niggas better know what's up with me [Chorus: J. Cole] Dedicated to the niggas that switched Dedicated to the women I miss Dedicated to the one that I love Never strayin', I ain't fuckin' up this Dedicated to my niggas that stayed With me even through my questionable ways Dedicated to the seeds that we grown World revolve around this family we raised [Verse 2: Bas] Still recall coldest nights, dodging bullet showers It ain't all black and white like a Kurosawa Got the money and fame, but we took the power Spent it all, made it back, blew a million dollars Went to school scholarship, but I weren't a scholar I dropped out, I was hustlin', didn't tell my father He was proud, I'm ashamed, I had broke my honor Duckin' jack boys and D-Tecs, they tuckin' collars T&T twice a week was a fuckin' problem But you reap what you sow, I made coats of armor GCP, L-I-E was my road to karma Sleepless nights, droppin' loads off from home to Harlem Though my pockets was hungry, my soul was starvin' Didn't reach my potential 'til Cole came callin' Gave me space to reflect when the tour was startin' Couldn't waste and neglect, had a bigger callin' Almost died, saw the flash of life, callin' home from the afterlife Crime pays, almost paid the price Momma told me she prayed that my life spared Devil on my shoulder like a boulder But just when I needed you, God, you was right there In my corner like Cus D'Amato, Iron Mike from a city where nobody fight fair Yeah, yeah [Pre-Chorus: J. Cole] And it seem like that shit stuck with me Keep your guard up, don't fuck with me Niggas better know what's up with me, what's up with me And it seem like that shit stuck with me Keep your guard up, don't fuck with me Niggas better know what's up with me [Chorus: J. Cole] Dedicated to the niggas that switched Dedicated to the women I miss Dedicated to the one that I love Never strayin', I ain't fuckin' up this Dedicated to my niggas that stayed With me even through my questionable ways Dedicated to the seeds that we grown World revolve around this family we raised