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Things Change by Omen

Lyrics

Omen

Things Change

From Elephant Eyes2015

Written by J. Cole, Omen

Produced by

Lyrics

Things Change

[Produced By: Ron Gilmore]

[Intro: J. Cole]

Yeah things change, things change

Things change nigga

[Verse 1: J. Cole]

Pick up the pen, time to write my sins away

Right my wrongs and then life goes on

Bitches be calling, then mistakenly niggas be falling

I fuck them and I leave them, forever picture me balling

With cash that I never had, I'm trying to stretch a million

Hoping it forever lasts, a fear of going broke

Cause most niggas I know can barely make the car note

Can barely keep the rent paid, so I'm like Da Vinci

Painting pictures to last centuries since like the 10th grade

Carolina nigga with New York plates

My template, switch states and swerve, mixtapes was served

Get cake, absurd, and has big plates, preferred

You heard, my every word

Potentially could free us all, now that's a heavy burden

Sometimes I'd rather get some head and watch my wealth grow

Cause things change, am I the same one you fell for?

One side screaming "hell no" other side holding on for dear life

About this track

"Things Change" is a song by Omen from the album Elephant Eyes, released in 2015. The song was written by J. Cole, Omen. It was produced by Ron Gilmore.

Omen profile →Elephant Eyes album →Track profile →

Contributors

  • Rose “TS” Desandies— 7 credits as producer →
  • Yolanda Renee— 4 credits as background vocals →
  • KQuick— 104 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Ron Gilmore— 177 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • J. Cole— 1,007 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Omen— 55 credits as songwriter & producer →

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Ron Gilmore

Lately nigga I feel like, I ain't that young frail nigga that I used to be

Pardon my ways girl, I'm still getting used to me

Cause things change, I'm still getting used to me

I ain't that old shy nigga that I used to be

Bitches watching niggas plotting on me, truthfully

Gotta be careful what you wish for, as you can see

Things change

[Hook: T.S. Desandies, Yolanda Renée (J. Cole)]

Things change, it'll never be the same

I've never been the one to settle, it'll never be the same

(Yeah, things change)

Nothing ever stays the same, it'll never be the same

(Things change)

Nothing ever stays the same

[Verse 2: Omen]

I told you, raindrops do fall

But see, these clouds ain't the same that you saw

My memory banks got some pain to withdraw

I am not afraid, I am not unscathed and

Don't use bandaids but, back in the days I was stressing a grip

The only black in my class wondering, where do I sit?

College campus too fast, now depression exists

Like I'm less than equipped, feeling destined to quit

Then you appeared, made me see myself without a mirror

See, I never shared all the fears of my peers

I'm thinking about this African queen, loved her body

But she's more than just the back of her jeans, she's a magical dream

I felll hard with such a frail heart

She taught me that Allah was just her way to spell God

And she was my American pie, so cultured

Her intelligence ahead of her time, looked at my face

And with a smile called me Elephant Eyes, a secret nickname

Always seems to settle my mind, cause I guess it reminds me of you

Which reminds me of love, which reminds me of truth

Which is all the above, recently liquors in my body, it's all on my tongue

I changed into something they thought I'd never become

Give you my food for thought, it's more than a plate of soul food

If you wanna change, gotta escape your own rules

Things change nigga

[Hook: T.S. Desandies,Yolanda Renée (J. Cole)]

Things change, it'll never be the same

I've never been the one to settle, it'll never be the same

(Yeah, things change)

Nothing ever stays the same, it'll never be the same

(Things change)

Nothing ever stays the same

(Things change baby)

Hey

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