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3 wishes - J. Cole

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[00:13.294]Yeah, grew up with killers, I ain't kno...
[00:13.294]Yeah, grew up with killers, I ain't know they was killers
[00:16.031]We was just together man, playing Mega Man on Sega, man
[00:19.971]Your mama loved me to death, she reminded me of Afeni
[00:23.677]Yeah, a real black queen
[00:25.265]If I had a genie, I'd wish that she ain't struggle no more
[00:28.111]Y'all wouldn't have to go to sleep with all the roaches if she wasn't so poor
[00:32.201]You told me when you came to my house this sh*t was like a timeout
[00:35.841]From reality, one night you asked me what I'm crying 'bout
[00:39.408]'Cause you was staying over for the weekend
[00:41.561]I woke up from out my sleep when I heard mama and my stepfather beefin'
[00:45.464]I don't know if he'd been drinkin', but I know this sh*t got loud
[00:48.866]And I heard rumbling from struggling and rolling on the ground
[00:52.288]Could never get used to that sound, my mama saying "Get off me!"
[00:55.553]My tears is tumbling now, I wish that you never saw me
[00:58.813]'Cause I felt like a coward, so powerless I was only twelve
[01:02.604]I wish I wouldla bust through that door my f*cking self
[01:05.698]And grab the Glock right off the f*cking shelf, if nothing else
[01:08.978]Scared a n*gga sh*tless, there goes two of my wishes
[01:12.342]Forever scarred, determined to get some heart
[01:15.455]No matter how big the n*gga, no matter how small you are
[01:18.295]Fast forward to our older years, two different paths
[01:21.579]You used to talk to me 'bout college, but that sh*t didn't last
[01:25.073]Waste of potential, getting cash, what could I say?
[01:27.699]So tired of not having things, you'd never see it my way, too proud to fold
[01:32.117]Your demise, one day much to my surprise
[01:35.096]My n*gga called me, told me you just caught a body twice your size
[01:38.313]I asked if it was self-defense, he said it was defense of pride
[01:41.522]And that they tryna give you ten, but if you lucky you'll do five, damn
[01:45.413]Not my n*gga, the same one that told me
[01:48.260]That things always get better, just trust me, don't cry my n*gga
[01:51.479]The news call him a killer, but he my n*gga
[01:54.802]Sad sh*t, ayo genie last wish, free my n*gga
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