J. Cole - procrastination (broke)

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Speaker A
Yo. Hey yo, school. Hey yo, school. My nigga, what's good?
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Speaker A
Yes, sir.
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Speaker A
What's popping?
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Speaker A
I'm coming through. Hold up, hold up, stay right there. I'm coming through.
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Speaker A
Hold up.
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Speaker A
Man.
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Speaker A
Hell yeah.
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Speaker A
Can't believe I seen this nigga school.
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Speaker A
Uh.
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Speaker A
Don't you dare run from it. There's no boogie man, it ain't coming to hurt you. I think acceptance is somewhat of a virtue.
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Speaker A
To look your truth dead in the face without trying to escape the regret or disgrace. I write these words aimlessly, but not without hope that somehow I stumble on something that's dope, a clever little line, a thought to provoke.
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Myself and that listener digging for quotes. Hello.
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I don't even know if somebody going to hear this. Got so many songs they get lost in the endless folders of the hard drive.
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I wish I was more fearless.
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Cuz I just say fuck it and dump all the music for niggas that hate it and niggas that use it as fuel.
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Speaker A
To push them through long nights at school, writing that last minute paper for class that's due in the morning.
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And I still relate to that procrastination for tasks.
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Cuz I need to finish this album.
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But hell, how many more times can I sit in this wooden pail down in that well and pull it back up with the hope that it's filled?
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Plus it don't help that I'm rich now.
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So that means that I don't got to deal with stress of these creditors calling my cellular.
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Like that young rapper that don't got a deal.
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But do got the skill.
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And do got the will to make it no matter how long that it takes for labels to see.
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Or a song that'll break and the rest of the world to catch on that he's great.
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Uh.
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How do you tap into hunger when you don't got wonder about where your next meal is coming from?
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Maybe you feel my conundrum.
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Or maybe the real is.
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I'm so far removed from the struggles of everyday folks. My shit just ain't never going to hit like it hit.
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Speaker A
When a nigga was a little more closer to broke.
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Speaker A
Broke.
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Uh.
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But fuck it, the challenge be having me stoked.
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Throwing the towel and you got to be joking.
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Speaker A
And I push my salary up with these quotes.
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Speaker A
Now.
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I push the Lambo truck down in the ville.
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Hoping I connect with something that's real.
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Part of me wonders why I'm even still.
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Uh.
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Holding on to this place.
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Speaker A
My mama been gone and my partners are straight.
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Speaker A
Right?
02:46
Speaker A
Right.

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