1985 (INTRO TO "THE FALL OFF" ) LYRICS BY J.COLE

J
1985,i arrived
33 years ,damn,i'm grateful i survived
we wasn't supposed to get past 25
jokes on you motherfucker ,we alive
all these niggas popping now is young
everybody say the music that they make is dumb
i remember i was 18
money pussy,parties,i was on the same thing
you gotta give a boy a chance to grow some
everybody talking like they know something these days

niggas acting woke ,but they broke ,umm
i respect the struggle
but you all fronting these days
man.they barely old enough to drive
to tell them what they should do,
who the fuck am i
i heard one of them diss me,i'm surprised
i ain't tripping ,listen good to my reply
come here lil man let me talk with ya'
see if i can paint for you the large picture
congrants because you made it out your mama's house
i hope you make enough to buy your mom a house

i see your watch icy and your whip foreign
i got some good advice never quit touring
because thats the way we eat here in this rap game
i'm fucking with your funky lil' rap name
i hear your music and i know that rap's changed
a bunch of folks would say that thats a bad thing
because everything's commercial and its pop now
trap drums is the shit thats hot now
see ,i have been on a quest for the next wave
but never mind ,that was just a segue

i must say ,by your songs ,i'm unimpressed hey
but i love to see a black man get paid
and plus,you having fun and i respect that
but have you ever thought about your impact
these white kids love that you don't give a fuck
cause thats exactly whats expected
when your skin black
they wanna see you dab
they wanna see you pop a pill
they wanna see you tatted from your face
to your heels
and somewhere deep down
fuck it i gotta keep it real
they wanna be black and think your song is how it feels

so when you turn up
you see them turning up too
you hit the next city
collect your money when its due
you getting that paper swimming in bitches
i don't blame you
you aint thinking about the people
thats looking like me and you
true ,you got better shit to do
you coulda bought a crib with all that bread,
that you done blew
i know you think this type of revenue is never ending
but i wanna take a minute just to tell you
that ain't true
one day them kids thats listening gonna grow up
and get too old for that shit that made you blow up

now your shows looking light cause they don't show up
which unfortunately means the money slow up
now you scrambling and hoping to get hot again
but you forgot you only popped
because you was riding trends
now you old news and you going through regrets
cause you never bought that house ,
but you got a benz
and a bunch of jewels and a bunch of shoes
and a bunch of fake friends
i ain't judging you
i'm just telling you
whats probably gonna happen
when you are rapping
about the type of shit you rapping about

its a faster route to the bottom
i wish you good luck
i 'm hoping for your sake
that you ain't dumb as you look
but if its really true what people saying
and you call yourself playing with my name
then i really know you fucked,trust
i'll be around forever because my skills is tip-top
to any amateur niggas that wanna get rocked
just remember what i told you when your shit flop
in five years you gonna be on love  & hip- hop ,nigga