Took JID rapping the second verse from his live performance so it’s not pitched down

JID - The Killers [Edit]

20-I Hate You

J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar (unreleased 2012)

J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar - Certified (I’m Good)

TAKE IT OFF

Gold Label Ft Big AL

Gutter Crawlers

[Verse 1]
We strutted like giants on a cracked-up street,
 Two broke shadows tryna look ten feet.
 Malibu shotgun, bleach-blonde grin,
 Talkin’ big-league dreams with no way to win.

[Verse 2]
Twenty-inch rims on a borrowed Impala,
 Bass turned up like it made us taller.
 Feelin’ like kings with a counterfeit collar,
 Really just minnows tryna swim with the ballers.

[Pre-Chorus]
Swagger stitched tight on some borrowed clothes,
 Tryna breathe like legends nobody knows…

[Chorus]
We thought we were ballers, shot callers,
 But we were fallers, gutter crawlers,
 Front-seat titans in a broke Impala,
 Dreams too big for the lies we followed.

Yeah, we talked like kings, moved like martyrs,
 Truth hit harder than the midnight choppers,
 Two lost kids tryna breathe like monsters—
 Fallers… gutter crawlers… that’s all we were.

[Verse 3]
Jobs on deck with a bad plan’s spine,
 Malibu flashin’ that decoy shine.
 I’d hit the mark while she played the tease,
 Both of us prayin’ we’d get out clean.

[Verse 4]
Hypin’ ourselves on that knock-off swagger,
 Actin’ like sharks in a kiddie-pool stagger,
 Every score smaller, every dream farther—
 Two curb creatures tryna feel larger.

[Bridge]
Funny how lies feel true in the dark,
 Funny how fear can spark like art,
 Funny how giants shrink at dawn—
 Till all that’s left is the fools we were on.

[Final Chorus]
We thought we were ballers, shot callers,
 But we were fallers, gutter crawlers,
 Streetlight phantoms in a cheap Impala,
 Dreams too big for the lies we followed.

Yeah, we strutted like kings on borrowed corners,
 Livin’ like ghosts in a world of warners,
 Two lost kids tryna breathe like monsters—
 Fallers… gutter crawlers… that’s all we were.


Gutter Crawlers v. Hip Hop. Songs for addicts from my IRL

Determined (ft. Ash Riser) BOU

World Premiere - Elite (feat. J. Cole)

These songs are all before the year 2007, the year J. Cole was making a name for himself in the game. Back when he was known as The Therapist, the earliest song on this mixtape goes back to when Cole was 15 years old (2001).

I Can Bus (2003)

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