Snow On Tha Bluff - J. Cole

[00:00.000] 作词 : J. Cole/Kenny Wooten
[00:01.000] 作曲 : J. Cole/Kenny Wooten
[00:24.005] N1ggas be thinkin' I'm deep, intelligent, fooled by my college degree
[00:27.523] My IQ is average, there's a young lady out there, she way smarter than me
[00:30.711] I scrolled through her timeline, in these wild times and I started to read
[00:33.899] She mad at these crackers, she mad at these capitalists, mad at these murder police
[00:37.051] She mad at my n1ggas, she mad at our ignorance, she wear her heart on her sleeve
[00:40.145] She mad at the celebrities, lowkey I be thinkin' she talkin' 'bout me
[00:43.244] Now I ain't no dummy to think I’m above criticism
[00:45.249] So when I see something that's valid I listen
[00:46.822] But shit, its something about the queen tone that's bothering me
[00:49.683] She strike me as somebody blessed enough to grow up in conscious environment
[00:52.864] With parents that know 'bout the struggle for liberation and in turn they provided with
[00:56.172] A perspective and awareness of the system and unfairness that afflicts 'em
[00:59.289] And the clearest understandin' of what we gotta do to get free
[01:02.228] And the frustration the fills her words seems to come from the fact that most people don't see
[01:05.414] Just 'cause you woke and I'm not, that shit ain't no reason to talk like you better than me
[01:08.835] How you gon' lead, when you attacking the very same n1ggas that really do need the sh1t that you saying?
[01:12.361] Instead of conveying you holier, come help get us up to speed
[01:15.242] Sh1t, it's a reason it took like two hundred years for our ancestors just to get freed
[01:18.227] These shackles be lockin' the mental way more than the physical
[01:20.058] I look at freedom like trees, can't grow a forest like overnight
[01:22.366] Hit the ghetto and slowly start plantin' your seeds
[01:24.341] Fxck is the point of you preaching your message to those that already believe what you believe?
[01:27.582] I'm on some “Fxck a retweet”, most people is sheep
[01:29.689] You got all the answers but how you gon' reach?
[01:31.330] If I could make one more suggestion respectfully
[01:32.867] I would say it's more effective to treat people like children
[01:35.409] Understandin' the time and love and patience that's needed to grow
[01:37.765] This change is inevitable but ain't none of us seen this before
[01:40.039] Therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go
[01:41.992] I struggle with thoughts on the daily
[01:43.651] Feel like a slave that somehow done saved enough coins to buy his way up outta slavery
[01:46.769] Thinkin' just maybe, in my pursuit to make life so much better for me and my babies
[01:49.564] I done betrayed the very same people that look at me like I'm some kind of a hero
[01:53.013] Because of the zeros that's next to the commas
[01:54.542] But look here, I promise I'm not who you think
[01:55.922] Ran into this n1gga outside of the store yesterday
[01:57.843] He said something that had me like "Wait"
[01:59.329] He was like "Cole, 'preciate what you been doin my n1gga, that's real"
[02:01.935] But damn, why I feel faker than "Snow on Tha Bluff"?
[02:04.252] Well maybe 'cause deep down I know I ain’t doing enough
[02:18.510] The sun is shinin' today
[02:30.870] The sun is shinin' today
[02:42.687] The sun is shinin' today
[02:56.159] Can you walk with me?
[02:58.574] I hope we'll find the reason why we often sob, go on cry
[03:02.731] Painful memories fxck up the vibe
[03:05.693] Though I be tryin' to let the time heal my mind
[03:09.170] I was once a child, I've gotten older
[03:12.096] Still, I know I'm just a boy in God's eyes
[03:15.511] Fill me up with wisdom and some courage
[03:18.585] Plus endurance to survive
[03:21.048] Help mine thrive