Chaining Day - J. Cole
Look at me, pathetic nigga
this chain that I bought
You could dream pain and fame
this is heinous result
Let these words be the colors
I'm just paintin my heart
I'm knee-deep in the game
and it ain't what I thought
Copped the range rover
my girl got the mercedes
Iced out crazy
I wanna shine like baby
Compared to that nigga
I ain't even got a bib yet
Truth be told I ain't even bought a crib yet
This is everything
they told a nigga not to do
Image is everything I see
it got a lot to do
With the way that people perceive
and what they believe
Money short so this jewelry is like a weave
Meant to deceive and hear niggas say I see you
Now bitches wanna fuck you and niggas wanna be you
And police wanna stop you
frisk you wonder what he do
If a hater snatch yo chain
I bet it still won't free you
Cause I'll be right back grinding 'til I cop another
I sit and think about all this shit
I coulda copped my mother
My partner said that's just the game my nigga
So I heard my jeweler say
here go your chain my nigga
This is chaining day
Chaining day
my chaining day
my chaining day
My last piece, I swear
my guilt heavy as this piece I wear
They even iced out Jesus' hair
My last piece, I swear
they even iced out Jesus' hair
Ice on this white Jesus seem a little unholy
The real strange thing
about this iced out Rolly
It's the same shit a broke black nigga get gassed at
The same shit a rich white mo'fucka laugh at
Well laugh on white man
I ain't paid as you
But I bet your rims ain't the same age as you
And I ain't got no investment portfolio
But my black and white diamonds shinin' like a Oreo
I know back home where niggas sit today
You rock a chain and they always got some shit to say
Even back when I was broke
I knew his shit was fake
He'd prolly sneeze too hard
and his shit could break
But hey, you know the sayin'
"Fake it 'til you make it"
Me, I did the opposite
made it then I faked it
And actin' like I gave a fuck
money I was savin' up
And copped a crib that's gated then that hundred racks, I gave it up
For What
This is chaining day
my chaining day
my chaining day
My last piece, I swear
my guilt heavy as this piece I wear
They even iced out Jesus' hair
My last piece, I swear
This is the last time
It's the las time
I swear this is the last time
I swear this is the last time
I know that I said that last time
But this the last time
Mama I swear this is the last time
So don't take my Chains from me
This is the last time
Cause I chose this slavery
This is the last time
Don't take my chains from me
This is the last time
Cause I love this slavery
I need you to love me, love me, love me~
I said this is my last time