Chords for J. Cole - '03 Adolescence [LYRICS ON SCREEN]

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_ I grew up a fucking screw-up, [A] tie my shoe up, [C#m] wish they was newer, damn, need something
newer, in love with [G#m] the baddest girl [C#m] in the city, I wish I knew her, I wish I weren't
so shy, wish I was a bit more fly, I wish that I could tell her how I really feel inside,
that I'm the perfect nigga for her, but then maybe that's a lie, she like a certain type
of nigga, and it's clear I'm not that guy, ball player, star player, I'm just watching
from the side, on the bench, [G#m] cause my lack of confidence won't let me fly, [A] I ain't grow
up with my [C#m] father, I ain't thinking bout that now, fast [G#m] forward four years [C#m] or so from now,
I'll probably cry, when I realize what I missed, but as of now my eyes are dry, cause I'm trying
to stay alive, in a city where too many niggas die, dreaming quiet, trying to dodge a suit
and tie, who am I?
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ Ay, who am I?
I'm Derrick.
Things [E] change, rearrange [B] is so [C#m] do I, it ain't always for the better, dog, I can't lie, I
get high cause the lows can be so cold, I might bend a little bit, but I don't fold,
one time for my mind, it's too fucked, yo, I got food for your thoughts, just move young
so, if you see my tears fall, just let me be, moving on, nothing to say, I always did shit
the hard [G#m] way, my niggas [C#m] slinging in the [A] hallway, burnt CDs [C#m] of trees like this was Broadway,
Times Square, kept the dimes there in the locker, some Reggie Miller, with more brown
hairs than Chewbacca, whispers that he got it for the Lolo, sell her, dime for a dub,
them white boys ain't know no better, besides, what's $20 to a nigga like that, he tell his
pops he need some lunch and he gon' get it right back, I peaked game, got home, [G#m] snatched
my mom [A] and keychain, took a whip, the appeal, [C#m] too ill to reframe, I hit the boulevard, pull
[G#m] up to my nigga front door, [A] his mama at home, she still let him hit the blunt though, [C#m] I
told her hello, and sat with my nigga and laughed, and talked about how we gon' smash
all the bitches in class, I complimented how I see him out here getting his cash, and just
asked, what a nigga gotta do to get that, put me on, he just laughed when he seen I
was short, 17 years breathing, his demeanor said more, he told me, [E] nigga, you know [G#m] how
you sound right now, [C#m] you on my mans, I would think that you a clown right now, listen,
you everything I wanna be, that's why I fucks with you, so how you looking up to me when
I look up to you, you bout to go get a degree, I'ma be stuck with two choices, either graduate
to wait, or sell a number two, for what, a hundred [G#m] bucks into a [E] week, do [A] you think that
you would know what to do if you was me, I got [E] four brothers, one mother that don't [A] love
us, if they ain't want us, why the fuck they never wrote [C#m] rep us, I felt ashamed to have
ever complained, [A] about my lack of gear, and thought about how far we done came, [C#m] from trailer
park to a front yard with trees in the sky, [A] thank you mama, dry your eyes, it ain't no
reason [C#m] to cry, you made a genius, and I, ain't gon' take it for granted, I [A] ain't gon' settle
for lesser, I ain't gon' take what [G#] they handed, nah [C#m] I'm gon' take what they owe me, and show
you that I [A] can fly, and show a girl what she missing, the illest nigga alive, hey who am
I, [E] things change, rearrange your soul, [A] do I, it ain't always for the better, dog I
[C#m] can't lie, I get high cause the lows can be, so cold, [A] I might bend a little bit, but I
[C#m] don't fold, one time for my mind to tooth [A] up yours, I got food for your thoughts [C#m] to
soothe your soul, if you see my tears fall, just let [A] me be, move along nothing to see,
move up [C#m] south better.
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