Change [explicit] Lyrics - J. Cole

My intuition is telling me there'll be better days 

Yeah, my intuition is telling me there'll be better days 

I like this tone 

Yeah, my intuition is telling me there'll be better days 

I sit in silence and find whenever I meditate 

My fears alleviate, my tears evaporate 

My faith don't deviate, ideas don't have a date 

But see I'm growing and getting stronger with every breath 

Bringing me closer to heaven's doors with every step 

As we speak I'm in peace, no longer scared to die 

Most niggas don't believe in God and so they terrified 

It's either that or they be fearing they gon' go to Hell 

Asking the father for forgiveness God, I'm overwhelmed 

(Please God, I want to go to Heaven) 

As if He's spiteful like them white folks that control the jail 

See I believe if God is real He'll never judge a man 

Because He knows us all and therefore he would understand 

The ignorance that make a nigga take his brother's life 

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The bitterness and pain that got him beating on his wife 

I know you desperate for a change at the pen glide 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from 

In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from 

Yeah, my chosen religion 

Jesus piece frozen from sinnin' 

Doin' dirt hoping to God He know my intentions 

To see a million 'fore I see a casket 

I got a baby on the way know he gon' be a bastard 

I'm living fast like I'm in a drag race, how that cash taste 

When I was a senior I was ballin' on my classmates 

Niggas put three bullets in my car one hit the gas tank 

Know I got a angel 'cuz I'm supposed to have a halo right now 

My lifestyle destined for a federal facility for my ability to make them birds fly 

Fiends wanna get higher than a bird's eye view 

And who am I tell a nigga what to do? 

I just apply this economics my business ain't got the suit and tie 

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Keep a pistol at all times, niggas want what's mine 

I can't oblige dog, I work too hard 

So reach for it, get referred to God, I'm going hard nigga 

I know you desperate for a change at the pen glide 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from 

In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from inside 

But the only real change come from 

Yeah, prodigal son 

Got a new gun, missed one 

Don't run out of ammo lately been working on my handles 

Can I ball, become a star, and remain my self 

If I fall, dust it off and regain my self 

Fuck 'em all, they don't know all the pain I felt 

I'm in awe, after all the fame I felt I evolve 

I no longer bury demons 

I be a vessel for the truth until I'm barely breathing, I'm singing 

Life is all about the evolution 

I give up, I give in, I move back a little 

I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more 

You can dream but don't neglect the execution 

I give up, I give in, I move back a little 

I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more 

Time is short that's what somebody told me 

I give up, I give in, I move back a little 

I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more 

Too short to keep following your homies 

I give up, I give in, I move back a little 

I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more 

I reminisce back to a time where niggas threw they hands 

All of a sudden niggas pop a trunk and then we scram 

Finger on trigger make a little nigga understand 

What it's like to finally be the motherfuckin' man 

Eyes wide that's from the power that the coward feels 

Niggas die over bitches disrespecting dollar bills 

Bloodshed that turned the city to a battlefield 

I call it poison, you call it real 

(Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop) 

That's how you feel 

Pistols be poppin' and niggas drop in a heartbeat 

Scattered like roaches, a body laid on the concrete 

Body laid on the concrete 

Look, somebody laid on the concrete 

No time for that, ain't no lookin' back 

'Cause I'm running too 

I made it home, I woke up and turned on the morning news 

Overcame with a feeling I can't explain 

'Cause that was my nigga James that was slain, he was 22 

(Last night at around...) 

He was 22 

(22 year old black male...) 

We're gathered here today to mourn the life of James McMillan Jr 

A tragedy, another tragedy in the black community 

We got to do better, people 

22 years old, this boy was too young 

Our condolences go to his family, our prayers 

We know he's in a better place, we know he's in a better place 

But this has got to end, ladies and gentleman 

We've got to come together, this is... 

This is beyond words 

I'd like to open this ceremony with a verse...