Crunch Time Lyrics - Truly Yours - J. Cole

(Intro: J. Cole) 

Tick 

This is for my niggas in the fourth quarter 

Just watching that clock tick. Yeah 

(Verse 1: J. Cole) 

You said, at what point do you start seeing bread? 

Been out hustling for years, shoe box right under my bed 

I move the work out my momma's house, got me a little old crib 

I always fantasize if I had went to college instead 

Would I be happily married instead of broke and unwed? 

My nigga made a major move I said I hope for the best 

I told my sister as I kissed her cheek I'm better off dead 

Fucking with this white, it's all been downhill like a sled 

Now listen, I understand they say you make your own bed 

But tell me who supplied these sheets with this cheap ass thread 

In denial about the feds, he can't see past bread 

Now do exactly what the man in the ski mask says, okay? 

These are the times, survival my only crime 

I gotta be on my grind, a lot of my homies gone 

Inside of me Lord I know, it's a lie that we gon' be fine 

But momma I'm tired of crying, just lie to me one more time 

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(Hook) 

Cause it's crunch time 

Cause it's crunch time 

Shit real man 

A nigga got bills man it's crunch time. 

Shit real man a nigga got bills 

(Verse 2: J Cole) 

Look, scavenge these records of these days MP3's 

Looking for the samples to put a nigga on MTV's 

This is for nigga's with empty dreams and empty jeans 

Still holding on to the word maybe 

Cause this 9 to 5 shit is driving you stir crazy 

Coming home tired just to hear it from your lady 

Hollaring about your baby, need this and need that 

And all you want is peace and quiet 

Maybe some feedback, on these raps 

Cause labels ain't hollering, and niggas ain't downloading 

Nobody see your vision, they walking around blindfolded 

All this time holding on to possibilities 

You step outside, you smoke a blunt and then you feel the breeze 

Fuck what they talking, it ain't like life come often 

Only thing worse than death is a regret filled coffin 

So try before you die or always wonder what if? 

I thank the lord for this wonderful gift 

Looking for strength in this crunch time 

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(Hook) 

Looking for strength in the crunch time 

This shit real dawg a nigga got bills dawg 

It's crunch time 

Yeah 

Nigga it's crunch time 

This shit real dawg a nigga got bills dawg 

(Outro: J. Cole) 

I feel your pain nigga trust me 

For all my nigga's out there still trying to get it 

Few nigga's I know, few nigga's I don't know 

Shout out to my nigga filthy 

Nervous Wreck 

Shout out to my nigga Marcus 

Nigga I forgive you for all that shit you said 

I understand my nigga 

Still love. Yeah