Things Change Lyrics - J. Cole

Yeah things change, things change 

Things change nigger 

Pick up the pen, time to write my sins away 

Right my wrongs and then life goes on 

Bitch be calling, then mistakenly niggas be falling 

I fuck them and I leave them, forever picture 

me balling 

With cash that I never had, I'm trying to stretch a million 

Hoping it forever lasts, a fear of going broke 

Cause most niggas I know can barely make the car note 

Can barely keep the rent paid, 

so I'm like Da Vinci 

Painting pictures to last centuries since like the 10th grade 

Carolina nigga with New York plates 

My template, switch states and swerve, mixtapes were served 

Get cake, absurd, and has big plates, preferred 

You heard, my every word 

Potentially can free us all, now that's a heavy burden 

Sometimes I'd rather get some head and watch my wealth grow 

Cause things change, am I the same one you fell for? 

One side screaming "hell no" other side holding on for dear life 

Lately nigga I feel like, I ain't that young frail nigga that I used to be 

Pardon my ways girl, I'm still getting used to me 

Cause things change, I'm still getting used to me 

I ain't that old shy nigga that I used to be 

Bitches watching niggas plotting on me, 

truthfully 

Gotta be careful what you wish for, as you can see 

Things change 

Things change, it'll never be the same 

I've never been the one to settle, it'll never be the same 

(Yeah, things change) 

Nothing ever stays the same, it'll never be the same 

(Things change) 

Nothing ever stays the same 

I told you, raindrops do fall 

But see, these clouds ain't the same that you saw 

My memory banks got some pain to withdraw 

I am not afraid, I am not unscathed and 

Don't use bandaids but, back in the days I was stressing a grip 

The only black in my class wondering, where do I sit? 

College campus too fast, now depression exists 

Like I'm less than equipped, feeling destined to quit 

Then you appeared, made me see myself without a mirror 

See, I never shared all the fears of my peers 

I'm thinking about this African queen, loved her body 

But she's more than just the back of her jeans, she's a magical dream 

I feel hard with such a frail heart 

She taught me that Allah was just her way to spell God 

And she was my American pie, so cultured 

Her intelligence ahead of her time, looked at my face 

And with a smile called me Elephant Eyes, a secret nickname 

Always seems to sit on my mind, cause I guess it reminds me of you 

Which reminds me of love, which reminds me of truth 

Which is all the above, recently liquors in my body, it's all on my tongue 

I've changed into something they thought I'd never become 

Gave you my food for thought, it's more than a plate of soul food 

If you wanna change, gotta escape your ownrules 

Things change nigga 

Things change, it'll never be the same 

I've never been the one to settle, it'll never be the same 

(Yeah, things change) 

Nothing ever stays the same, it'll never be the same 

(Things change) 

Nothing ever stays the same 

(Things change baby) 

Hey 

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