Fire Squad (消防队) - J. Cole
Lyrics by：Mark Farner
Composed by：Mark Farner
Produced by：J. Cole/J. Cole/"Vinylz" Hernandez
Ni**a why you actin' like a ho?
Know that I'ma ride for ya,
Either way it go
Tell me, girl why you
Be stressin' me for time?
When you tell me you love me,
Can't you see I'm tryna climb?
Damn my ni**a
Why you actin' like a b**ch?
If you scared to take a chance,
How the f**k we gon' get rich?
Come here baby
Why you always insecure?
Hold on tight to a ni**a and be sure
Ain't a way around it no more,
I am the greatest
A lotta niggas sat on the throne,
I am the latest
I am the bravest,
Go toe to toe with the giants
I ain't afraid of you niggas,
I'll end up fading you niggas
'Fore it's all said and done,
This ni**a need medicine
My uzi, it weighed a ton,
I need me a better gun
In fact I just might need two,
Cause niggas say they the one
And I got something to prove
Forgive me lord here they come,
BLAOOW
Ni**a why you actin' like a ho?
Know that I'ma ride for ya,
Either way it go
Tell me, girl why you
Be stressin' me for time?
When you tell me you love me,
Can't you see I'm tryna climb?
Damn my ni**a
Why you actin' like a b**ch?
If you scared to take a chance,
How the f**k we gon' get rich?
Come here baby
Why you always insecure?
Hold on tight to a ni**a and be sure
My inhibitions, fighting my intuition
Premature premonition
Showin me the demoliton
Of these phony niggas
So ahead of my time
Even when I rhyme about the future
I be reminiscing
You want the truth well come and listen
I'm like that time you bagged a dime
And checked ya phone
And saw it was a number missing
As fate passes you by, half of you try
The other half of you fry,
Too high to actually fly
One day y'all have to decide,
Who you gon' be
A scary ni**a or a ni**a
That's gon' rule like me
Keep it true like me,
Cole you might be
Like the new Ice Cube,
Meets the new Ice-T
Meets 2 Live Crew,
Meets the new Spike Lee
Meets Bruce like Wayne,
Meets Bruce like Lee
Meets '02 Lil Wayne,
In a new white tee
Meets KD, ain't no ni**a
That can shoot like me! BLAOOOW
Ni**a why you actin' like a ho?
Know that I'ma ride for ya,
Either way it go
Tell me, girl why you
Be stressin' me for time?
When you tell me you love me,
Can't you see I'm tryna climb?
Damn my ni**a
Why you actin' like a b**ch?
If you scared to take a chance,
How the f**k we gon' get rich?
Come here baby
Why you always insecure?
Hold on tight to a ni**a and be sure
(Who's the king?)
Came from the bottom ni**a,
With stains on my shirt
What you expected from me,
I came from the dirt
(Who's the king?)
Money my motivator,
The songs that I sing
Picture a peasant passin'
From pawn to a king
You tell me ya still love me,
If so then let me go
Will I return or will I burn,
Never know
Look in my eyes
And see the future
But don't sugar coat it
Listen
History repeats itself
And that's just how it goes
Same way that these rappers
Always bite each others flows
Same thing that my ni**a Elvis
Did with Rock n Roll
Justin Timberlake, Eminem,
And then Macklemore
While silly niggas argue over
Who gon' snatch the crown
Look around, my ni**a,
White people have snatched the sound
This year I'll prolly go
To the awards dappered down
Watch Iggy win a Grammy
As I try to crack a smile
I'm just playin',
But all good jokes contain true sh*t
Same rope you climb up on,
They'll hang you with
But not Jermaine, my aim too sick
I bang ni**a, I came to bring
The pain my brain too quick
You see
How I maneuver this game,
I ain't stupid
I recognize that life is a dream,
And I dream lucid
And break the chains and change minds,
One verse at a time
And claim 2-6,
And f**k it, if the shoe fits
Who's the king?
We all kings
(We all kings ni**a)
Kings of ourselves first and foremost
(True)
While the people debate
Who's the king of this rap game
Here comes lil' ol' Jermaine
With every ounce of strength in his veins
To snatch the crown
From whoever y'all think has it
But rather than place it
On his head as soon as he grabs it
Poof, boom, paow,
It's like magic
With a flash and a BANG
The crown disintegrates
And falls to the Earth
From which it came
It's done
Ain't gonna be no more kings
Be wary of any man that claims
Because deep down he clings
Onto the need for power
But in reality he's a coward
Ultimately he's scared to die
And sometimes so am I
But when I'm in tune with the most high
I realize
The fear lies in my lack of awareness
Of the other side
Today I know that we are the same
Are the same, you and I
Different kind of skin,
Different set of eyes
Two different minds,
But only one God
(It's only one God ni**a)
It's for all the kings
Cause I know deep down every poet
Just wanna be loved
