All My Life
J. Cole, Lil Durk
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Durkio told me he been on some positive shit, yeah, yeah Lately, I just wanna show up and body some shit, yeah, yeah Always been a lil' mathematician, lately it's cash I'm gettin' Got me losin' count of these bags, I've been movin' too fast Hard times don't last, 'member when cops harrassed Talkin' out my ass, boy, you ain't shit but a bitch with a badge All my life (all my life) They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down) All this time (all this time) Never thought I would make it out (never thought I'd make it out) They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (no, no) They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (no) All my life (all my life) They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down) I decided I had to finish, but the media called me a menace I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I'm tryna change the image You can't blame my past no more, I come from the trenches Some said I'd never be a superstar, but I know I'm different (no, no, no) I'm The Voice, but the system ain't give me a choice Know some people that's still on deploy I know a felon who tryna get FOID Child support your only support For a visit, I'm goin' through courts Went to jail, they was chainin' me up And you know that I'm famous as f*ck See how you gon' joke about stimulus? But they really had came in the clutch I know some kids wanna hurt theyself Stop tryna take drugs, I refer to myself Tryna better myself, tryna better my health but All my life (all my life) They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down) All this time (all this time) Never thought I would make it out (never thought I'd make it out) They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (no, no) They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (no) All my life (all my life) They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down) (yeah) First generation ghetto nigga Cole world, hello niggas Made it out the city with my head on straight Niggas keep shootin' up the lead out Young Jordan Peele, gotta get out 'Cause the shit that I spit out Is a cheat code like I'm facin' a RICO and how a nigga put a hit out And another one, and, and another one I got like a hundred of 'em 'Bout to lap niggas so they think they ahead of me, but I'm really in front of them Now some of them fumblin' they bags Fuckin' up the little crumbs that they had A reminder to humble yourself, this shit could be gone in an instant Me, I'm runnin' long distance All pistons firin' I be stuck between maybe retirin' And feelin' like I'm just not hittin' my prime These days scene rappers be dyin' Way before they even gettin' they shine I never even heard of lil' buddy 'Til somebody murdered lil' buddy Now I'm on the phone, searchin' lil' buddy name Got her playin' his tunes, all day in my room Thinkin', "Damn, this shit wicked, to get their name buzzin' Some niggas just gotta go lay in a tomb" And media thirsty for clicks, I got a new rule If you ain't never posted a rapper when he was alive You can't post about him after he get hit It's simple, it's the principle On any tempo, I'm invincible Don't even rap, I just vent to you I rather that than an interview Most days F*ck 'em all like I'm goin' through a ho phase Young nigga shoot out the whip like road rage I pray all of my dawgs stay so paid And the only thing that kill 'em is old age All my life (all my life) They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down) All this time (all this time) Never thought I would make it out (never thought I'd make it out) They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (no, no) They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (no) All my life (all my life) They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down)
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Written by: Durk Banks, Jermaine Cole, Lukasz Gottwald
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