[Intro: J. Cole & Amber Coffman]
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She knows
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She knows, ayy
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Bad things happen to the people you love
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And you find yourself praying up to Heaven above
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But honestly, I never had much sympathy
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‘Cause those bad things, I always saw them coming for me
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Im gonna run, run away (Oh, I), run, run away, run away (Oh, I, I, I)
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Run away and never come back (Well, alright)
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Run, run away, run, run away (Oh, I), run away (Oh, I, I, I)
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Show em that your color is black (Well, alright)
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[Verse 1: J. Cole]
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Damned if I do, damned if I dont
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You know I got a girl back home
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You got a man, what you want?
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What you want?
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What these bitches want from a nigga?
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On some DMX shit, huh
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I know them other niggas love tricking
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On some BMX shit, but not me
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Now Im sure you done heard about me
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A black star, Mos Def, Kweli
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Good, so them bad hoes try me, they try me, huh
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This is Martin Luther King in the club, gettin dubs, huh
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With a bad bitch in his ear, sayin that she down for whatever
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In the back of his mind is Coretta
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[Chorus: J. Cole, J. Cole & Amber Coffman]
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And she knows, she knows
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And I know she knows, and I know she knows
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And deep down, she knows, she knows
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And I know she knows, and I know she knows
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Well, alright, oh, I, oh, I, I, I
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I cant be what you want from me, well, alright
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Oh, I, oh, I, I, I
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I cant be what you want from me, well, alright
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[Verse 2: J. Cole]
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Damned if I do (Shit), damned if I dont (Uh)
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Im passing up on bad hoes
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Tryna be the man that she want, what she want?
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What, what she want from a nigga?
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To put a ring on it, uh
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Got a bitch on my dick right now
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And she just wanna sing on it, oh, huh
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Got me up so high, try and get a piece of that apple pie, uh
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I be up so high, try and get a piece of that apple pie
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Dancehall vibe with my pants on fire
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‘Cause I told her I was ‘sleep, cause I
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Creep with this pretty young thing that I cho
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‘Cause she could be doing the same thing, I suppo
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[Chorus: J. Cole, J. Cole & Amber Coffman]
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And she knows, she knows
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And I know she knows, and I know she knows
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And deep down, she knows, she knows
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And I know she knows, and I know she knows
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Well, alright, oh, I, oh, I, I, I
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I cant be what you want from me, well, alright
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Oh, I, oh, I, I, I
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I cant be what you want from me, well, alright
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[Verse 3: J. Cole]
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Niggas say, “Turn up,” hoes say, “Turn up”
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Only bad thing bout a star is they burn up
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Niggas say, “Turn up,” hoes say, “Turn up”
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Only bad thing bout a star is they burn up
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Rest in peace to Aaliyah
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Rest in peace to Left Eye (Left Eye)
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Michael Jackson, Ill see ya
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Just as soon as I die (I die)
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[Bridge: J. Cole]
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Got me up so high
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Try and get a piece of that apple pie, uh
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I be up so high
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Try and get a piece of that apple pie
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Got me up so high
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Try and get a piece of that apple pie, uh
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I be up so high
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Try and get a piece of that apple pie
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[Chorus: J. Cole & Amber Coffman]
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Well, alright, oh, I, oh, I, I, I
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I cant be what you want from me, well, alright
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Oh, I, oh, I, I, I
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I cant be what you want from me, well, alright
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[Outro: Amber Coffman]
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Run away, run away—, back (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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Run away, run away—, back (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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Run away, run away—, back (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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Run away, run away—, back (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
