[ti:Pity]
[ar:J. Cole]
[al:Given Sunday #1]
[by:]
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[00:00.58]God help the hungry children
[00:05.16]Help the homeless children
[00:08.21]Help them to survive a World they can't understand
[00:13.68]God help the child who's needy
[00:17.16]Who deserves not pity
[00:20.42]Help them to survive this cold and bitter land
[00:24.43](Hook)
[00:26.56]Is this the life that you chose for me
[00:29.56]Is this the life that you chose for me
[00:32.57]Is this the dice that was rolled for me
[00:35.57]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[00:38.60]Is this the life that you chose for me Lord
[00:41.69]Is this the life that you chose for me
[00:44.52]Is this the dice that you rolled for me
[00:50.12]Yeah, this is the Ville, home of the fast-lifers
[00:52.90]Where we get high and don't come down, we gas righteous
[00:56.04]Man, I wonder how hard to live my past life was
[00:59.17]Cause this one hard, I could show you my scars
[01:01.63]I ain't crying tho..
[01:02.94]Then save that pity for the next man
[01:05.32]Or that girl getting beat down by her ex-man
[01:08.20]Hey, hold your head, mama
[01:09.85]I know you wish that ni**a dead, mama
[01:11.77]If I can find a way to kill him, I won't have any drama
[01:15.09]Damn mama, tell me who you love
[01:17.78]This one is for the boy that sees his mama on ***
[01:20.43]I feel your pain, boy and just know that I been through the same, boy
[01:24.03]That lady needs you more than ever
[01:25.61]Don't be ashamed boy
[01:27.08]Cause when it rained, boy, that was your umbrella
[01:29.99]The one that changed your pissy sheets when you was a young fella
[01:33.36]And now she in the bedroom on her knees
[01:35.95]Staring at the sky, screaming “Lord please!”
[01:38.42]Tell me now
[01:39.63]Is this the life that you chose for me
[01:42.34]Is this the life that you chose for me
[01:45.45]Is this the dice that you rolled for me
[01:48.48]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[01:51.29]Is this the life that you chose for me Lord
[01:54.71]Is this the life that you chose for me
[01:57.62]Is this the dice that was rolled for me
[02:00.70]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[02:03.93]Soon as you cling on, my mind's saying “be gone!”
[02:06.43]I leave em with wrinkled foreheads, they now Klingons
[02:08.83]Confused, cause friendship's abuse and I'm sorry for it
[02:12.72]My life performance been trifling, some nights I fight my conscience
[02:15.45]Was never given space, but I always heared the heart
[02:18.75]Always miss playing the hand that was dealt the joker cards
[02:21.42]It's what I was feeling like, lonely low energy
[02:24.52]Fallin slow clinically, ballin'over we finna be
[02:27.53]Don't pity me ever, even when them haters answering
[02:30.22]Mindstate of the victim, no victim, I'm just a champion
[02:33.61]Money come in slow, God, intervene
[02:36.06]Spirit's never broken, I'm just focused, don't pity me
[02:38.93]No no no, you see this pain put a strain on my whole life
[02:42.81]I seen the rain, seen my dreams turn to long nights
[02:46.13]But all I ask is don't pity me, no, no!
[02:48.58]Don't pity me, no, no
[02:50.21]Don't pity me, no, no, no
[02:52.54]Is this the life that you chose for me
[02:55.28]Is this the life that you chose for me
[02:58.25]Is this the dice that you rolled for me
[03:01.32]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[03:04.34]Is this the life that you chose for me Lord
[03:07.56]Is this the life that you chose for me
[03:10.56]Is this the dice that was rolled for me
[03:13.59]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[03:18.24]I can't cry about it
[03:19.71]Nah, nah, be strong
[03:21.81]Can't cry about it
[03:22.84]Hey
[03:26.43]I freestyle life, can barely write the rent
[03:30.18]Yearly income can barely keep this music life in check
[03:33.18]Call up mama, hate to borrow money, with Christmas near
[03:36.16]Hey you know what? How about we make each other gifts this year
[03:39.19]Friends are calling me up, asking me if I'm signed yet
[03:42.19]Who I'm working with? Am I making dollar signs yet
[03:45.36]Disappointment within their voices, do they pity me
[03:48.81]Disbelief, I'ma stay driven like them city streets
[03:51.57]But ah, it seems like every day is rainy weather
[03:54.34]Can barely fit my pain and poverty the same umbrella
[03:57.51]But he don't care, he don't care, it's hard to keep em dry
[04:00.63]No more caterpillar, now you see him change: peeping Tom
[04:04.45]This life'll flash before your eyes
[04:06.25]So get your match before your fire turns to ash
[04:08.55]No more drive, no more gas, before you cry, get your last
[04:11.79]Before you die, life your past with no regrets
[04:13.84]Broken X, no looking back man
[04:15.86]Is this the life that you chose for me
[04:18.80]Is this the life that you chose for me
[04:21.84]Is this the dice that you rolled for me
[04:24.97]I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it
[04:27.98]Is this the life that you chose for me Lord
[04:31.14]Is this the life that you chose for me
[04:34.10]Is this the dice that was rolled for me
[04:38.02]Yeah