Album Cover Chaining Day

Chaining Day

J. Cole

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[Verse 1:]

Look at me, pathetic nigga, this chain that I bought

You mix dream pain and fame, this is heinous result

Let these words be the colors I'm just paintin' my heart

I'm knee-deep in the game and it ain't what I thought

Copped the Range Rover, my girl got the Mercedes

Iced out crazy I wanna shine like Baby

Compared to that nigga, I ain't even got a bib yet

Truth be told I ain't even bought a crib yet

This is everything they told a nigga not to do

Image is everything I see, it got a lot to do

With the way people perceive, and what they believe

Money short so this jewelry is like a weave

Meant to deceive and hear niggas say I see you

Now bitches wanna F*** you and niggas wanna be you

And police wanna stop you, frisk you wonder what he do

If a hater snatch yo chain, I bet it still won't free you

Cause I'll be right back grinding 'til I cop another

I sit and think about all this shit I coulda copped my mother

My partner said that's just the game my nigga

So I heard my jeweler say, here go your chain my nigga

[Hook:]

This is chaining day

(I need you to love me, love me)

Chaining day, oh my chaining day

(I need you to love me, love me)

My chaining day

My last piece, I swear, my guilt heavy as this piece I wear

They even iced out Jesus' hair

My last piece, I swear, they even iced out Jesus' hair

[Verse 2:]

Ice on this white Jesus seem a little unholy

The real strange thing about this iced out Rolly

It's the same shit a broke black nigga get gassed at

The same shit a rich white mo'F***a laugh at

Well laugh on white man, I ain't paid as you

But I bet your rims ain't the same age as you

And I ain't got no investment portfolio

But my black and white diamonds shinin' like a Oreo

I know back home where niggas sit today

He rock a chain and he always got some shit to say

Even back when I was broke I knew his shit was fake

He'd prolly sneeze too hard and his shit could break

But hey, you know the sayin', "Fake it 'til you make it"

Me, I did the opposite, made it then I faked it

And actin' like I gave a F***, money I was savin' up

To buy a crib that's gated to that hundred racks, I gave it up

For what

[Hook:]

(I need you to love me, love me)

Chaining day, oh my chaining day

(I need you to love me, love me)

My chaining day

My last piece, I swear, my guilt heavy as this piece I wear

They even iced out Jesus' hair

My last piece, I swear, they even iced out Jesus' hair

[Outro:]

Lord

This is the last time

Told my accountant, it's the last time

I swear this is the last time

I know that I said that shit last time

But this the last time

Mama I swear this is the last time

So don't take my chains from me

This is the last time

Cause I chose this slavery

This is the last time

Don't take my chains from me

This is the last time

Cause I love this slavery

I need you to love me, love me, love me...

I said this is my last time