Album Cover p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l

p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l

J. Cole

3

Uh

Pride is the DevilThink it got a hold on me

Pride is the Devil

It left so many R.I.P.

Pride is the Devil

Think it got a hold on me

Pride is the Devil, yeah, uh

Terrified, paranoid

I′ll put you over everything to fill the void

And when you're gone, will I have anything?

Or will I be destroyed? Uh

Terrified, paranoid

I′ll put you over everything to fill the void

And when you're gone, will I have anything?

Or will I be destroyed? Yeah

Bright lights pass me in the city, it's emergency

I′m thankful ′cause I made it past my 30s, no one murdered me

Still remember vividly the n- that pulled a gun on me

I'm petrified, but movin′ like I got no sense of urgency

Pride make a n- act way harder than he really be

Pride hide the shame when city cut off all utilities

Pride hide the pain of growing up inhalling poverty

Pride make a n- feel the way that you would follow me

Make a n- flash a thousand like he hit the lottery

Make a baby mama make sh- harder than it gotta be

Make you have to take the b- to court to see your prodigy

Make you have to use your last resort and pull a robbery

Pride be the reason for the family dichotomy

Got uncles and some aunties that's too proud to give apologies

Slowly realizing what the root of all my problems be

It got me feeling different when somebody say they proud of me

Pride is the Devil, uh

I think it got a hold on me

Pride is the Devil, uh

And it left so many R.I.P.

Pride is the Devil

I think it got a hold on me

Pride is the Devil, uh, yeah

Terrified, paranoid

I′ll put you over everything to fill the void

And when you're gone, will I have anything?

Or will I be destroyed? Uh

Terrified, paranoid

I′ll put you over everything to fill the void

And when you're gone, will I have anything?

Or will I be destroyed? Yeah

Too much money to count, what's the amount?

Check never bounce

I gotta pay a n- to add it up

Then pay somebody to make sure whatever amount he say, he can back it up

Got racks on racks, I′m rackin′ up, stackin' up

You′re reachin', I′m actin' up

Break it down, weigh it up, now bag it up

Makin′ five a month, that's regular

N- playin' with us, that′s a negative

Go back to the start, that′s never

I'm a boss, my closet leather

Ain′t no off-days on my schedule

Long as I live, we live forever

Told my twin this sh- get better

These n- don't slipped, let me get ahead of ′em

Got my feet up, I paid silly bands to have s- on the jet

I don't need ′em, that sh- in the past

I'm feelin' like what′s next

Got my speed up, foot all on the gas

This not a C8 ′Vette

I can beat 'em, I believe in me

Just tell me what′s the bet

All my pride gone, had to lose it all then I got rich

I own five homes, glad some of this sh- startin' to make sense

I′m stayin' hella focused and I can′t forget the bigger picture

I can't even hold you, I didn't have sh-, I won′t forget it

Will I be destroyed?

Come to me with everything, it′s startin' to get annoyin′

I'm addicted to p-, it′s crazy, yeah, I know it

All this money comin' in, it drive me crazy not to show it

I′ll be crazy if I blow it

Pride is the Devil, uh

I think it got a hold on me

Pride is the Devil, uh

And it left so many R.I.P.

Pride is the Devil

I think it got a hold on me

Pride is the Devil, uh