Carolina On My Mind

Lyrics

[Intro: J. Cole] Yeah This joint is called "Carolina On My Mind" Uh (Carolina) Shout out to Deacon on the hook Yeah (Fayettenam) Shout out to By Any Means Yeah, listen (Let's go) [Verse 1: J. Cole] Alive and still kickin', nigga, I survived the 'Ville But a lotta will not, so they wield Glocks and Bonnevilles Niggas lyin', still get high, they ride and kill Money hungry, tryna find a meal, can't stay inside and chill Lil' niggas thinkin', "Fuck school, I'm finna sign a deal" Huntin' hoes, trappin' niggas, lyin' like they on the pill Preacher say we blessed, but all we feel is stressed, tryna deal If this liquor don't help, nigga, this marijuana will Roll up and take a shot for them niggas behind the steel gates My mind is still racin', I'm tryna kill snakes 'Cause niggas is fake, but wait, time reveals, so Never mind, that real shit is what I'm tryna build It's kinda ill how I'm givin' y'all that Carolina feel A nigga so deep, you tryna find me, dog, you gotta drill It's kinda ill how I'm givin' y'all that Carolina feel A nigga so deep, you tryna find me, dog, you gotta drill, yeah Yo, comin' home, y'all (DJ OnPoint) [Chorus: J. Cole] Any given time (Uh), got the city on my mind (Yeah) The city on my mind (Yeah), the city on my mind (Yeah) I'm ridin' 'round, feelin' like the city, it is mine (Yeah) The city, it is mine (Yeah), the city, it is mine (Hey) At any given time, Carolina on my mind (Yeah) Carolina on my mind, Carolina on my mind He said, "I feel your pain, nigga, but I'm tryna go for mine" (Uh) I'm tryna go for mine, I'm tryna go for mine [Verse 2: J. Cole] Hey, ayy, fuck them hoes, let them bunnies be Perfect vision, I'm 20/20 for this money, G See, it's funny, you get that paper, then them honeys show 'Cause they know we finna blow like a runny nose Money goes, money come Barely twenty-one, I'm thinkin' big things Mama in the mansion with the fish tanks The Carolina way If you in college, then you know the crime won't pay Long as you find a way, fuck what them niggas is tryna say 'Cause in Carolina, we thorough My niggas hold it down all the way from Fayettenam to the G-Boro And up in Winston, and Raleigh, did I mention? The Bull City got them old fake niggas flinchin' Tar Heel State, you either shootin' or you hoopin', yo Niggas can't wait for the Panthers to win the Super Bowl So shout out to them super cold niggas up in Charlotte No matter the city, man, Carolina shine, regardless Yeah (Yo) Comin' home, nigga [Refrain: Deacon] Ridin' big in an old-school Chevy With the windows down when I'm rollin' through my city like oh On my way to meet up with a freak and My nigga drunk beatin', she can hear me down the street, she like, "Oh" Blew game and I do my thing Ain't tryna settle down, I ain't shoppin' for no ring, oh no (Yeah, shout out to J. Cole) Ridin' with my niggas for the weekend With the Carolina sounds pumpin' out the speakers like oh (Told you my nigga got some shit) [Outro] We people who are darker than blue (Shout to Amador, Junior, 14th Street) Are we gonna stand around this town and let what others say come true? (Can't forget my nigga G, Scheme, Downtown Brooklyn, Flatbush, and DeKalb) We're just good for nothing, they all figure, a boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that, or is that really where it's at? We people who are darker than blue This ain't no time for segregatin', I'm talkin' 'bout brown and yellow too High yellow gal, can't you tell you're just the surface of our dark, deep well? If your mind could really see, you'd know your color the same as me Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story