Old Dog

Lyrics

[Intro: J. Cole] Ring, ring, who the fuck is that?It's a 9-1-0 number, so you know a nigga zapped (Ha) NC state, .26 weight (Ha)That's where I was runnin' plays (Yeah, nigga, 26, ha) Let's get blazed, don't get sprayed (Y'know what I mean? But it's all sorts of bullshit in the Bull city, nigga) That's where I was duckin' strays Yeah (Carolina shit) [Chorus: J. Cole]2-6 was the blueprint, yeah, it made meOld dog with some new tricks, atta babyNo more record deal, yeah, I'm fresh up out of slavery (Yeah) [Verse 1: J. Cole] Uh, I'm back home for the time beingC-O-L-E stayed up, N.C., that's where you'll find me in Right off of 95, we had a little town meetingDown in thе 'Ville, if you real, then you can chimе me in Now real don't mean that you got paper or you ride BenzOr selling white to all yo' clients that don't mind skiin' Now bein' real to me, you stand on what the fuck you do We on the map, we ain't Atlanta, but we snuck on through I had a plan, put on the land, I got accustomed to It's so precarious, so much random niggas clutchin' toolsIt's nothing new, they carry hammers into public schools Heard— talkin' down, but then it's fuck him too It's nothin' new, bitch, we been hated for a long whileBefore I blew, bitch, we was known as the problem child A Carolina, bear in mind, we never had shitBut now the GOAT is from this bitch, so all that's past tenseWe gas shit, nigga [Chorus: J. Cole]2-6 was the blueprint, yeah, it made meOld dog with some new tricks, atta babyNo more record deal, yeah, I'm fresh up out of slavery (Yeah)Pay dues, now I want what's due, nigga, pay me [Refrain: Petey Pablo] Carolina shit, ho, don't you forget Take yo' fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitch The money is a mindset if you already rich Take yo' fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitch [Verse 2: J. Cole] Uh, I had to leave these green palm trees to get it Said when I got it, I was gon' bring it back, bitch, and guess what? I did it, uh Left in a Civic, uh, came back in a Lamb' Feelin' like Tupac in Atlanta, bought me two plots of land Some would've ducked off of my fam, practice my jumpshot in my gym Thinkin' I'm too big to come home 'cause I got the planet Earth in my hand, uh Nigga, what? I'm on Bragg right now FPD behind me, he runnin' my tags right nowI can't be too upset, they got a reason to checkThis shit regular in New York, but the 'Ville ain't seen this yet Now I'm gon' be who I'm gon' be regardless of theEmblem that's drawn on the key, 'Ville nigga put on for N.C. For somethin' that's hard to believe, shout out the dog Petey Pablo, he did that long before me I just got home from a tour and I brought my partner with meLet it run through freaks that stack they dollarsWe learned it all on the streets in the V-I-L-L-E [Refrain: Petey Pablo] Carolina shit, ho, don't you forget Take yo' fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitch The money is a mindset if you already rich Take yo' fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitch [Chorus: J. Cole]2-6 was the blueprint, yeah, it made meOld dog with some new tricks, atta babyNo more record deal, yeah, I'm fresh up out of slavery (Yeah)Pay dues, now I want what's due, nigga, pay me [Outro: J. Cole] Nigga, pay me (Yeah, ha, Tiffany Pines, Fox Fire)Pay ups, nigga (On my fuckin'— ha, hell yeah)(Louis Heights, Bonnie Dune) 'Ville shit, Carolina shit, nigga(Bragg Boulevard, Grays Creek, ha) Rough Friday(Goddamn, Hope Mills Road, Murchison Road) Oldest shit in the [?]The Tre Four (Johnson Street), G Boro, Charlotte the big motherfuckin' up (Cumberland Road, Shaw Road) Shoutout DaBaby (You feel me?), you feel me (Greenville, Lumberton, Wilmington) (All my boys in the west) Southeast(South Carolina's next motherfucker) Southeast (Columbia, yeah)It's the southeast (Charleston, goddamn Greenville)It's the southeast (I done been all over this motherfucker Florence)Uh, it's the southeast (Shit)