bits - Intellectual

[Intro: J. Cole]

Love yours

Heart beatin' fast, let a nigga know that he alive

Fake niggas, mad snakes

Snakes in the grass let a nigga know that he arrived

Don't be sleepin' on your level

'Cause it's beauty in the struggle, nigga (Beauty, beauty)

Goes for all y'all

It's beauty in the struggle, nigga (Beauty, beauty)

Let me explain, yeah

It's beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success

Hear my words or listen to my signal of distress

I grеw up in the city and know sometimes wе had less

Compared to some of my niggas

Down the block, man, we were blessed

And life can't be no fairytale, no once upon a time

But I be goddamned if a nigga don't be tryin'

So tell me, Momma please, why you be drinkin' all the time?

Does all the pain he brought you still linger in your mind?

'Cause pain still lingers on mine

On the road to riches, listen, this is what you'll find

The good news is, nigga, you came a long way

The bad news is, nigga, you went the wrong way