Sacrifices

[Intro: Johnny Venus] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 1: Johnny Venus] That nigga back from the dead, yeah I don't know, I don't know, I don't know Nigga almost lost his head, yeah Try to run, try to fly, try to float Candles on top of the dresser Baby, you down, need to bless up Better watch how you address us Playing no games, no dress-up I got an idea Let's shoot Wild 'N Out in my hood, talkin' right here Academy Award-nominated performance, yeah Let the AK spray straight for four minutes, yeah That's a monologue, talking to the fog, fuck an ordinance, yeah [Chorus: Johnny Venus] I make sacrifices, bloody sacrifices Cutthroat, rabbit's toe, I suppose Maybe that's what life is [Verse 2: Johnny Venus] Ayy, man, cavemen Two drinks, cave in Few blunts, ease up Ooh yeah, please up Who cares? Who there? Do what? Wake up The hell, heaven We want, heads up Hey you, yeah, you Mother fuck, brother fuck Sister fuck, family fuck The system, get some Hey you, day two Yeah, you, you, you You a vege', do the dance Table, get low Chopped cheese, knot knees Boy, please, whatever You next, to death To go, ooh, oh Who's that? Ring ring Your number, bling-bling Call it up, chalk it up Move over [Chorus: Johnny Venus] I make sacrifices, bloody sacrifices Cutthroat, rabbit's toe, I suppose [Verse 3: Smino] See a nigga in all red from the North with the pole It ain't Santa Claus Brought my gifts to Atlanta, I'm Atlanta Claus I can smell you pussy with the panties off, I Been gettin' to the bread, tryna keep this shit low But it ain't workin', my Circle on fire like a circus now Around the same niggas I been around, so Of course, I (Of course, I), endorse my (Endorse my) Ratchet ass nigga from the North Side (North Side) It's astigmatism, you got poor sight (Poor sight) Let the bitches forget it, I do it Alzheim' Of course I (Of course I), gotta voice my (Voice my) Opinion on that ass when you walk past (On bro, that shit groovy, ayy) Niggas pull strings like a guitar, guitar G-Star jeans on my sneakers I'm a real soulful nigga, collard greens inside your speakers (Yeah, yeah) Ferguson days on Castro, wasn't no cash flow But I'm good for the arch, I'm Dr. Scholl's I'm good for your heart, let me snatch your soul, soul, soul [Chorus: Johnny Venus] Bloody sacrifices [Verse 4: Saba] Yeah, ayy Look at what a motherfucker do for the cash intake They'll be right across your head like it's Ash Wednesday You got to just get off your ass like your ass is fake You can't sit, and if we ain't siblings, then I can't relate To they shit, I'm Asic, I run shit, I got it jumpin' like pump fake I don't need nothing but one take I'm from the part of the city where young nigga keep him a nine like one plus eight Our politician a fuckface Corrupt like a Dogg Pound Gangsta We duel like a small town wager How I'm the dropout major Success stories, I favor Used to cover my scars, out here tryna cover The Fader Yeah, Pro Tools, knobs, and the faders Tell pigs as-salamu alaykum You ain't 'bout static like AM radio, ain't even play him I put my heart and my all in my art, I'm alternate All of them are the same, it's harder to tell 'em apart some days I thought I'd call 'em out altogether Rather than waste the amount of bars it'll take for me to call 'em out by name Caught a glimpse of the alternate world I've introduced to you Via the studio, got 'em studying our mixtapes I'm from the hood like my mama, put that on my mama I lay the law down like parliament, all just with a pen and page [Chorus: Johnny Venus] I make sacrifices, bloody sacrifices [Verse 5: J. Cole] You can't be everything to everybody I wanna be your lover, your best friend Your Batman, Spider-Man Fighter pilot shooting down your rivals and I wanna damn near kill you to be the one that heal you up I wanna be the one that feel you up On nights when you need good dick to cheer you up I wanna be the one to build you up A wall worth five billion bucks to keep out the rah-rah And the blah-blah-blah so nobody try to steal your thunder Pull you under Toss my hopes out, Royal Rumble We done moved out to the boondocks Built a big house, there he wonders How somewhere along the way He went from Huey to Eddie Wuncler I been so disconnected, my perspective is ignorant When you rich, niggas don't wanna correct you Say something crazy, they won't interject Do every drug that you want, they gon' let you Dangerous when it's nobody to check you I be havin' to check myself Nigga, stop holding that money, you know you got plenty I be havin' to spread my wealth I used to be at the crib myself 7 years old, off of Bragg Boulevard Where they bag up the raw They gon' stand on the corner, one hand on they balls And they ran when the cops come, there go the laws Then I packed up a bag and I trapped it up north on the path of a star And I ran into you like I met you before Now damn, me and you goin' half on a boy, sing [Verse 6: J. Cole] Huggin' the block, huggin' the block all day I had nowhere to go, she gave me a place to stay She gave me her heart to hold, I still got that shit to this day She ridin' with me on the road, she ridin' with me in the A Huggin' the block, huggin' the block, okay She gave me the gift of my son, and plus we got one on the way She gave me a family to love, for that, I can never repay I'm crying while writing these words, the tears, they feel good on my face, hey [Refrain: J. Cole] And yesterday could feel just like a waste, yeah If I don't love you how I'm supposed to And yesterday could feel just like a waste, yeah If I don't love you how I'm supposed to [Chorus: Johnny Venus] I make sacrifices, bloody sacrifices