[ti:Born Sinner （feat. Fauntleroy]
[ar:J Cole]
[al:Born Sinner （Deluxe Version）]
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[00:01.15]Born Sinner （Feat. James Fauntleroy） - J. Cole
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[00:24.96]Spinning in circles, live my life without rehearsal
[00:27.40]If I die today my n*gga was it business?
[00:29.64]Was it personal?
[00:30.58]Should this be my last breath
[00:32.20]I'm blessed cause it was purposeful
[00:33.58]Never got to church to worship Lord
[00:35.39]But please be merciful
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[00:37.19]You made me versatile, well-rounded like cursive
[00:39.69]Now you chose me for a purpose
[00:41.13]I put my soul in these verses
[00:43.34]Born sinner, was never born to be perfect
[00:45.47]Sucka for women licking their lips
[00:47.46]And holding these purses
[00:48.59]Back when we ran the streets
[00:50.02]Who would think we grow to be murderers
[00:51.77]Teachers treated n*ggas as
[00:53.21]If they totally worthless
[00:54.64]And violent, and hopeless
[00:56.20]I saw but never noticed that the
[00:58.07]College point is right to
[00:59.13]"Be All That You Can Be" posters
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[01:01.63]Rest in peace to Tiffany
[01:03.06]I don't know if this is the realest sh*t I wrote
[01:05.19]But know the realest n*gga wrote this
[01:06.75]And signed it, and sealed it in a envelope
[01:09.42]And knew one day you'd find it
[01:10.73]And knew one day you'd come back
[01:12.11]And rewind this, singing...
[01:12.85]I'm a born sinner
[01:14.47]But I'll die better than that; swear.
[01:18.66]You were always where I needed you to be
[01:21.15]Whether you were there or not there （I was there）
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[01:24.91]I was born sinning but I live better than that
[01:28.65]（better than that, better than that）
[01:30.28]And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care.
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[01:35.87]（Yeah, yeah, yeah）
[01:37.31]Yeah, this music sh*t is a gift
[01:39.30]But God help us make it cause
[01:40.99]This music business is a cliff
[01:42.49]I got a life in my grip
[01:43.80]She holding tight to my wrist
[01:45.30]She screaming: "Don't let me slip"
[01:46.54]She see the tears in my eyes
[01:48.41]I see the fear on her lips
[01:49.91]True when I told you, you the only reason why
[01:52.34]I don't flip and go insane
[01:53.78]My roof in the pouring rain
[01:55.53]You knew me before the fame
[01:56.84]Don't lose me the more I change, no
[01:58.84]Just grow with me, go broke you go broke with me
[02:01.58]I smoke you gon' smoke with me
[02:03.31]Woman's curse since birth
[02:04.62]Man lead her to the hearse
[02:06.06]I go Bobby you go with me damn
[02:08.52]Listen here, I'll tell you my biggest fears
[02:10.70]You the only one who knows them
[02:12.26]Don't you ever go expose them
[02:14.51]This life is harder than you'll probably ever know
[02:16.57]Emotions I hardly ever show
[02:18.31]
[02:19.19]More for you than for me
[02:20.50]Don't you worry yourself
[02:21.87]I gotta do this for me
[02:23.49]They tell me life is a test but where's a tutor for me
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[02:26.78]Pops came late I'm already stuck in my ways
[02:29.65]Ducking calls from my mother for days
[02:31.84]Sometimes she hate the way she raised me
[02:33.65]But she love what she raised
[02:34.77]Can't wait to hand her these house keys
[02:36.46]With nothing to say
[02:37.77]I'm a born sinner
[02:37.89]Except
[02:38.27]
[02:39.83]But I'll die better than that; swear.
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[02:43.89]You were always where I needed you to be
[02:46.20]Whether you were there or not there （I was there）
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[02:50.05]I was born sinning but I live better than that
[02:53.29]（better than that, better than that）
[02:55.17]And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care.
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[03:00.91]（Yeah, yeah, yeah）
[03:02.09]I'm a born sinner
[03:04.09]But I'll die better than that; swear.
[03:07.38]
[03:08.19]You were always where I needed you to be
[03:10.57]Whether you were there or not there （I was there）
[03:14.06]I was born sinning but I live better than that
[03:17.99]（better than that, better than that）
[03:19.67]And if you ain't f*cking with that, I don't care.
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[03:25.29]（Yeah, yeah, yeah）