Pity (feat. Omen & Voli)

God help the hungry children

Help the homeless children

Help them to survive a World they can't understand

God help the child who's needy

Who deserves not pity

Help them to survive this cold and bitter land

[Hook - J Cole]

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that was rolled for me?

I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it

Is this the life that you chose for me Lord?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that you rolled for me?

[Verse 1 - J Cole]

Yeah, this is the Ville, home of the fast-lifers

Where we get high and don't come down, we gas righteous

Man, I wonder how hard to live my past life was

Cause this one hard, I could show you my scars

I ain't crying tho..

Then save that pity for the next man

Or that girl getting beat down by her ex-man

Hey, hold your head, mama

I know you wish that nigga dead, mama

If I can find a way to kill him, I won't have any drama

Damn mama, tell me who you love

This one is for the boy that sees his mama on drugs

I feel your pain, boy and just know that I been through the same, boy

That lady needs you more than ever

Don't be ashamed boy

Cause when it rained, boy, that was your umbrella

The one that changed your pissy sheets when you was a young fella

And now she in the bedroom on her knees

Staring at the sky, screaming "Lord please!"

Tell me now

[Hook - J Cole]

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that you rolled for me?

I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it

Is this the life that you chose for me Lord?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that was rolled for me?

I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it

[Verse 2]

Soon as you cling on, my mind's saying "be gone!"

I leave em with wrinkled foreheads, they now Klingons

Confused, cause friendship's abuse and I'm sorry for it

My life performance been trifling, some nights I fight my conscience?

Was never given space, but I always heared the heart

Always miss playing the hand that was dealt the joker cards

It's what I was feeling like, lonely low energy

Fallin slow clinically, ballin' over we finna be

Don't pity me ever, even when them haters answering

Mindstate of the victim, no victim, I'm just a champion

Money come in slow, God, intervene

Spirit's never broken, I'm just focused, don't pity me

No no no, you see this pain put a strain on my whole life

I seen the rain, seen my dreams turn to long nights

But all I ask is don't pity me, no, no!

Don't pity me, no, no, no!

[Hook - J Cole]

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that you rolled for me?

I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it

Is this the life that you chose for me Lord?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that was rolled for me?

I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it

I can't cry about it

Nah, nah, be strong

Can't cry about it

Hey

[Verse 3]

I freestyle life, can barely write the rent

Yearly income can barely keep this music life in check

Call up mama, hate to borrow money, with Christmas near

Hey you know what? How about we make each other gifts this year

Friends are calling me up, asking me if I'm signed yet

Who I'm working with? Am I making dollar signs yet?

Disappointment within their voices, do they pity me?

Disbelief, I'ma stay driven like them city streets

But ah, it seems like every day is rainy weather

Can barely fit my pain and poverty the same umbrella

But he don't care, he don't care, it's hard to keep em dry

No more caterpillar, now you see him change: peeping Tom

This life'll flash before your eyes

So get your match before your fire turns to ash

No more drive, no more gas, before you cry, get your last

Before you die, life your past with no regrets

Broken X, no looking back man

[Hook - J Cole]

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that you rolled for me?

I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it

Is this the life that you chose for me Lord?

Is this the life that you chose for me?

Is this the dice that was rolled for me?

Yeah