Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
J. Cole
Vocals
Deputy
Drums
Elite
Drums
Ron Gilmore
All Instruments
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
J. Cole
Songwriter
Ronnie Foster
Songwriter
Anthony Parrino
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
J. Cole
Producer
Beatriz Artola
Recording Engineer
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Gosha Usov
Assistant Engineer
Ibrahim Hamad for Dreamville
Executive Producer
Juro "Mez" Davis
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
I guess the neighbors think I'm selling dope, selling dope
'Kay, the neighbors think I'm selling dope
Selling dope, selling dope, selling dope, selling dope
Yeah
[Verse 1]
I don't want no picture with the president
I just wanna talk to the man
Speak for the boys in the bando
And my **** never walking again
'Pologize if I'm harping again
I know these things happen often
But I'm back on the scene, I was lost in a dream
It's alright, it's a team down in Austin
I been building me a house back home in the south, Ma
Won't believe what it's costing
And it's fit for a king, right
Or a **** that can sing and explain
All the pain that it cost him
My sixteen shoulda came with a coffin
Fuck the fame and the fortune
Well, maybe not the fortune
But one thing is for sure, though
The fame is exhausting
That's why I moved away, I needed privacy
Surrounded by the trees and Ivy League
Students that's recruited high-ly
Thinking you do you and I do me
Crib, it's got a big ol' back-a-yard
My **** stand outside and pass cigars
Filled with marijuana, laughing hard
Thankful that they friend's a platinum star
In the driveway, there's no rapper cars
Just some shit to get from back and forth
Just some shit to get from back and forth
Welcome to the "Sheltuh", this is pure
We'll help you if you felt too insecure
To be the star you always knew you were
Wait, I think police is at the door
[Chorus]
Okay, the neighbors think I'm selling dope
I guess the neighbors think I'm selling dope, selling dope
Neighbors think I'm, neighbors think I'm
I think the neighbors think I'm selling dope (Don't follow me, don't follow me, don't follow me, don't follow me)
I guess the neighbors think I'm selling dope
Selling dope, selling dope, selling dope, selling dope
Well, motherfucker, I am
[Verse 2]
Some things you can't escape
Death, taxes and a
Racist society that make
Every **** feel like a candidate
For a Trayvon kinda fate
Even when your crib sit on a lake
Even when your plaques hang on a wall
Even when the president jam your tape
Took a lil break just to annotate
How I feel, damn, it's late
I can't sleep 'cause I'm paranoid
Black in a white man territory
Cops bust in with the army guns
No evidence of the harm we done
Just a couple neighbors that assume we slang
Only time they see us, we be on the news in chains, damn
[Verse 3]
Don't follow me, don't follow me
Don't follow me, don't follow me
[Chorus]
Okay, the neighbors think I'm selling dope, selling dope
I guess the neighbors think I'm selling dope, selling dope
Neighbors think I'm, neighbors think I'm
I think the neighbors think I'm selling dope (Don't follow me, don't follow me, don't follow me, don't follow me)
I guess the neighbors think I'm selling dope
Selling dope, selling dope, selling dope, selling dope
Well, motherfucker, I am
I am, I am, I am
Motherfucker, I am (And the neighbors think I'm selling dope)
I am, I am, I am
Motherfucker, I am
[Outro]
So much for integration
Don't know what I was thinking
I'm moving back to Southside
So much for integration
Don't know what I was thinking
I'm moving back to Southside
Written by: Anthony Parrino, J. Cole, Ronnie Foster