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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
J. Cole
Vocals
Canei Finch
Keyboards
Dave Linaburg
Guitar
The Blessed Choir
Choir
Alvin Fields
Choir Director
James Fauntleroy
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Fauntleroy
Songwriter
Jermaine Lamarr Cole
Songwriter
Alvin Fields
Choir Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
J. Cole
Producer
Elite
Co-Producer
Ken Lewis
Co-Producer
Juro "Mez" Davis
Mixing Engineer
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Mark Pitts
Executive Producer
Roc Nation
Executive Producer
Brent Kolatalo
Engineer
Fred Sladkey
Engineer
Daniel Recinos
Engineer
Marcos Tovar
Vocal Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Spinning in circles live my life
Without rehearsals
If I died today my **** was it business, was it personal?
Should this be my last breath
I'm blessed 'cause it was purposeful
Never got to church
To worship, Lord, but please be merciful
You made me versatile well rounded like
Cursive
Know you chose me for a purpose I put my soul in these verses
[Verse 2]
Born sinner was never born to be perfect
Sucker for women licking they lips and holding these purses
Back when we ran the streets
Who would think we grow to be murderous
Teachers treated **** as if they totally worthless
And violent and hopeless
I saw but never noticed that a college point is
Right to be all that you can be posters
Rest in peace to Tiffany
I don't know if this is the realest shit I wrote
But know the realest **** wrote this and signed it
And sealed it in an envelope and knew one day you'll find it
And knew one day that you'd come back and rewind it singing
[Verse 3]
I'm a born sinner
But I'll die better than that I swear
You always where I needed you to be
Whether you were there or not there
I was born sinning
But I live better than that
If you ain't fucking with that
I don't care
[Verse 4]
Yeah this music shit is a gift
But God help us make it 'cause
This music business is a cliff
I got her life in my grip
She holding tight to my wrist
She screaming don't let me slip
She see the tears in my eyes
I see the fear on her lips
[Verse 5]
True when I told you
You the only reason why I don't flip and go insane
My roof in the pouring rain
You knew me before the fame
Don't lose me the more I change, no
Just grow with me go broke you go broke with me
I smoke you gonna smoke with me
Woman's curse since birth
Man lead her to the hearse
I go Bobby you go Whitney damn
[Verse 6]
Listen here I tell you my biggest fears
You the only one who knows 'em
Don't you ever go expose 'em
This life is harder than you'll probably ever know
Emotions I hardly ever show
More for you than for me
Don't you worry yourself
I gotta do this for me
They tell me life is a test
But where's the tutor for me
Pops came late
I'm already stuck in my ways
Ducking calls from my mother for days
[Verse 7]
Sometimes she hate the way she raised me but she love
What she raised
Can't wait to hand her these house keys with nothing to say except
[Verse 8]
I'm a born sinner
But I'll die better than that
I swear
You always where I needed you to be
Whether you were there or not there
[Verse 9]
I was born sinning
But I live better than that
If you ain't fucking with that
I don't care
[Verse 10]
I'm a born sinner
But I'll die better than that
I swear
You always where I needed you to be
Whether you were there or not there
[Verse 11]
I was born sinning
But I live better than that
If you ain't fucking with that
I don't care
Written by: J. Cole, James Fauntleroy