J. Cole
Middle Child Freestyle
[Intro]

[Chorus]
Changing my life I'm turning the page
But you're the one reading I'm writing your day
I'm flipping the script, you're freezing on stage
The theatre is laughing you're in the wrong play
Don't make a mistake, It is make or break
I'm the only rapper that's acting his age
We cannot chill a lot on my plate it's like a buffet there's so much at stake
I'm far from okay

[Verse 1]
I live with the pain, I smile but it's fake
My mom isn't great her son isn't paid, intwana ene nyuku can never relate, intwana ezwe ubhlungu cannot be afraid
Ignoring these women I'm running away, coz they always get here but they do not stay
When you are not popping there is no orgasm there's one way to say it, they come with the fame
Depression had me by the neck you know, I stopped complaining then I overcame it
And my only payment is to bless you all like I'm Yeshua and I messed you up with that flow, is that the best you got I want more
Ebusuku makulalwa bengifufutha ikhandlela kusazoba mnyama right after I blow
I listened to every song, it doesn't get worse than this, I was hired to right your wrongs, correctional services
Mabakuphandla how you gonna watch, kumele ufakae isphandla not a watch
I don't think you get just what I mean, kumele uspende iskhathi naba phansi
Top lyricism had me quitting my day job, I was really working on an album that ain't drop
People say my music always making the pain stop
So I rap I trap I shoot I act, I play idiski too I dance, I play the keys produce oh snap
[Chorus]
I'm changing my life I'm turning the page
But you're the one reading I'm writing your day
I'm flipping the script, you're freezing on stage
The theatre is laughing you're in the wrong play
Don't make a mistake, It is make or break
I'm the only rapper that's acting his age
We cannot chill a lot on
Plate it's like a buffet there's so much at stake
I'm far from okay

[Verse 2]
I don't really rap, please understand, it's merely an act
What I really do is go to the hood assemble some facts and then I come back
I go to my room I study the stats, I look to improve the life of the blacks
I go to the stu and then it's a track, then what do you know the album goes plat
And then there is you, you still wanna chat, talk about this talk about that
The topic is dead the convo is flat, I told you umgosi is not where I'm at
Can we rather draft a business plan, feeding the needy or building an app
I just wanna put my hood on the map, please understand, I don't really rap