[Verse 1: J. Cole]
Yeah, I'm a fool, hundred thousand for the jewels
Last year we killed the game and left y'all browsing for the clues
Old n***as out here searching for that fountain of the youth
Money talks and hoes say it's an arousing point of view
Don't make me act a fool like Malcolm before the suit
How could you justify, I testified up in this booth
And then, throughout the years, spilled tears and shed truth
Somehow they love a n***a better when he talk about his loot
Chain like a kaleidoscope, see life through a wider scope
Therefore, I know this necklace really represents a noose
Still I hit the jeweler how much racks to make me cooler
I just play the game homie, I ain't make the rules up
Started from the bottom same way you lace your shoes up
So if I'm blowing cake, just blame it on the place I grew up
Where n***as had nothing but dreams and television
Got no plans of seeing hell or prison
You can tell I'm living, right?

[Bridge: Cee-Lo sample]
I'm a fool (Never said I'm livin' right)
Such a fool
For you

[Hook: J. Cole]
And they like
Boy you a fool
Boy you a fool
Boy you a fool
And they like
And they like
And they like
Boy you a fool
Boy you a fool
And they like
And they like (Yeah)
And they like
[Verse 2: J. Cole]
I'm a fool, hundred thou to go to school
So much debt me and my mama damn near drowning in a pool
The first to go to college, they say knowledge is the tool
But these hoes on campus make a young n***a drool
So we party, skip class, get ass and talk cool
Meanwhile, she back home working hard, I use that as my fuel
So I finally graduated but I'm sad to say it
I ain't learn a fucking thing except the game and how to play it, damn!
I'm a fool, no scuffs on my shoes
No cuts, I don't bruise, so fuck y'all reviews
She told me, "Cole, I love you, rode with you before the riches
But you way too educated to be calling women bitches
And calling brothers n***as, pardon if I crossed a line
But all this time knew you was different than all them other n***as"
I responded to her, "Please don't put me on a pedestal
'Cause I know better and I'm still a fool"

[Bridge: Cee-Lo sample]
I'm a fool (Yeah, I know it's pitiful)
Such a fool
For you

[Hook: J. Cole]
And they like
Boy you a fool
Boy you a fool
Boy you a fool
And they like
And they like
And they like
Boy you a fool
Boy you a fool
And they like
And they like
And they like
[Outro]
I'm a fool
Such a fool