How Did I Get Here (Explicit)
Offset, J. Cole"How Did I Get Here (Explicit)" is a song by Offset, J. Cole, released in 2019 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:32 long and contains 245 lines and 1086 words.
Lyrics
0:01Uh nobody you know what I'm sayin'
0:05Nobody nobody thought a n***a would be right here
0:09Though you know
0:11That s**t make like that s**t make that s**t make a difference in me and you
0:16You was supposed to be here n***a
0:19N***a I wasn't 'posed to be in this motherf**ker
0:21Man you know what I'm sayin'
0:23Give all the glory to God and hard work
0:25But you n***as gotta respect this s**t
0:27I'm straight from the
0:34Where I'm at
0:35Where
0:35Where I go
0:36How
0:36How did I get here
0:37How did I get here
0:38Walk around with a Smithfield
0:39Smithfield
0:39I'm from the south had a gold grill
0:41Gold grill
0:41Remember doin' shows in Mobile
0:43Mobile
0:43Go against me and it's roadkill
0:45Roadkill
0:45Wakin' up to see the sunrise
0:46Sunrise
0:47I turned five I got baptized
0:48Baptized
0:49We was livin' up in College Park
0:50College Park
0:51Midnight heard the gunfight
0:52Gunfight
0:53Playin' football at Forest Park
0:54Forest Park
0:54Gresham Park where your moment get defined
0:56Get defined
0:56The story of my life
0:57The life
0:58Way before I ever wrote a rhyme
0:59Way before
1:00Have you ever done time
1:01Time
1:02Lookin' at my kids through the blinds
1:03Blinds
1:04Confinement mind
1:05Confinement
1:05How you feelin' when you face a dime
1:07Time
1:07The truth be told
1:08Told
1:09I'm supposed to be locked up and dead cold
1:10Cold
1:11In the mind of an old
1:12He cold white man the black man soul
1:14Felt like I was born on Mars
1:16Mars
1:16Everybody starin' too hard
1:18Starin'
1:18They didn't really think I was a star
1:20They didn't really
1:20Then I f**ked around beat the odds
1:21F**ked around
1:22How did I get right here
1:23How did I
1:24Neck wrist on chandelier
1:25Chandelier
1:25Made me wanna drop some tears
1:27Tears
1:27Thankin' God that I switched gears
1:29Whooo
1:29I'm from another lightyear I'm a Martian
1:30Martian
1:31One-third of a human just partial
1:32One third
1:33I'm the Sergeant the Captain the Marshal
1:34Serge
1:35I start to barf it was too much potion
1:36Too fast everything in slow motion
1:38I get the cash and my money keep grossin'
1:40Get the cash
1:40Popped a bottle champagne we toastin'
1:42Suicide doors on the coupe when they open
1:44Skrrt
1:44They didn't believe in me
1:45Nah
1:46Check the stats number one you see
1:47You see
1:48I bet my haters can't breathe
1:49N***a don't even compare to me
1:51Nah
1:51Street n***as we rare unique
1:53We rare
1:53We can f**k 'em by the pair by the three
1:54By the pair
1:55Chopper soundin' like a snare in a beat
1:56Like a snare
1:57I'm from the A I love your a*s it's a peach
1:58Peach
1:59Where I'm from n***as cash don't lease
2:00Cash
2:00Where I'm from the stick's on the backseat
2:02Stick sticks
2:02Where I'm from police put you six feet
2:04A lot of bums and they sleepin' on the street
2:06Bums
2:06Yeah yeah that's at home
2:07Yeah
2:07N***a go back to your fam' where you dead wrong
2:09Go back
2:09Miss my dawg dead and gone
2:11Miss him
2:11I can hear his voice telling me "Don't go along"
2:13Pistol
2:13Yeah the money can't fix that
2:14Nah
2:15Dirty money had to rinse that
2:16Dirty money
2:17I try my hardest not to look back
2:18I try
2:18Not too long ago a n***a would've took that
2:20Gimme that
2:20This for my n***as had to cook packs
2:22Cook cook
2:22Million dollar trap fall 'cause of one rat
2:24Rats
2:24Yeah ain't no comin' back
2:25Yeah
2:26How I made it out the jungle yeah without a scratch
2:27Hey
2:29Where I'm at
2:29Where
2:30Where I go
2:30How
2:31How did I get here
2:32How did I get here
2:32Walk around with a Smithfield
2:33Smithfield
2:34I'm from the south had a gold grill
2:35Gold grill
2:36Remember doin' shows in Mobile
2:37Mobile
2:38Go against me and it's roadkill
2:39Roadkill
2:39Wakin' up to see the sunrise
2:41Sunrise
2:41I turned five I got baptized
2:42Baptized
2:43We was livin' up in College Park
2:45College Park
2:45Midnight heard the gunfight
2:46Gunfight
2:47Playin' football at Forest Park
2:48Forest Park
2:49Gresham Park where your moment get defined
2:50Get defined
2:51The story of my life
2:52The life
2:52Way before I ever wrote a rhyme
2:54Way before
2:54Have you ever done time
2:55Time
2:56Lookin' at my kids through the blinds
2:57Blinds
2:58Confinement mind
2:59Confinement
3:00How you feelin' when you face a dime
3:01Time
3:02The truth be told
3:03Told
3:03I'm supposed to be locked up and dead cold
3:05Cold
3:05In the mind of an old
3:07He cold white man the black man soul
3:08J. Cole：
3:12Baptized at First Baptist Church
3:13The pastor name was Reverend Johnson
3:15Okay
3:15Chastised his shirt and matchin' shoes
3:17But had to front it never bothered him
3:19Okay
3:19Hurt his pride but he swallowed it
3:20Okay
3:21Dirt is all that he spotted
3:22And in the dirty south where bodies pilin' up
3:24So high they block the birds and rerouted 'em
3:26D**n
3:26Plenty murderers had observers but
3:28You never heard a peep out of them
3:30So many funerals it ain't enough numerals to keep count of them
3:34Woah
3:34Look I'm just settin' the scene
3:36Back when I stared at the phone as I'm lettin' it ring
3:38Another collector they leave us a message
3:40My mama in deficit must intervene
3:42I bust out the seams I'm gettin' too big for these britches now
3:44I invest in the dream I'm destined for green
3:46I got superstar d**k for these b***hes now
3:48I got superstar d**k for these b***hes now
3:50And I think about that when I dig 'em out
3:52When I dig 'em out when I dig 'em out
3:53Offset：
3:53Where I'm at
3:54Where
3:55Where I go
3:55How
3:55How did I get here
3:56How did I get here
3:57Walk around with a Smithfield
3:58Smithfield
3:59I'm from the south had a gold grill
4:00Gold grill
4:01Remember doin' shows in Mobile
4:02Mobile
4:03Go against me and it's roadkill
4:04Roadkill
4:04Wakin' up to see the sunrise
4:06Sunrise
4:06I turned five I got baptized
4:08Baptized
4:08We was livin' up in College Park
4:09College Park
4:10Midnight heard the gunfight
4:11Gunfight
4:12Playin' football at Forest Park
4:13Forest Park
4:14Gresham Park where your moment get defined
4:15Get defined
4:16The story of my life
4:17The life
4:17Way before I ever wrote a rhyme
4:19Way before
4:19Have you ever done time
4:20Time
4:21Lookin' at my kids through the blinds
4:22Blinds
4:23Confinement mind
4:24Confinement
4:25How you feelin' when you face a dime
4:26Time
4:27The truth be told
4:28Told
4:28I'm supposed to be locked up and dead cold
4:30Cold
4:30In the mind of an old
4:32He cold white man the black man soul
Uh nobody you know what I'm sayin' Nobody nobody thought a n***a would be right here Though you know That s**t make like that s**t make that s**t make a difference in me and you You was supposed to be here n***a N***a I wasn't 'posed to be in this motherf**ker Man you know what I'm sayin' Give all the glory to God and hard work But you n***as gotta respect this s**t I'm straight from the Where I'm at Where Where I go How How did I get here How did I get here Walk around with a Smithfield Smithfield I'm from the south had a gold grill Gold grill Remember doin' shows in Mobile Mobile Go against me and it's roadkill Roadkill Wakin' up to see the sunrise Sunrise I turned five I got baptized Baptized We was livin' up in College Park College Park Midnight heard the gunfight Gunfight Playin' football at Forest Park Forest Park Gresham Park where your moment get defined Get defined The story of my life The life Way before I ever wrote a rhyme Way before Have you ever done time Time Lookin' at my kids through the blinds Blinds Confinement mind Confinement How you feelin' when you face a dime Time The truth be told Told I'm supposed to be locked up and dead cold Cold In the mind of an old He cold white man the black man soul Felt like I was born on Mars Mars Everybody starin' too hard Starin' They didn't really think I was a star They didn't really Then I f**ked around beat the odds F**ked around How did I get right here How did I Neck wrist on chandelier Chandelier Made me wanna drop some tears Tears Thankin' God that I switched gears Whooo I'm from another lightyear I'm a Martian Martian One-third of a human just partial One third I'm the Sergeant the Captain the Marshal Serge I start to barf it was too much potion Too fast everything in slow motion I get the cash and my money keep grossin' Get the cash Popped a bottle champagne we toastin' Suicide doors on the coupe when they open Skrrt They didn't believe in me Nah Check the stats number one you see You see I bet my haters can't breathe N***a don't even compare to me Nah Street n***as we rare unique We rare We can f**k 'em by the pair by the three By the pair Chopper soundin' like a snare in a beat Like a snare I'm from the A I love your a*s it's a peach Peach Where I'm from n***as cash don't lease Cash Where I'm from the stick's on the backseat Stick sticks Where I'm from police put you six feet A lot of bums and they sleepin' on the street Bums Yeah yeah that's at home Yeah N***a go back to your fam' where you dead wrong Go back Miss my dawg dead and gone Miss him I can hear his voice telling me "Don't go along" Pistol Yeah the money can't fix that Nah Dirty money had to rinse that Dirty money I try my hardest not to look back I try Not too long ago a n***a would've took that Gimme that This for my n***as had to cook packs Cook cook Million dollar trap fall 'cause of one rat Rats Yeah ain't no comin' back Yeah How I made it out the jungle yeah without a scratch Hey Where I'm at Where Where I go How How did I get here How did I get here Walk around with a Smithfield Smithfield I'm from the south had a gold grill Gold grill Remember doin' shows in Mobile Mobile Go against me and it's roadkill Roadkill Wakin' up to see the sunrise Sunrise I turned five I got baptized Baptized We was livin' up in College Park College Park Midnight heard the gunfight Gunfight Playin' football at Forest Park Forest Park Gresham Park where your moment get defined Get defined The story of my life The life Way before I ever wrote a rhyme Way before Have you ever done time Time Lookin' at my kids through the blinds Blinds Confinement mind Confinement How you feelin' when you face a dime Time The truth be told Told I'm supposed to be locked up and dead cold Cold In the mind of an old He cold white man the black man soul J. Cole： Baptized at First Baptist Church The pastor name was Reverend Johnson Okay Chastised his shirt and matchin' shoes But had to front it never bothered him Okay Hurt his pride but he swallowed it Okay Dirt is all that he spotted And in the dirty south where bodies pilin' up So high they block the birds and rerouted 'em D**n Plenty murderers had observers but You never heard a peep out of them So many funerals it ain't enough numerals to keep count of them Woah Look I'm just settin' the scene Back when I stared at the phone as I'm lettin' it ring Another collector they leave us a message My mama in deficit must intervene I bust out the seams I'm gettin' too big for these britches now I invest in the dream I'm destined for green I got superstar d**k for these b***hes now I got superstar d**k for these b***hes now And I think about that when I dig 'em out When I dig 'em out when I dig 'em out Offset： Where I'm at Where Where I go How How did I get here How did I get here Walk around with a Smithfield Smithfield I'm from the south had a gold grill Gold grill Remember doin' shows in Mobile Mobile Go against me and it's roadkill Roadkill Wakin' up to see the sunrise Sunrise I turned five I got baptized Baptized We was livin' up in College Park College Park Midnight heard the gunfight Gunfight Playin' football at Forest Park Forest Park Gresham Park where your moment get defined Get defined The story of my life The life Way before I ever wrote a rhyme Way before Have you ever done time Time Lookin' at my kids through the blinds Blinds Confinement mind Confinement How you feelin' when you face a dime Time The truth be told Told I'm supposed to be locked up and dead cold Cold In the mind of an old He cold white man the black man soul
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