Punchin' the Clock

Album: The Off-Season (2021)
Charted: 20
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  • [(J. Cole) & Damian Lillard:]
    It ain't nothing I want more
    Ain't nothing I want more
    I ain't c–
    I told you, when I first came here, I said, "I ain't come here to waste my time"
    I came here
    They gave us a chance to get in, like we asked for
    And that's, that's what we here to do
    (Yeah, nigga, 26)
    The job still ain't done
    (Straight up)
    But I, I said, "You, you know what I'm here for"

    [J. Cole:]
    Back on top, punchin' the clock, clutchin' sanity
    I got more cribs than Habitat for Humanity
    Shit profound, we propagating more profanity
    Paid off collections from recollections of calamity (Oh shit, look, that nigga gonna shoot)
    The shit pop off, I learned to duck under the canopy (Oh shit, run, nigga, run)
    'Til it cool off, they murked a nigga right in front of me
    Told him to come off his chain for tryna floss
    Died over a cross just like the start of Christianity
    When I was a boy, the teacher often reprimanded me (Jermaine)
    Thought it was toys, it was a Glock this nigga handed me
    I busted the trees, was barely strong enough to squeeze
    Bullets traveled through leaves, it probably killed somebody randomly
    Ran in the crib and played it off amongst the family
    Nightmare scenes, the police finally apprehended me
    Woke up screamin', seen a demon had his hand on me
    Still sport the scar on my arm from where he branded me
    Like a Que Dog, my niggas burnin' with the mute off
    Loud pack smoke through the cracks, I catch a contact
    Triggerin' a paranoid mindset, now I'm back
    Teeterin' between enlightened and insanity
    Now that I'm rich, I feel nobody understandin' me
    All I can do is cut the mic on, holler at you
    Can't let the fame scare me off from speaking candidly
    All them niggas is so Kane, they started singin' like Danity
    Now I'm left here, paid like I planned to be, damn

    [Damian Lillard:]
    A lot of times, those situations are, um, are handled way before the time comes
    In the summer, I think when you truly prepare yourself, and
    With training and conditioning, and things like that
    When you cheat yourself, you fail in those moments
    You know, you crash, and when you really put the time in and
    Whether people see it, or whether people know it or not
    You know, it always come to light Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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