Poor Thang Lyrics by J. Cole
Poor thang, young pup’s playin’ war games
He wanted love, but he only made more pain
Poor thang, young pup’s playin’ war games
He wanted love, but he only made more pain
Picture my soul climbin’ out of infinite holes
Where niggas die over pride and live for the dough
If I survive, then I strive to hit with the flow
Hopin’ these waves will pay, but the ripple is slow
And I’m conflicted with no digits to show
But fantasies of frivolous hoes grippin’ this pole
The temperature’s low
But you know that ain’t stoppin’ lil’ *** for slidin’, like the tires on the whip in the snow
This is for sure, I’m tip-toein’ around the abyss with sticks blowin’
*** poor with intentions to glimpse
The wrist glowin’, face, ***, for rent, owing
Fist clenched when niggas diss, but since knowin’
Lives expire when niggas pride gets higher
And the vocal range aside, but rise vocal chain, uh
My road to fame is right with spikes and broken lanes, and tolls I can’t afford, but I won’t complain
I know the more I gotta struggle, is the more I gain
Post-traumatic-stress on an immature brain
Leaves another corpse, young pup playin’ war games
Now he’s handcuffed, old lady sayin “Poor thang”
Poor thang, young pup’s playin’ war games
He wanted love, but he only made more pain
Poor thang, young pup’s playin’ war games
He wanted love, but he only made more pain
You wanna talk ***?
You wanna run your mouth?
You want some gang to stretch you all over your house?
We’ll set this *** off, set this *** off
We’ll set this *** off, set this *** off
You wanna-
Here go a song that gives a *** off, put my stunt on
This *** back home been talkin’ slick, and I done heard him
You get your name goin’, niggas like that gon’ throw they dirt on
You make you some calls, niggas gon’ act like you ain’t earn ’em
He talk like he live, but I remember him from *** School
Man, deep down inside know he a ***, I wanna hurt him
I know that’s my pride, I carry it just like a burden
When egos is flarin’, beware that’s when they close the curtain
It’s when they close the curtain (Put your hands up)
It’s when they close the curtain (You pull out a ***, ***?)
It’s when they close the curtain (You pull out a ***, ***?)
It’s when they close the curtain (Yo, yo, chill, chill, you gon’ shoot me?)
Don’t pull out no pistol, run me my fade
Come get your issue, no one gets sprayed
Win or you lose, get to fight another day
And if I take an L, I won’t feel no way
Plenty nights a *** didn’t eat, punk ***
Rent owed, damn near was on the street, punk ***
Weren’t no Western Union, so you were not needed, punk ***
All of the sudden now I’m buzzin’, oh, now it’s beef, punk ***
Gonna pop off, get *** by your mystique, punk ***
I knew you way before you was actin’ street, punk ***
Started rollin’ with niggas that’s packin’ heat, punk ***
You more like me than them niggas, you still a geek, punk ***
You can’t hide it with tattoos on your physique, punk ***
And that lingo you added, ain’t how you speak, punk ***
And you grew up with both your parents to teach, punk ***
So how the *** all of the sudden, you turnin’ G? Punk ***
You a slave to the peer pressure, you weak, punk ***
You ain’t claimin’ no real section, your street weren’t lit
Man, your *** look like mine, with hella tree trunks, ***
Move to Forest Hill Drive, and it was peace for a bit
‘Til domestic turned violent, then a key just switched
In the back of my mind, I gotta be somethin’, ***
That’s when I started rhymin’ and makin’ beats, son of’ ***
Way before you was lyin’ ’bout touchin’ keys, son’ of ***
Heard you say I ain’t real, that’s your belief, huh? ***
Well, look, I’m back in the ‘Ville, so we can see, punk ***
Gonna shoot me the fade when we meet, punk ***
And don’t be bringin’ no hammers, nah, don’t cheat, punk ***
Nah, don’t cheat, punk ***
Tryna lean on that ***, ***, I want my ***’ head up
Punk ***
Punk ***
Poor thang, young pup’s playin’ war games
He wanted love, but he only made more pain
Poor thang, young pup’s playin’ war games
He wanted love, but he only made more pain
Don’t pull out no pistol, run me my fade
Come get your issue, no one gets sprayed
Win or you lose, get to fight another day
And if I take an L, I won’t feel no way
‘Cause I do lots of things
Hey, what’s up? Hey what’s up
Hey, what’s up?
Yo, what’s good?
Hey
Hey, what’s up? What’s up, how you been?
Nah, ***
Your call has been forwarded to voicemail
The person you’re trying to reach-
***