Once An Addict (interlude) Lyrics - J. Cole

Right, right, right, right 

Something's got a hold on me 

Right, right, right, right 

Sometimes I think pain is just a lack of understanding 

If we could only understand it all, would we feel no pain? 

God must feel no pain 

Something's got a hold on me 

Only joy 

Does this mean even our suffering pleases him? 

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Lost in a cloud of marijuana 

Young Carolina nigga, fish out of water 

Step-daddy just had a daughter with another woman 

Mama ain't recover yet 

Callin' me at 12 at night 

She drunk as fuck and I'm upset 

'Cause why she always using me for crutch? 

Growin' up I used to always see her up 

Late as shit, cigarette smoke and greatest hits from Marvin Gaye 

She kill a whole bottle of some cheap chardonnay 

I gotta leave this house 'cause 

part of me dies when I see her like this 

Too young to deal with pain 

I'd rather run the streets than see her kill herself 

So 'Ville became my escape from a feelin' I hate 

Mama cursing me out 

Depression's such a villainous state 

I used to stay out later on purpose 

Subconsciously I was nervous that if I came home 

early then what would surface was her inner demons 

And then I'd have to end up seein' my hero on ground zero 

Tears flow while Al Green blow 

Love and happiness 

I wish that I could say the right words to cheer her up 

I wish her son's love was enough 

I tell her, "Mama, go to sleep" 

She tell me "Boy, hush. 

You better pray to God you never get your heart crushed" 

I shake my head in frustration 

Head to my room and I can still hear the tunes of my door shut 

Fuck it though, a couple more months I'll be gone 

Off to college and dorms 

Foolin' myself, thinkin' problems are gone 

But now it's 1 AM and my mama dialin' my phone 

I know she intoxicated and soon this 

high that I'm on comes crashin' down 

She lit, talkin' drunk shit, I'm pissed 

But I'm still all ears like Basset hounds 

Thinkin' to myself, "Maybe my mama need help 

Don't she got work it the morning? 

Why she do this to herself? 

Hate how she slurrin' her words 

Soundin' so fuckin' absurd 

This ain't the woman I know 

Why I just sit and observe? 

Why don't I say how I feel? 

When I do, she's defensive for real 

Well maybe things get better with time, I heard it heals" 

Little did I know how deep her sadness would go 

Lookin' back, I wish I woulda did more instead of running 

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Something's got a hold on me 

I can't let it go 

Out of fear I won't be free 

Something's got a hold on me 

I can't let it go 

Out of fear I won't be— 

No! 

Something's got a hold on me 

I can't let it go 

Right 

Life can bring much pain 

There are many ways to deal with this pain(right) 

Choose wisely (right)