Songtext Show me somethin' J. Cole

Show me somethin'

Uh yea, yea, yea, yea, yea what am I here for?
I'm a man so why can't I let them tears fall?
but understand trynna get my head clear ya'll this shit is on my mind, asking for the lord to show me all my signs.
Show me something, cause I'm trynna find something, I'm lost can u show me something, huh I'm lost can you show me something verse 1 I sit and reminisce on them niggaz no longer here, and how I used to hit the mall when ya was always there, I sit and think how I didn't grow up with my father there, no need to to cry cause it only made me stronger yea, ii watch my brother get in trouble with the law and yea, that shit cut me like I was sitting in a barber chair, cause I don't want to see them locked up in them bars in there, and I don't want to see him stretched out in a coffin yea, I'm wishing I can move my momma out so far from here, I knoe that she deserve much better and she worked hard as hell, that's why you never see me settle because they want us here, I'm trynna side step the devil but he heartless yea, but just know that I'm a rebel and yo it's almost there, I'm talking bout the revolution I am paul revere, so dry your eyes momma please you can pause dem tears cause I promise I'm gon get us outta here, I'm gonna get us outta here chorus what am I here for?
I'm a man so why can't I let them tears fall?
but understand trynna get my head clear ya'll this shit is on my mind, asking for the lord to show me all my signs.
Show me something, cause I'm trynna find something, I'm lost can u show me something, huh I'm lost can you show me something verse 2 I swear I'm praying for my niggas when I say grace, I knoe them niggas don't care who they hit they spray strays, But lord please protect my family cause if they graze, niggas is loading up that ammi and them A-K's, I know it's wrong and that revenge is all in your hands, but last night I heard they robbed and killed an old man, now if they cold enough to take a life that's innocent, I knoe that they could give a fuck whether I live and shit, and so I'm asking you if you can hold me down lord, be my umbrella-ella-ella in this down pour, I knoe you never ever ever let me down or, won't let that devil evil evil win this round naw, and though I stray for you, you knoe that my heart is good, and I knoe I ain't exactly living how I probly should, and I'm a try to act better like it's hollywood, niggas congratulate me god is good, god is good chorus what am I here for?
I'm a man so why can't I let them tears fall?
but understand trynna get my head clear ya'll this shit is on my mind, asking for the lord to show me all my signs.
Show me something, cause I'm trynna find something, I'm lost can u show me something, huh I'm lost can you show me something verse 3 yea, huh, yea my niggas drug dealing in the trap, I'm tellin u wake up nigga it's a trap, u set up and to them young mothers fed up, just keep your head up, don't let up, you fall you get up, you make your bed up that you sleep in, fake rappers ain't practicing what dey preaching, they tell you hit the trap while they relaxing on the beach and, I'm here to spit the facts, a nigga backflipped of the deep end, I smell this shit for what it is, not kells but I love the kids, and so I make the song to let em knoe that they important, cause them racist teachers could'ntgive a fuck bout wat they score is, so they try to get them hands up on them grants like horace, now slanging for you knoe it cops is knocking they got warrants, damn!, uh, and how he running for it, damn!, yea and now the cops is running for him damn! and now he finally slowing down, hands behind your head, lay down on the ground, nigga chorus what am I here for?
I'm a man so why can't I let them tears fall?
but understand trynna get my head clear ya'll this shit is on my mind, asking for the lord to show me all my signs.
Show me something, cause I'm trynna find something, I'm lost can u show me something, huh I'm lost can you show me something