[verse 1: j. cole]. Spinning in circles live my life without rehearsal. If I die today my nigga was it business? was it personal?. Should this be my last breath I'm blessed. Cause it was purposeful. Never got to church to worship lord. But please be merciful. You made me versatile well-rounded like cursive. Know you chose me for a purpose. I put my soul in these verses. Born sinner was never born to be perfect. Sucka for women licking their lips. And holding these purses. Back when we ran the streets. Who would think we grow to be murderers. Teachers treated niggas as if they totally worthless. And violent and hopeless. I saw but never noticed that a college point is right to be. 'all you can be' posters. Rest in peace to tiffany. Don't know if this is the realest shit I wrote. But know that the realest nigga wrote this. And signed it and sealed it in a envelope. And knew one day you would find it. And knew one day that you would come back. And rewind this singing. [hook: james fauntleroy]. I'm a born sinner. But I die better than that swear. You were always where I needed you to be. Whether you were there or not there (I was there). I was born sinning. But I live better than that (better tonight). If you ain? t fucking with that. I don? t care (yeah yeah yeah). [verse 2: j. cole]. Yeah this music shit is a gift. But god help us make it. Cause this music business is a cliff. I got a life in my grip she holding tight to my wrist. She screaming: "don't let me slip". She see the tears in my eyes I see the fear on her lips. True when I told you. "you the only reason why I don't flip and go insane". My roof in the pouring rain. You knew me before the fame. Don't lose me the more I change. You just grow with me. Go broke you go broke with me. I smoke you gon' smoke with me. Woman's curse is birth man lead her to the hearse. I go bobby you go with me damn. Listen here I'll tell you my biggest fears. You the only one who knows them. Don't you ever go expose them. This life is harder than you'll probably ever know. Emotions I hardly ever show. More for you than for me. Don't you worry yourself. I gotta do this for me. They tell me life is a test but where's a tutor for me. Pops came late I'm already stuck in my ways. Ducking calls from my mother for days. Sometimes she hate the way she raised me. But she love what she raised. Can't wait to hand her these house keys. With nothing to say. Except. [hook]. I'm a born sinner. But I die better than that swear. You were always where I needed you to be. Whether you were there or not there (I was there). I was born sinning. But I live better than that (better tonight). If you ain? t fucking with that. I don? t care (yeah yeah yeah)