J. Cole - Dead Presidents Lyrics
Give me my money, man, why else would a nigga be grinding?
I’m for them diamonds, dog, how else could a nigga be shining?
I’m glowing, knowing that the flow intact,
Get this record deal, I swear to God, my first mil I’m blowing that
Now, like fuck it I know I’ll grow it back, shit, it’s nothing,
But shit, that’s all we know man, thats how a niggas raised
You learn bout two things: getting pussy, getting paid
And you should be gettin laid by the time you in ninth grade,
So niggas lying on they dick and hoes giving nice brain, yea.
In class dreamin bout having these nice things
And then you look around and wonder why you strugglin
But them whites ain’t
I brush it off like, “fuck it, it’s motivation,”
Some niggas gotta walk through life, some niggas roller skating
Some niggas bypassing steps, some niggas chose to take ‘em
But fuck it man, I ain’t hatin, I gotta go for mines.
My little God-sister pregnant now, I put in overtime,
On my grind, yea, just like the nigga making Fortunes,
I’m focused, on my bite, like a cobra, I’m tryna get my Oprah on
These hoes is crying cuz I won’t pay ‘em attention,
Time is money, bitch, and a nigga payin tuition,
Real niggas hustle by using their intuition,
While these fake niggas ain’t into doing, they into wishin,
Til I’m rich, ain’t no reason to settle nigga,
It's greed that make a nigga wink at the devil to get that cheese,
You niggas couldn’t think at my level, even with trees,
You couldn’t get this deep with a shovel, now nigga, please,
I’m chasing G’s tryna throw some diamonds on them freeze,
Sick shit, sneeze on some thousand-dollar sleeves.
Ease to the top and I’m not finna leave til I’m hot,
But my watch gotta breeze, a south nigga,
Boy, I’m shining without the diamonds in my mouth,
Out grindin while you reclining on your couch,
I’m climbing, you haters blinded by the doubt,
My niggas riding is devout, so talking violence out yo mouth,
And you gonna find what I’m about, nigga
Far from a slouch, nigga, I ain’t gonna parlé with y’all,
I’ll probably hit ya, my hand game like Bobby Fisher,
but check, them checks is all a nigga thinking,
For them Presidents, I’ll treat a nigga like Lincoln
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J. Cole Dead Presidents Comments
Dead presidents
I went FUCKING crazy when part 2 came on LMFAO
Jay Z is the 🐐
I'd kill to get a 3rd
Ayy me and my homie bumped J cole
This jam particular. Had to have been 07-08
Fools that listen to him now
Don’t even know about this jam
The warm up!!!
appreciate it fam I had to do it. I love Cole and I put this together on garageband for all the J Cole fans
That Institution/Into Wishing line is SO COLD
still bumpin in 2019
Glad I got to watch this man in concert. #legend
Nothing beats jay
Got inspired and remixed this. An absolute classic but I just had fun with it https://soundcloud.com/user-562211544/dead-presidents-remix
But did anyone notice how the first version he talked ab how some sell their soul to Satan and in the second he says he has horns and a halo? Y’all
The hidden gem in Cole's songs
WHAT A THROWBACK LOVE THE INSTRUMENTAL #timeless
Curren$y and lil Wayne did good to.
Yea da warm up..lol
I thought Kendrick was gon spit n dis yo
Always had respect for j cole..him n kendrick is wat hip hop need
J.cole are dead?????????
I love Cole but did Logic beat him on the Dead Presidents series🤔
Edit: Upon relisten Logic definitely killed it and imo his Dead Presidents 3 is harder than both of these
Joel Arun logic is trash now
@LVE 2001 But he didn't make Dead Presidents 3 recently. Therefore your comment is irrelevant
Hell nah you trippin
@Red Dog have u heard Dead Presidents 3 by Logic
heaven or hell, you choose. freedom or jail, you lose
Anyone else get Goosebumps listening to J. Cole?
I do..he spit fiya
Legend in the making
this shot sucks.
he disrespected this classic beat.
rap is over.
pax biggie the old Jay-Z and nas killed rap.
you ain't going to find that again
Good lord this man is spitting.
Respect the game - Meek mill
You can clearly hear his growth as he gets further in age. Beautiful thing to watch.
Im the dikka who told him to come harder than that son!
Amazing this best is iconic and it’s cool to see badass rappers like jay to Cole back to logic even using it how about Kung fu Kenny.
I'm out for TRUMP 2020 to represent me.
J Cole the real mf MVP
I can fuck with this bear maaan
J Cole grew up in the rap game. 12-present. Real ass rapper. Lyrical legend.
This shit hard. It’d be cool if he made a version now
It says like he went through puberty
Dope. He is from the 80's. Like Krs1, Rakim, Nas, and Chuck D.
RuffhouseNC he a old soul
He clearly got better on the second one plus he had the added motivation and chip on his shoulder to kill it. He did his thing on both tho.
Who else is here from GTA 5 Blonded FM?
Amazing song
Cole world
Damm this just reassured why cole is my fav
Biggie or pac woulda slayed tthis...no disrespect to j Cole but to say this is the best we have have to offer today
Love j cole ..but something was off... logic made a dead presidents and killed it.. he said it himself
He sound so much younger
Old Cole ‼️
He sounds so young
An honest to god masterpiece right here!
why the fuck does he sound like lupe fiasco though?
He does a lil bit
Has anyone heard Travis Mendes' Dead Presidents?
And for the presidents I treat a nigga like Lincoln..💥
phora hope
I used too look up to Eminem I felt like me an him really related in the way our lives were then I realized I was just angry like most of us I grew up thinking society was hopeless thinking the only one who was awake an actually seen the problems we were facing, I respect Eminem for what he help me go threw but I know it was all related to the hate I had pent up inside then he stopped regardless of what he stands for I will always thank him and now I've learned from my mistakes by watching others and tried my best to correct myself to not be like everyone else to be my real self regardless of what people think I knew there was so much hate in this world, and I wish I had a answer to solve it.. but I won't give up thank you jcole for being my new inspiration
Jason Collins the most relatable thing I’ve ever read...
Exactly how I grew up man
Real shit
still rockin to this in 2017!!!
weezy came hard too on this beat
40 ppl said" you gotta come harder than that son"
Logics dead presidents III is great too
U gotta come harder then that son
you gotta come harder than that son
hold up they put part of this on heaven or hell bruh go listen to j.cole heaven or hell this nigga never went in the studio and did it niggas just copyed and pasted his rap on a new beat
Dead Presidents is 💵💵💵💵
Did anyone wonder why they say dead presidents because Benjamin wasn't a president lmao
Michael Hassan but George Washington was and it's all about the dollar
gabriel martinez
nah nigga its about them Benjamins
Young Gazelle Right them Washingtons man tired of those
Young Gazelle but 100 Washington's can equal1 benjamin, which means we can be and are equal to higher powers together
Tbh that was just bs and i was just saying some random shit
anyone else curious to hear cole flow on this beat for a 3rd time?
I was just thinking that then I seen your comment
Didn’t he though?... pretty sure it did a third one on this beat or at least a sample of it
Anthonie Edwards I was actually thinking about sideline story... the piano riffs are almost identical. Different beat similar vibe
Dude with the way he’s been rapping it could be the best dead presidents cut ever no cap
Listen to Kendrick and Ab-Souls part 3, its honestly my favorite song of all time.
NYC_Louis :instaram but this song is door asf. "I was rhymin while u was climbin on your couch"
dame so much heat
I don't get this dead presidents thing j Cole has a song called dead prez, logic has one, capital steez had one can someone explain
UnHuman Dead Presidents is originally a Jay Z song and everyone else remixed it or freestyled to it.
He also sampled Nas's song The World is Yours, which is the part where you hear the track saying "im out for presidents to represent me"
Adia Parks hey sexy where u frm
it's kinda weird how big the difference in the two parts are considering there's only a two year gap between them. He sounds like he went the puberty even though he was 22 years old when he made part 1. Maybe there's a second puberty for rappers?
Nick E. Doom Mac Miller went through that the gap of best day ever and macadelic
Pt1. & pt2 both lit af ,
2 is more improvised
Obviously with experience he made it better
Thumbs down for lying nigga
something about that beat
U right..dat beat put u n a trance
"YOU GOTTA COME HARDER THAN THAT SON!"
He went hard on both. Niggas be hating. J Cole fuck these niggas you killed it son.
Nico/HPTV 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ you don’t understand
Yeah this was an obvious nod to Coles interlude on the Warm up. 🙌🏾
Anyone saying either versions are better than Jays version is a J cole dick rider this nigga gets WAYYYY too much credit
Garrett Gonzalez I think Jay is overrated and Cole one of my favorite rappers but yeah Jays version still better
yo u gotta come harder then that son
Adrian Acosta can you explain
Tony Dominguez listen to "lights please"
+Adrian Acosta
5uckets 😂 yea that was funny
5uckets lmaooo
twitter.com/HaloTheKid1
Wow! voice changed.
40 People are young thug fans.
1 year later and we have 67 people that like bad rappers
Deeb Jr right I was about so say the same thing 😂😂 anyways can’t wait to see him September 23!!
dz ri cold a young thug fan tho
I love part 2 😍😍💘🔥🔥
I'm out for presidents to represent me.
you can hear the difference sounds alot more mature in his flow and more confident
Sorry I'm a bit late 😅 But yeah you definately hear and feel it, and that he has improved insanely
Whoever said he didn't kill part 1 is a dumbass
But I'm glad he said it otherwise there would be no part 2
It was JayZ
he should rip this trick annually
He used to do this for his first mixtapes
fire!!!
he stole this beat from (Phora- Hope).
+Pamir Xilef How.. Cole released his first version of dead presidents in 2007.. Plus Ski produced this beat in 1996 for Jay Z.. The original dead presidents
Jay Cole is one of the most lyrical artists right now, but my brother is just like him look him up @cycdagod
lmao.its not jay its jamane or something like thst
@***** thanks
love this song
fuck my nigga cole merks it yet again
Fuckin more than gold
I'm out for dead presidents to represent me.
K K Say what
*_Young Gazelle_* what mothefucker?
Capital steez and nas shit 🔥
Capital steez and nas shit 🔥
appreciate everybody thank you
on god I thought ur pfp was drake lmfao
ive never listened to J cole til this, i found this song on the original Jay z version comment section. i always thought J cole was a wack rapper like the other ones out today only rappin for a check but he got rhymes for dayz props
+rudy liberato How Sway?? You hella hella late, Cole been at the top spitting barz for a minute now and does the complete opposite of 'rappin for a check'. But good thing you found him though!
epic l 😂😂
The original is nas' version which tops em all imo but it is better then Jay z's imo.
Hes a real genuine guy and a wicked emcee. Hes also signed to rocafella
Why the fuck isn't J Cole rappin like this anymore ....seriously he can compete with Los with these bars 😉😐
+westun robinson he jus repeated nigga most of the song Kendricks remix was better
+Caleb White he rhymed every word before saying nigga you can't break down bars bro rap ain't for you
@Rashon Martin lyricism still not remotely close to kendrick
@Caleb White lol your a troll or just a Kendrick fan boy hating on Cole
"try not 2 call these ladies b's but them hoes swarmin, now honey" haha classic!
hithom86 fact😀😀
This is fucking fire
Check my dead presidents 1&2 out on my channel..thanks.
Part 1 goes harder
This and Growing Pains II are great but I don't feel like the flow flowed with the beat like Jay did.
+Ray Wayne no shit
+Ray Wayne explain where I said he copied or should copied Jay's flow on Dead Presidents? Don't worry I'll wait
+Ray Wayne I don't, I just don't thinl his flow on this heat was as GOOD AS the original, they're both good songs but it's hard to match the original
+Stephen White personally i feel like his 2nd one to this beat was better than jay-z's but i would agree his flow was a little off,
Was Jay-Z the first to use this beat
It was originally a song by Nas.
+Jumpy Well, the 'Dead presidents to represent me' part is but the beat ain't.
+Jumpy no it wasnt they just sampled nas' voice