99 BUILD FREESTYLE Lyrics – J. Cole

Read the full 99 BUILD FREESTYLE lyrics by J. Cole from the album BIRTHDAY BLIZZARD ’26 along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy J Cole’s music, you can also explore BRONX ZOO FREESTYLE and GOLDEN GOOSE FREESTYLE, two other songs by J Cole.

[Intro: DJ Clue & J. Cole]
DJ Clue
Desert storm
Bigger
Yeah
Uh
DJ Clue
On my s*it, n!gga
Yeah
Clueminati

[Verse: J. Cole & DJ Clue]

I orbit the earth, whenever I’m recording a verse
When I’m ready to drop, said he gon’ report on it first
Play my album for the corpse in the hearse
It’s so live, the flow can make the rigor mortis on the mortar reverse (Clue)
These n!ggas reckless, tryna disrespect the lord of the church
You’re disconnected from your source, just like the cord at your birth
I’m from an alternate dimension, I got laws inside of this one
Now I’m walking round and looking for a portal that works
But all of the perks are rhyming, they get harder to search
The tormented poet, I know I’m making more than I’m worth
At one time, my neck and wrist was having so much ice
You’d think I’m getting dudes deported to a bordering turf
These n!ggas swear they doing numbers, but it’s more to the story
You bust it down, it’s by the streams and kids ordering merch
When n!ggas hate, it’s like a blessing, in the form of a curse
I’ve been anointed since a quarter, water slaughtered my thirst
Songbirds wanna swallow my girth, I’m off the market
If life is truly a movie, God is the art department
The only way of describing this way that I’m rhyming
Is picture Jeffery Dahmer walking a carcass across the carpet
The Marshall Faulker, the roster, with all-star offence
Outside of the music, I’m as cool as your water faucet
I stayed at myself, I ain’t talkative, y’all taught me not to have a heart-to-heart with a monster, they all too heartless
Like the skeletons in these fellas locked in the closet
I smelt it from the jump, ’cause it felt too awkward around it

I fell back, my dawg in heaven pushing Hellcats
We’ll tell ya, from the beginning, I wonder, how could I dodge it?
The beef ain’t real, so it ain’t no reason to squash it
The game ain’t neither, so it’s easy for me to pause it
With one verse, I disassemble narratives, your theories get killed
The murder weapon was superior skill, yeah
Selling drügs to your stereos, sincerely, it feels
Like overdosing off a myriad of various pills
You’re not alone when you experience ethereal thrills
Even n!ggas burning in hell, when they hear me, get chills
I’m a 99 bill, from the Ville signing mighty fine deals, this year total was 95 mil’
So why do I still grind like I’m tryna retire? My mom’s out the post office
From Saint John’s to the league, like I’m Moe Harkless
I loaded the whole cartridge on foes who wholeheartedly oppose the chosen one
That rose like the golden sun, in the morning, to give light to even those that shun
Raised from the flows, radiate the globe, melting snow on this frozen tundra
Known as the rap game, that’s been overcome with loads of marketing plans
Based on randomly dissing and hating on the next man
I understand, imagine working hard as you can
On this album you planned, hoping it charges yo’ brand
But as soon as you drop it, the world’s ignoring again
Got you wondering why, ’til you start to notice the trend
Drama enhances the attention brought to the fans
On popular channels, so you wanna hop on the band
Wagon, of battle rapping and throwing shots in a jam
I had my chance, but I dropped it, which means my only option
To do the opposite thing (Leave with the skill, n!gga)
If hip-hop is back, JID should chart platinum
Anything less than that, it means y’all capping
The Fall-Off is dropping 2/6, stop asking
I wanna thank God, ’cause I almost lost passion
Thought that I was finished, then it all start crashing
Made me remember why a n!gga start rapping
I’m pissed, ’cause the Knicks coulda hired Mark Jackson
I’m hyped, Mike Jordan, just start broadcasting
And all the old rappers getting bags podcasting, it’s beautiful

[Outro: DJ Clue & J. Cole]
Clueminati! (It’s beautiful)
Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip-hop
DJ Clue
Desert Storm
What?
Clueminati!