Run a Train Lyrics – J. Cole

Read the full Run A Train lyrics by J. Cole from the album The Fall-Off along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song.

[Intro]
Ooh
Ooh

[Chorus: Future]
Fu*k do you know ’bout my passion?
Fu*k do you know ’bout my pain?
Fu*k do you know ’bout my struggle?
Fu*k do you know ’bout Jermaine?

[Verse 1: J. Cole]
They say the Lord’s timing is divine

And I walk with Him, so that explains mine
Cole, deep down you may find
All that pain creates a strange bond
Slums connected like the drums in a bass line
Petrified of death and poverty I chase mine
Like breathalyzer tests, I’m tryna walk a straight line
Meditating for a better state in my deranged mind
Till I saw the Buddha pose and realized he throwing gang signs
I guess the lesson is you can’t escape crime
Even when the strays flying I remain calm
Fayettenam, you my heart but at the same time
If I’m being honest I can feel that flame dying, uh

[Pre-Chorus: J. Cole]
Uh, so I’m riding through the city streets reaching for a memory to hang on
Going backwards like a penalty to see a younger me, but that day’s gone
Wild times looking up at cloud nine, how high can Jermaine climb?
Remember when they ain’t respond when you holla
Funny how a few dollars can change minds

[Chorus: Future & J. Cole]
Fu*k do you know ’bout my passion? (Ta-ra-ra-ra-ra)
Fu*k do you know ’bout my pain?
Fu*k do you know ’bout my struggle? (Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra)
Fu*k do you know ’bout Jermaine?

Ten toes is down on the pavement
Umbrellas don’t stop no rain (Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra)
N!ggas they die everyday
Fu*k the world, let’s run a train (Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra)

[Verse 2: J. Cole]
Since I was a pipsqueak lean on survival instincts
On backstreet’s where they tearing up hearts like them guys in NSYNC
Codeine in they soda dirty popping plus how to ends meet
When serving rock on deserted blocks tryna cause a frenzy
To profit quickly, I’m passing by my pockets empty
Tryna to make a legal dollar seem harder than guarding Wemby
When you’re hardly six feet tall, if somehow I could ball
I better work hard on my handles ’cause n!ggas gon’ try to rip me
Don’t wanna RIP, but if I leave, know God’ll lift me
I’d rather sit inside a Bentley and be the owner like providing kidneys
I know the love does not extend deep
I choose my homies wisely, seen too many die from friends beef
Big dreams to change the world back when I ride a ten speed
Youthful delusion thinking through music I could engrieve
When too many bodies get piled up in these rival’s histories
So stopping this violence is like bringing the Gaza Strip peace

[Pre-Chorus: J. Cole]
Uh, so I’m riding through the city streets reaching for a memory to hang on
Going backwards like a penalty to see a younger me, but that day’s gone
Wild times looking up at cloud nine, how high can Jermaine climb?
Remember when they ain’t respond when you holla
Funny how a few dollars can change minds

[Chorus: Future & J. Cole]
Fu*k do you know ’bout my passion? (Ta-ra-ra-ra-ra)
Fu*k do you know ’bout my pain?
Fu*k do you know ’bout my struggle? (Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra)
Fu*k do you know ’bout Jermaine?
Ten toes is down on the pavement
Umbrellas don’t stop no rain (Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra)
N!ggas they die everyday
Fu*k the world, let’s run a train (Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra)

[Outro: Future]
Fu*k the world, let’s run a train
Fu*k the world, let’s run a train
Fu*k the world, let’s run a train
Fu*k the world, let’s run a train