[Produced by J. Cole & Vinylz]

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

Nigga, why you actin' like a ho?

Know that I'ma ride for you, either way it go

Tell me, girl, why you be stressin' me for time? (Time, time, time, time, time, time)

When you tell me you love me, can't you see I'm tryna climb?

Damn, my nigga, why you actin' like a bitch? (Bitch, bitch, bitch)

If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?

Come here, baby, why you always insecure? ('Cure, cure, cure, cure, cure, cure)

Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure

[Verse 1]

Yeah, ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest

A lotta niggas sat on the throne, I am the latest

I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants

I ain't afraid of you niggas, I'll end up fadin' you niggas

'Fore it's all said and done, this nigga need medicine

My Uzi, it weighed a ton, I need me a better gun

In fact I just might need two, 'cause niggas say they the one

And I got somethin' to prove

Forgive me, Lord, here they come, blaow

[Chorus]

Nigga, why you actin' like a ho?

Know that I'ma ride for you, either way it go

Tell me, girl, why you be stressin' me for time? (Time, time, time, time, time, time)

When you tell me you love me, can't you see I'm tryna climb?

Damn, my nigga, why you actin' like a bitch? (Bitch, bitch, bitch)

If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?

Come here, baby, why you always insecure? ('Cure, cure, cure, cure, cure, cure)

Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure

[Verse 2]

My inhibition's fightin' my intuition

Premature premonition, showin' me the demolition

Of these phony niggas, so ahead of my time

Even when I rhyme about the future I be reminiscin'

You want the truth? Well, come and listen

I'm like that time you bagged a dime and checked your phone and saw it was a number missin'

As fate passes you by, half of you try

The other half of you fried, too high to actually fly

One day y'all have to decide, who you gon' be

A scary nigga or a nigga that's gon' rule like me

Keep it true like me, Cole, you might be

Like the new Ice Cube, meets the new Ice-T

Meets 2 Live Crew, meets the new Spike Lee

Meets Bruce like Wayne, meets Bruce like Lee

Meets '02 Lil Wayne, in a new white tee

Meets KD, ain't no nigga that can shoot like me, blaow

[Chorus]

Nigga, why you actin' like a ho?

Know that I'ma ride for you, either way it go

Tell me, girl, why you be stressin' me for time? (Time, time, time, time, time, time)

When you tell me you love me, can't you see I'm tryna climb?

Damn, my nigga, why you actin' like a bitch? (Bitch, bitch, bitch)

If you scared to take a chance, how the fuck we gon' get rich?

Come here, baby, why you always insecure? ('Cure, cure, cure, cure, cure, cure)

Hold on tight to a nigga and be sure

[Bridge]

(Who's the king?)

Came from the bottom, nigga, with stains on my shirt

What you expected from me, I came from the dirt (Who's the king?)

Money my motivator, the songs that I sing

Picture a peasant passin' from pawn to a king

(Who's the king?)

You tell me you still love me, if so then let me go

Will I return or will I burn, never know (Who's the king?)

Look in my eyes and see the future

But don't sugar coat it (Yeah)

[Verse 3]

Listen, history repeats itself and that's just how it goes

Same way that these rappers always bite each other's flows

Same thing that my nigga Elvis did with Rock 'n Roll

Justin Timberlake, Eminem and then Macklemore

While silly niggas argue over who gon' snatch the crown

Look around, my nigga, white people have snatched the sound

This year I'll prolly go to the awards dappered down

Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile

I'm just playin', but all good jokes contain true shit

Same rope you climb up on, they hang you with

But not Jermaine, my aim too sick

I bang, nigga, I came to bring the pain my brain too quick

You see how I maneuver this game, I ain't stupid

I recognize that life is a dream, and I dream lucid

And break the chains and change minds

One verse at a time, and claim 2-6

And fuck it, if the shoe fits, who's the king?

[Outro]

We all kings (We all kings, nigga)

Kings of ourselves first and foremost

(True)

While the people debate who's the king of this rap game (Hehehaha)

Here comes lil' ol' Jermaine

With every ounce of strength in his veins

To snatch the crown from whoever y'all think has it (True)

But rather than place it on his head as soon as he grabs it

Poof, boom, paow, it's like magic

With a flash and a bang, the crown disintegrates

And falls to the Earth from which it came

It's done

Ain't gon' be no more kings (Ain't gon' be no more kings)

Be wary of any man that claims

Because deep down he clings onto the need for power (Mm)

In reality he's a coward (Mm)

Ultimately he's scared to die

And sometimes so am I

But when I'm in tune with the most high

I realize, the fear lies in my lack of awareness of the other side (The other side, ayy)

Today I know that we are the same, are the same, you and I (Yessir)

Different kind of skin, different set of eyes

Two different minds, but only one God (It's only one God, nigga)

It's for all the kings (Uh)

'Cause I know deep down every poet just wanna be loved