Chords for J. Cole - It Won't Be Long

_ _ _ _ Uh, yeah, hey.
I said it won't be long.
[C#m] No.
_ Yeah, but [G#m] we out here, baby.
Gotta [F#m] jump out here, baby.
[C#m] I said it won't be [B] long.
Yeah, [C#m] no, yeah.
Hey, but [G#m] we out here, baby.
Hey, we [F#m] about here, baby.
[C#m] I take a breath, then I look up in the sky.
Thank God, even though a nigga had it to this time.
Thank God, [B] well, my eyes stay wide.
Still, I know I'm gon' blow.
[C#m] This is music for my niggas, cause I know you want more.
Cause that old shit failed, but this new shit real.
[E] Take cold, not taking witness, that blueprint feel.
[G#m] Hey, cold as you craving that some big boost to feel.
[F#m] Yeah, [C#] straight out the bill, and the shoes fit, yeah.
[C#m] I seen heaven, seen hell, [B] seen niggas get healed.
[C#m] Knew every detail, still never weak, fail.
[G#m] Scared of the repercussion, scared of them people busting.
[F#m] Bullets be hitting niggas, you swear they [C#m] could be pollution.
Niggas be holding triggers [B] before they can read [C#m] instructions.
Oh, God, never did our fathers teach us [G#m] nothing, no, Lord.
But became a man on my [F#m] own, show my mama I can stand on my own.
When I say [C#m] it won't be long, no.
[E] Hey, yeah, [G#m] we out here, baby.
Yeah, [F#] we about here, baby.
[C#m] I say it won't be _ [B] long, [C#m] no.
Hey, hey, [G#m] we out here, baby.
Hey, [F#m] we about here, baby.
Hey, [C#m] mama, your [C#] son hurt.
Living in [E] this cold world with niggas stunting virgins and praying [G#m] pose.
As days go by, shorty 19 years [A] old, no clothes for her, baby, and she stay so [C#m] fly.
Tell me why, mama, do [E] you cry?
Is it because you know my teacher be feeding me lies?
Is it because [G#m] you know that creature is gripping your side?
Because [F#m] racism is alive, I see it in the sky.
Mama, I know [C#m] it hurts.
It hurts [B] me to watch you go to work, [A] barely hanging [E] on.
Some rich man getting richer while you [G#m] slaving for him.
So what's the options for him?
A young [F#m] nigga from the hood without a pops at home.
Surrounded [C#m] by no good, and soon no good becomes so good quick.
A little drug money got him feeling so hood [G#m] rich.
Killing your hood with the same shit.
[A] Ronald Reagan filled up your hood, and it's stealing your hood [C#m] shit.
I'm feeling no good, [B] mama, I'm sick to my soul.
[A] This damn better life, boys, I just sitting out.
[G#m] I just hoping I pray.
It'll change one day.
[F#m] I'll make a change one way.
And, mama, I [C#m] can fly you out.
This cold world, this cold life, it's all wrong.
It's no right.
It's [G#m] hard to see the good when there's no light.
Just [F#m] grab onto me, trust me, hold tight.
And I [C#m] said it won't be _ long.
[A] No.
[E] Hey, hey, yeah.
[G#m] But we up here, baby.
Yeah, [F#m] we up out here, baby.
[C#m] I said it won't be _ [B] long.
[C#m] No.
Hey, hey, hey.
[G#m] But we up here, baby.
Hey, [F#m] we up out here, baby.
[C#m]
Hey, hey.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ I [C#m] said _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m]
it won't be long.
[A] No.
Hey, hey, yeah.
[G#m] But we up here, baby.
Yeah, [F#m] we up out here, baby.
I [C#m] said it won't be [B] long.
[A] No.
Hey, hey, hey.
[G#m] But we up here, baby.
Hey, [F#m] we up out here, baby.
[C#m] Hey.
_ [C#] _ _ [A] _ Hey.
Hey, [G#m] hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
[F#m] Hey, hey, hey.
_ _ [C#m]
Hey, hey.
I said it won't be long.
_ [B] _ _ Hey, [G#m] hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
[F#m] Hey, hey.
We up out here, baby.
[G#m]
Hey, hey. _ _ _ _ _ _