Too Deep for the Intro Lyrics

[Verse 2: J. Cole]
Man, is this too deep for the intro? If so, I’ll find another use
But just in case it's perfect, let me introduce

It’s Cole, I had a dream and so I made a move
A ill ass nigga who just so happened to stay in school

Still rap for hustlers and motherfuckers that hated school
Said, "That's for busters," then heard my shit and I made it cool

It's safe to say that I’m gifted as if I’m Christmas shopping
I got gangsta niggas lining up in admissions office

Ayy, possibly 'cause all the hoes a nigga scraped
A lot of shit up on my plate, so you know a nigga late
To my first class, I’d much rather sit up in first class

Should I admit that a slutty bitch was my first smash?
Wasn't experienced, so nah, I didn't wear it out
Always thought my first time would be someone I cared about
But being a virgin was something to be embarrassed 'bout

I used that ass for practice, so I wasn't scared out my mind
You call it rhymes, I call it clearing out my mind
Was just a young boy staring out my blinds

'Til I got free from my mama leash
Running loose through the streets like a stray dog in heat
And we looking for some freaks, can you play? Pardon me

What's your name? Don’t mistake me for no lame, no, not me
She knew I was on the team 'cause she seen how tall I be

In the club dappin’ niggas, eventually, R.I.P
Damn, you win some, you lose some, that's just how it happens

And if a nigga step up to you, then you gotta scrap 'em
Your name is all you got, throwing hands by the bathroom

It's funny, I barely told nobody I started rapping
'Cause see, some niggas was haters that I just viewed as clowns

At fourteen, I knew I was the nicest dude around
I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now
If they don’t know your dreams, then they can't shoot 'em down

[Interlude: J. Cole]
Ha, yeah nigga, hell yeah
I felt that one in my fuckin' soul, nigga
Haha

[Outro: Erykah Badu]
Ooh, hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere
Ooh, hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere

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Over a sped up, soulful sample of Erykah Badu’s “Didn’t Cha Know”, Cole begins Friday Night Lights with a personal and motivational cut on never giving up on your dreams. In his three verses he raps on his underprivileged upbringing, his first time with a girl – a rather different story to “Wet Dreamz” – and his desire to achieve his life goals.

While speaking with the Huffington Post back in 2013, Cole was asked to “identify his three favorite verses” that he’d written.

Ooh, that’s hard. “Villematic”, just all the way through, “Looking for Trouble” and “Too Deep for the Intro”, first or second verse.

This is impressive considering the track allegedly only took him 15 minutes to pen.

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Release Date
November 12, 2010
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