Released: January 28, 2016
Songwriter: J. Cole
Producer: Phonix Beats J. Cole
[Intro]
First things first: rest in peace Uncle Phil For real, you the only father that I ever knew I get my bitch pregnant, I'ma be a better you
Prophecies that I made way back in the Ville, fulfilled
Listen, even back when we was broke, my team ill
Martin Luther King woulda been on Dreamville Talk to a nigga
[Pre-Chorus]
One time for my L.A. sisters One time for my L.A. hoes Lame niggas can't tell the difference One time for a nigga who know
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved
[Verse 1]
No role models and I'm here right now No role models to speak of Searchin' through my memory, my memory, I couldn't find one
Last night I was gettin' my feet rubbed By the baddest bitch, not Trina but I swear to God
This bitch'll make you call your girl up And tell her, "Hey, what's good?" "Sorry I'm never comin' home, I'ma stay for good."
Then hang the phone up and proceed to lay the wood I came fast like 9-1-1 in white neighborhoods Ain't got no shame 'bout it
She think I'm spoiled and I'm rich 'cause I can have any bitch I got defensive and said, "Nah, I was the same without it." But then I thought back, back
To a better me Before I was a B-list celebrity Before I started callin' bitches "bitches" so heavily
Back when you could get a platinum plaque without no melody You wasn't sweatin' me
[Pre-Chorus]
One time for my L.A. sisters One time for my L.A. hoes Lame niggas can't tell the difference One time for a nigga who know
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved
[Verse 2]
I want a real love, dark skinned Aunt Viv love
That Jada and that Will love
That leave a toothbrush at your crib love
And you ain't gotta wonder whether that's your kid love
Nigga, I don't want no bitch from reality shows— —out-of-touch-with-reality hoes
Out in Hollywood bringin' back five or six hoes Fuck 'em then we kick 'em to the do' Nigga, you know how it go She deserved that, she a bird, it's a bird
Trap
You think if I didn't rap she would flirt back?
Takin' off her skirt, let her wear my shirt 'fore she leave I'ma need my shirt back (nigga, you know how it go)
[Pre-Chorus]
One time for my L.A. sisters One time for my L.A. hoes Lame niggas can't tell the difference One time for a nigga who know
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved
[Interlude: George W. Bush] There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once… shame on… shame on
You. Fool me, you can't get fooled again
[Bridge]
Fool me one time, shame on you Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you Fool me three times, fuck the peace sign Load the chopper, let it rain on you
Fool me one time, shame on you Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you Fool me three times, fuck the peace sign Load the chopper, let it rain on you
[Verse 3]
My only regret was too young for Lisa Bonet
My only regret was too young for Nia Long
Now all I'm left with is hoes from reality shows Hand her a script, the bitch probably couldn't read along
My only regret was too young for Sade Adu
My only regret, could never take Aaliyah home
Now all I'm left with is hoes up in Greystone With the stale face 'cause they know it's they song
She shallow but the pussy deep (she shallow, she shallow) She shallow but the pussy deep (she shallow, she shallow) She shallow but the pussy deep (she
Shallow, she shallow) She shallow but the pussy deep (she shallow, she shallow)
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she
Don't wanna be saved
First things first: rest in peace Uncle Phil For real, you the only father that I ever knew I get my bitch pregnant, I'ma be a better you
Prophecies that I made way back in the Ville, fulfilled
Listen, even back when we was broke, my team ill
Martin Luther King woulda been on Dreamville Talk to a nigga
[Pre-Chorus]
One time for my L.A. sisters One time for my L.A. hoes Lame niggas can't tell the difference One time for a nigga who know
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved
[Verse 1]
No role models and I'm here right now No role models to speak of Searchin' through my memory, my memory, I couldn't find one
Last night I was gettin' my feet rubbed By the baddest bitch, not Trina but I swear to God
This bitch'll make you call your girl up And tell her, "Hey, what's good?" "Sorry I'm never comin' home, I'ma stay for good."
Then hang the phone up and proceed to lay the wood I came fast like 9-1-1 in white neighborhoods Ain't got no shame 'bout it
She think I'm spoiled and I'm rich 'cause I can have any bitch I got defensive and said, "Nah, I was the same without it." But then I thought back, back
To a better me Before I was a B-list celebrity Before I started callin' bitches "bitches" so heavily
Back when you could get a platinum plaque without no melody You wasn't sweatin' me
[Pre-Chorus]
One time for my L.A. sisters One time for my L.A. hoes Lame niggas can't tell the difference One time for a nigga who know
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved
[Verse 2]
I want a real love, dark skinned Aunt Viv love
That Jada and that Will love
That leave a toothbrush at your crib love
And you ain't gotta wonder whether that's your kid love
Nigga, I don't want no bitch from reality shows— —out-of-touch-with-reality hoes
Out in Hollywood bringin' back five or six hoes Fuck 'em then we kick 'em to the do' Nigga, you know how it go She deserved that, she a bird, it's a bird
Trap
You think if I didn't rap she would flirt back?
Takin' off her skirt, let her wear my shirt 'fore she leave I'ma need my shirt back (nigga, you know how it go)
[Pre-Chorus]
One time for my L.A. sisters One time for my L.A. hoes Lame niggas can't tell the difference One time for a nigga who know
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved
[Interlude: George W. Bush] There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once… shame on… shame on
You. Fool me, you can't get fooled again
[Bridge]
Fool me one time, shame on you Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you Fool me three times, fuck the peace sign Load the chopper, let it rain on you
Fool me one time, shame on you Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you Fool me three times, fuck the peace sign Load the chopper, let it rain on you
[Verse 3]
My only regret was too young for Lisa Bonet
My only regret was too young for Nia Long
Now all I'm left with is hoes from reality shows Hand her a script, the bitch probably couldn't read along
My only regret was too young for Sade Adu
My only regret, could never take Aaliyah home
Now all I'm left with is hoes up in Greystone With the stale face 'cause they know it's they song
She shallow but the pussy deep (she shallow, she shallow) She shallow but the pussy deep (she shallow, she shallow) She shallow but the pussy deep (she
Shallow, she shallow) She shallow but the pussy deep (she shallow, she shallow)
[Chorus]
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna
Be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved Don't save her, she
Don't wanna be saved
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