J. Cole
Between Heaven And Earth - Intro

[ hook ]

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya

[ Verse 1 ]

Ay
I been caught between heaven and Earth, tryna decipher the worth
Of this feeling that haunts me, ever since you showed me love first
I ain't know it was real 'til you pulled my soul from the dirt
But sometimes I swear I feel like you just rehearsin' the hurt
Like maybe you pretendin', maybe you ain't all in
Maybe I’m the only one who’s fallin’, and that’s the real sin
And I keep guessin' intentions from the tremble in your laugh
Like maybe you just needed comfort, maybe I was your past
Maybе I’m a moment you loved, but nevеr meant to last
Like I'm the calm before your storm, or the first breath before a crash
You taught me what love felt like, but I hate how I needed
That look in your eyes to believe I was worth bein' treated
Like somethin’ divine, like a soul that could be completed
But what if you just loved the part of me that was defeated?
And I ain't mad at you… just haunted by your goodbye
'Cause I still taste your name in every tear that I dry
[ hook ]

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya


[ Verse 2 ]

And I wonder if your memory still watches me try
Or if I’m just a song that you skipped when the feeling died
I made a home outta hopes that you might come back
Hung paintings of our talks in frames built from my lack
And every time I dream, it's like I'm under attack
'Cause I see us happy, then I wake up to black
You told me I was “enough” but I saw the strain in your stare
Like maybe I was a burden you were too kind to declare
Like lovin’ me took effort, like I was never quite there
Like my soul was heavy baggage, and you just paid the fare
Now every time someone smiles, I flinch like it’s you
Half-hopeful, half-terrified of what that smile might do
'Cause I don't trust the good now, I just wait for the cue
For love to turn its back and say, “You knew this wasn’t true”
I used to think I was broken, now I know I’m just deep
But this world rewards the shallow, so I drown when I breathe
Man, I gave my all and they called it “too much”
So I learned how to love me in silence, without the crutch
They say “be yourself,” then resent when you do
But the fake ones get praise while the real get subdued
Had dreams of us winnin’, now it's just me and this view
Of what could’ve been love, but the mirror shows who
What’s peace to a man who made pain into art?
What’s love to a soul that got torn out in parts?
They say “let it go,” but they never held tight
To a bond so pure it could shatter your night
And if I vanish in verses, just know what that means:
I ain’t dyin’ — I’m just hidin’ in the spaces between

[ hook ]

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya




[ Verse 3 ]

It’s beautiful to love loud—
But shit turns to regret when you echo through silence and no one's around
It’s tragic how the loudest hearts get buried in sound
Gave 'em my truth and they weaponized every ounce
I tried to touch stars but got drifted through the void
Like I learned how to dream but forgot to enjoy
A soul full of gold in a world that loves coins
So they spent me 'til I cracked, now I’m just a destroyed
Piece of peace I used to know, when life was more than stats
Before the follows and the caps, before the pity and the claps
Before I realized “forever” was a fragile-ass trap
Built with hands that would fold the minute I snapped
I carry the weight of the “what if” like it’s stitched in my spine
Success lookin’ sweet, but the price isn’t mine
I got love from the crowd, but I sleep with my doubt
What’s applause to a soul that can’t quiet the shout?
See, I been the dream, and the warning that follows
I ask God why pain got the best metaphors
He said, “’Cause joy’s too simple, but scars open doors”
So I stepped through my wounds, made art from my wars
But I’m painted in trauma they all choose to adore
They don’t want me healed, they just want me raw
Cause the truth too polished don’t sell like the flaw
But I’m more than the heartbreak, more than the fear
More than the lines that I wrote in these tears
I’m the lesson, the loss, the love that won’t quit
The realest damn thing that you’ll hear if you sit
And if I go today, just let the tombstone spit:
“He gave ‘em heaven from hell, and made pain legit.”
[ hook ]

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya

And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
And I’ma do it for you… ya yah…
And I’ma do it for you…
Ya