Video Cant Cry de Jcole 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Jcole - Cant Cry Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah
Need y'all niggas to feel me, yo
As we continue on
Feel my pain
This one's called "Can't Cry"
Said soft niggas can't last hard times, yo
Believe that shit, yeah
Yeah, ayy (Ayy)
Real niggas don't cry
Look, yo

[Verse 1]
Was just a youngin with that fresh fade
Bird chest, legs skinny
That hoop dreamin' had me tryna be the next Penny
Fresh Pennys on my feet
Mama paid for everything I'm wearin'
At the fair starin' at girls, not a care in the world
Aw, nigga, but shit done changed since Mane was my nickname
A lil' nigga chasin' things, tryna kick game
Now I'm a man worried 'bout my fam, let me explain
It's like my pockets stay broke, and if not, them shit's sprained
And so I rap for my niggas trapped in the struggle
You feelin' like the world's on your back, so you stumble
In the field like a quarterback, get sacked, then you fumble
Jobs don't call a nigga back, so it's back to the hustle
Niggas prayin' for they moms, the same time, they moms pray for them
Ask the Lord to stay with them, guide 'em on they way
But, damn, a nigga been done lost faith, it hurts on the usual
The only time you catch me up at church is a funeral, damn
[Chorus]
Sometimes sunshine turn to rain, my nigga
The same ones you love'll bring you pain, my nigga
I don't know if I'll see tomorrow
But I won't cry, no, I can't cry
And in this life, the times gettin' hard, my nigga (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
But fuck that, I'm aimin' for the stars, my nigga (Yeah, ayy, yeah, ayy)
I won't stop, try 'til the day I die (Ayy, listen, yo)
And I won't cry, no, I can't cry, no

[Verse 2]
I sit back and watch the news every now and then
Either get depressed or mad from watchin' the world just crash, even the weather's bad
It be the same shit, got my brain twisted
Like, "Damn, it's '06 and niggas still up on that gang shit?" (That shit old, dog)
Yesterday, this kid got his whole frame split
Only seventeen, he was finna graduate in like three weeks
Some stupid niggas got him for his chain
But he fought back, they blasted him and left him on the pavement, uh (Rest in peace)
And now they tellin' me this little girl just got raped
Some dude snatched her, she was standin' at the bus stop
Wait, man, she was eleven
What the fuck is up with this world?
Got these grown niggas fuckin' with girls
Plus the cops harassin' us
Every week be blastin' us on accident, or so they claim
Reporters sympathizin' like they truly know the pain (Right)
They killed her only son
Now she wanna blow her brains out
Change the channel, man, I can't watch this shit
[Chorus]
Sometimes sunshine turn to rain, my nigga
The same ones you love'll bring you pain, my nigga
I don't know if I'll see tomorrow
But I won't cry, no, I can't cry
And in this life, the times gettin' hard, my nigga (Yeah, yeah)
But fuck that, I'm aimin' for the stars, my nigga (Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, yeah)
I won't stop, try 'til the day I die (Ayy, ayy, look)
And I won't cry, no, I can't cry, no (Look, yeah, yo)

[Verse 3]
Take a ride through the city, man, tell me what you witness
Poverty (Yeah), richness (Yeah), crooked cops (Yeah), and misfits (Yeah)
Violence (Yeah), hatred (Yeah), real devastation (Yeah)
Neighborhoods lookin' like it's still segregation (Yeah)
Welfare, single mothers, no jobs
Tryna get a piece for yourself, but they hoggin' up the whole pie
Fiends in the street so high off of that crack shit
This nigga thirteen with a gat under his mattress (Bang)
White folks got the road to success mapped and that's all good
But why don't Blacks got that same atlas?
I asked the same question a million ways
And it seems like I done prayed for a million days
But still the ills remain, just bills and pain
Shootouts in project buildings, children slain
Skies filled with rain and I just sit and wonder why
It's enough to make a nigga wanna cry, but I can't, though
[Chorus]
Sometimes sunshine turn to rain, my nigga
The same ones you love'll bring you pain, my nigga
I don't know if I'll see tomorrow
But I won't cry, no, I can't cry
And in this life, the times gettin' hard, my nigga (Yeah, uh, yeah, uh)
But fuck that, I'm aimin' for the stars, my nigga (Yeah, nigga, yeah, nigga)
I won't stop, try 'til the day I die (Yeah, yeah, ayy, ayy)
And I won't cry, no, I can't cry, no (Yeah, uh, yeah, yeah)

[Outro]
Yeah, shit dedicated to my cousin Ricky, man
Hoop dreams was cut short, man
Learned he had a baby on the way
Nigga wasn't even a senior in high school, hold your head, man
You'll be missed, nigga (Is this what you want? Huh?)