J. Cole - p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l
Time: 1:15
Make a baby mama make shit harder than it gotta be
Make you have to take the bitch to court to see your prodigy
Make you have to use your last resort and pull a robbery

very gifted young person; an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person
Heard in 34 songs (149M+ combined views) — most famously in "p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l" by J. Cole.
Updated August 6, 2026
Time: 1:15
Make a baby mama make shit harder than it gotta be
Make you have to take the bitch to court to see your prodigy
Make you have to use your last resort and pull a robbery

Time: 3:32
Bitch, this shit don't fly in our city
Punk, you don't disrespect OGs, R.I.P. Prodigy
Sold Dre my soul and then told him the moment he signed me

Time: 2:00
It's that uncontrollable demon they didn't wanna see
This that virus in the system, the prodigy
And I have to murder all you fakers in this odyssey, greaze!

Time: 2:08
Promise I'm gon' be the greatest 'til it ain't no more debatin'
Prodigy, a young king, that's what my mama cultivated
In that cell, public defender tried to offer me probation

Time: 0:40
I never was a straight-laced, straight-A student
Teacher's pet or child prodigy
I wasn't gonna get rich throwin' a football

Time: 1:38
She did tell me, fi be di best a-wah mi can be
See mi now, mi a-the prodigy a-me country
Ooh, a-deo duce kept mi steady advancin'

Time: 1:36
Eight hunnid on the AP, I had to buy that shit (woo, woo)
Ten toes rockin' shit (ten), Nawfside prodigy (Nawf)
Momma told me every time I go up, they gon' hate me (momma)

Time: 0:50
Biggest (maybach Music)
Problem was, I never was a prodigy
Possibly, my biggest flaw is lack of modesty

Time: 0:45
Ballin', something like Jordan, unless she all in
I'm mobbin' deep with these hoes, R.I.P. to Prodigy
Poppin', she know I'm poppin', she put it all on me

Time: 1:20
Nut on her back, then I tell her to follow me (woo)
Teacher said that I'm a mothafuckin' prodigy (Jxm)
When I'm shoppin', I don't care what it's costin' me

Time: 0:22
Walkin' through the hood undoubtedly without a stain
Hopped off the porch, I'm a prodigy, they know the name
Had to run it up like my prophecy financial gain (PinkGrillz)

Time: 3:08
In '91 stompin' you out with black Tims
Prodigy and the H.A.V.O.C. from the Q.B.C.
Puttin' cowards where they're suppose to be

Time: 0:37
Lit up my neck, hit the lottery
Did it for Prodigy, wilding in Prada
Oh while I be worth my mind and my prophecy

Time: 3:04
I am the new generation
A prodigy of starvation
I am the arm beyond the door friend

Time: 2:28
I know my mama proud of me
God tell her she gave birth to a young prodigy
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Time: 0:03
Born prodigy no apologies f**k a policy
F**k around and make a monster out of me

Time: 1:25
(Uh, dad, Fredo, and White), Poob's pops
When the lights go out (Dark, Prodigy, yeah, yeah)
And when the curtain closes (Triple X, yeah, yeah)

Time: 0:58
Yo, I'm on the energy source
The cosmic boss with Prodigy
Given astrology

Time: 0:39
And a bamboo cane to help her keep the pace
Fee was a Buddhist prodigy
Long past the age of maturity

Time: 1:01
Then time flew and somehow I knew that I was bad to the bone
Black prodigy since the age of 20
I could write a rhyme, rip it up and write a next one

Time: 0:49
The struggle, he never left so we could have our rights
Biggie and Prodigy told me to grab the mic (yeah)
I was shook, now ain't no such thing

Time: 1:36
I shit you not, feel like Shia LaBeouf in all these problems
You smack your bitch up like Prodigy when you do it darlin'
I smack my bitch ass to Prodigy when we do it doggy

Time: 2:40
But right now, a lot of new rappers and older rappers are lookin' up to you
How do you feel to be like a, a, a living prodigy?
I mean, it's a pro-, it's a blessing

Time: 3:01
Infinity, Comme, Chanel, Balenciaga
Prodigy, Ninja, LaBeija, Milan
Omni, Mizrahi, Xtravagazna, Garçon

Time: 1:36
Yeah, look, yeah, I'm the man, yeah, look, yeah, I'm the man
My mama, she proud of me, her baby a prodigy, and I'm rockin' Prada jeans

Time: 2:08
Let's raise a couple more to the revolution
Well, if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton College
Aaron Burr, give us a verse, drop some knowledge

Time: 1:16
Was the degree of the economy that do the sovereignty
Regarded as a prodigy, leery in sociology
Let the wallabees always conceal my gynecology

Time: 0:19
The blue and red lights ain't a warnin', they guidin' us
Still poppin' it, the rubber-band prodigy
I ain't never goin' back, do you follow me?

Time: 0:46
Don't even bother me ever since eleven and twelve
I've been that prodigy though life has never been swell
Somewhere there's gotta be where a good Samaritan prevails

Time: 1:26
Spittin' for your idol, vital
For the Gs, name somebody hot as me, prodigy
Probably be on your favorite rapper in another three

Time: 0:08
I ain't gon' jump though, I'ma keep it raw gutter
Yo, Prodigy, you know I need you on this one, nigga
I got shit on my chest, I must confess

Time: 0:26
Catching Hell without heed
Phenomenons phenomns and prodigys
Twenty thousand maniacs just gotta be

Time: 1:22
My legacy could never be undone
I'm a prodigy, R.I.P Thun-Thun
Got these bitches shook, they shocked, no stun-gun

Time: 2:02
♪
My prodigy and my idiocy
For the prize of my delicate life
