As a black man I just wanna say I love y’all I love all races equally despite what’s going on in America today and may y’all be happy and find peace (Edit: thanks for the 480 likes hope everyone is safe) (Edit #2: again with everything that’s going on in the world today, I love each and everyone of y’all, hopefully this will make your day, night, etc.) again much love✊🏾❤️ Edit 3: appreciate y’all for 700 likes🙏🏾❤️ Edit 4: I hope everyone is doing well right now mentally physically and spiritually ❤️🙇🏾
Ima Mexican and I was born in Florida and ima currently living in LA. And I saw a video on ig a 2 young black mans and a Mexican oldish lady selling on her stand the 2 young mans came up on her for no reason and dropped her and stole her earnings I don’t get it I rlly hope our lord and teaches everyone a lesson even me
What I saw was fucked up but hopefully ur not the same and do better Im a caring person and Ik every racest done some shit wrong and that god bless everyone and have a health love life🚶🏻♂️ 🚶🏼♂️🚶🏽♂️🚶🏿♂️ we Can create a bigger fuckn kingdom
i remember listening to this when life was a little more simpler. more easier. i don’t know if it’s a universal thing for everyone, but man life got fucking hard. excuse my language, but i lost myself man, i fucking lost my god damn self. so tempted to succumb to it and let these demons win. i wont though. I’ll get myself back, I’ll find myself.
Bro I know its been two months but you are telling exactly how I feel. I know you are gonna get better and out of this shitty situation. Man I wish everybody finds his way in this carzy world.
We gonna power through dawg. I catch myself wondering if it’s me or if everyone else just doesn’t feel the same way towards life as they used to. It’s hard to not get comfortable and content with life but you gotta push forward every day. Glad you commented man. I feel you. When good music came out as if it was nothing smh. We gone be alright
I miss the time where I didn't have all these fucking deadlines. But I do feel like I deal with my pain better now. J Cole has a great speech on pain BTW, if you haven't heard it
I just realized, this video is showing him when he first came to NY to chase his rapping career. As he rides on his bike (too broke to own a car) he looks at everything in the windows including the BMW dealership, picturing what his life would be like once he makes it. Which matches the song. "Do you wanna be happy?" is asking if all the money and success will lead to happiness.
Dear person reading this, I hope your day has been going well, if not I hope it gets better. You are an amazing person who will inspire others to do great things so keep up the hard work. I know you may feel unimportant or insecure at the moment but know that you are a beautiful human being inside and outside and you are important.
Jakub Damn, hearing this track, seeing the rain and thunder outside pour down and reading this comment hit me all at once, and I gotta thank you. I didn’t know I needed something like this until now.
It’s the last day of the decade and I’m still trying to figure out how this man still doesn’t have a Grammy 🤦🏾♂️ it’s aight he don’t need one he still goated
Kendrick drop a dope song to beat out first person shooter mode with jcole it has to be done you friendly fired on Cole just to get at Drake that’s not cool man
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I just wanna be free from slavery. Mental slavery, social slavery, economic slavery, emotional attachment with destructive people, vanity and vice; I just want to be free from it all.
+Jos3phTheMusicCollector Thats Vague as fuck for the unitiated. This vague shit is not helping! Nigga I know that we gone BE.ALRIGHT. But this slavery shit is real! And the niggas that break free are getting there off good luck and bad trips nigga.
Olisa Maduegbuna Inflicta Productions heard it too, it is a master piece in its own right, much better than Sideline story and better than born sinner! if any says it is shit, they are the biggest fool.
Lasse Andersen Wow calm down. I like it and have been listening to it on repeat for 2 days because it's still one of the best out of what new music is out now. But I think the album could have been a lot better. I'll explain why . First it's too short for me and he went too Friday Night Lights on us. I wanted more of his Born Sinner sound from songs like Land of Snakes, Forbidden Fruit and Villuminati. Almost all the songs on this LP were the kind of calm soulful types he did on FNL. I like those especially when combined with good storytelling (of which of course a couple tracks did well but not all) BUT not enough upbeat songs for me. A masterpiece needs perfection and that means a bit of variety for me. This album was too narrow-focused to be a masterpiece. Cole has more than enough skill to do the upbeat battle rap type tracks but doesn't do enough for me. Also he should stop this pretentious bullshit of not featuring other quality socially concious rappers like Kendrick, Drake etc. or not working with classic top notch Hip Hop producers like Timbaland and Kanye West. Working with other great artists doesn't water down your integrity, it only allows you to make better creation. If he doesn't move out of that box of trying to be over-independent I'm afraid he'll never full fill his talent to the level he's supposed to be. He needs to go out of the box of Dreamville and experiment with other great artists in Hip Hop. Sticking with your core group is okay when you're just starting out but on your 3rd LP I expect a great artist to be rubbing minds with other great artists. I fear this album will sell less than Born Sinner and Cole World.
Olisa Maduegbuna Everybody is titled to their own opinion but dude you sound ridiculous. This is hands down Cole's best project. HANDS DOWN (including his mixtape). This album shows the growth of which J. Cole has overcome. He has finally mastered his craft as an artist and this albums reflects that. The great artists don't need to have many artists featuring on their album. Just like how Drake didn't have a lot of artist featured on his NWTS album. You must like a lot of radio play sounds because this album is TRUE HIP-HOP. Not saying that Born Sinner wasn't but it doesn't compare to this album. J.Cole has grown to be one of IF NOT the best rapper in the game. And this album just shows you that. It's soulful and good for the soul. In the next 10 years this album will be a classic and the resurrection of the old but new profound Hip-Hop we all once knew and loved.
Lyrics: Do you wanna, do you wanna be Do you wanna, do you wanna be Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy Do you wanna be, happy Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free I said do you wanna, do you wanna be happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free Free from pain, free from scars Free to sing, free from bars Free my dawgs, you're free to go Block gets shot, the streets is cold Free to love, to each his own Free from bills, free from pills You roll it loud, the speakers blow Life get hard, you eat your soul It clears your mind, learn to fly Then reach the stars, you take your time To look behind and say, "look where I came" "Look how far I done came" They say that dreams come true And when they do, that there's a beautiful thing Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free I said do you wanna, do you wanna be
I was on the plane a month back from my deployment in Afghanistan headed to North Carolina to see my family. Ear buds in back in 2014. I’m still very much listening to this album today. This song, this album will forever be enshrined in the hearts of those who truly understand and strive to be happy and free
J.Cole in one word - Amazing, I liked about 98% of sideline and BS and don't even get me started on his great mixtapes...I'm glad he didnt detour from the path he's been on over the years and I see people talking about how he should branch out and do this or that but there's an old saying: If it ain't broke dont fix it, I'm not saying he's a living reincarnation of Mozart as a rapper (yet) but he damn sure is one of the best rappers alive right now that will go down in history as one of the greats if not the best...shit like future, young thug, migos, rae shurmmard (whatever), Bobby shurmda etc ain't gon be remembered for much cus lets be real they make "turn up" music, here today and gone tomorrow as history does repeat itself but I won't sit here and flex like I don't listen to them I'm just saying they aren't built to last
Preach man, people tend to forget what real rap is...that Hova that Nas and now the new school which consists of rappers who use their lyrics to create pictures, like a Lupe Fiasco or J Cole or Kendrick Lamar....that Migos shit is whacckk, make you wanna stay home and bullshit, bob ya head thinking about bitches to bAg tonight smh. You hit it on the spot, I'm not a fan of the other rappers, but garbage day is still once a week, so hey...
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This song screams nostalgia for me lol i was a freshman in HS 2014 and there was not an album as impactful as this one on my life at such a age , this all i used to listen to on them computers at school
Same but I was a senior in hs and now im 24 but fuck man. I got into cole because of a female and now honestly that shit hurts me but coles lyrics let me over come the pain and memories 🙃
Bro I just wanna cry....so much has changed in 8 years, I loved I lost, my mom passed, pops is in prison, I just wanna be happy and meet someone worth cherishing, I want better for myself, I want love...
sorry to hear that man hope your doing better.start with yourself first though learn how to love yourself first heal from all the things that has happened to you then you’ll find someone who loves themselves as well and you’ll meet that someone one day until then keep progressing it’ll come one love.
They could never make me hate the goat what a music right here a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took J. Cole oFf 2 da big leagues and fo dat I will always be super grateful
i just want to say this album change my perspective on life when I was at my lowest. I remembered when it dropped i was at the bus stop at 5am waiting to go to school I honestly cried when i heard this song. I know you dont want to hear this j. cole but man you changed my life bro fr its been years since it dropped i was 17 and now im 25 thanks bro and to everyone reading this if you're at your lowest rn, HANG IN THERE time heals everything and things will get better i promise you.
Honestly man people seriously underrate just how beautiful this album is. If i listen to it straight through I almost start crying. This songs are beautiful lyrics and beats. It's a shame that some people have never listened to this
+Jmeyer v2 it's just that when we listen to him we feel the freedom and realize how amazing it is and it makes us so happy we get that feeling of happiness... but we only feel it though which is why we feel like crying
This album is getting me through some shit rn. I feel so lonely and frankly I don’t feel like my problems even matter. Cole’s showing me I’m not alone. Thank you
Loneliness and isolation sucks, but don’t succumb to the shadows in your mind. Use it as fuel to improve yourself and break those barriers because once you get past it, your outlook on life will be brighter than before the loneliness and the sky will be purple and your perspective will be vivid.
Luul Mohamud Noor It's the sad truth that will keep happening, People who are trash at rapping will get clout for being trash and the good rappers will stay underground where only a select people know them.
TheBeardedGaymer dude, i've been writing about that stuff in my poems. listening to j cole has sparked a creative mind in me. it's quite beautiful what music can do
this song changed my life for the better. i remember going through situations with females, family, school, friends , hell even strangers... i held on to what bit of sanity i had and listened to this all the time....tears fell everyday like breathing, it didnt stop... J.Cole's music in general has eased the soul of a growing anime obsessed, magnetic field of negativity. me. i do want to be happy. everyday.
+Ryeale “YokaiRye” Britt Bro thats real shit to be able to admit that. stay strong young king. If you find him inspiring, then you should come fuck wit me. type in wititwednesday or click my pic. my last project was called "keep going". i think you'll find a lot of motivation in it
Used to listen to this shit everyday, after sneaking out of school to calm my mind. Sitting near the golf course with the sun, birds and stillness…… I do wanna be happy Cole. Thank you “Look how far I have came..”
Good album but not gkmc level. Why? Because cole is not letting anyone else help him on the creative process of his album. Imagine if he had a drake or kendrick feature. A kanye west beat, timberland, even a just blaze prod it would make him sound different. Content wise this is jcole best project. I think jcole could have made a gkmc, take care classic album but what he lacks is more ears on his album. Even kanye west gets help producing his album, but jcole? He wants to make his own lane which is respectable but don't put him up there with the top in the game.
***** Making music is more deep than what you think. It's not like those people who would help him in producing and writting would water down his work. An album like MBDTF would not be the same without all the features as much as ''Bitch don't kill my vibe'' without Gaga.
i love Cole, but I don't get how people want him to keep collaborating with other artists. I personally love his independence mane. People say "Work with your peers, work with this, work with that" Hell nah! Why would he collab with them when he's doing well all by himself? And for those who are gonna say he needs to "branch out" or "rub minds with others" I just can't agree. I hate it when rappers who can actually spit try to branch out and become more "musically broad", you feel me? Like just spit man. Instead of trying to be a jack of all trades, why don't you try to be a master of one? Cole is well on his way to being a master of lyricism. He doesn't need to keep branching out, just let him do him mane.
you don't want a musician to musically broaden ? that's insane. As a creative, you want to try out new things and stay fresh, not just be trapped in your little box and doing the same old shit everytime. who's to say that the thing you started with is the thing you want to do 10 years later ? you grow as a human and as an artist. your sound will reflect that. doing the same thing over and over again will become boring for the listener and for the artist. you develop different interests. I'm sure you like more genres than just "conscious rap". that's like saying dj mustard should keep on making his typical beats for ever. they all sound the freaking same and kinda start getting tiring. and as for collaborating, it's nice for the fans of 2 people to work together, kinda like kanye and jay doing watch the throne. that was dope.
werwolfisddooof nah bc i feel like too many ppl end up comprising their skill man. Like i used to rly be crazy ab Gambino, bc of his samples and the metaphors he used. But then he branched out and now is so focused on singing and extra shit that his bars aren't as prevalent or don't have as much of an impact, feel me? Idk man. If you start out as a multiskilled artist, then by all means keep expanding. But if you are a spitter, then don't ever give up that gift
SickestRap and ik what you're gonna say, but Cole can still give you bars at any given moment fam. May not use em at much as other rappers but he can still spit
No hate on drake but this 2 min video has better message for real life then his entire career. Drake cool but centuries behind Jermaine LaMar Cole. Kendrick comes close but Kendrick hasn’t rap as much as Cole about real things and a common man struggles in life. Cole the 🐐
I would listen to this song on long walks through campus in the snow - returning from studying from exams. This song helped me pull through and helped me remember what it was all for. I thought I needed to excel at school to land a good job and be, well, happy. Seven years later and I finally found my happiness and it hasn't come through cars, clothes, money, jewelry, sex, school, or even a career. It came from inside of me.
This brings sooo many tears out. I just don't have the motivation to fight for life or the courage to take it. I just want to be free from everything. I don't want to live like this.
Word girl... The same happens to me. It gives me a strange feeling of happiness mixed with sadness. Just beautiful, and its even more beautiful to people like us with problems
1:11 Somewhere in the world, a j cole fan is crying for finally being understood and releasing the pain they felt for so long If only this guy knew how many people he’s saved
I(and not to go against your own interpretation)but I always interpreted it as he's riding through the city more observant now. It's not a younger him but a wiser older him. He's questioning the real value of these material things we obsess ourselves over, hence the brief stop to look into the window. I feel like he only looked into that window for the audience to then see him turn away from it. He doesn't need it, although at one time he thought he did. He further exhibits that by smiling throughout the video now truly happy and free(He sold his car and got a bicycle). Born into this world we're programmed, brainwashed into thinking we need these things. We say to ourselves we need these things but for the wrong reasons. We need a certain car not for the mobility it provides but for the symbol that they placed on the front and back so that everybody sees. We need that sweater not because it'll keep us warm but because it has on it a logo of a man riding a horse playing a sport none of us play but all identify as valuable. We put our values into these things so that they can represent us therefore obtaining us the same value we've put into it. We think all people will look at these things and be fooled how we were fooled and determine our value from these things how we have. But whatever quality it is you chose to represent yourself you hold forefront consequently pushing all other attributes of yourself lower. You've stolen the light from these real values and now no one will see them. The higher you overcompensate the lower you hold your own true self value without these things. We use these items as well as other costly vices to mask us of our true unhappiness offering temperary gratification. He sings "do you want to be happy, do you want to be free", truly happy truly free. As the intro I think he wanted it to set the tone for the album, asking the listener do you want to be truly happy and free and what are the things you think you need that'll gain you those two things? He responds by saying he's already had these things and in so recognizes the emptiness they hold.
Do you wanna, do you wanna be Do you wanna, do you wanna be Do you wanna, do you wanna be, free Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy Do you wanna be, happy Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free I said do you wanna, do you wanna be happy I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free Free from pain, free from scars Free to sang, free from bars Free my dawgs, you're free to go Block is hot, the streets is cold Free to love, to each his own Free from bills, free from pills You roll the loud, the speakers blow Life get hard, you ease your soul It cleanse your mind, learn to fly Then reach the stars, you take the time And look behind and said, "Look where I came Look how far I done came" They say that dreams come true And when they do, that that's a beautiful thing Do you wanna, do you wanna be happy? I said do you wanna, do you wanna be free I said do you wanna, do you wanna be
Best conscious rapper with real lyrical skills. His music is intellectual and relatable, pure realness! I always been a fan since The Warm up and my fave Friday Night Lights mixtape. Man you are pure genius! You are true Hip-Hip hop! None of that mainstream ratchet trap music about hoes, bottles and money. You speak truth!! Don't change.
Keegan Jackson The definition of conscious is "Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness." While this certainly applies to Cole I'd agree with you in by not labeling him as such.
Fuck wack ass Kendrick Lamar. THIS is Hip Hop. 2014 Forest Hills Drive is the one of the realest and most raw albums out right now. This album had so many messages but 1 was clear; Be who you wanna be. Born Sinner was better as a whole but this album was wayyyyy more creative and different. Good job, Cole. Now I'm waiting on Fabolous' album.
born sinner... really? The gay and autism jokes in villuminati... the off topic rambling none of his topical framed songs like lost ones and lights please... really... watever bro ur opinion u live with it
lol I like how you bring up "Be who you wanna be" and just before you were calling out Kendrick for being "wack" - I personally love J Cole more, but Kendrick Lamar is great too. I respect both, but my perception and OPINION favors J Cole.
Faisal Yaqub There were no autism jokes in Villuminati. And the gay jokes you take out of context were Cole trying to make a point. Either way, don't judge an album based off one or two lines from one song. Again, its my own opinion that Born Sinner was great.
This and Kendrick Lamar Wesley's Theory are the best album intros ever...my God Everytime I hear this I get emotional. I remember when this album first came out I was going through some bullshit and I played this and heard this intro and was like yo. Cole is the truth, he says some of the realest shit I've heard a rapper say since the 90's. All the people who don't like J Cole for whatever reason are in denial, he is one of the greatest artists of this generation. This album and 4YE Only are fucking grown man motivation
I am from the Fayetteville, NC area born and raised. I was driving to work today and threw Forest Hills Drive on my car's stereo. About thirty seconds into singing the intro, I started to get emotional thinking about the fragile state our country is in right now and how it relates to the message that Jermaine is portraying. I thought about the senseless killing of Terence Crutcher. I thought about a city from my home state, Charlotte, on fire and broken. I thought about the Orlando massacre and the bombings in Chelsea. Do you (society) want to be happy? Do you want to be Free? Free from pain, free from scars Free to sang, free from bars Free my dawgs, you're free to go Block is hot, the streets is cold Free to love, to each his own Free from bills, free from pills You roll the loud, the speakers blow Life get hard, you ease your soul It cleanse your mind, learn to fly Then reach the stars, you take the time And look behind and said, "Look where I came Look how far I done came" They say that dreams come true And when they do, that that's a beautiful thing ^^^^^ That is the message this country need to hear. ^^^^^
FHD really got me thinking, and ultimately that was the whole purpose of this project. It was like one big essay. Topic, Story, and Conclusion. So with the theme of this album being about "Happiness" and the true meaning of enjoying your life, do you think that Cole is content with himself? Do you think that making this album helped him out? Because no doubt that he's storytelling about how becoming famous has turned his life around and that he's telling us that all that glitters isn't gold, but do you think he's taken his own advice? He seems like a pretty humble guy, but fame even killed Robin Williams, a man that everyone presumed to be okay. This is me just typing my feelings, but I really want to know. What do you guys think? Discuss in the comments...
I think he is. He did what he wanted to do with this album and look at the results.. so many albums sold and tour sales. But Cole said he was proud with this album before the album came out. So the numbers wouldn't even matter. Besides the music, and as far as life goes. Listen to his interview with Combat Jack from a few months ago. Pretty long interview. But it was very insightful, and I think it will answer your questions. :) .. Cole World.
Whatever year you’re reading this in..keep holding on. Wherever you are..know that it doesn’t have to end there. However you’re feeling..look how far you’ve come. Much love and many blessings ❤️🔥🙏🏾
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I hope this dude is remembered.
+Edison Vazquez Oh he will be for sure....
He's top 3 at least for this generation
Sachin Rampersaud Calm yourself.
Why has he stopped making music or something?or where is he
call me wierd but i been collecting the sprite cans
Shout out to all the people that's going through some rough times. Be happy...
Miguel Reyes we try, thanks tho
Miguel Reyes 😔❤
Miguel Reyes bruh it's hard
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Thsnks man 😕
As a black man I just wanna say I love y’all I love all races equally despite what’s going on in America today and may y’all be happy and find peace
(Edit: thanks for the 480 likes hope everyone is safe)
(Edit #2: again with everything that’s going on in the world today, I love each and everyone of y’all, hopefully this will make your day, night, etc.) again much love✊🏾❤️
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Edit 4: I hope everyone is doing well right now mentally physically and spiritually ❤️🙇🏾
Hell yeah, same to you man. Stay safe.
Chrisfromclt _ love you too
Chrisfromclt _ stay safe bro✊🏾
Ima Mexican and I was born in Florida and ima currently living in LA. And I saw a video on ig a 2 young black mans and a Mexican oldish lady selling on her stand the 2 young mans came up on her for no reason and dropped her and stole her earnings I don’t get it I rlly hope our lord and teaches everyone a lesson even me
What I saw was fucked up but hopefully ur not the same and do better Im a caring person and Ik every racest done some shit wrong and that god bless everyone and have a health love life🚶🏻♂️ 🚶🏼♂️🚶🏽♂️🚶🏿♂️ we Can create a bigger fuckn kingdom
i remember listening to this when life was a little more simpler. more easier. i don’t know if it’s a universal thing for everyone, but man life got fucking hard. excuse my language, but i lost myself man, i fucking lost my god damn self. so tempted to succumb to it and let these demons win. i wont though. I’ll get myself back, I’ll find myself.
I feel you bro on god I do, don’t give up.
Bro I know its been two months but you are telling exactly how I feel. I know you are gonna get better and out of this shitty situation. Man I wish everybody finds his way in this carzy world.
We gonna power through dawg. I catch myself wondering if it’s me or if everyone else just doesn’t feel the same way towards life as they used to. It’s hard to not get comfortable and content with life but you gotta push forward every day. Glad you commented man. I feel you. When good music came out as if it was nothing smh. We gone be alright
I miss the time where I didn't have all these fucking deadlines. But I do feel like I deal with my pain better now. J Cole has a great speech on pain BTW, if you haven't heard it
Stay strong 💪bro
2014 Forest Hills Drive is a masterpiece..
all platinum
no features
that's a fact
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fact.
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I just realized, this video is showing him when he first came to NY to chase his rapping career. As he rides on his bike (too broke to own a car) he looks at everything in the windows including the BMW dealership, picturing what his life would be like once he makes it. Which matches the song. "Do you wanna be happy?" is asking if all the money and success will lead to happiness.
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Oh wow, that's crazy. Well he also said that he only rides a bike in NYC because it's easier to get around. But what you said sounds better lol
Dope shit bro. I had to look at the video again to see what you broke down. Damn, Cole did it again just for an visual for his intro!
He sold his car now he rides a bike around NYC
i agree but its a loopable album. so it couldve been at the end to
J cole needs to make a movie about his life called it's a cole world
Yep! Reminds me of this:
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Netflix documentary
ColeWrld:The Fall Off
That’d be pretentious
michael for real
@@michael-rh1dj yeah maybe if it was called something like 2014 forest hills drive. that'd be awesome.
They could never make me hate the goat
It’s it’s ….. grippy 😫
J COLE Needs to make a movie about his life, i would watch it, like eminem's 8 mile it would be awesome COLEWORLD
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Marcelo Dls OMG YES!
Marcelo Dls 8 Mile was a fictional story though, not about Em's life, just inspired by it.
Marcelo Dls 8 mile isn't actually eminem's life though. em has made it very clear that jimmy is not marshall.
Marcelo Dls Kendrick's life would probably be more interesting
This song doesn't get enough credit for how good it is
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Ikr, this is just beautiful man.
Agreed
nun of his songs do . but at least it matters to us
+Shane Cavalier well said bro
This is video is telling everybody that you don’t need money for happiness, if you appreciate the moment and love yourself and life you will be happy
If you have money
@@pakanaltv0000 if you have enough money to be content but then what do you need to be content?
@@medinbeqiri8346 podcast with jcole🔥
True. The happiest don’t have everything, they make the best everything.
As a J Cole fan, I won't be mad if he retires. Dude has given us amazing music that I can play from time too time until my last days
I would cuz I’m only 13 😔🤦🏾♂️
Facts, i just want him to be happy about what him doing
@@jonmwanda 14 but same
Update: Nah he dropped a banger of an album (The Off-Season)
Toushé and asking for his music from time to time would be selfish.
I still remember my first time listening to this album god damn it changed my life and I still get the chills when I put it on. Cole fucking world.
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Cole is the truth. Irs better than TPAB
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Dear person reading this, I hope your day has been going well, if not I hope it gets better. You are an amazing person who will inspire others to do great things so keep up the hard work. I know you may feel unimportant or insecure at the moment but know that you are a beautiful human being inside and outside and you are important.
Thank you
Thank you 😊
Jakub Damn, hearing this track, seeing the rain and thunder outside pour down and reading this comment hit me all at once, and I gotta thank you. I didn’t know I needed something like this until now.
From the bottom of the heart that was beautiful
Thank you
It’s the last day of the decade and I’m still trying to figure out how this man still doesn’t have a Grammy 🤦🏾♂️ it’s aight he don’t need one he still goated
Well he does now but only as a featured artist. He won it on a song by artist 21 $avage on a song called "A Lot".
I’m sorry to tell you Davo but when you commented this life was better 😢
Grammys don't mean shit either way. Nas barley got one. He should have gotten one 25 years ago
HE DOESN’T DAMM
Pop contest
Sorry Cole...almost changed up on you after this whole rap beef, but I forgot who got me through these hard times as a teen
Not me
It was never his beef to begin with
Kendrick drop a dope song to beat out first person shooter mode with jcole it has to be done you friendly fired on Cole just to get at Drake that’s not cool man
There is nothing better riding a bike through the city at night. It makes you feel free.
Unless you are riding in the city of Johannesburg
@@nkosinathindhlovu6610 i didn't get it
@@azz5036 Johannesburg a city is in South Africa and it's city centre is massively crime ridden, so chances of getting mugged is quite high
Whole fact 💯💯💯 did it a lot when covid hit and the streets where empty
@@nkosinathindhlovu6610 lmao yo homeboy i was just thinking about thiss
my life did get hard. I started doing drugs but I'm clean now and I'm happy
God bless you and your family mate.
thanks so much. the same to u
Bardo shetdaphuckuhp Bless. 🙌🏾🙏🏾
Congratulations....keep up the good work I know it's hard but it's people that love you and want to see you happy 😀
KOD BRUH
“Free from pain”
“Free”
“A beautiful thang”
Yep! Reminds me of this:
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Anyone June 2024?
tyou really came here to listen this old crap?? Better listen gomunkul 6 he is trending now
@@SanskarTOP_G1039 don’t tell me what to listen to 😀👍
Yea
In every month of every year 😆
If its really crap thrn ehat are you doijg in this coment section? U also came here to listrn to this old crap? Thats crazy..
"They say that dreams come true and when they do, that that's a beautiful thing"
😭😭😭
I'll cry so much
Love, life and peace 🕊️✌🏾❤
❤❤❤❤❤❤😂❤❤❤😂
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The way January 28th flows right there is downright marvelous
Jalen Mercer you can hear a small piece of the guitar at the end
Perfect bro
Just read this on 28th jan 2020
McFlxrence glad i’m not he only one who noticed
Yep! Does this flow?
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They could never make me hate you jermaine
yeah yeah he's good sad thing not even close to gomunkul6
Jcole=therapy
I just wanna be free from slavery. Mental slavery, social slavery, economic slavery, emotional attachment with destructive people, vanity and vice; I just want to be free from it all.
Yeah I bleed
+Issac Stalclose 😶
💯💯💯💯💯💯
The same but only god can free us from that ..
+Jos3phTheMusicCollector Thats Vague as fuck for the unitiated. This vague shit is not helping! Nigga I know that we gone BE.ALRIGHT. But this slavery shit is real! And the niggas that break free are getting there off good luck and bad trips nigga.
This album is going to be a masterpiece
Nope. Listened to it already and far from it.
I listened to it, it is a masterpiece. Fuck what that other dude said.
Olisa Maduegbuna Inflicta Productions heard it too, it is a master piece in its own right, much better than Sideline story and better than born sinner! if any says it is shit, they are the biggest fool.
Lasse Andersen Wow calm down. I like it and have been listening to it on repeat for 2 days because it's still one of the best out of what new music is out now. But I think the album could have been a lot better.
I'll explain why .
First it's too short for me and he went too Friday Night Lights on us. I wanted more of his Born Sinner sound from songs like Land of Snakes, Forbidden Fruit and Villuminati. Almost all the songs on this LP were the kind of calm soulful types he did on FNL. I like those especially when combined with good storytelling (of which of course a couple tracks did well but not all) BUT not enough upbeat songs for me. A masterpiece needs perfection and that means a bit of variety for me. This album was too narrow-focused to be a masterpiece.
Cole has more than enough skill to do the upbeat battle rap type tracks but doesn't do enough for me. Also he should stop this pretentious bullshit of not featuring other quality socially concious rappers like Kendrick, Drake etc. or not working with classic top notch Hip Hop producers like Timbaland and Kanye West. Working with other great artists doesn't water down your integrity, it only allows you to make better creation. If he doesn't move out of that box of trying to be over-independent I'm afraid he'll never full fill his talent to the level he's supposed to be. He needs to go out of the box of Dreamville and experiment with other great artists in Hip Hop.
Sticking with your core group is okay when you're just starting out but on your 3rd LP I expect a great artist to be rubbing minds with other great artists. I fear this album will sell less than Born Sinner and Cole World.
Olisa Maduegbuna Everybody is titled to their own opinion but dude you sound ridiculous. This is hands down Cole's best project. HANDS DOWN (including his mixtape). This album shows the growth of which J. Cole has overcome. He has finally mastered his craft as an artist and this albums reflects that. The great artists don't need to have many artists featuring on their album. Just like how Drake didn't have a lot of artist featured on his NWTS album. You must like a lot of radio play sounds because this album is TRUE HIP-HOP. Not saying that Born Sinner wasn't but it doesn't compare to this album. J.Cole has grown to be one of IF NOT the best rapper in the game. And this album just shows you that. It's soulful and good for the soul. In the next 10 years this album will be a classic and the resurrection of the old but new profound Hip-Hop we all once knew and loved.
Lyrics:
Do you wanna, do you wanna be
Do you wanna, do you wanna be
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
Do you wanna be, happy
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free
Free from pain, free from scars
Free to sing, free from bars
Free my dawgs, you're free to go
Block gets shot, the streets is cold
Free to love, to each his own
Free from bills, free from pills
You roll it loud, the speakers blow
Life get hard, you eat your soul
It clears your mind, learn to fly
Then reach the stars, you take your time
To look behind and say, "look where I came"
"Look how far I done came"
They say that dreams come true
And when they do, that there's a beautiful thing
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be
I was on the plane a month back from my deployment in Afghanistan headed to North Carolina to see my family. Ear buds in back in 2014. I’m still very much listening to this album today. This song, this album will forever be enshrined in the hearts of those who truly understand and strive to be happy and free
Facts bro & thank you for your service 💪🏼💯
Thank you for your service. 😘
This song is sad and so great at the same time
Right.....
I’m crying now in 2020 watching this over and over
Best two minutes and 10 seconds of my life
Hell yea....
+JACMIC23 Real shit!
You didn't like the last second?😢
ikr
+Beautiful Blossom well on mobile is 2 mins and 10 secs
Maturing is realizing j cole bowing out of the beef was the right thing to do
Was angry when bro apologized but its aiight , he still the 🐐 to me
This is called maturing
J.Cole in one word - Amazing, I liked about 98% of sideline and BS and don't even get me started on his great mixtapes...I'm glad he didnt detour from the path he's been on over the years and I see people talking about how he should branch out and do this or that but there's an old saying: If it ain't broke dont fix it, I'm not saying he's a living reincarnation of Mozart as a rapper (yet) but he damn sure is one of the best rappers alive right now that will go down in history as one of the greats if not the best...shit like future, young thug, migos, rae shurmmard (whatever), Bobby shurmda etc ain't gon be remembered for much cus lets be real they make "turn up" music, here today and gone tomorrow as history does repeat itself but I won't sit here and flex like I don't listen to them I'm just saying they aren't built to last
Preach man, people tend to forget what real rap is...that Hova that Nas and now the new school which consists of rappers who use their lyrics to create pictures, like a Lupe Fiasco or J Cole or Kendrick Lamar....that Migos shit is whacckk, make you wanna stay home and bullshit, bob ya head thinking about bitches to bAg tonight smh. You hit it on the spot, I'm not a fan of the other rappers, but garbage day is still once a week, so hey...
i can see your into "good music" come check me out on my journey as an artist../check out my my latest release uploaded this week "For So Long" ruclips.net/video/7sM4RUWUfKI/видео.html../ comment and subscribe if you like it../ i upload a new music video every week. one love../!!!!!!!!
Word.
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This is the best of J Cole's intros
he had 2 so yup one for Cole world and he is just saying he got signed it last 23 seconds
+Tyrone “da quan” Juan He had this one, Sideline Story, Friday Night Lights, The Come Up, and The Warm Up soooo........
Currently for whom the bell tolls is better in instrumental
Villumaniti?
I can't make that decision, torn between this, for whom the bells toll and villuminati.... Such a hard decision
This song screams nostalgia for me lol i was a freshman in HS 2014 and there was not an album as impactful as this one on my life at such a age , this all i used to listen to on them computers at school
same now we're 21 times flies
Same but I was a senior in hs and now im 24 but fuck man. I got into cole because of a female and now honestly that shit hurts me but coles lyrics let me over come the pain and memories 🙃
I’m thirteen and started listening to Cole when I was like 11. God bless y’all fr♥️🙏🏾
Yo it was the same for me as a freshman. This album got me through high school and still does as an adult tbh.
On god
Bro I just wanna cry....so much has changed in 8 years, I loved I lost, my mom passed, pops is in prison, I just wanna be happy and meet someone worth cherishing, I want better for myself, I want love...
sorry to hear that man hope your doing better.start with yourself first though learn how to love yourself first heal from all the things that has happened to you then you’ll find someone who loves themselves as well and you’ll meet that someone one day until then keep progressing it’ll come one love.
Crazy how an intro is one of my favorite Cole songs.
Listen to "too deep for the intro"
I like this song when i heard it playing in the movie n i Google it..i found it i love it
When you fighting depression this the only type of shit that makes you feel a little better it gives hope a little lowkey
💯💯💯
Music is now one of the only reasons I choose to be alive
Change is my go to song by J Cole when I’m feeling down. The intro lyrics “my intuition is telling me they’ll be better days” just gives me hope
They could never make me hate the goat
what a music right here a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took J. Cole oFf 2 da big leagues and fo dat I will always be super grateful
i just want to say this album change my perspective on life when I was at my lowest. I remembered when it dropped i was at the bus stop at 5am waiting to go to school I honestly cried when i heard this song. I know you dont want to hear this j. cole but man you changed my life bro fr its been years since it dropped i was 17 and now im 25 thanks bro and to everyone reading this if you're at your lowest rn, HANG IN THERE time heals everything and things will get better i promise you.
love you
Honestly man people seriously underrate just how beautiful this album is. If i listen to it straight through I almost start crying. This songs are beautiful lyrics and beats. It's a shame that some people have never listened to this
You almost cry too?!
factss
honestly???
+Fr3shTiger I honestly want to cry to honestly. When I listen to the song I honestly tear up a little, honestly.
I feel you bro... J Cole speaks to my soul
I wanna cry and this shits not even sad
I know right, like I've got the feeling in me to cry, I just can't.
+Jmeyer v2 it's just that when we listen to him we feel the freedom and realize how amazing it is and it makes us so happy we get that feeling of happiness... but we only feel it though which is why we feel like crying
+Jmeyer v2 IM SAYING *wipes tears * *grabs tissue*
So many emotions come out of nowhere listening to this song. Definitely an album I will never forget.
I feel you Wojak bro.
This album is getting me through some shit rn. I feel so lonely and frankly I don’t feel like my problems even matter. Cole’s showing me I’m not alone. Thank you
A month later hopefully you’re doing better my brother
Loneliness and isolation sucks, but don’t succumb to the shadows in your mind. Use it as fuel to improve yourself and break those barriers because once you get past it, your outlook on life will be brighter than before the loneliness and the sky will be purple and your perspective will be vivid.
J Cole is so very underrated, 2014FHD is an instant classic.
Nah he's not
What you talkin' bout, this album just went double Platinum
H-Bomber exactly
If u went to every museum there should at least be a pic of the album cover somewhere it's a instant masterpiece
Jay Spinna it went platinum fam
The Only Album That Doesn't Have A Single Song I Dislike
+Fernando Alvarado get your dumbass outta here
ikr
yeah he did and everyone came too aggressive on him. Lol the world we live in. :/
How Bout this "Best album ever" 🔥🔥🔥 right there wit bassy to
true :-) every song is great in its own way... favorite album and favorite rapper
This song is really hitting different in 2020
2021*
2022*
2023*
Im not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not, and I think it is, but this is my favourite J. Cole song
i remember the first time i listened to this,it changed my life....never forget tht christmas
same here bro... it was on a christmas when i listened to this too... since then things changed
Hey man how are ya as im writing this its also Christmas in 2019, have a good one
How about this song?
ruclips.net/video/ayd58BB2k54/видео.html
I like riding my bicycle. Its so.......... free.
yes it is mountain bike too
lionhart2728 I have an exercise bike
Frenchy P.k.A. JeenyuZ yes it kool but you got to go out side to ride that why i love to ride at night in miami fla
lionhart2728 oh no, not those stationary exercise bikes that you see in the gym, lpl. I actually go outside and ride.
Let's meet up and ride then. lol
Riding a bike freely on a beautiful night. No traffic. No hassles. That's happiness already.
Fr, I used to bike almost every day back when I didn't had a car, biking feels refreshing
masterpiece, what a music right here a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took J. Cole oFf 2 da big leagues and fo dat I will always be super grateful
Do you wanna be happy?
You fw jcole jordan, I watched some of your videos
I want to be alive while not living cuz Im getting emotional from none of these feeling while making sure my rhymes aren't killing
jordeecakes you tell me
jordeecakes KENTUCKY FRIED MY CHICKEN NUGGETS AND FRIES TOO
jordeecakes 757 IS 1130 SOUTHRRN BELL IND CHIMES
I need a blanket from all of the chills
And I need anti depressants from this shit
Jmeyer v2 lol right. I DO want to be happy☺ but HOW do you get there ?
TheStarsDon'tDance Believe in God and obey his commandments,nothing last here in this wordly life
Rubert max TRUE
TheStarsDon'tDance :) I'm not a religious fanatic or anythg just wanted to let u think about it
I cried when I listened to it... If you're going through a rough time or feeling depressed this will touch your soul on a positive way 👐
This is beautiful didnt know how much pain I have in my heart
Reminds me of this:
ruclips.net/video/ayd58BB2k54/видео.html
💯💯
I have just noticed one thing: Cole is off beat at a certain point of the song. He's really free even from a beat. Genius.
agreed that cole is a legend, still following that logic, blueface is a genius too?
Luul Mohamud Noor He is, He used being offbeat as a marketing move so thats what people would know him for.
DarkDecoy smh
Luul Mohamud Noor It's the sad truth that will keep happening, People who are trash at rapping will get clout for being trash and the good rappers will stay underground where only a select people know them.
@@jayslxmp that's tuff... I'm a talented upcoming rapper and I hope your words are all jokes
I would listen to this intro every morning before I would go to work at my old job that i hated so much. It would really get me through the day.
Same 🙏🏽❤️
@@jaywill7438 Thank you so much!
@@leahlanier171 🙌❤️
Felt this bro🙏🏾
i listen to it omw to work now. One day, yfm
The goat
Imma tell my kids this is the GREATEST INTRO EVER
I cried to this song😢
low-key thought I was the only one
Same happened to me today. Thinking about all the senseless killings of unarmed black men and the massacre in Orlando and the bombings in chelsea, ny.
TheBeardedGaymer
dude, i've been writing about that stuff in my poems. listening to j cole has sparked a creative mind in me. it's quite beautiful what music can do
TheBeardedGaymer This world is getting hurt everyday
SMOKE HEAD same
this song changed my life for the better. i remember going through situations with females, family, school, friends , hell even strangers... i held on to what bit of sanity i had and listened to this all the time....tears fell everyday like breathing, it didnt stop... J.Cole's music in general has eased the soul of a growing anime obsessed, magnetic field of negativity.
me.
i do want to be happy.
everyday.
You put that so well. That's so awesome to hear as well because I know just how you feel.
+Ryeale Britt (“YokaiRye”) "females" ? You mean women ?
nah, i meant females! because they definitely were not what i consider a "woman"
oh ok if you say so
+Ryeale “YokaiRye” Britt Bro thats real shit to be able to admit that. stay strong young king. If you find him inspiring, then you should come fuck wit me. type in wititwednesday or click my pic. my last project was called "keep going". i think you'll find a lot of motivation in it
This is proof that he is one of the greatest rappers alive
Forreal! Reminds me of this:
ruclips.net/video/ayd58BB2k54/видео.html
Used to listen to this shit everyday, after sneaking out of school to calm my mind.
Sitting near the golf course with the sun, birds and stillness……
I do wanna be happy Cole. Thank you
“Look how far I have came..”
This is actually his best album, and even a worthy opponent against Good Kid M.A.A.D. City, and in my top 10 favorite albums now. My strong opinion.
Ha man those are big words
Good album but not gkmc level. Why? Because cole is not letting anyone else help him on the creative process of his album. Imagine if he had a drake or kendrick feature. A kanye west beat, timberland, even a just blaze prod it would make him sound different. Content wise this is jcole best project. I think jcole could have made a gkmc, take care classic album but what he lacks is more ears on his album. Even kanye west gets help producing his album, but jcole? He wants to make his own lane which is respectable but don't put him up there with the top in the game.
***** Making music is more deep than what you think. It's not like those people who would help him in producing and writting would water down his work. An album like MBDTF would not be the same without all the features as much as ''Bitch don't kill my vibe'' without Gaga.
De Mount Charles He wanted this album to mean something, you have a point but it just wouldn't be the same
Harman Nahal You might be right. I didn't listen to it yet so I can't judge.
best.intro.ever
Straightface actually, goodass intro is the best
agree❤
I used to cry everytime I heard this one time man
Just one word: "Beautiful"
i love Cole, but I don't get how people want him to keep collaborating with other artists. I personally love his independence mane. People say "Work with your peers, work with this, work with that" Hell nah! Why would he collab with them when he's doing well all by himself?
And for those who are gonna say he needs to "branch out" or "rub minds with others" I just can't agree. I hate it when rappers who can actually spit try to branch out and become more "musically broad", you feel me? Like just spit man. Instead of trying to be a jack of all trades, why don't you try to be a master of one? Cole is well on his way to being a master of lyricism. He doesn't need to keep branching out, just let him do him mane.
you don't want a musician to musically broaden ? that's insane. As a creative, you want to try out new things and stay fresh, not just be trapped in your little box and doing the same old shit everytime. who's to say that the thing you started with is the thing you want to do 10 years later ? you grow as a human and as an artist. your sound will reflect that. doing the same thing over and over again will become boring for the listener and for the artist.
you develop different interests. I'm sure you like more genres than just "conscious rap".
that's like saying dj mustard should keep on making his typical beats for ever. they all sound the freaking same and kinda start getting tiring.
and as for collaborating, it's nice for the fans of 2 people to work together, kinda like kanye and jay doing watch the throne. that was dope.
werwolfisddooof nah bc i feel like too many ppl end up comprising their skill man. Like i used to rly be crazy ab Gambino, bc of his samples and the metaphors he used. But then he branched out and now is so focused on singing and extra shit that his bars aren't as prevalent or don't have as much of an impact, feel me? Idk man. If you start out as a multiskilled artist, then by all means keep expanding. But if you are a spitter, then don't ever give up that gift
Lyricism as in metaphors, similies, punchlines, etc?
SickestRap yea fam, like crooked i, horseshoe gang, all them you feel me?
SickestRap and ik what you're gonna say, but Cole can still give you bars at any given moment fam. May not use em at much as other rappers but he can still spit
Impatiently waiting for this album! #JColeNation
Lol Why you sleeping on the leak tho?
WHAT?! Where?! linx please!!!!!
Lol yea you sleeping, the album dope. He only dropped this cause it leaked.
Thanx for the link. I'm gonna wait for the album to officially drop so I can support it
Jasmine Rose Do you realize you can download the leak and STILL buy the album? It doesn't harm you.
I can't really explain how great this track is,it's like poetry mixed with singing while at the same time smooth rapping it's mind blowing 🤯
I always find home in this intro...
I heard this song so many times, but never seen the video. Loved it! that's real music.
fr
Cesar Guzman s4s
Cesar Guzman isn't it lovely? So lovely. 🍀💓
No hate on drake but this 2 min video has better message for real life then his entire career. Drake cool but centuries behind Jermaine LaMar Cole. Kendrick comes close but Kendrick hasn’t rap as much as Cole about real things and a common man struggles in life. Cole the 🐐
My favorite current rappers
1. J cole
2. Childish Gambino
3.kendrick Lamar
4. Chance the rapper
5. Nobody else
No chance tho
re read the list bruh
What about logic
Who are you imposter
tyrell dangelo Nope he's turning mainstream
I would listen to this song on long walks through campus in the snow - returning from studying from exams. This song helped me pull through and helped me remember what it was all for. I thought I needed to excel at school to land a good job and be, well, happy. Seven years later and I finally found my happiness and it hasn't come through cars, clothes, money, jewelry, sex, school, or even a career. It came from inside of me.
Song hits different at 1 am.
I could listen to this for years man...he'll be a legend and we all kno it...
He already is a legend
+Aaron6Raptor you have to be dead to be a legend
+OP Industries nah
+OP Industries living legend
Keziah Ford
Yup. This is too beautiful for him not to be a legend
This song is the reason I could never hate J. Cole
Im saying, its so damn perfect
This song is so simple yet so powerful at the same time.
J Cole is a top 5 artist, man.
top 10 best albums ever made.
I miss the old days.
This brings sooo many tears out. I just don't have the motivation to fight for life or the courage to take it. I just want to be free from everything. I don't want to live like this.
Word
Word girl... The same happens to me. It gives me a strange feeling of happiness mixed with sadness. Just beautiful, and its even more beautiful to people like us with problems
I fucking love J COLE
one of the realist out there
*realest.
real talk www.datpiff.com/Silo-Sh3llz-Basquait-Beats-Real-Rap-mixtape.670810.html
realest.
yesssss
Yes indeed he is bruh..highly underrated.
1:56 when Cole put his hood on for it to just blow off again 😂
1:11
Somewhere in the world, a j cole fan is crying for finally being understood and releasing the pain they felt for so long
If only this guy knew how many people he’s saved
I(and not to go against your own interpretation)but I always interpreted it as he's riding through the city more observant now. It's not a younger him but a wiser older him. He's questioning the real value of these material things we obsess ourselves over, hence the brief stop to look into the window. I feel like he only looked into that window for the audience to then see him turn away from it. He doesn't need it, although at one time he thought he did. He further exhibits that by smiling throughout the video now truly happy and free(He sold his car and got a bicycle). Born into this world we're programmed, brainwashed into thinking we need these things. We say to ourselves we need these things but for the wrong reasons. We need a certain car not for the mobility it provides but for the symbol that they placed on the front and back so that everybody sees. We need that sweater not because it'll keep us warm but because it has on it a logo of a man riding a horse playing a sport none of us play but all identify as valuable. We put our values into these things so that they can represent us therefore obtaining us the same value we've put into it. We think all people will look at these things and be fooled how we were fooled and determine our value from these things how we have. But whatever quality it is you chose to represent yourself you hold forefront consequently pushing all other attributes of yourself lower. You've stolen the light from these real values and now no one will see them. The higher you overcompensate the lower you hold your own true self value without these things. We use these items as well as other costly vices to mask us of our true unhappiness offering temperary gratification. He sings "do you want to be happy, do you want to be free", truly happy truly free. As the intro I think he wanted it to set the tone for the album, asking the listener do you want to be truly happy and free and what are the things you think you need that'll gain you those two things? He responds by saying he's already had these things and in so recognizes the emptiness they hold.
Jay Santiago This...This just spoke volumes to me.
Jay Santiago You my friend, have a way with words
D to the A to the M to the N. god DAMN my dude you got a way to express yourself
Wow💯 your interpretation was spot on👏👏
Jay Santiago hi mom💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋🌨😍
Do you wanna, do you wanna be
Do you wanna, do you wanna be
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, free
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
Do you wanna be, happy
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be happy
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free
Free from pain, free from scars
Free to sang, free from bars
Free my dawgs, you're free to go
Block is hot, the streets is cold
Free to love, to each his own
Free from bills, free from pills
You roll the loud, the speakers blow
Life get hard, you ease your soul
It cleanse your mind, learn to fly
Then reach the stars, you take the time
And look behind and said, "Look where I came
Look how far I done came"
They say that dreams come true
And when they do, that that's a beautiful thing
Do you wanna, do you wanna be happy?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be free
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be
AK4U thank you ❤️
happy birthday J.Cole
Here in 2019, five years later.
How's this?
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Best conscious rapper with real lyrical skills. His music is intellectual and relatable, pure realness! I always been a fan since The Warm up and my fave Friday Night Lights mixtape. Man you are pure genius! You are true Hip-Hip hop! None of that mainstream ratchet trap music about hoes, bottles and money. You speak truth!! Don't change.
Cole isn't a conscious rapper.
Keegan Jackson Nah he is just one of them Bitches & Bottles rapper.. Get out man, Cole is one of these realest conscious rapper out there
Keegan Jackson The definition of conscious is "Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness." While this certainly applies to Cole I'd agree with you in by not labeling him as such.
***** socially concious is what he means. Aware of and expresses himself over social issues.
MachineGun Clemmy
so , their are only two kinds of rappers?
Fuck wack ass Kendrick Lamar. THIS is Hip Hop. 2014 Forest Hills Drive is the one of the realest and most raw albums out right now. This album had so many messages but 1 was clear; Be who you wanna be. Born Sinner was better as a whole but this album was wayyyyy more creative and different. Good job, Cole. Now I'm waiting on Fabolous' album.
I agreed with you all the way til you said something about Fabulous
born sinner... really? The gay and autism jokes in villuminati... the off topic rambling none of his topical framed songs like lost ones and lights please... really... watever bro ur opinion u live with it
lol I like how you bring up "Be who you wanna be" and just before you were calling out Kendrick for being "wack" - I personally love J Cole more, but Kendrick Lamar is great too. I respect both, but my perception and OPINION favors J Cole.
Faisal Yaqub
There were no autism jokes in Villuminati. And the gay jokes you take out of context were Cole trying to make a point. Either way, don't judge an album based off one or two lines from one song. Again, its my own opinion that Born Sinner was great.
Faisal Yaqub
Not my favorite J cole song but the production was really good, and not just on that song but across the board
this song gave me inspiration and HOPE. I thank you J. Cole for making this song.
This and Kendrick Lamar Wesley's Theory are the best album intros ever...my God Everytime I hear this I get emotional. I remember when this album first came out I was going through some bullshit and I played this and heard this intro and was like yo. Cole is the truth, he says some of the realest shit I've heard a rapper say since the 90's. All the people who don't like J Cole for whatever reason are in denial, he is one of the greatest artists of this generation. This album and 4YE Only are fucking grown man motivation
I am from the Fayetteville, NC area born and raised. I was driving to work today and threw Forest Hills Drive on my car's stereo. About thirty seconds into singing the intro, I started to get emotional thinking about the fragile state our country is in right now and how it relates to the message that Jermaine is portraying.
I thought about the senseless killing of Terence Crutcher. I thought about a city from my home state, Charlotte, on fire and broken. I thought about the Orlando massacre and the bombings in Chelsea.
Do you (society) want to be happy? Do you want to be Free?
Free from pain, free from scars
Free to sang, free from bars
Free my dawgs, you're free to go
Block is hot, the streets is cold
Free to love, to each his own
Free from bills, free from pills
You roll the loud, the speakers blow
Life get hard, you ease your soul
It cleanse your mind, learn to fly
Then reach the stars, you take the time
And look behind and said, "Look where I came
Look how far I done came"
They say that dreams come true
And when they do, that that's a beautiful thing
^^^^^ That is the message this country need to hear. ^^^^^
Cole graduated from walking every where in his videos to riding a bike every where
LoL!
***** hahahaha!!
***** Gotta ball out with the mach bike with all dat rapper dough
Albert Anderson
I just want a life of peace in my head. I just wanna be happy again 😔
You got to be kidding me, this was 8 years ago, jeez time flies...
D minor...man what a beautiful key
FHD really got me thinking, and ultimately that was the whole purpose of this project. It was like one big essay. Topic, Story, and Conclusion. So with the theme of this album being about "Happiness" and the true meaning of enjoying your life, do you think that Cole is content with himself? Do you think that making this album helped him out? Because no doubt that he's storytelling about how becoming famous has turned his life around and that he's telling us that all that glitters isn't gold, but do you think he's taken his own advice? He seems like a pretty humble guy, but fame even killed Robin Williams, a man that everyone presumed to be okay. This is me just typing my feelings, but I really want to know. What do you guys think? Discuss in the comments...
Lol I seen you on the J.cole and Bally short video
Mizzy Agreed man i pretty much think the same thing
Best comment I've seen on RUclips, you dropped knowledge 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
+miz diabla I agree so much
I think he is. He did what he wanted to do with this album and look at the results.. so many albums sold and tour sales. But Cole said he was proud with this album before the album came out. So the numbers wouldn't even matter. Besides the music, and as far as life goes. Listen to his interview with Combat Jack from a few months ago. Pretty long interview. But it was very insightful, and I think it will answer your questions. :) .. Cole World.
"They say that dreams come true and when they do it's just a beautiful thing. "🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Whatever year you’re reading this in..keep holding on. Wherever you are..know that it doesn’t have to end there. However you’re feeling..look how far you’ve come. Much love and many blessings ❤️🔥🙏🏾