J cole saved my life in 2011. I was depressed (suicidal), broke, couldn't talk to a girl. I was introduced to j cole and this song with "Show me Something" "2faced" "Cheer up" got me through hard times it made me challenge myself to change. 11 years later I'm married, have a baby boy, more confident, and financial stable. Everytime I listen to this song I tear up a bit knowing I could've ended it all . Thanks j cole " I said IT WONT BE LONG..... Until we out here baby"
Thank you for this testimony. I had a similar experience a decade ago to where I’m at now, and I didn’t realize how much these old j cole songs I was bumpin back then inspired me.
I had a teacher back in NC that had J Cole in his class he said he walk the halls of terry Sanford with headphones in 100% of the time ...he knew j cole would make it big ...I got nothing but respect for j Cole
cole my therapist this track my struggle athem if i am to remix i be like "it won't be long (NO) fore we outta here baby first verse tranna cover my scars with bandages well the wound is deep six feet in my soul yung never never saw his pops always listened tto cole to find hope, huddle through the pain feeling i couldn't contain all i knew was pain Remember holding my brother as i saw the uv light close down on me I jus saw the light that i be longing fore but that ain't the circumstances i was hoping for As time went on i learnt to know that my brother's love covers the wounds that the surgeon gave me Mama it won't be long
wouldn't be surprised, he said it in Sideline Story ''Up in 1st class, laugh even though it's not funny See a white man wonder how the fuck I got money While he sit at coach, hate to see me walk past 'im Young black pants sag, headphones blastin'''
cole my therapist this track my struggle athem if i am to remix i be like "it won't be long (NO) fore we outta here baby first verse tranna cover my scars with bandages well the wound is deep six feet in my soul yung never never saw his pops always listened tto cole to find hope, huddle through the pain feeling i couldn't contain all i knew was pain Remember holding my brother as i saw the uv light close down on me I jus saw the light that i be longing fore but that ain't the circumstances i was hoping for As time went on i learnt to know that my brother's love covers the wounds that the surgeon gave me Mama it won't be long
Brandon Jones bless up man keep pushing even when satan trys to trick u in to fake blessed(drugs)----money-----locked up----dead in a cell---(time wasted)
This song always helps. When it dropped I was starting my first semester in college. During the time, my mom was fighting cancer. I used this song as motivation to make it. Sadly, she passed the following January but got my degree because that's what she wanted. I still use it as motivation to make her proud.
I used to listen to this in high school. And plotting on how to get my mom and I out the projects. I made it out but sadly she passed away before I could bring her along. RIP Momma
I would stay up listening to his songs. Especially this one. Daydreaming of making a change in my life for great things. Im proud to say I accomplished everything I ever wanted and more. House, career, and a loving family. I saw my comment from years ago. I wish I can go back tell myself it will be alright.
Congrats!! That’s the best feeling coming back to a comment and seeing how much growth/impact you’ve had. No matter if you got that house, car or marriage. Amazing to see!!
Goosebumps every time I hear this! "I'm feeling no good mamma I'm sick to my soul. Is there a better life for us? I just sit and I hope, I just hope and I pray it'll change one day I'll make a change one way" ❤️
J Cole rap that hope. He paint pictures. He will always be my favorite artist. I swear we relate so much. Around the same age. His music just hits your soul. Soul Cole
I know cole will probably never read this but I just want to leave this here. Thank you for everything you have done for rap and thank you for the music you make. Your music has helped and impacted me a lot. I listen to you everyday and you will always be my inspiration.
I first heard J.Cole on the radio when they announced that Jay-Z signed a new dude to his new record label RocNation and they played Lights Please and i loved it and I looked him up and got the Warm Up then the Come Up and Blow Up, etc. I tried preaching his music to others but they turned me down and now they all know I've been riding with his since day 1. "One day I'm overrated the next day I'm a saviour/ you hated before you played it and I already forgave ya"
Forreal ! I used to try and get my classmates to listen to him and they would say no he's boring. and I was obsessed with his music because his words changed my life. I felt his music and I needed to share that with others. But anyways those same people ended up coming to me years later telling me "you were right" and all I say is.. I know
Fuck the radio Cole your music is playing in our minds, hearts and souls. It won't be long for all the huastlers out there trying to make it through even for their mothers. Peace and love
The one rapper that can sing about everyones everyday struggles in life, and make it into beautiful music.... This song is just hands down amazingly put together. We need to just appreciate this type of work.
Aww Man! I Remember When I First Heard This Song. Every Word He Wrote Was Speaking To My Life!... Kiss My Mama On The Cheek Plenty Times,And Told Her It Wont Be Long! And To See Now To Finally Make It. Traveling The World.Putting Her In A New Home!
yo, this nigga's music makes you feel like your struggling with him and reaching the top with him. he takes you on this journey, and if your an artist also, his music inspires and motivates you. like "we almost there". we almost makin it.
I love to come back to all of j cole old songs that r not even on his mixtape. This song help me through middle-school n high school n currently almost done with college. Thx Cole for the inspiration and drive
Kendrick, J.Cole, Lupe, Logic, these guys help me not go insane. I have dreams, and songs like these give me more than hope... NOT wayne, ross, gucci, chief keef, soulja boy, nicki, or tyga... Kendrick,J.Cole, Lupe, Logic-These ARTIST inspire me to dream...
We need more mainstream rappers like this nowadays. Mainstream music is enough to make people think that rap is dead when in reality its still alive in hungry artists.
who dat was the first j. cole song I heard and it showed on 106 & park. at first I ain't like him until I heard this song circa 2009-2010 (freshman year) and since then I've became big fan. listening to this song brings back memories man.
Thats pretty ill to hear that who dat was also y'all first cole song, same as me! I did like his flow since the beginning and that beat go hard with the brass instrumentation, after that I've been following his career and growth and maaaan even though he has improved a lot musically, I still enjoy coming back to these songs that sound amazingly great as well!
Okay just finished listening to 4 your eyez only and I got reminiscent of his mixtapes so I thought I'd listen to one of my first and favorite j cole songs that got me hooked to his music.
cole my therapist this track my struggle athem if i am to remix i be like "it won't be long (NO) fore we outta here baby first verse tranna cover my scars with bandages well the wound is deep six feet in my soul yung never never saw his pops always listened tto cole to find hope, huddle through the pain feeling i couldn't contain all i knew was pain Remember holding my brother as i saw the uv light close down on me I jus saw the light that i be longing fore but that ain't the circumstances i was hoping for As time went on i learnt to know that my brother's love covers the wounds that the surgeon gave me Mama it won't be long
No "real" fan... Fan is a fan, whether you gained that fan yesterday, today, 2 days ago, or 5-6 years ago its a fan none the less... So ummm G.T.F.O.H 👋✌💯🙏
DRK SKIN OR DIE Okay, maybe not "real fan" but a bigger fan. If you listen to this song you probably listen to a lot of other less popular (really good), older tracks. If you listen to more of his music you'd be able to appreciate him more as an artist, right?
Dang, it's 2021 about to be 2022. I remember listening to this EVERYDAY back in like 2010, when I was trying to make it out and come up. Songs like this and others from Cole helped get me through. Fast forward, and I done accomplished most things I set out to back then. Feels like the time flew by. "It Won't Be Long" is definitely accurate.
I thank god for J cole he''s so real and positive he rap about the things i go through in life thats why i can relate real niggas can relate #COLEWORLD
hey cole is you crazy that's some big boots to fill..... yea. str8 out the vill and them shoes fit well.....best rapper alive, it was an honor to meet him
One of Cole's realest songs. CLASSIC. J. Cole is a forever will be my favorite rapper. I hate it when people compare him yo Drake or Wayne, He's on an entirely different level and if you dont like him, what you here reading my comment for?
J. Cole has the emotional feel of Tupac, lyrical content and word play of Nas, the production mindset of Kanye West, pluss his own added style.. Cole World man cant wait 9/27
I'm from California and west coast slept on this nigga for so long but I been with nigga since day one, I was lucky and ran into his mixtape the come up. This nigga will give this sort of belief that acting is possible and im glad all these other people got to experience that feeling.
J cole saved my life in 2011. I was depressed (suicidal), broke, couldn't talk to a girl. I was introduced to j cole and this song with "Show me Something" "2faced" "Cheer up" got me through hard times it made me challenge myself to change. 11 years later I'm married, have a baby boy, more confident, and financial stable. Everytime I listen to this song I tear up a bit knowing I could've ended it all . Thanks j cole " I said IT WONT BE LONG..... Until we out here baby"
You made me excited, do everything to succeed🙏❤
That’s awesome play boy. Keep thriving.
Thank you for this testimony. I had a similar experience a decade ago to where I’m at now, and I didn’t realize how much these old j cole songs I was bumpin back then inspired me.
A song?
❤❤
I had a teacher back in NC that had J Cole in his class he said he walk the halls of terry Sanford with headphones in 100% of the time ...he knew j cole would make it big ...I got nothing but respect for j Cole
Victor Gonzales wait really ?
@@adnikelmendi3847 normal case man. Cole was ordinary human and he still is simple as fuck. But his music is Greatest of all time
cole my therapist this track my struggle athem
if i am to remix i be like
"it won't be long (NO)
fore we outta here baby
first verse
tranna cover my scars with bandages
well the wound is deep six feet in my soul
yung never never saw his pops always listened tto cole
to find hope, huddle through the pain
feeling i couldn't contain all i knew was pain
Remember holding my brother as i saw the uv light close down on me
I jus saw the light that i be longing fore but that ain't the circumstances i was hoping for
As time went on i learnt to know that my brother's love covers the wounds that the surgeon gave me
Mama it won't be long
Lol
wouldn't be surprised, he said it in Sideline Story
''Up in 1st class, laugh even though it's not funny
See a white man wonder how the fuck I got money
While he sit at coach, hate to see me walk past 'im
Young black pants sag, headphones blastin'''
used to listen to this on my way to class during undergrad back when I lived in Maryland. Now I'm finally in LA and about to get my masters
cole my therapist this track my struggle athem
if i am to remix i be like
"it won't be long (NO)
fore we outta here baby
first verse
tranna cover my scars with bandages
well the wound is deep six feet in my soul
yung never never saw his pops always listened tto cole
to find hope, huddle through the pain
feeling i couldn't contain all i knew was pain
Remember holding my brother as i saw the uv light close down on me
I jus saw the light that i be longing fore but that ain't the circumstances i was hoping for
As time went on i learnt to know that my brother's love covers the wounds that the surgeon gave me
Mama it won't be long
Did you graduate?
Awesome! Used to listen to this going to med school, now Im a doctor working on my masters! J Cole is for the dreamers ❤
Go girl.. A stranger from Kenya is proud of you
this guy made me wiser without him i'll be locked. up
Brandon Jones that’s tough bro hope you’re blessed and doing well in life all the way from nz take care brother 🙏🏾
Brandon Jones bless up man keep pushing even when satan trys to trick u in to fake blessed(drugs)----money-----locked up----dead in a cell---(time wasted)
🙏🏽
We bump J Cole out here in Kenya. His music is a gift to our souls.
KE here to
This shit makes me feel like I can do anything I set my mind to. Thanks again Cole
+08obamanation my thoughts exactly.
Same
if I could thumb up this 10 times I would.
This song always helps. When it dropped I was starting my first semester in college. During the time, my mom was fighting cancer. I used this song as motivation to make it. Sadly, she passed the following January but got my degree because that's what she wanted. I still use it as motivation to make her proud.
Praying for you bro. If that didn’t touch cole it touched me. Thanks for sharing, I can’t imagine the pain you went thru w the passing of ya mom.
RIP to your mother. We all these stories about J Cole's music. It got an entire generation of us through uni..Amazing artist
Hang in there bro 💪🏾
realest rapper alive
Facts😤
I used to listen to this in high school. And plotting on how to get my mom and I out the projects. I made it out but sadly she passed away before I could bring her along. RIP Momma
🥺🤍🙏🏽
God bless you and Moms 🙏
I would stay up listening to his songs. Especially this one. Daydreaming of making a change in my life for great things. Im proud to say I accomplished everything I ever wanted and more. House, career, and a loving family. I saw my comment from years ago. I wish I can go back tell myself it will be alright.
Congrats!! That’s the best feeling coming back to a comment and seeing how much growth/impact you’ve had. No matter if you got that house, car or marriage. Amazing to see!!
Goosebumps every time I hear this!
"I'm feeling no good mamma I'm sick to my soul. Is there a better life for us? I just sit and I hope, I just hope and I pray it'll change one day I'll make a change one way" ❤️
He is the best rapper alive...
Till this day 🙏🏽
No fking cap
preach
still a fact
His songs have literally saved my life. I wish I can thank him...
Still arguably his best song.
J Cole rap that hope. He paint pictures. He will always be my favorite artist. I swear we relate so much. Around the same age. His music just hits your soul. Soul Cole
Still can’t believe this didn’t make it into any of his official projects
Crazy!!!
I still can't believe he never put this on Friday night lights
It is
It’s on truly yours
@@john.garcia240 no it’s not
I know cole will probably never read this but I just want to leave this here. Thank you for everything you have done for rap and thank you for the music you make. Your music has helped and impacted me a lot. I listen to you everyday and you will always be my inspiration.
YES!
This!
Facts
10 years later. Needed this
Top 5 favorite J. Cole song.
j Cole got so much soul
Crazy good song. His story telling is amazing
I first heard J.Cole on the radio when they announced that Jay-Z signed a new dude to his new record label RocNation and they played Lights Please and i loved it and I looked him up and got the Warm Up then the Come Up and Blow Up, etc. I tried preaching his music to others but they turned me down and now they all know I've been riding with his since day 1. "One day I'm overrated the next day I'm a saviour/ you hated before you played it and I already forgave ya"
Ruben Gomez respect brotha! Exactly how I feel
Ruben Gomez same shit
Forreal ! I used to try and get my classmates to listen to him and they would say no he's boring. and I was obsessed with his music because his words changed my life. I felt his music and I needed to share that with others. But anyways those same people ended up coming to me years later telling me "you were right" and all I say is.. I know
So true The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights got me through high school and hard times.
It wont be long b4 we out here baby ...
Fuck the radio Cole your music is playing in our minds, hearts and souls. It won't be long for all the huastlers out there trying to make it through even for their mothers. Peace and love
The one rapper that can sing about everyones everyday struggles in life, and make it into beautiful music.... This song is just hands down amazingly put together. We need to just appreciate this type of work.
Such a nostalgia. It’s crazy how time flies. 13 years ago I was a sophomore in high school. Listening to this
Beautiful beat. Love me some Cole ✌
Although these songs is almost as old as i am, I got nothing but respect and love for these mixtapes on youtube
Aww Man! I Remember When I First Heard This Song. Every Word He Wrote Was Speaking To My Life!... Kiss My Mama On The Cheek Plenty Times,And Told Her It Wont Be Long! And To See Now To Finally Make It. Traveling The World.Putting Her In A New Home!
Jamar Robinson 👏🏾❤️
I wish apple music would have these Cole classics
It won’t be long.... we out here baby
yo, this nigga's music makes you feel like your struggling with him and reaching the top with him. he takes you on this journey, and if your an artist also, his music inspires and motivates you. like "we almost there". we almost makin it.
i respect this man, man. Thank you, J Cole.
My heart feels warm everytime i remember these classics , this shit part of me
I love to come back to all of j cole old songs that r not even on his mixtape. This song help me through middle-school n high school n currently almost done with college. Thx Cole for the inspiration and drive
such a classic
Its 2019 I'm still rocking with the old Cole...this song Got me through alot of hard times mentally. 💯#StayBless👏🏽
Kendrick, J.Cole, Lupe, Logic, these guys help me not go insane. I have dreams, and songs like these give me more than hope...
NOT wayne, ross, gucci, chief keef, soulja boy, nicki, or tyga...
Kendrick,J.Cole, Lupe, Logic-These ARTIST inspire me to dream...
Alec B.C. Underrate comment
idk where id be without Cole TBH
J.Cole inspires
We need more mainstream rappers like this nowadays. Mainstream music is enough to make people think that rap is dead when in reality its still alive in hungry artists.
I agree 100% man
imagine telling cole when he recorded this what he would become 🙏🏻🐐
who dat was the first j. cole song I heard and it showed on 106 & park. at first I ain't like him until I heard this song circa 2009-2010 (freshman year) and since then I've became big fan. listening to this song brings back memories man.
Yea it does for me too. This and Show Me Something.
Yupp who Dat was the first song I heard from cole after that became a fan ever since always good to come back and listen to these classics
Teezy Taylor Show me something came first for me and then this, unabomber, and killers
Thats pretty ill to hear that who dat was also y'all first cole song, same as me! I did like his flow since the beginning and that beat go hard with the brass instrumentation, after that I've been following his career and growth and maaaan even though he has improved a lot musically, I still enjoy coming back to these songs that sound amazingly great as well!
DAMN this song stands out like no other. Crazy how his career is on going , yet this track just stuck in my mind mad RESPECT 👍
Okay just finished listening to 4 your eyez only and I got reminiscent of his mixtapes so I thought I'd listen to one of my first and favorite j cole songs that got me hooked to his music.
cole my therapist this track my struggle athem
if i am to remix i be like
"it won't be long (NO)
fore we outta here baby
first verse
tranna cover my scars with bandages
well the wound is deep six feet in my soul
yung never never saw his pops always listened tto cole
to find hope, huddle through the pain
feeling i couldn't contain all i knew was pain
Remember holding my brother as i saw the uv light close down on me
I jus saw the light that i be longing fore but that ain't the circumstances i was hoping for
As time went on i learnt to know that my brother's love covers the wounds that the surgeon gave me
Mama it won't be long
Second verse was sent from heaven. Possibly Cole's best verse. Soo deep. House nigga feels u J.Cole!!! One love
This touched my heart deep!!! Shoutout to #DOFFAMILY and U J.Cole
u a fousey fan?
Legend ClanTM yes he did, in many volgs
if j cole ever goes mainstream... just know i'll still support him... just know i'll be truly listening to this though
Still supporting?
“Is there a better life for us I just sit and I hope , I just hope & I pray - it’ll change one day “ 🗣
I listen to this every morning
When Cole dropped i never heard nothing that was so close to home
J. Cole's songs are so dope. No exceptions man... this guy is killing it!
Thank God for j Cole ✊✊
One of Cole's most underrated tracks!
this shìt helped me through high school! it won’t be long
Too many classic songs. This nigga at the top and still slept on. Fuck em.
Since 2008. Before He Hit TV. I Would Tell People To Look Out For J.Cole.
#DreamVilleDotTry
I needed this
Real J.Cole fans knows this song
No "real" fan... Fan is a fan, whether you gained that fan yesterday, today, 2 days ago, or 5-6 years ago its a fan none the less... So ummm G.T.F.O.H 👋✌💯🙏
DRK SKIN OR DIE I agree. as an artist I love all my fans. I do love the day ones a lot though, they show the most love.
DRK SKIN OR DIE Okay, maybe not "real fan" but a bigger fan. If you listen to this song you probably listen to a lot of other less popular (really good), older tracks. If you listen to more of his music you'd be able to appreciate him more as an artist, right?
GIFT1FROM1THE1GODZ Agree 100%, the treasure that you find is mind blowing. Cole has those songs that will make you go back and question yourself.
Used to listen to this freshman year of college. Love J. Cole
This song relate to my life.
Classic J. Cole right here 👏🏾
Dang, it's 2021 about to be 2022. I remember listening to this EVERYDAY back in like 2010, when I was trying to make it out and come up. Songs like this and others from Cole helped get me through. Fast forward, and I done accomplished most things I set out to back then. Feels like the time flew by. "It Won't Be Long" is definitely accurate.
I thank god for J cole he''s so real and positive he rap about the things i go through in life thats why i can relate real niggas can relate #COLEWORLD
2019 and this song is still a gem!
Realest rapper out. Respect the hell out of this man
This that blueprint feel , hey Cole you got some big shoes to fill
Best Rapper Of My Generation
Still listening in 2017 and this song still gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it...
This guy is pure talent... hip.hop's bout lyrics and talking bout true life. and this guy got it all, swag, flow, sick lyrics and creativity.
"shorty 19 years old no clothes for her baby yet she stays so fly." Such an empathetic MC, more blessings to this dude.
My favourite Cole song
Realist song still even in 2020!!
One of the best songs in hip hop history.
2019 and we STILL here!
LIKE WE NEVA LEFT 🏁🙏🏽
J. Cole one of the realest out there!!!
On a j colw throwback run right now
11 years later and this is still one of his best songs
Still wishing he'll put this on an album
+Shaa Hebrew IM WITH YOU
It Won't Be a long, Show Me Somethin and Bun B for President are my go to J.Cole tracks.
hey cole is you crazy that's some big boots to fill..... yea. str8 out the vill and them shoes fit well.....best rapper alive, it was an honor to meet him
Him and Kendrick's album is going to be so dope. I can't wait.
Said it won't be Looooooooonnnggggg
Cuz we out here baby
Cuz we out here baby
Gotta get'cha up out here baby.
One of Cole's realest songs. CLASSIC. J. Cole is a forever will be my favorite rapper. I hate it when people compare him yo Drake or Wayne, He's on an entirely different level and if you dont like him, what you here reading my comment for?
2020 I have daughter and I bought home , this song is my theme song
Used to bump this shit back in a day and in high school
2020!
Damn Coles lyricism on this shit beautiful
Represent Jermaine. Represent.
J. Cole has the emotional feel of Tupac, lyrical content and word play of Nas, the production mindset of Kanye West, pluss his own added style.. Cole World man cant wait 9/27
Best j cole song
I'm from California and west coast slept on this nigga for so long but I been with nigga since day one, I was lucky and ran into his mixtape the come up. This nigga will give this sort of belief that acting is possible and im glad all these other people got to experience that feeling.
Pray for a brother man , I'm about to move out and got nowhere to go. It's 5:18 am and I'm about to head to the job that makes me sick to my stomach.
@NSFWDonz INVD I'm doing ight , turning the next chapter of my life
@@whitetee99kid56 ayo bro you good now?
I listen to J. Cole whenever im going through stressful events in my life, and this nigga is real. Point blank period.
He should had put this on Cole World: The Sideline Story
J.Cole......Preach brother,dudes a beast.
This song better than his whole discography
this is when i loved cole
This shit makes me wanna be someone in life everytime i play it :') !!!!! Cole world no global warming!!!! :)
Leaving this here for myself and anyone who has life long dreams to obtain. We gone make it