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you bother?' / We should've caught him and mobbed him / I said, 'We gotta move smarter' / Don't wanna be the reason for one more sad song / I tried to warn niggas they wouldn't last long / I hope that you see how they came and they want / They shots never hit but they made their attempts / May have a good year like their name on a blimp / But you know what it takes to be poppin' this long".
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through an interview, in which he warned Pump about what to do to keep up with his success as a rapper and not lose popularity. Fans noticed that in the song, Cole addressed Pump in particular with the lyrics, "Nigga dissed me / It was nonsense / I sat 'em down like his father / My nigga asked, 'Why
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beat with high pitched vocal sampling. Cole discusses his come-up and the uncertainty he felt while trying to be successful, as well as the struggles and sacrifices he made along the way. He also talks about his childhood. In the first verse he raps about how hard-working and dedicated he needed to
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be to make it, and the obstacles he endured along the way. Towards the end of the song, Cole continues to reflect how those struggles led him to where he is today, and how far he has come.
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J. Cole announced the release of the songs via social media on July 21, 2020, along with its cover art, stating that they are the first two songs from
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The song is rapped from the perspective of a younger J. Cole, who uses his alter ego "Young
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Song recordings produced by T-Minus (record producer)
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Index

Single
J. Cole
Lewis Street
Genre
Hip hop
trap
Label
Dreamville
Roc Nation
Songwriter(s)
Jermaine Cole
Producer(s)
J. Cole
T-Minus
JetsonMade
J. Cole
Snow on tha Bluff
The Climb Back
Interlude
J. Cole
The Climb Back
Lewis Street
T-Minus
JetsonMade
The Off-Season
Simba
trap
Lil Pump
ARIA
Canadian Hot 100

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