Either You Play The Game

While Silly Ni**as Argue Over Who Gon' Snatch The Crown / Look Around My Ni**a, White People Have Snatched The Sound / This Year I'll Probably Go To The Awards Dappered Down / Watch Iggy Win A Grammy As I Try To Crack A Smile.

You Hate It Before You Played It. I Already Forgave Ya.

I'm Not Gonna Be Bad At Anything, And I Want To Actually Be The Best At Anything I'm Doing. So If I'm Playing Basketball, If I'm Taking The Sats, Like, There's A Competitive Spirit Behind It. With Production, It's The Same Thing.

When Composing Music, I Just Start Spilling Things Out And Then Wait Until They Take Form, You Know What I Mean, Until I See Like A Common Thread Or Something.

If I'm A Character, It's A Biographical Movie. My Character Is As Close To Me As Possible. As Close To Being Myself As Possible. So My Character, J. Cole, Is Very Close To Jermaine Cole.