I Love Her Again

作词 : Jermaine Cole/Jacob Dutton/Bobby Caldwell/Norman Qilliam Harris/Lonnie Lynn/Bruce Malament/James Dewitt Yancey/Phil Nimmons

作曲 : Jermaine Cole/Jacob Dutton/Bobby Caldwell/Norman Qilliam Harris/Lonnie Lynn/Bruce Malament/James Dewitt Yancey/Phil Nimmons

[Intro: J. Cole]

Let's get it

[Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both]

Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this, yeah (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write), yeah

[Verse 1: J. Cole]

Back when I was just a jit hangin' on the strip (Boom)

She's the girl that I would see in every niggas whip (Boom)

I was much too young to truly know what constitutes

The difference between a girl next door and a prostitute

I heard some older brothers say they knew her from before

She lost her common sense when niggas brought her out on tour (Yeah)

She's all about the money now, they labeled her a whore

I heard what they was sayin', but to me she seemed pure (Yeah)

'Cause all I seen was beauty on her face when she would pass (Yeah)

I wanted to date her, but there was no way for me to ask (Huh)

'Cause I was just a youngin' and she's rippin' and a runnin'

But I knew when I get older that one day we meet at last (Huh)

I went to college in New York 'cause I heard she was dead (Yeah)

But when I got to town, I swear it's like she disappeared

I went to hit the tunnel where they said that she would hang

But when I got off the train, I saw that it been closed for years (Yeah)

I showed a picture to this kid, like, help me find her, yo (Yeah)

He looked and said, man, she just left a little while ago

I saw her with some luggage on the way to JFK

When I asked what she was doin', she said, "Movin' to the A" (****)

[Interlude: J. Cole]

Movin' to the A (****)

**** (****)

Oh, my God

Aight, I'm up

I'ma get up

I never

[Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both]

Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this, yeah (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

[Verse 2: J. Cole]

Yeah, my heart was broken, dawg, I wanted to be where she was at

But I was happy in a way, the South was on the map (Yeah)

But niggas in the barbershop ain't feel the same as me

They said, "Shorty changed since she left the city"

She got whacked, they wanted her back (Huh)

But said it sound like she was trapped (Huh)

They hated the slang she used, the way her fingers snapped (Huh)

It's funny how the tables turned several years later

These would be the same dudes that started sayin' shit was cap

But I was still in love with her, I couldn't hide that fact

I found her on the internet, kept up with her like that

I sent a lot of messages, she finally wrote me back

When I dropped the mixtape, she said she liked the way I rap

And that was all I needed, booked a flight and it was on

The first night I'm strikin' like some lightning in a storm

The more noise she made, it's like the better I perform

But it was more than sexual, we had a deeper bond

Love, she's why I put my truth into a song

For years we told each other everythin' that's going on

She said, "I gotta tell ya, I done rocked a lot of fellas

But with you there's something special, I think you could be the one"

Now when it comes to love, jealousy will often creep

That type of games is why two of my homies start to beef

To both of them she said, "You're the best I ever had"

And the whole time that bitch was sayin' that type of shit to me (****)

[Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both]

Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this, yeah (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

[Verse 3: J. Cole]

Yeah, huh, I was naive to believe she was mine when I bagged her

'Cause I would come to learn that none of us could truly have her

She was for the streets, I'll never be her only man

I couldn't believe it when I seen her with an OnlyFans

When I clicked the link inside the bio of her 'Gram

I saw a version of her that I couldn't understand

Implants, surgically enhanced details

Poppin' perks, mumblin' while twerkin' BBL

I'm thinkin' it's the bitch that used to tell me be yourself

All of a sudden for the wealth she's becomin' someone else

That's when I realized as I started lookin' back

The older that she gets, the younger she be tryna act

In fact, I'm thinkin' that's gonna always be the case

As long as she's alive, it's younger niggas that she'll chase

But I was in my feelings so I called her out of name

Like, "Bitch you dead to me, and when the **** you gon' change?"

She screamed, "You got the nerve to say that I switched

You turned me from your main thing to your side bitch

It seemed like every day you was blowing kisses to me

But years went past, now you don't even listen to me"

At first I was defensive, "Bitch, listen how you sound

So many niggas ****ed you, now your pussy's watered down"

But the more I thought about her quotes, she was right

There was a time when she was on my phone day and night

Singin' songs to me that I heard a time or two

Some were kinda old and some were kinda new

But you'll see how it is getting older, raising kids

All that spendin' time and listenin' to her is hard to do

But, yo, I need to stop judging and accept her

The problem from the start is I was just tryna to possess her

And have her for my own, didn't wanna let her roam

Mama said, "You should've known she was like that when you met her"

[Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both]

Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Damn, she was kinda like that when I met her

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

I guess I just kind of see her, I gotta love her for her

[Outro: J. Cole & Common, & Both]

So I'm tryna make amends

We reminisce on old times and play the latest trends

As long as she's alive I know I'll always have a friend

Thank God I think I'm falling back in love with her again

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)

Gotta be somethin' for me to write this