![]() ![]() N*ggas whole discographies be about Black plight and they no where to be found.”įollowing the release of “Snow On Tha Bluff” and J. “Poor Black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y’all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up. Noname’s initial criticism, written back in May, didn’t mention anybody specifically by name. “We may not agree with each other but we gotta be gentle with each other,” he concluded. And I appreciate her and others like her because they challenge my beliefs and I feel that in these times that’s important. I haven’t done a lot of reading and I don’t feel well equipped as a leader in these times. What he said next surprised his fans and critics alike. She has done and is doing the reading and listening and the learning on the path that she truly believes is the correct one for our people. I love and honor her as a leader in these times. I accept all conversation and criticism but let me use this moment to say this. That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work. J.Cole continued, “Some assume to know who the song is about. I accept all conversation and criticisms. Some assume to know who the song is about. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night. Cole took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the song and the music world’s reaction to it. Last month, his Dreamville Festival in North Carolina was canceled after initially being postponed to August due to COVID-19 concerns.J. The Fall Off does not yet have an official release date. It’s unclear if “Snow on Tha Bluff” will appear on his upcoming album, The Fall Off, which is the follow-up to 2018’s KOD. He also questions whether he is doing enough and the song concludes with the uplifting lines: “Fill me up with wisdom and some courage/Plus endurance to survive help mine thrive.” “This change is inevitable but ain’t none of us seen this before/Therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go,” he raps. “Fuck is the point of you preaching your message to those that already believe what you believe?/I’m on some ‘fuck a retweet,’ most people is sheep/You got all the answers but how you gon reach?” “These shackles be lockin the mental way more than physical, I look at freedom like trees/Can’t grow a forest like overnight, hit the ghetto and slowly start planting your seeds,” he raps. “Now I ain’t no dummy to think I’m above criticism so when I see something that’s valid I listen,” he continues, adding that he understands the frustration that drives it. On the free-flowing song, he opens by addressing a social media thread made by someone who’s “mad at these murder police” among others, including being “mad at the celebrities, low key I be thinkin she talking bout me,” he raps. Cole most likely wrote “Snow On Tha Bluff” on June 4, just days after he was spotted protesting racial injustice and police brutality in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. This change is inevitable but ain’t none of us seen this before, therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go/I struggle with thoughts on the daily, feel like a slave that somehow done saved enough coins to buy his way up outta slavery/Thinkin’ just maybe, in my pursuit to make life so much better for me and my babies, I done betrayed the very same people that look at me like I’m some kind of a hero/Because of the zeros that’s next to the commas, but look here I promise I’m not who you think…Īs evidenced by the song’s cover art, J. He ultimately takes an introspective approach to the sweeping narrative the United States is facing, accepting the fact that even though he’s a celebrity, he’s just another human attempting to take care of himself and his family: ![]() ![]() Cole’s track spotlights much of the same issues exhibited in the film and constantly toils with the idea of division amongst the movement to solve the aforementioned problems. ![]()
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