And the effects of the incidents are still felt to this day. And it lead to one of the biggest racial divides in America to date. His murderer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted despite the clear evidence of his crime. Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black male, was killed in what was widely believed to be a racially motivated murder, which led to outrage across America. With racism and police brutality being steady issues in the United States, people of color often aren’t safe from those set to protect them. In his iteration of the phrase, Cole would like to add a new certainty to the list racism. Cole speaks more on death in “Everybody Dies” and taxes in “Cole World.” In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.Ī famous quote from Benjamin Franklin, who wrote this in a letter in 1789 (though the first instance of this idea was by Christopher Bullock in 1716). Only time they see us we be on the news, in chains, damnĪ lot to unload with these absolutely fire lyrics Just a couple neighbors that assume we slang Now the Music Video for The Track neighbors was actually very important Cole conveniently places himself among these students, believing that as long as he doesn’t provoke any trouble, he and his artists will be left alone in peace. In this case, he’s surrounded by high middle class high-schoolers who either smoke weed in their spare time and or are being recruited to the most prestigious colleges around the U.S. Explaining he needed to get away from his fame and wanted to settle down with himself for a minute before releasing 4 Your Eyez Only. And hence he moved away from the big cities.Ĭole is describing the surroundings of the Sheltuh in the wealthy North Carolina suburb where the studio resides. One of the best lyrics, about how Cole gets tired from the fame of His music, but he can’t help the fact that the money has become a big part. Thankful that they friend’s a platinum star That’s why I moved away, I needed privacy And would rather have a conversation about rival injustice, money, poverty, and other aspects of life that need a conversation to happen. J Cole wanted to actually sit down and have a conversation with the president, rather just flex on instagram With Obama (but tbh I’d flex tape that shit too). This happened in 2016 before Donald Duck was elected (yeah I said Donald Duck) this was in the Obama office time.Īnyway.