J. Cole

Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things.

I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.

I always feel like it's two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that's step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

They say time is money but really it's not_x000D_ _x000D_ If we ever go broke, then time is all we got_x000D_ _x000D_ And we can't make that back, no you can't make that back

Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the Top.._x000D_ So I'ma keep climbing til my heartbeat drop

I yearn for that livin' large, but mama I ain't done yet/Sit back and watch your son rise, kick back and know your son set

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'