Meaning Of Lost Ones By J Cole Annotated

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J Cole's song "Lost Ones" was released in 2011 as part of his album "Cole World: The Sideline Story." The piece explores a view of relationships that is often not talked about - the hard choices faced by men. This essay will examine the song's lyrics and analyze its cultural significance. J Cole wrote Lost ones in 2011, and he released it with his album "Cole World: The Sideline Story." In this song, he repeats the lyrics "and I ain't too proud to tell ya that I cry 'sometimes," which admits he does not want her to see his emotions because she might think he is weak. It is notorious that men tend to be emotionless, as showing emotion nowadays links with weakness or not being man enough. This lyric, "And ain't nobody perfect, still, we can …show more content…

In verse two, the lyrics *you got the nerve To come up to me talking about abortion This my body* is very true. Women should always have that choice because it is their body, and no one can change that. She also says, "This a new life up in my stomach Regardless if I'm your wife This new life here I'mma love it I ain't budging, I'll do this by my muthafu***** self-See my momma raised me without no muthafu***** help from a man* She is willing to do this with or without him in the baby's life no matter what she will still have the baby and raise it by herself. *But he loved her because the p***y good He also says, what if the *Bi*** isn't even pregnant* he doubts her, which he has good reason for. Some women will lie about this just for the man to stay with her. In verse two, the woman said *Did you forget all those conversations that we had way back Bout your father and you told me that you hate that Talkin' bout he a coward and you so glad that you aint that man Cause he left your mamma when she had you and he is not s*** And here you go doing the same shit* He said his father left him and he was not his father yet he is doing the same thing. J Cole wrote this song to tell his story about how he got his girlfriend pregnant and wanted her to abort it, but she did not want to because it was …show more content…

I was attracted to this song because I love J Cole as an artist. Some of his music is highly relatable and it tells a real story. The album lost ones goes through part of his life and tells his story through the lyrics he chooses. It also goes through some of the difficulties that men have in society and how hard it is for men to express the way they feel about things. J. Cole is an amazing artist and one of the greatest lyricists of his time. J. Cole started writing at the age of

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