But for his crew, It didn't work out that way. Cole is a millionaire many times over, but despite fame and fortune, his neighbors still made him feel like a criminal. This is a shelter in one of the safest places in North Carolina. We'll help you if you've felt too insecureĪs the story develops, we learn that Cole has opened his newfound home as a place to where people can come and work on their craft. And you can see it on the next lines of the songs. But the title of the song is about them, so they did something wrong. He hopes that he can live in peace without the neighbors bothering him. We also learn that Cole has specific thoughts about the area.
It fits perfectly with his quick voice when said. We can tell that the area is very affluent because of the last line “crib has got a big ‘ol back ‘ol yard.” When read aloud you can hear the iambic pentameter. He is surrounded by people who come from Ivy League schools and kids that are getting recruited schools. In the Middle of the first verse, he begins his story by telling the audience that he lives in a beautiful suburb. That's why I moved away, I needed privacy The song is riddled with many examples of oppression of black people and his life story. This is about his song “Neighbors” off of the same album. Double platinum… With no one helping him… But this isn't about that. First off, J Cole went double platinum with no features with his album 4 Your Eyez Only.