J. Cole - Lights Please

(keepin it short tonite)
3.5 stars. i like this

No wonder Jay heard this record and called his lawyers, haha. Cole has skills. Nice bridge here between the old and new schools. I am anxious to hear what he has in store for us over the next 9 months.

And no... we are NOT "late" on featuring this record. His label just recently decided to use it a single.

I can't believe I haven't heard this song yet, where have I been hiding? This track is a PROBLEM! Everything about this works, the addictive production paves the way for J Cole to lay down hot lyrics and a hot flow.

You can just tell this dude will stick around for a while. He is not a come and go rapper. I am very tempted to bump this a classic because of that reason, but the chorus held me back to give this just a 4.

I see why Hov was so impressed, he dropped some nice metaphors in the song and though he's rapping about pu**y it was pretty deep. Looking foward to the album.

Wow, this is almost perfect. No joke. I mean, nice metaphors, nice feel, nice flow, and a good topic. Classic. Can't believe I hadn't heard this yet.

It's straight, but he from NC? NORTH CAKALAC ALL DAY!

this song is sick. J. Cole is one of my favorite up and comers so I had to rate. Hands down the best flow i have heard in a while.

It's about time for the DJBOOTH to have some J. Cole. He's one of the dopest new cats in the game. "The Warm Up" a real ill mixtape. If you haven't listened to it, I suggest you do. This certainly is a classic.

People were saying that they don't see this being a successful single. It sort of made me scratch my head because so many people talk about changing the sound of the radio, but then when an artist goes with a left-field single, they be like "Oh, that doesn't sound like what's on the radio right now". Um...EXACTLY. Isn't that what you want?!

You want him to make a cliche radio single just because this one might not be like that?

How do people expect the mainstream sound to change if they don’t embrace people taking risks like J. Cole putting out “Lights Please”?

I actually think it will do great. One thing that IS like a lot of radio singles is that it’s on the topic of females.

Don’t hate. Support this brother. Good Music!

This is coo but "Grown Simba" is still my favorite J.Cole track!!

J. Cole definitely does justice to "A star is born". When I heard his dope verse on that song, I went searching and found out I slept on him twice when djbooth featured him: Heartache & Grown Simba! CHECK THOSE OUT, and his mixtape which sounds better than half the albums this year. Those 2 songs deserve more reviews and ratings! ;)

As for this song, what I like the most is how J. Cole successfully kept the same structure for the whole song (lyrics). The metaphors, storytelling, metrics and flow (the melodic touch works very well) are so on point!

Production is fresh: so SIMPLE!!! like CB said, it's catchy but stays in the background letting Cole shine.

Lyrics:

I had this lil’ bad thing, somethin’ like them 10’s
She gave a aggin mad brain, somethin’ like the Wiz
But you see the sad thing fuckin’ with her is
Is the chick ain’t even have brains, dummy like a @*#$!
So I tried to show her
About the world and about just who we really are
And where we’ve come and how we still have to go really far
Like baby look at how we live broke on the boulevard
But all she ever want me to do is unhook her bra
Then all I really want is for her to go down low
Before you know it, she wet enough to get drowned slow
And all that deep @*#$! I was previously down fo’
Replaced by freak @*#$! I am currently down fo’
You see I peeped that @*#$! is power
That proud feeling we get knowing that @*#$! is ours
And how it feels to feel that feeling you feelin’ when you be drillin’ that @*#$!
Got her sayin’ you be killin’ that @*#$!
And all the pain the world caused, she be healin’ that @*#$!
And nah that ain’t your girl dog, but you be feelin’ that @*#$!
And you just wanna tell her everything she might need
But in the meantime, it’s lights please

Chorus:

Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
For now everything just seems so right
And how you make the darkness seem so bright
Feelin’ like things gon be alright

(Repeat)

So now we in the hotel, mirrors on the ceiling
She say she wanna blow L’s, I hear her and I’m willin’
But everytime I smoke, well a aggin mind gone
So that every word I spoke, well I’m tryin to put her on
But she couldn’t hear me
I told her all about how we been livin’ a lie
And that they love to see us all go to prison or die
Like baby look at how they show us on the TV screen
But all she ever want me to do is unzip her jeans
Then all I really want is for her to get on top
Before you know it, she workin’, jerkin’ it non-stop
And all that next @*#$! I was previously talkin’
Is now that wet @*#$! that I’m currently lost in
And while that sweat drips, I am reminded
All the times my brother told me that @*#$! is blindin’
I’m findin’
The more I grow, the more y’all seem to stay the same
Don’t even know the rules but yet y’all tryin’ to play the game
And ain’t it shameful how aggins blame hoes for givin’ birth
To a baby that took two to make
Coward aggin, you a fake
How you gon look in your son’s face and turn your back?
Then go start another family dog, what type of @*#$! is that?
She said ‘It’s okay,’ rubbed my head and told me to relax
Laid a aggin down proper like she was recording tracks
Said “I know you wanna change the world, but for the night please
Just reach over and hit the lights please

@Mike Dreams - As always you are right brother!

This is just my type of joint! Who says a Radio-Single or any other joint about cliche topics have to suck lyrically ??? We as audience gotta keep standards high, and demand substance/lyricism in more marketable tracks as well. Co-fcuking-sign!

I've been waiting forever for you guys to get this, I've been singing this song for months lol. Its really deep, he kills the 2nd verse

I like it, J. Cole has some talent, definately on my radar. Beat is bangin and his flow is on point. Banger

I feel like the chorus should be given to a Jamaican, don't ask me why I just feel like it bring this a step closer to classic status. I also feel like I'd like to hear a few verses from Kardinal Offishall -- now I know I'm crazy.

man J. Cole is a beast for real

I just can't stop listening to this @*#$! now. J. Cole really opened my eyes with this one.

nice flow, nice feel, nice everything... yea nice everything

been playing this one heavy on my ipod. more buzz for j. cole...love it.

Yes Lights Please, that's what's up. Song needs a lil more spark and it's a 5! 4.5/5

i am loving this track

man I'd sign this cat over this track too, son was going in on this track.

nice, not as good as grown simba though.

j cole is a beast on the mic. suggest you download both his mixtapes if you havent already

told ya this kid was nice on "heartache" should also check out "losing you balance"

nice

Nice. Want to bump that in the car.

Ok, I had to take a second listen on this one, because FredRico posted the lyrics and the story line impressed me. It’s difficult at times getting pass the excessive rawness of certain traks. I have nothing against any forms of expression however; we will lose listeners when the message becomes too harsh.

But, on the second time thru, I thought the trak was hot! I’ll have to listen to more of J Cole’s work because it is obvious that he is both lyrically talented and has level of intellect as well. Plus... that beat is sick and the story line is one that a lot a folks can relate too (smile). And I can’t say that I’ve heard a lot a songs that addressed this topic as successfully as J Cole so...

Imma have to say this one is a banger!!

this pretty sick. i heard of J.Cole, but none of his songs. dude can produce and flow.

I really like this.

I jus like listenin to dis cat! 5 jus cuz nigga

Banger, I like.

Cool

Solid Track

Damn_I know a lot of cats in the Cack that could get Jays ear if this dudes hot...Im not haten, I just dont hear it.

i really like this song. he spazzes n the 2nd verse. he's the truth.

inb4 all the new views due to the remix

No one listens to me when I say there are better up and coming artist than Drake.. The Warm Up is a classic mixtape.

J Cole is the man

im kinda obsessed with this song cus i relate so much this my shyt tho

Love the flow! I definitely will be checking for the album.

The Come Up is sweet and The Warm Up just goes to hard. 1 of my fav. tracks on The Warm Up

sick track

This jaint is a classic. But yo 4 real 4 real if you wanna hear J. Cole forreal get his mixtape The Warm Up and listen to him go in off the Dead Presidents beat fuqkn craziest thang ihave heard in a long tyme 4 real!!