“You know I met this girl in high school back in Fayetteville. She was everything to me. We made plans together, grew together, cried together, went through the shit that no one could ever understand. It was real. Then I got caught up in my dreams and goals that I took for granted of our love; so caught up that I thought I didn’t need her anymore. Now that I have what I want, I feel incomplete. It took me this long to realize that none of my accomplishments really matters without her. Don’t get me wrong, I’m good with the women, but they now just bitches. This regret is growing inside of me. I miss the feeling of when my heart skipped a different beat when I was with her… I did too little and now it’s too late. And turning back time ain’t something I’m capable of doing…If you’re reading this, baby I want you back. I’m sorry and I want you back.”




—J. Cole, Filter Magazine, Issue August 2010, Behind the Music