J. Cole - Ville Mentality Lyrics

3 years since this album has been out, it’s his best work so far. Time flys so fast. Damn.

"I get mad and say I wish my dad was here"......... I wish I was there too

This album carried me through a point in my life when I had fell deep in love with a girl in a most complicated situation of her getting pregnant with someone else's baby when we were on a break. A conflicting and dark period in my life these songs remind me of being with and without her, and the holidays we spent together that year. This song right here is a timeless and classic masterpiece but it tears me apart. It's really crazy how music can bookmark periods of our lives in that type of nostalgic fashion.

Offshore Driller facts

This song is so grounding. Till this day

who else going into 2020 still bumpin

Str8 classic

UNBREAKABLE COMMENTS
Everything is free for me in December.
666
JESUS
FLEX

12/5/2019 ❤️

Vibing music

-0.75😍😍

I wish he made a video to this song, dressed in a nice ass suit at a local dinner where they’re playing some nice jazz music, people dancing, based in the 60s. And him on his own just rapping

This song is speaking directly to me. Thanks J for giving me this. Helps me when needed.

Masterpiece.

show ma pain neva 🤞

1,0580758th

It may be me, but in towards the end of the last verse, when he’s repeating *”Never!”* the violin sounds similar to crying.

Real recognize real

Some songs you can just listen certain parts of it. This is not one of them

This is a over hated album 😔

Dirt on my name NEVER!!!!

Smokin the fattest blunt on the porch while raining to this

Bruh this song hits hard even if you haven’t experienced this

Anyone else get kind of a jazz vibe from this?

2019: This album got me coming back and will continue to do so. 1st album i ever bought and kept. Cole better drop another album like this one that bring people back to earth off their ever so high egos.

This song gets into my soul

Who jamming in 2019

Fuck outta here with that bullshit

Think J.cole & Nipsey Husstle Whoooo too early rest up MR.HUSSTLE

The 910 mentality

The academic scholarship,magma cum laude presents itself on this album.the man is book smart and wise with the spiritual and subjective view of reality of a black man (which isn't bad at all remember black America created jazz a free flow form of expression.Also try to tell a black man how to think or do something and watch his reaction)

*Vibes....*

J. Cole music taught me so much ugh I love it

Just realized its called "Ville mentality" and not "Vile mentality"

Kianna Grigsby realized that a little bit ago as well

SO FUCKING BAD

The beat kind of gives me The Boondocks vibes

Some of the sample is from a soundtrack for an anime called Lupin the 3rd

I want everyone to do good in life. Y que viva la vida

Nobody:
J.cole trying to hum like kid cudi: heeee heeee heeee

Jose Bustos lol kid cudi is trash😂

IBamboozle he used to be good. Then Speeding Bullet to Heaven came out

These piano notes 🔥

This is real music 💯

Play this on 1.25x (you won't regret it)

I didn’t go to his funeral why tho😯

Bitches hit my phone and they want some dick

Song is so underrated!

People are not gonna like this but fuck y'all, my brother gave me this device to use in whatever way I want

2014 FHD = Modern Classic
4YEO = Classic

How do I know it's a classic? Cause people hate it for no apparent reason. It's different, that's the point!

I played this song to a homeless man a few years back, that dude became the president of America🔥

Cole one the best at the vibes. It's the subtle things.

0:49 this repeat makes so much sense. Reoccurring thoughts of death and anxiety. Cole is a genius

How long can I survive with this mentality

damnit.....wont be long 'fore i disappear

i play this song every time I feel like disappearing and starting a new life in a foreign country (:

This some downtown Fayetteville music

How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
Trials and tribulations
I'm facing in this age of information, I hate this shit
'Cause niggas hit my phone when they want some shit
Bitches hit my phone when they want some dick
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
You call it runnin', I call it escapin'
Start a new life in a foreign location
Similar to my niggas duckin' cases
Can't take the possible time that it faces
How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
My dad, he died, he got shot, 'cause his friend set him up
And I didn't go to his funeral, and sometimes when I'm in my room
I get mad at my momma when she mean to me, and she say
And she say, clean up I say
Nigga play me, never
Give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never
Show my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Nigga play me, never
Give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never
Show 'em my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
I get mad and I slam my door and go in my room,
And then, I get mad and I say, "I wish my dad was here"

https://m.soundcloud.com/joel-kwofie-704689832/against-the-walll-frestylee-themanni Please listen

How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
Trials and tribulations
I'm facing in this age of information, I hate this shit
'Cause niggas hit my phone when they want some shit
Bitches hit my phone when they want some dick
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
You call it runnin', I call it escapin'
Start a new life in a foreign location
Similar to my niggas duckin' cases
Can't take the possible time that it faces
How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
My dad, he died, he got shot, 'cause his friend set him up
And I didn't go to his funeral, and sometimes when I'm in my room
I get mad at my momma when she mean to me, and she say
And she say, clean up I say
Nigga play me, never
Give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never
Show my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Nigga play me, never
Give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never
Show 'em my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
I get mad and I slam my door and go in my room,
And then, I get mad and I say, "I wish my dad was here"

What I’d

Akin did

I felt this cus in my early years of me grown into a maturity I would have arguments with my trying mother about stuff that she couldn't control stuff I could control stuff my sister could control stuff my brother could control and at the end of the day I just broke down in my room crying out of nowhere thinking of why my father is in jail and I had a Ville Mentality.

This is what a picaso painting would sound like

How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
Things fall down, but don’t stop now
Oh, can’t stop now
Oh, won’t stop now

[Verse]
Trials and tribulations I'm facing
In this age of information, I hate this shit
Cause niggas hit my phone when they want some shit
Bitches hit my phone when they want some dick
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
You call it runnin', I call it escapin'
Start a new life in a foreign location
Similar to my niggas duckin' cases
Can't take the possible time that he faces

[Hook]
How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
Things fall down, but don’t stop now
Oh, can’t stop now
Oh, won’t stop now

[Interlude]
My dad, he died—he got shot 'cause his friend set him up. And I didn't go to his funeral—and sometimes when I'm in my room, I get mad at my momma when she mean to me. And she—
And she say, "clean up"—I say—

[Bridge]
Nigga play me, never, give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never, show 'em my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never, dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never, dirt on my name, never
Nigga play me, never, give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never, show 'em my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never, dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never, dirt on my name, never

[Hook]
How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?
Things fall down, but don’t stop now
Oh, can’t stop now
Oh, won’t stop now

[Outro]
I get mad and I slam my door and go in my room—
And then, I get mad and I say, "I wish my dad was here"

"Cause his friends set him up." Let that sink in.

Amaure Medina fr crazy how she knows that it has to be tough explaining that to the little girl

One day ...

Anyone else listen to music on here just to read the comments & see how others view the song? lol

Bro I do that for a lot of music. It's interesting seeing other peoples take on a song.

You know the "Kill or be killed mentality"

This song needs 10 more verses

Trials and tribulations i'm facing in this age of information, i hate this shit

This the shit 🤟🏾

Losin hope, till this reaches 200M ✊😭

This song is Sooooo underrated man, it’s ight tho, only a small group really fw it

Amazing.... this is in 12/8, isnt it?

My heart bleeds every time I hear this song. I wish my dad was here too 😭

This song has been stuck in my head for 2 days now. I really like it!

Am I the only one that heard Kendrick's voice in the beginning, or am I just hearing ish

Won't b long for i disappear

The piano in the back makes me feel like I’m at a diner late at night on a rainy day thinking.

Same here bro damn

ahm 916 onggg😌

@ahm 916
Rain is falling now lol. I'm playing this song 🎶

@Sparta Lee yo It also rained here where I live but it was around 4 pm when it rained

Im not even a j cole fan *yet* but this is officially the best song ever

jaccc join the culture bro

nah it's Change

Love it, yes J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHO ELSE FROM FAYETTEVILLE!? Yeah Cole represent!! Fayettenam!

I'm from Daygo Southern Cali but we love Cole for the Respect he gives us

idgaf what y'all say this is Cole's best album. every track is good, production is great, original and catchy hooks/melodies, conscious album and emotional album.

Not a huge Cole fan but this definitely my fav out of his discography.

kindsof

I consider FHD better but 4YEO is thematically Cole's strongest

yourfellowman11 honestly can’t get enough of any of his albums tbh, except maybe KOD. Folding clothes hits different tho, like it took me a couple times before it clicked for me

song still fire ......I like the jazz influence on this ...this shit is so smooth 🔥.....

Everybody sleep on this song it’s one of my favorites from him

This is a beautiful piece about how the trauma of our youth infects our present perspective and relationships.

The music is so smooth that its almost distracts you from how truly sad this song actually is.

Let em know

Most of this album is sad as hell. While it’s one of his best albums I try not to listen to it too much because of the emotions that it triggers in me

Bruno Ruggiero that’s what’s special about his music. It triggers real emotion and thoughts. A true feeling! Get the shivers sometimes at how good it is

This me right now.

Vile mentality

Ville Mentality

J. Cole

How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?

Trials and tribulations
I'm facing in this age of information, I hate this shit
'Cause niggas hit my phone when they want some shit
Bitches hit my phone when they want some dick
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
Damn it, won't be long 'fore I disappear
You call it runnin', I call it escapin'
Start a new life in a foreign location
Similar to my niggas duckin' cases
Can't take the possible time that it faces

How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?

My dad, he died, he got shot, 'cause his friend set him up
And I didn't go to his funeral, and sometimes when I'm in my room
I get mad at my momma when she mean to me, and she say
And she say, clean up I say

Nigga play me, never
Give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never
Show my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Nigga play me, never
Give up my chain, never
Give up my pride, never
Show 'em my pain, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never
Dirt on my name, never

How long can I survive with this mentality?
How long can I survive with this mentality?

I get mad and I slam my door and go in my room,
And then, I get mad and I say, "I wish my dad was here"

She's mind part 2 is close to my heart!

One of my favorite songs from J.Cole💝

Me: alexa play the best song of all time.
*plays ville mentality*

J cole isnt a song

Ninja Fr33fall omg I kept this up here and did not reread what I comment 😂I’m dumb asf

@Soul Covers lol

They sleep on this album

Cuz he's not mumbling

im literally sleeping

Simon N that was funny but not every album gotta be super lit

It’s ironic the sheep still haven’t truly heard anything that matters 😢

Nate Dog facts

I can't do it this anymore cole... I'm hanging on a thread

@Dale Denton damn fam.

Keep your head up Kevin!!

Keep your head up dawg, better days are approaching. For now enjoy the raindrops hit your skin for the sun is soon to come

Hey brother, you still have things to live for. You will feel bad if you end it early. Just know that if you need someone to talk to, call a hospital or counselor. Keep hanging on buddy, it'll be alright.

You got this man.

This is beautiful love you cole

Anyone else feel like this song isn't long enough? sometimes i play it twice when it pops up my spotify

Carlos Hidalgo I agree I wish it was longer aswel

Nigga play me?

Just saw u at KOD tour in Arizona. I'm from there... love u J.Cole❤❤❤❤

I'm soooooo confused how come he only has 2m subs? And here jake Paul has like 10m? Bullshiitt

Where are all the views at though?

WhyYouBullyMe69 * this isn’t his channel

Maxx Ambitions don’t matter it’s still the king 😢

WhyYouBullyMe69 * In the sales 😂

Just saw you in SA on your KOD tour -Best experience ever, thank you Cole

Thisss songgg thoooughhh..

@Dora Hernandez I was there ! Best concert ive ever been to, it was amazing af 🔥

when did he come to SA???

63,969th

Best song on the album

I like she’s mine part 2

Yep, but I think the whole album is good.

Immortal

man livin inside sin trying find escaped