J. Cole — Note to Self

[Intro] 1, 2, 3, 4 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh [Chorus] And wherever we go And whatever we do And whatever we see And whoever we be It don't matter, it don't matter I don't mind 'cause you don't matter I don't mind 'cause I don't matter (And don't shit matter) You'll see in the end [Verse] I've got a feeling that there's somethin' more Something that holds us together Something that holds us together The strangest feeling but I can't be sure Something that's old as forever Something that's old as forever Love, love, love, love [Chorus] And wherever we go And whatever we do And whatever we see And whoever we be It don't matter, ahh, it don't matter I don't mind 'cause you don't matter, ay I don't mind 'cause I don't matter (And don't shit matter) You'll see in the end, ahh! [Speech] Yeah nigga, Forest Hills Drive Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! That's it, we made it, baby! As we speak, the last sample just cleared Thank you to whoever in Japan, just cleared that shit Turn my vocal up and turn the headphones down a little bit I gotta do my thank you's man I, I didn't have enough time to turn in my thank you's For the, for the artwork, so fuck it, I'ma do it right now This is the, this is the credits, this is roll credits nigga If you don't, if you don't wanna sit through the credits Get your ass up and walk out the movie theatre First and foremost, my entire Dreamville team, thank you, man Before that I'm buggin, thank you, God! Oh my God Everything happened too perfectly and in line, this whole thing Thank you, God, thank my Dreamville family Mez who fuckin' sleep right now That nigga ain't even recording this thing right now Nigga's been working hard man Mez I'm proud as fuck of you man, for real you killed this shit Ib what up? El Presidente, what up?! We killed this shit nigga, we killed this shit nigga! I don't give a fuck if we sell three copies nigga We killed this shit nigga! My nigga Adam, I'm proud of y'all man, for real Ron Gilmore, my nigga yes, Camille, yes that's my sister KC, that's like a father figure right there, KC I love you man My brother Ced, wow We done came a long way from the Ville, my nigga Gray's Creek My nigga Felton, you killed it You killed that Friday Night Lights shit nigga And you killed this one too man I shoulda been coming to you man, hahah You only do the classics though, that's what it is, for real My nigga Mike Shaw shiggity You already know where he at right now Posted up somewhere in D.R My nigga RJ Trump Trump gettin' that motherfuckin' bread You know what it is man My nigga Diz, I see you I see your vision, I believe in you, man. I love y'all niggas Big D, thank you, bruh, for real (Teddy what up) (Shotgun) We believe in y'all (Proof!) you and the fiends My nigga Bassy Badass, Bas, Bas, Bas, I can't believe it, nigga! (Marquis Jones) You changed your life, man, keep goin' Keep goin', the sky is the limit Fuck that, man, Super Mookin Fiends It's Super Mookin Fiends, nigga! My nigga Depp, you know what I mean? Razzle Dazzle, ahahah Elite, Elite, Elite, Elite, what up! (I'm bored) What up man? My nigga Reagan put in them hours! My nigga Omen, man, Elephant Eyes That shit is a confirmed classic, man Dreamville, we only did confirmed classics so far, that's all we doin' Yo, Elijah! Ayy, if we go diamond Nigga you got the triple crown, man, hahaha First 50, then Usher, nigga, you fuckin' out of here But we might go wood though Nervous Reck, man, congratulations to you, brother, I love you (At least fuckin' silver, nigga) FilthE, I love you too, man I know you feel a way about me right now but I love you Yo, shout to the young niggas, man Forreal, we blessed to have y'all on board, man We feel so grateful Cozz, that Cozz and Effect is a mothafuckin' classic, nigga I'll be ridin' my bike through Manhattan listenin' to that shit, man I've been livin' with that shit for like the past four days I finally got a chance to slow down That shit is a classic, my nigga Congratulations to you, we don't give a fuck what it sold I don't even know what that shit sold to tell you the truth, man And I'm proud of you, man I'm, I'm proud of you and your homeboys, man Y'all, it's really gon' be great to watch y'all grow I'm appreciatin' watchin' y'all grow more than we did, man! I get to relive it all again and actually appreciate it this time Shout out to the whole committee, man. Tone, Meez, what up? My nigga Money Makin Matt, what up man? Treat them boys right, man Everybody that was involved in makin' this album My nigga Jack who's at the board right now, what's up, man!? Yo, you made the album, man! We gon' live forever, man! You gotta loop the beat up right now though 'cause it can't, ayy, okay Raph, Wreck-It-Raph Perfect Sound Studios, L.A., we couldn't have did it without you My nigga Dave Linaburg, Nate Jones, Yolanda, TS Kaye Fox came through and killed it My nigga Quick with the clean versions Vinylz killed that beat! My nigga Phonix, oh, that beat is hard! Dahi brought that beat, who does that? Pop & Oak, my nigga Pop, thank you, man And Willie B, I never met you, but you did the beat !llmind, you killed the beat, Social Experiment My nigga Jeff on the guitar, you know what I mean? Nuno did the mothafuckin' strings, I appreciate that shit, man! We gon' pay you, hey, the horn players that came through I don't know y'all names but y'all killed that shit, man We was lovin' that shit! Shout out to all the girls on the mothafuckin' strings We appreciate it, guess that shit a little wild, I ain't gon' lie Uh, maybe that was my fault, I set y'all up with Wreck-It-Raph But it's all good, we still killed it though And all the mothafuckin' samples that cleared, thank you Y'all be tryin' to give a nigga a hard time on the samples, man! I'ma go to the fuckin' Supreme Court And try to make this shit easier for niggas like me to clear these samples, man If you made the fuckin' music, and you made the art And you put it into the world I should be able to use it however the fuck I want I'ma pay you, I'ma give you a percentage But you shouldn't be able to tell me I can't use it Yeah, that's fuckin', that's fucked up, nigga You was inspired by the world Allow the world to be inspired by your shit and to use your shit So all them people like The fucking Doors Or whoever that don't let niggas use they shit: fuck that, man It's 2014, 2015 by the time you might hear this shit Fuck that, man, we movin' on Man, shout out Drizzy Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Wale I'm so happy to be peers with y'all niggas and consider y'all niggas friends And I'm sorry I had to come snatch the crown right quick I had to do it to show niggas it ain't no more motherfuckin' crowns man We gotta be the example, we gotta show these niggas man It's love at the top Can't you believe, it's crazy to believe we sitting right here In these motherfuckin' seats right now Fifteen years ago, we was lookin' at these niggas Like, "Man we gotta be these niggas!" Now we those niggas But it's our responsibility to show these niggas man it's love up here Niggas want beef, niggas want drama Fuck that we comin' together Shout out to everybody in Ferguson right now still ridin', still ridin' Everybody else asleep, y'all still ridin' And it's bigger than Ferguson, man that shit is fuckin' nationwide man We gotta come together, look at each other, love each other We share a common story nigga that's pain, struggle And guess what man? We can come together And that's one things that's gon' do it, that's love I'm just telling y'all, that's a Public Service Announcement Back to this shit, yo ByStorm, I love y'all niggas man, no matter what Wayne, Just, Mark, Gucci, you my big brother forever It don't even matter the business nigga, it's bigger than that MK, thank you man, you came on board and killed it Natalya, what's up?! My nigga Julius Garcia, I already shouted you out But I shouted out your alias And I just put your whole government on record And this gon' live forever Tisha, Tisha, you know I love you, Tisha! Future the Prince, thank you for those conversations man I needed that Roc Nation damn, we feel like a family now man, forreal It was always family but it's so ill to see us come together on this album Thank y'all very much man, thank y'all for believing I know this is a scary idea I don't know if it's gonna work or not, as I speak I don't gave a fuck! Fuck man, I'm just happy we did this shit Shout out to Nelly, Ted, Christina Chaka I love you, Jeff what up?, Jay Z, Hov, holla! Jay Brown, what up?! Rich Kleiman, Ty-Ty My nigga Emory, you know what it is Shout out to Interscope, yeah, Joey I.E, 'preciate you Janet, Gary, Steve Berman, yeah Columbia, we love y'all man Damn, I'm runnin out of breath and shit I'm sad this is my last album with Columbia It's not my fault it's all contractual, but I love the fuck out of y'all We made relationships there that ain't never going away (Lisa Wiggins!) Ain't never know what the future holds man We hope we can do business some day April, thank you very much, my baby Ayelet, you are a legend, we fuckin' love you CJ, same to you man, y'all been killin' this shit for years Thank you man, thank you Rob Stringer, thank you, sir, Joel Klaiman, yessir The whole sales team, production, marketing team My man B Nolan who drove us around in a fuckin' van And a SUV, and showed us all about the radio game, man And we ain't had no hits, all we had was fuckin' Who Dat Tryin' figure this shit out man and I figured it out B Nolan, I finally figured it out I know you like "Damn, this nigga talking to me?" I'm talking to you man 'Cause you used to hear us stressin' over this shit And I finally figured it out, man, don't none of that shit matter yo I came all this way, all the way from Fayetteville, North Carolina Went to New York City got this motherfuckin' record deal Put out some classics, put out some singles Had my ups, had my downs Came all this way just to learn one thing man And only one fuckin' thing matters and that's your happiness And the only way you gon' get to that happiness Is through love, real, geniuine, motherfuckin' love man Not the fake shit, not the Hollywood shit Not the niggas giving you props so you think you the shit Not motherfuckers knowing you so you think you famous Not niggas seeing your whip and they want your whip So you feel good 'cause they want your whip Or they want your bitch, so you feel better, fuck that, real love Where your crib is at nigga, where your heart is at Where your home is at, where your mom is at, where your girl is at Mimi, what up?! I'm fuckin' up my words, I don't care How am I not gon' shout out Mimi man? Fuck that shit, keep the tape rollin', we still goin', wassup man?! Forest Hills Drive, we gon' do this shit If you ain't listening to this shit, I don't give a fuck Nigga it's the fuckin' credits Don't nobody stay for the movie credits anyway man My mama, ohhhhhhh! I love you! I'm so grateful and blessed to have you, still in my life A lot of people ain't got their mothers in they life still And I recognize that I'm blessed Mama, I love you, Zach I love you My pops I love you. James Cole, I love you, Jackie I love ya, my whole family, I love ya I'm so grateful man, thank y'all It all came full circle and I had to put this shit out in 2014 We barely made, yo Ib, we barely made it nigga We barely fuckin' made it but we fuckin' made it man Fuck y'all, but I love y'all at the same time man, hoo! Man look, y'all really wanna know who did it? I'ma tell y'all who did this shit man Man, Dale Earnhardt Jr. dawg I'm, yo, I'm never gon' forget, this is gonna sound crazy But I'm never gonna forget that shit you told me, yo For real, Dale Earnhardt Jr. man, thank you dawg From the bottom of my heart That shit you said to me changed my life man And I ain't never gon' forget, ever forreal For real Dale, from me to you, you my nigga man, forreal I love you boy. And Jonah Hill! Oh, Jonah Hill! How could I forget Jonah Hill?! Yo, that shit you told me when we was in the elevator Nigga, that shit changed my, ahahah, I'm just fuckin' playin' I don't know either one of those two dudes, hahaha I don't know either one of them niggas It was just, it was, I was in the moment I just lied, I don't give a fuck— 2014 Forest Hills Drive, ahaha Cole World man, thank y'all for listening If you made it this far, then I really fuck with you Until the next time, I don't know when that's gonna be but One love baby! [Outro] Love, love, love, love