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Lonely at the Top

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J. Cole

Lonely at the Top

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Duration: 3:24

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February 6, 2026.

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[Intro] Bah-bah-bah, buh-bah-bum-bah Buh-buh-buh, bum-bah Bah-di-ah-di-ah Bah-bah-bah, buh-bah-bum-bah Buh-buh-buh, bum-bah Bah-di-ah-di-ah [Verse] Yeah, listen, I want to help my favoritesTo find that spark againSomewhere deep in their hearts againMan, chasin' them is how I made it I felt this for a while, but couldn't frame it In the proper rhythms, it seems like they stopped just like givin' a fuck and I fuckin' hate it 'Cause where you supposed to look on days when you feel unmotivated? When all your heroes either disappeared or sound so deflated The younger generation hellify, no, I won't debatе itBut they want what I got right now and one day they gon' obtain it Still I find it hard to rеplicate what I'm longin' latelyThat childish admiration like back when I had posters hangin' I do my best with this first, but shit, maybe there's no explainin'Just ventin', it's no complainin', but listen to me For years, I felt like an only child with no one to play with The older kids I watched run up the slides the wrong way or hang upside down from monkey barsWhile I was lookin' from afar, just hopin' for that future day When I'd be able to do the same shit, but now that day's hitMomma done let me come outside, but now them slides are vacant The big boys done skatedThey pockets got too grown, for some it seems that love is gone And now they pass the time with expensive glasses of wine at locations with the finest accommodations And I ain't hatin', just more so thinkin' about complacence and the realization that one day that's what my fate is Their greatest hits fill up my playlist, not so much their latest, and I fuckin' hate it For selfish reasons I think I could help them reignite the flame and fall in love with this again If they could trust in young Jermaine, we'd do our drills, we'd shake the rustWe'd blow the dust off of the pain and go shake up the game And maybe then I'd have someone I want to be again But even as I write that thought, I don't believe it, dang'Cause maybe it wasn't even them, it's really me that changed Maybe it wasn't even them, it's really me that changed Hmm, shit [Chorus] I never understood the phrase "It's lonely at the top"Until I scaled that mountain all the way up 'til it stopped And if you're ever blessed enough to make it to this spotYou'll see the ones you looked up to, unfortunately, had to drop I never understood the phrase "It's lonely at the top"Until I scaled that mountain all the way up 'til it stopped And if you're ever blessed enough to make it to this spotYou'll see the ones you looked up to, unfortunately, had to drop (Drop)

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Credits

Writers
  • J. Cole
  • DZL
  • WU10
  • David Linaburg
  • Benny the Butcher
  • Keisha Plum
  • Daringer
Producers
  • DZL
  • WU10
  • David Linaburg
Assistant Recording Engineer
  • Mike Leonardo
  • Tristan Bott
Mastering Engineer
  • Joe LaPorta
Mixing Engineer
  • Juro “Mez” Davis