The verses led many fans to believe that Cole was calling out Black female rap artist Noname, sparking tweets like “So this J Cole song is basically, “You’re right Noname but you could be nicer about it :(” and “ to explain her microaggressions and frustrations about whiteness, police brutality, and Black conscious rappers who are voiceless in this situation in a palatable tone is a classic case of tone policing.” Cole starts the track right off by saying people are “fooled” by his college degree, rapping that his “IQ is average.” On that note, he launches into a verse about a “young lady” who is “way smarter than me”: “I scrolled through her timeline in these wild times, and I started to read / She mad at these crackers, she mad at these capitalists, mad at these murder police.” He then tackles his criticism of this activist, rapping, “She mad at the celebrities, lowkey I be thinkin’ she talkin’ ’bout me / Now I ain’t no dummy to think I’m above criticism / So when I see something that’s valid, I listen / But s–t, it’s something about the queen tone that’s botherin’ me.”Ĭole’s suggestion was to instead “treat people like children” as she tries to educate them: “F–k is the point of you preaching your message to those that already believe what you believe? / I’m on some ‘F–k a retweet,’ most people is sheep / You got all the answers but how you gon’ reach? / If I could make one more suggestion respectfully / I would say it’s more effective to treat people like children / Understandin’ the time and love and patience that’s needed to grow.”
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