Lirik Old Dog (with Burna Boy) - J. Cole & Burna Boy

J. Cole & Burna Boy - Old Dog (with Burna Boy)

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[Intro: J. Cole]Ring, ring, who the fuck is that?It's a 910 number, so you know where niggas at (Ha)NC State, 26 weight (Ha)That's where I was runnin' my plays (Yeah, nigga, 26, ha)Let's get blazed, don't get sprayed (You know what I mean? But it's all sorts of bullshit in the Bull city, nigga)That's where I was duckin' straysYeah (Carolina shit)
[Chorus: J. Cole]26 was the blueprint, yeah, it made me (Ha)Old dog with some new tricks, atta baby (Ha)No more record deal, yeah, I'm fresh up out of slavery (Ha)
[Verse 1: J. Cole]YeahUh, I'm back home for the time beingC-O-L-E, state of NC, that's where you'll find me inRight off of 95, we havin' a littlе town meetingDown in the 'Ville, if you're rеal, then you can chime inNow real don't mean that you got paper or you ride BenzOr selling white to all your clients that don't mind skiin'Now bein' real to me, you stand on what the fuck you doWe on the map, we ain't Atlanta, but we snuck on throughI had a plan, put on the land, I got accustomed toIt's so precarious, so much random niggas clutchin' toolsIt's nothing new, they carry hammers into public schoolsHeard— talkin' down, well, then it's fuck him tooIt's nothin' new, bitch, we been hated for a long whileBefore I blew, bitch, we was known as the problem childOf Carolina, bear in mind, we never had shitBut now the GOAT is from this bitch, so all that's past tenseWe gas shit, nigga
[Chorus: J. Cole]26 was the blueprint, yeah, it made me (Ha)Old dog with some new tricks, atta baby (Ha)No more record deal, yeah, I'm fresh up out of slaveryPay dues, now I want what's due, nigga, pay me
[Refrain: Petey Pablo & J. Cole]Carolina shit, ho, don't you forget (Ha)Take your fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitchMoney is a mindset if you already rich (Ha)Take your fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitch
[Verse 2: J. Cole]Uh, I had to leave these green pine trees to get itSaid when I got it, I was gon' bring it back, bitch, and guess what? I did it, uhLeft in a Civic, uh, came back in a Lam'Feelin' like Tupac in Atlanta, bought me two plots of landSomewhere to duck off with my fam, practice my jump shot in my gymThey thinkin' I'm too big to come home 'cause I got the planet Earth in my hand, uhNigga, what? I'm on Bragg right nowFPD behind me, runnin' my tags right nowI can't be too upset, they got a reason to checkThis shit regular in New York, but the 'Ville ain't seen this yetNow I'm gon' be who I'm gon' be regardless ofThe emblem that's drawn on the key, 'Ville nigga, put on for NCFor some, that's hard to believeShout out the dog Petey Pablo, he did that long before meI just got home from a tour and I brought my partner with meLet 'em run through freaks that stack they dollarsWe learned it all on the streets in the V-I-L-L-E
[Refrain: Petey Pablo & J. Cole]Carolina shit, ho, don't you forgetTake your fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitchThe money is a mindset if you already richThen take your fucking shirt off and just swing it 'round this bitch (Ha)
[Chorus: J. Cole]26 was the blueprint, yeah, it made me (Ha)Old dog with some new tricks, atta baby (Ha)No more record deal, yeah, I'm fresh up out of slavery (Ha)Pay dues, now I want what's due, nigga, pay me
[Outro: J. Cole]Nigga, pay me (Yeah, ha, Tiffany Pines, Fox Fire)Pay ups, nigga (On my fuckin'— ha, pay up, lil' nigga)(Lewis Heights, Bonnie Doone, ha) 'Ville shit, Carolina shit, nigga(Bragg Boulevard, Grays Creek, ha) Rough Friday, goddamn Cove City(Hope Mills Road, Murchison Road) Port city, nigga, west endTre Four (Johnson Street), G BoroCharlotte, the big motherfuckin' up (Cumberland Road, Shaw Road)Shout out DaBaby, Greenville, Lumberton, Wilmington (You feel me?)(All my boys in the west) Southeast(South Carolina's next, motherfucker) Southeast(Columbia, you know what I mean?)It's the southeast (Charleston, goddamn Greenville)It's the southeast (I done been all over this motherfucker Florence)Uh, it's the southeast (Shit)

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Makna Lagu Old Dog (with Burna Boy) - J. Cole & Burna Boy

Lagu ini nunjukin rasa bangga J. Cole sama asal-usulnya di North Carolina, khususnya kota Fayetteville. Dia cerita gimana angka "26" jadi blueprint atau fondasi hidupnya. Kemungkinan merujuk ke jalan, area, atau fase hidup yang ngebentuk mental dan karakter dia. Dari lingkungan yang keras, penuh tekanan, sampai harus ngeliat kekerasan sebagai hal biasa, semua itu justru jadi bahan bakar buat dia berkembang dan keluar jadi sosok yang sukses.

Di bagian lain, J. Cole juga ngebahas perjalanan kariernya. Dia ninggalin kampung halaman buat ngejar mimpi, mulai dari hidup sederhana sampai akhirnya bisa balik dengan kesuksesan besar. Tapi yang menarik, meskipun dia udah terkenal dan punya segalanya, dia tetap ngerasa terhubung sama tempat asalnya. Buat dia, jadi "real" itu bukan soal uang atau status, tapi soal tetap setia sama diri sendiri dan akar lo.

Secara keseluruhan, makna lagu ini tuh tentang growth, kebebasan, dan self-respect. J. Cole ngerasa sekarang dia udah bebas, termasuk dari kontrak label yang dia anggap kayak “perbudakan”, dan dia nuntut apa yang memang pantas dia dapetin. Ini juga jadi semacam selebrasi kesuksesan, tapi tetap dengan vibe rendah hati dan loyal sama tempat yang ngebesarin dia.