[00:00.000] 作词 : Jermaine Cole/Jacob Dutton/Bobby Caldwell/Norman Qilliam Harris/Lonnie Lynn/Bruce Malament/James Dewitt Yancey/Phil Nimmons[00:00.052] 作曲 : Jermaine Cole/Jacob Dutton/Bobby Caldwell/Norman Qilliam Harris/Lonnie Lynn/Bruce Malament/James Dewitt Yancey/Phil Nimmons[00:00.104][Intro: J. Cole][00:00.185]Let's get it[00:00.313][00:00.544][Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both][00:00.757]Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[00:08.242]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)[00:12.502]I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[00:18.975]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this, yeah (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write), yeah[00:20.068][00:20.602][Verse 1: J. Cole][00:24.498]Back when I was just a jit hangin' on the strip (Boom)[00:26.604]She's the girl that I would see in every niggas whip (Boom)[00:29.354]I was much too young to truly know what constitutes[00:32.085]The difference between a girl next door and a prostitute[00:34.875]I heard some older brothers say they knew her from before[00:37.686]She lost her common sense when niggas brought her out on tour (Yeah)[00:40.507]She's all about the money now, they labeled her a whore[00:43.199]I heard what they was sayin', but to me she seemed pure (Yeah)[00:45.849]'Cause all I seen was beauty on her face when she would pass (Yeah)[00:48.587]I wanted to date her, but there was no way for me to ask (Huh)[00:51.450]'Cause I was just a youngin' and she's rippin' and a runnin'[00:54.066]But I knew when I get older that one day we meet at last (Huh)[00:56.751]I went to college in New York 'cause I heard she was dead (Yeah)[00:59.385]But when I got to town, I swear it's like she disappeared[01:02.138]I went to hit the tunnel where they said that she would hang[01:04.761]But when I got off the train, I saw that it been closed for years (Yeah)[01:07.500]I showed a picture to this kid, like, help me find her, yo (Yeah)[01:10.262]He looked and said, man, she just left a little while ago[01:13.179]I saw her with some luggage on the way to JFK[01:15.818]When I asked what she was doin', she said, "Movin' to the A" (****)[01:16.927][01:17.465][Interlude: J. Cole][01:20.325]Movin' to the A (****)[01:22.166]**** (****)[01:24.298]Oh, my God[01:25.973]Aight, I'm up[01:27.426]I'ma get up[01:28.738]I never[01:29.342][01:29.637][Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both][01:29.926]Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[01:35.220]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)[01:39.964]I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[01:45.940]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this, yeah (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)[01:47.073][01:48.143][Verse 2: J. Cole][01:50.340]Yeah, my heart was broken, dawg, I wanted to be where she was at[01:54.277]But I was happy in a way, the South was on the map (Yeah)[01:56.892]But niggas in the barbershop ain't feel the same as me[01:59.584]They said, "Shorty changed since she left the city"[02:01.759]She got whacked, they wanted her back (Huh)[02:03.864]But said it sound like she was trapped (Huh)[02:05.473]They hated the slang she used, the way her fingers snapped (Huh)[02:07.612]It's funny how the tables turned several years later[02:10.295]These would be the same dudes that started sayin' shit was cap[02:13.011]But I was still in love with her, I couldn't hide that fact[02:15.701]I found her on the internet, kept up with her like that[02:18.532]I sent a lot of messages, she finally wrote me back[02:21.340]When I dropped the mixtape, she said she liked the way I rap[02:24.030]And that was all I needed, booked a flight and it was on[02:26.777]The first night I'm strikin' like some lightning in a storm[02:29.643]The more noise she made, it's like the better I perform[02:32.369]But it was more than sexual, we had a deeper bond[02:35.072]Love, she's why I put my truth into a song[02:37.902]For years we told each other everythin' that's going on[02:40.516]She said, "I gotta tell ya, I done rocked a lot of fellas[02:43.318]But with you there's something special, I think you could be the one"[02:45.963]Now when it comes to love, jealousy will often creep[02:48.629]That type of games is why two of my homies start to beef[02:51.350]To both of them she said, "You're the best I ever had"[02:54.017]And the whole time that bitch was sayin' that type of shit to me (****)[02:55.222][02:55.980][Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both][02:56.774]Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[03:02.666]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)[03:07.436]I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[03:13.278]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this, yeah (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)[03:14.470][03:15.045][Verse 3: J. Cole][03:17.331]Yeah, huh, I was naive to believe she was mine when I bagged her[03:21.570]'Cause I would come to learn that none of us could truly have her[03:24.270]She was for the streets, I'll never be her only man[03:26.917]I couldn't believe it when I seen her with an OnlyFans[03:29.580]When I clicked the link inside the bio of her 'Gram[03:32.298]I saw a version of her that I couldn't understand[03:35.026]Implants, surgically enhanced details[03:37.784]Poppin' perks, mumblin' while twerkin' BBL[03:40.574]I'm thinkin' it's the bitch that used to tell me be yourself[03:43.240]All of a sudden for the wealth she's becomin' someone else[03:45.875]That's when I realized as I started lookin' back[03:48.564]The older that she gets, the younger she be tryna act[03:51.184]In fact, I'm thinkin' that's gonna always be the case[03:53.979]As long as she's alive, it's younger niggas that she'll chase[03:56.709]But I was in my feelings so I called her out of name[03:59.522]Like, "Bitch you dead to me, and when the **** you gon' change?"[04:02.282]She screamed, "You got the nerve to say that I switched[04:05.132]You turned me from your main thing to your side bitch[04:07.783]It seemed like every day you was blowing kisses to me[04:10.542]But years went past, now you don't even listen to me"[04:13.350]At first I was defensive, "Bitch, listen how you sound[04:16.029]So many niggas ****ed you, now your pussy's watered down"[04:18.666]But the more I thought about her quotes, she was right[04:21.411]There was a time when she was on my phone day and night[04:24.157]Singin' songs to me that I heard a time or two[04:26.801]Some were kinda old and some were kinda new[04:29.599]But you'll see how it is getting older, raising kids[04:32.258]All that spendin' time and listenin' to her is hard to do[04:34.938]But, yo, I need to stop judging and accept her[04:37.566]The problem from the start is I was just tryna to possess her[04:40.441]And have her for my own, didn't wanna let her roam[04:43.231]Mama said, "You should've known she was like that when you met her"[04:44.351][04:44.872][Chorus: J. Cole & Common, & Both][04:45.643]Yo, I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[04:48.880]Damn, she was kinda like that when I met her[04:51.767]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this (Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)[04:55.068]I guess I just kind of see her, I gotta love her for her[04:56.310][04:58.017][Outro: J. Cole & Common, & Both][04:59.167]So I'm tryna make amends[05:00.864]We reminisce on old times and play the latest trends[05:03.518]As long as she's alive I know I'll always have a friend[05:05.635]Thank God I think I'm falling back in love with her again[05:08.499]I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this (Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)[05:14.308]Gotta be somethin' for me to write this