i love her again

J. Cole

Let s get it (Yo)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)
I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this, yeah
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

Back when I was just a jit hangin on the strip (Boom)
She s the girl that I would see in every nigga s whip (Boom)
I was much too young to truly know what constitutes
The difference between a girl next door
And or a prostitute (Yeah)
I heard some older brothers say they knew her from before
She lost her common sense
When niggas brought her out on tour (Yeah)
She s all about the money now, they labeled her a whore
I heard what they was sayin
But to me she seemed pure (Yeah)
Cause all I seen was beauty on her face
When she would pass (Yeah)
I wanted to date her
But there was no way for me to ask (Woof)
Cause I was just a youngin and she s rippin and a-runnin
But I knew when I get older
That one day, we d meet at last (Woof)
I went to college in New York
Cause I heard she was there (Yeah)
But when I got to town, I swear it s like she disappeared
I went to hit the Tunnel where they said that she would hang
But when I got off the train
I saw that it d been closed for years (Yeah)
I showed a picture to this kid
Like, Help me find her, yo (Yeah)
He looked and said, Man, she just left a little while ago
I saw her with some luggage on the way to JFK
When I asked what she was doin
She said, Movin to the A (Fuck)

Movin to the A? (Fuck)
Fuck (Fuck)
Fuck, I gotta (Fuck)
Alright, I ma-I ma-I ma get up (Fuck)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)
I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this, yeah
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

Yeah, my heart was broken, dog
I wanted to be where she was at
But I was happy in a way, the South was on the map (Yeah)
But niggas in the barbershop ain t feel the same as me
They said, Shorty changed
Since she left the city, she got whacked (Woof)
They wanted her back
But said it sound like she was trapped (Woof)
They hated the slang she used
The way her fingers snapped (Woof)
It s funny how the tables turned several years later
These would be the same dudes
That started sayin shit was cap
But I was still in love with her, I couldn t hide that fact
I found her on the internet, kept up with her like that
I sent a lot of messages, she finally wrote me back
When I dropped the mixtape, she said she liked the way I rap
And that was all I needed, booked a flight and it was on
The first night I m strikin like some lightnin in a storm
The more noise she made, it s like the better I perform
But it was more than sexual, we had a deeper bond
Love, she s why I put my truth into a song
For years we told each other everythin that s goin on
She said, I gotta tell ya, I done rocked a lot of fellas
But with you there s somethin special
I think you could be the one (One)
Now when it comes to love, jealousy will often creep
That type of games is why two of my homies started to beef
To both of them, she said, You re the best I ever had
And the whole time that bitch was sayin
That type of shit to me (Fuck)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like; huh, huh)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write
Gotta be somethin for me)
I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this, yeah
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write)

Yeah, uh, I was naïve to believe
She was mine when I bagged her
Cause I would come to learn
That none of us could truly have her
She was for the streets, I ll never be her only mans
I couldn t believe it when I seen her with an OnlyFans
When I clicked the link inside the bio of her Gram
I saw a version of her that I couldn t understand
Implants, surgically enhanced details
Poppin Percs, mumblin while twerkin BBL
I m thinkin this the bitch
That used to tell me, Be yourself
All of a sudden, for the wealth, she s becomin someone else
That s when I realized as I started lookin back
The older that she gets, the younger she be tryna act
In fact, I m thinkin that s gon always be the case
As long as she s alive
It s younger niggas that she ll chase
But I was in my feelings, so I called her out of name
Like, Bitch, you dead to me
And why the fuck you go and change?
She screamed, You got the nerve to say that I switched?
You turned me from your main thing to your side bitch
It seemed like every day you was blowin kisses to me
But years went past, now you don t even listen to me
At first I was defensive, bitch, listen how you sound
So many niggas fucked you, now your pussy s watered down
But the more I thought about her quotes, she was right
There was a time when she was on my phone day and night
Singin songs to me that I heard a time or two
Some were kind of old and some were kind of new
But you ll see how it is gettin older, raisin kids
All that spendin time and listenin to her is hard to do
But, yo, I need to stop judgin and accept her
The problem from the start
Is I was just tryna to possess her
And have her for my own, didn t wanna let her roam
Mama said, You should ve known
She was like that when you met her (Damn)

I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like
Damn, she was kind of like that when I met her)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this
(Write this, write this, write this, write this, write
I guess I just couldn t see her, I gotta love her for her)

Yeah, so I m tryna make amends
We reminisce on old times and play the latest trends
As long as she s alive, I know I ll always have a friend
Thank God, I think I m fallin back in love with her again
I never knew a luh-luh-luh, a love like this
(Like this, like this, like this, like this, like)
Gotta be somethin for me to write this