What is J. Cole's biggest hit? Here are the best J. Cole songs of all time, ranked by fans everywhere. The Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist from North Carolina is considered one of the greatest rappers of the 21st century. J. Cole has worked with every major industry mogul, producing singles for Kendrick Lamar and Janet Jackson while also collaborating with Jay-Z, Drake, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Lil Baby, and Trey Songz (to name a few).
The modern Moe Dee remains a driving force of the rap business with countless accolades and songwriting credits under his belt; and throughout the course of his illustrious career, J. Cole has released six number one US Billboard 200 studio albums: Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011), Born Sinner (2013), 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), KOD (2018), and The Off-Season (2021).
From his new and latest music to his older popular songs, this J. Cole playlist features all of his greatest hits, according to the fans. Do your favorite J. Cole songs crack the top 10? Vote up the best songs by J. Cole, and don't forget to show his underrated tracks love as well.
14 Your Eyez Only
Best Lyrics:
Girl your daddy was a real n****, not 'cos he was cold
Not because he was the first to get some p*ssy twelve years old
Not because he used to come through in the Caddy on some vogues
Not because he went from bagging up them grams to serving O's
Nah your daddy was a real n****, not 'cos he was hard
Not because he lived a life of crime and sat behind some bars
Not because he screamed f*ck the law, although that was true
Your daddy was a real n**** 'cuz he loved you"
For your eyes only
2Love Yourz
Best Lyrics:
It's beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success
Hear my words or listen to my signal of distress
I grew up in the city and know sometimes we had less
Compared to some of my n***** down the block, man, we were blessed
And life can't be no fairytale, no once upon a time
But I be goddamned if a n**** don't be tryin'
So tell me, mama please, why you be drinking all the time?
Does all the pain he brought you still linger in your mind?
3No Role Modelz
Best Lyrics:
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved
Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved
Fool me one time shame on you
Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you
Fool me three times, f*ck the peace signs
Load the chopper, let it rain on you
4Power Trip (ft. Miguel)
Well, this has got to be the longest crush ever
If I ever get to f*ck, it'd be the longest b*st ever
Love is a drug, like the strongest stuff ever and
F*ck it, I'm on one, you feel me?
She on a power trip, she got me where she want a n****
Wife'ing in the club, man, my homies gon' disown a n****
Like, give me 20 dollars, dollars
Ass stupid, how you get to college, college?
5Apparently
Best Lyrics:
And how could I be so selfish, I know I can be so selfish
I could tell by how I treat you with my girl
Damn she so selfless, but she put up with my way
Because she loves me like you do
And though it do not always show
I love her just like I love youAnd I need to treat you better
Wish you could live forever
So we could spend more time together
I love you mama
6Middle Child
Best Lyrics:
N***** been countin' me out
I'm countin' my bullets, I'm loadin' my clips
I'm writin' down names, I'm makin' a list
I'm checkin' it twice and I'm gettin' 'em hit
The real ones been dyin', the fake ones is lit
The game is off balance, I'm back on my sh*t
The Bentley is dirty, my sneakers is dirty
But that's how I like it, you all on my d*ck
7Neighbors
Best Lyrics:
Crib has got a big 'ol backyard
My n***** stand outside and pass cigars
Filled with marijuana, laughin' hard
Thankful that they friend's a platinum star
In the driveway there's no rapper cars
Just some sh*t to get from back and forth
Just some sh*t to get from back and forth
Welcome to the shelter, this is pure
We'll help you if you've felt too insecure
To be the star you always knew you were
Wait, I think police is at the doorOkay, the neighbors think I'm sellin' dope
8Fire Squad
Best Lyrics:
Ain't a way around it no more, I am the greatest
A lotta n***** sat on the thrown, I am the latest
I am the bravest, go toe to toe with the giants
I ain't afraid of you n*****, I'll end up fading you n*****
'Fore it's all said and done, this n**** need medicine
My uzi it weighed a ton, I need me a better gun
In fact I just might need two, cuz n***** say they the one
And I got something to prove
Forgive me lord here they come, BLAOW
9m y . l i f e (ft. 21 Savage & Morray)
N****, I'm just a product of poverty, full of narcotics to profit off quickly
My family tree got a history of users that struggle with demons
Not really the hustler instincts
Therefore, often, my pockets was empty
So while some of my partners was servin' up rocks on the corners, the project assemblies
Me, I was startin' to envy, wanna be on the top where it's plenty
Wanna be in the spot like where every b*tch want me like Rihanna droppin' new Fenty
What I see in the sky, the 'Ville is the ceilin', can't reach up too high, evidently
Nah, sh*t, I can't reach up too high, evidently
10p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l (ft. Lil Baby)
Best Lyrics:
Pride is the Devil
I think it got a hold on me
Pride is the Devil, uh, yeahTerrified, paranoid
I'll put you over everything to fill the void
And when you're gone, will I have anything?
Or will I be destroyed?
11Wet Dreamz
Best Lyrics:
I wrote back and said "of course I had sex before"
Knowing I was frontin'
I said I was like a pro baby
Knowing I was stuntin'
But if I told the truth I knew I'd get played out son
Hadn't been in p*ssy since the day I came out one
But, she don't know that
So she done roll back and told me
"Oh you a pro homie? Well I want you to show me
My mama gone for the weekend
So Saturday baby we can get to freakin'"
12A Tale Of 2 Citiez
Last night I had a bad dream
That I was trapped in this city
Then I asked is that really such a bad thing?
They robbin' n***** on the daily
Keep on blamin' n**** that ain't never had things
Guess not, last night they pulled up on my n**** at the light like
Uh, nice watch, run it
Hands in the air now, hands in the air, run it
13t h e . c l i m b . b a c k
Best Lyrics:
Everything come back around full circle
Why do lies sound pleasant but the truth hurtful (Yeah)
Everybody gotta cry once in a while
But how long will it take 'fore you smile?
This is that come back to life sh*t
My n**** pick me up and we gon' light the city up
As if the sun had the night shift
And paint the town red for my n**** found dead too soon
Now I know why they call it blue moon (Yeah)
14Lights Please
I'm findin' the more I grow the more y'all seem to stay the same
Don't even know the rules but yet y'all tryin' to play the game
And ain't it shameful how n***** blame h*es for givin' birth
To a baby that took two to make?
Coward n****, you a fake
How gon' look in your son's face and turn your back
Then go start another family dog, what type of sh*t is that?
15Immortal
Have you ever seen a fiend cook cr*ck on the spoon?
Have you ever seen a n**** that was black on the moon?
Have you ever seen your brother go to prison as you cried?
Have you ever seen a motherf*ckin' ribbon in the sky?
Nope, all I see is that C.R.E.A.M n****, that green
I'm a black king, black jeans on my black queen
And her ass fat, too fat for a flat screen
I'm the type of n**** make the whole f*ckin' trap lean
Kingpin, n**** put wings on a crack fiend
If they want a n****, they gon' have to send a SWAT team
And I'm goin' out like Scarface in his last scene
A legend, what that mean?Real n**** don't die
16G.O.M.D
Best Lyrics:
I said to the window, to the wall
My n**** ride when I call
Got b*tches all in my mind
F*ck n**** blocking my shine
I know the reason you feel the way
I know just who you wan' be
So everyday I thank the man upstairs
That I ain't you and you ain't me
17Kevin's Heart
All in your mind with fears that would come true
The back of my mind, the back of my mind was you
Wishing that I could blind myself from view
And only have eyes, and only have eyes for you
18Crooked Smile (ft. TLC)
Best Lyrics:
You wake up, put makeup on
Stare in the mirror
But it's clear that you can't face what's wrong
No need to fix what God already put his paintbrush on
Your roommate yelling, why you gotta take so long?
What it's like to have a crooked smileOn my way, on my way, on my way down
On my way, on my way, on my way down (This crooked smile)
You were the one that was tryna keep me way down
But like the sun, know you know I found my way back 'round
19She Knows (ft. Amber Coffman & Cults)
Now I'm sure you done head about me
A black star, Mos Def, Kweli
Good so them bad hoes try me, they try me
This is Martin Luther King in the club, getting dubs
With a bad b*tch in his ear, sayin' that she down for whatever
In the back of his mind is Coretta
And she knows, she knows
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
20In the Morning
Best Lyrics:
Don't be ashamed, it ain't no thing, I used to blow trees
Gettin lifted, I quit but sh*t, I might get high with you
It's only fitting cause I'm looking super fly with you
A flower, you are powerful, you do something to me
'Cause girl I caught the vibe like you threw something to me
So I threw em back, now all my n***** hollerin, who was that
Oh boy, she bad n****, what you bout do with that
I'm finna take you home, just sip a little patron
Now we zonin', baby you so fineAnd can I hit it in the morning
211985 - Intro to 'The Fall Off'
I wish you good luck
I'm hoping for your sake that you ain't dumb as you look
But if it's really true what people sayin'
And you call yourself playin' with my name
Then I really know you f*cked, trust
I'll be around forever 'cause my skills is tip-top
To any amateur n***** that wanna get rocked
Just remember what I told you when your sh*t flop
In five years you gon' be on Love & Hip-Hop, n****
22Work Out
Best Lyrics:
Take a chance, roll the dice
Money can't buy you love 'cause it's overpriced
Don't overthink, just hope it's right
I'm only here for the nightAy, we've got a good thing
Don't know if I'mma see you again
But is that a good thing?
'Cause girl, I can't be your man, no ma'am
I know what's on your brain
You probably hope it never would end
Like, "is it the real thing
Or is it just a one night stand?"
Well then
23Can't Get Enough (ft. Trey Songz)
Best Lyrics:
Hey, Cole World, baby, ain't nothin' sunny
I see 'em hatin', but it ain't nuttin' to me
I'm from the Ville, where they bang for the moneyAnd carry fo'-fives like change for a twenty
So what I look like scurred?
Them n***** over there look like nerds
Never mind that, girl, let's make a track
I'll beat the p*ssy up, that's the hook right thurr
That's the hook, right there
That's the hook, right there
Never mind that, girl, let's make a trackI'll beat the p*ssy up, that's the hook right thurr
24KOD
Best Lyrics:
The number one question is, "How?"
How does it feel now that you on?
How much you worth? How big is your home?
How come you won't get a few features?
I think you should? How 'bout I don't?
How 'bout you just get the f*ck off my dick?
How 'bout you listen and never forget?
Only gon' say this one time, then I'm dipped
N****s ain't worthy to be on my shit
25i n t e r l u d e
Block hot, n***** burnin' up the street
Shots poppin' and we heard it up the street
It's a war, n***** runnin' up the score
Jesus said that you should turn the other cheekWas his n***** gettin' murdered every week?
Dead bodies, smell the odor in the street
26Lost Ones
Best Lyrics:
And I ain't too proud to tell ya that I cry sometimes
I cry sometimes about it
And girl I know it hurt but if this world was perfect
Then we could make it work but I doubt it
And I aint too proud to tell ya that I cry sometimes
I cry sometimes about it
27ATM
Best Lyrics:
Pardon the visual
But money, it give me a h*rd-on it's typical
I want it in physical
A million dollars, I count up in intervals
Without it I'm miserable
Don't wanna fall off so I'm all in my bag
Thankin' God like it's biblical
I know it's gon' solve every problem I have
I balled on the principal
Remember the teachers that was all on my ass
Now look all of them, pitiful
And all of a sudden I'm so good at math
28Three Wishes
I woke up from out my sleep when I heard mama and my stepfather beefin'
I don't know if he'd been drinkin', but I know that sh*t got loud
And I heard rumbling from struggling and rolling on the ground
Could never get used to that sound, my mama saying “Get off me!”
My tears is tumbling now, I wish that you never saw me, 'cause I
Felt like a coward, so powerless I was only 12
I wish I would've bust right through that door my f*cking self
29Motiv8
Used to like b*tches with hair permed
Now I like it "natural, actual, factual"
Naps and sh*t, bougie, still do ratchet sh*t
Not afraid to pass the clip
Before I make the ratchet spit, blaow!
