Immediately Cole delves into the elements of the album: freedom, happiness and love.
When moving back to his hometown of Fayetteville, he spoke about how his life in the Hollywood lights only brought him “fake happiness.”
In an interview with NPR, Cole said that the song was recorded around the sa...
[Produced by J. Cole]
[Directed by Scott Lazer]
[Refrain]
Do you wanna, do you wanna be?
Do you wanna, do you wanna be?
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, free?
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy?
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy?
Do you wanna be, happy?
Do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, happy?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be happy?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be, free?
[Verse]
Free from pain, free from scars
Free to sing, free from bars
Free my dawgs, you're free to go
Block is hot, the streets is cold
Free to love, to each his own
Free from bills, free from pills
You roll it loud, the speakers blow
Life get hard, you ease your soul
It cleanse ya mind, learn to fly
Then reach the stars, you take the time
To look behind and say, "Look where I came
Look how far I done came"
They say that dreams come true
And when they do, that there's a beautiful thing
[Refrain]
Now do you wanna, do you wanna be happy?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be free?
I said do you wanna, do you wanna be?
Intro (2014 Forest Hills Drive) was written by J. Cole.
Intro (2014 Forest Hills Drive) was produced by J. Cole & Ron Gilmore.
J. Cole released Intro (2014 Forest Hills Drive) on Fri Dec 05 2014.
Yes. “Intro (2014 Forest Hills Drive)” was certified gold by the RIAA on August 17, 2020.