PINUSI.COM - Lagu "She Knows" yang dinyanyikan oleh J. Cole ini menggambarkan konflik batin antara kesetiaan dan godaan. Di satu sisi, protagonis lagu tahu apa yang benar, namun di sisi lain, dia terus tergoda oleh kehidupan yang penuh dengan gangguan dan godaan. Hubungan yang rumit ini diperlihatkan melalui lirik tentang bagaimana karakter utama berusaha menjalani kehidupan yang benar, namun tergoda untuk berbuat salah.
J. Cole dengan jelas menyatakan bahwa meskipun ia memiliki tanggung jawab dan orang yang ia sayangi, ia tetap tergoda oleh keinginan-keinginan duniawi. Hal ini juga diperkuat dengan referensi kepada tokoh-tokoh berpengaruh seperti Martin Luther King dan Coretta, yang menandakan konflik antara prinsip dan tindakan. Lagu ini menyentuh tema dualitas manusia—keinginan untuk berbuat baik, tetapi juga rentan terhadap dosa dan godaan.
Melalui lirik yang jujur dan introspektif, J. Cole menggambarkan perjuangan pribadi dan rasa bersalah yang dirasakan ketika seseorang mengetahui bahwa tindakan mereka akan membawa konsekuensi buruk, namun tetap merasa sulit untuk melepaskan diri dari godaan tersebut. Lagu ini menggambarkan bagaimana, meskipun kita tahu apa yang benar, seringkali kita tetap merasa terjebak dalam siklus kesalahan yang sama.
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Banyak netizen yang menyangkutpautkan lagu dari J.Cole ini dengan skandal Puff Daddy atau Diddy yang sedang ditangani pihak kepolisian. Netizen menaruh perhatian pada lirik :
Only bad thing 'bout a star is they burn up
Rest in peace to Aaliyah
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Rest in peace to Left Eye (Left Eye)
Michael Jackson,
I'll see yaJust as soon as I die
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Lirik tersebut dipercaya cara J.Cole menyampaikan pesan jika yang membunuh para artis Hollywood tersebut adalah Puff Daddy atau Diddy. namun semua masih spekulasi netizen semata. berikut lirik full dari lagu "She Knows" dari J.Cole
She knows, she knows
Oh I, oh I-I-IAlright
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Oh I, oh I-I-IAlright
[Verse 1:]Damned if I do, damned if I don't
You know I got a girl back home
You got a man but you want, but you want
What these bitches want from a niggaThat's some DMX shitI know them other niggas love tricking
On some BMX shit, but not meNow I'm sure you done heard about me
A black star, Mos Def, KweliGood southern bad hoes try me, they try me
This is Martin Luther King in the club gettin' dubs
With a bad bitch in his ear sayin' that she down for whateverIn the back of his mind is Coretta
[Hook:]And she knows, she knows
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
And deep down she knows, she knows
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
Well alright
Oh I, oh I-I-II can't give you what you want from me
Well alright
Oh I, oh I-I-II can't give you what you want from me
Well alright
[Verse 2:]Damned if I do, damned if I don'tI'm passing up on bad hoes, trying to be the man that she wantWhat she want, what she want from a nigga
To put a ring on it
Got a bitch on my di*k right now
And she just want to sing on it
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pieI be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
Dance on fire, with my pants on fire
Cause I told her I was sleeping
Cause I creep with this pretty young thing I choseThat she could be doing the same thing I suppose
[Hook:]And she knows, she knows
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
And deep down she knows, she knows
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
Well alrightOh I, oh I-I-II can't give you what you want from me
Well alrightOh I, oh I-I-II can't give you what you want from me
Well alright
Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up
Only bad thing about a star is they burn up
Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up
Only bad thing about a star is they burn up
Rest in peace to Aaliyah
Rest in peace to Left Eye
Michael Jackson I'll see yaJust as soon as I die
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pieI be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pieI be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
[Outro:]Well alright
Oh I, oh I-I-II can't give you what you want from me
Well alright
Oh I, oh I-I-II can't give you what you want from me
Well alright
