Power Trip
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Chorus 1: J. Cole
Got me up all nightAll I'm singin' is love songsShe got me up all nightConstant drinkin' and love songsShe got me up all nightDown-and-out with these love songsShe got me up all nightDrownin' out with these love songsShe got me up all night (Yeah)All I'm singin' is love songsShe got me up all night (Yeah)Constant drinkin' and love songsShe got me up all night (Yeah)Down-and-out with these love songsShe got me open all night (Uh-huh)Got me open all night, heyVerse 1: J. Cole
Okay, back when I was sleeping in my mama cribOr even back when I was up there in Mohammed cribPaying seventeen hundred for the rent, money well spentNo heater, but a nigga made heat, may I vent?Had a thing for ya, even wrote the song "Dreams" for ya‘Cause I had dreams for ya, thoughts of a ring for yaChildish shit, you know child and shitAnonymous flowers sent, you know coward shitNow a nigga signed to Hov, took a power tripBack home, I'm grown now, and the city's my throne now, huhThe same clubs that I used to get tossed outLife got Kriss Kross'd: totally crossed out‘Cause now I'm in this bitch and I'm totally bossed outOld chicks crying ‘cause they know that they lost outBut I'm still on you, I'm still on youMy drink spill on me, while I feel on you, I'm sayin'—Pre-Chorus: Miguel
Would you believe me if I said I'm in love?Baby, I want you to want meWould you believe me if I said I'm in love?Baby, I want yaChorus 2: J. Cole
And we are, we are, we areGot me up all nightAnd we are, we are, we areAll I'm singin' is love songsAnd we are, we are, we areGot me up all nightAnd we are, we are, we are (She got me)And we are, we are, we are (She got me)Verse 2: J. Cole
Well, this has got to be the longest crush everIf I ever get to fuck it'd be the longest bust everLove is a drug, like the strongest stuff ever andFuck it, I'm on one, you feel me?She on a power trip, she got me where she want a niggaWife'ing in the club, man, my homies gon' disown a niggaLike, "Give me twenty dollars, dollars!"Ass stupid, how you get to college, college?I'm in your city and I'm wonderin' if you're home nowWent and found a man, but I'm hopin' you're alone nowCan't help but feeling like I dropped the ball, clichéI used to pop up on you at the mall each dayNow, typically I kick game like EastbayBut you got a nigga freeze-framed yelling: "Please play!"For Pete's sake, homie, pull it togetherJust fuck her one time and be through with forever, but—Pre-Chorus: Miguel
Would you believe me if I said I'm in love?Baby, I want you to want meWould you believe me if I said I'm in love?Baby, I want ya, yeahChorus 2: J. Cole
And we are, we are, we areGot me up all nightAnd we are, we are, we areAll I'm singin' is love songsAnd we are, we are, we areGot me up all nightAnd we are, we are, we are (She got me)And we are, we are, we are (She got me)Chorus 1: J. Cole
Got me up all night (All night)All I'm singin' is love songsShe got me up all night (All night)Constant drinkin' and love songsShe got me up all night (All night)Down-and-out with these love songsShe got me up all night (All night)Drownin' out with these love songsShe got me up all night (Yeah)All I'm singin' is love songsShe got me up all night (Yeah)Constant drinkin' and love songsShe got me up all night (Yeah)Down-and-out with these love songsShe got me open all night (Uh-huh)Got me open all night, heyOutro: J. Cole
Back when I was sleeping in my mama crib*Space Bar Tap*What the song means
J. Cole reflects on an obsessive, long-standing crush that haunts him despite achieving success and fame. He contrasts his humble past with his current status, yet remains emotionally trapped by this person. The song explores how love can make someone feel powerless and consumed, keeping him awake and drowning his feelings in alcohol and music.
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power trip — a situation where someone has control over you emotionally
Cole uses this phrase to describe how the woman has complete emotional control over him despite his success.