Cold War Lyrics - Jane

[Verse 1] 

At my brother's Janazah 

Tears stained sunglassses 

A Salat with no bows 

Pallbearer carry you to the car now 

Chilly day, Mosque on 96 and 3rd 

New York City way, me and Jay never left my side 

Rest like that picture with your pride 

Who look just like.. 

Now the city looks less bright 

Brooklyn looking less special 

Don't carry the same weight 

As when you were on this level 

You: work in progress from 40 projects, God bless 

An inspiration and a king 

They won't know what I mean but this one 'bout to spring 

Protect it with every feather on the wings 

So even when it hurts, you'll never feel a thing 

[Hook] 

Said it's a cold cold war 

Ain't nobody wins like the government 

In the U.S.S.R 

Cause this is all for shares 

Nobody cares 

Who you think you are 

And you can fight it, but there's no defense 

For what things are 

Baby grab a jacket 

It's a cold, cold... 

[Verse 2] 

Let me clarify the chorus 

And what my cold war is 

Cause the complexity is enormous 

Using one of my greatest losses with eyes like faucets 

To reinforce every single word that I talk with 

Something about losing things, human beings 

That reduces things to their most elementary 

Find yourself where you never meant to be 

With the energy of memories 

That's the soul force of what's behind killing me 

Finding pleasure in the pains 

Like finding desert in the rain 

Twisted: how this world can drive you masochistic 

Question if I'm over it 

Or if I'm numb because I'm closureless 

Or my closure's that we all gotta go and shit 

Rendered emotionless but moving at the speed of running over it 

Still happy that I opened it 

[Hook] 

[Verse 3] 

In the studio writing these words, one after another 

In memorial of my brother 

As you listen to the album with 

Nothing on the cover 

I imagine that he hovers 

In the back of his chair 

Floating right there in the air 

Nodding his head to the music, I slightly lose it 

Ask why do I put myself through this 

Crack a smile, look up at the file 

The waveforms on the screen of me tryna tell you what I mean 

But I feel that it's all lost, or maybe that it's all gotta cross 

Happy with his dedicated song 

But now he's all gone 

But he was never there, cause 

He was everywhere, nowhere and down here 

Maybe on that judgement day, rise up 

We'll both open our eyes up, climb up 

Hoping God forgives us for our tendencies 

Wipes away our cool young histories 

[Hook] 

[Outro] 

Ride around, you know what I'm saying 

All over the world right? I mean, everywhere 

I mean we just disappear and just come back 

I feel like we can just put him anywhere 

He'd find his way back home, y'know'm saying 

Another random thing's that consequence to me 

But maybe to you, not much 

But with that said, the reason behind me 

Why I do what I does, love 

Just riding around bumping that, uh 

Either Jay or Nas, or me 

I used to tell him like "yeah you alright" 

But you ain't fucking with my man 

It was always like that, so 

Drop a little for you, let it bump 

This that Esco music, it's that Esco music 

Bumping with my Esco music, that raw 

See you on the other side, As-Salamu Alaykum