"I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump."

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Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a good day, my rapper side will jump in and start the writing process - maybe come up with a hook or start a verse. Sometimes it just happens like that. A song like 'Lights Please' happens like that.

— J. Cole