Flow State

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Verse 1: J. Cole

Flow state is the zone where the pen operates alone

every bar a different weapon every weapon is known

that the comfortable can't tune themselves to ever hear

I been the signal and the static and the atmosphere

of a craft that moves at a speed the average can't clock

I been in the flow since before they knew the block

of Carolina built a kid who never lost the zone

flow state is the vision and the vision is my own.

Every bar a different current every current moving fast

flow state is the moment when the moment built to last

past the obvious past the surface past the literal design

I been the river and the ocean and the shoreline

of a language that I bent to fit a different speed

flow state is the answer to the culture's every need

of something real in a world that been faking the zone

I been the flow since the basement building all alone.

Fuck the ones who chase the trend and call it a state

I been the standard of the flow since before the date

of every record that the culture ever said was right

flow state is the darkness and I'm living in the night

of a craft that operates when everything goes quiet

flow state is the calm before the lyrical riot

of a verse that hits different when the verse in the zone

Jermaine from 910 and the flow always his own.

Every cipher every bar every syllable connected

flow state is the moment when the moment gets perfected

past the rehearsed past the calculated past the planned

I been the flow state and the flow state understand

the difference between the rapper and the one in the zone

every bar a different building and I built it alone

the flow state is the gift and the gift never fades

Jermaine from Carolina running every different shade.

Verse 2: J. Cole

Flow state is the language and the language speaking me

past every obstacle past every wall past the design

I been the current and the undertow and every line

that connects the bars to something bigger than the shrine

of the obvious — I been operating in the deep

flow state is the zone and the zone never ever sleep

every cipher every bar every syllable precise

flow state is the standard and the standard hitting twice.

Every bar a different level every level letting go

of everything that wasn't built from somewhere honest real

flow state is the feeling when the feeling got steel

in the spine of every bar that comes from somewhere real

I been the flow state since before the culture knew

the kid from Carolina who never ever lost the view

of something permanent beyond the surface of the game

Jermaine from Carolina and the flow state never same.

Built from every scar built from every cold and dark night

flow state is the moment when the moment burning bright

of a craft that never sleeps and never asks permission

flow state is the gift and the gift is the mission

of a man who chose the depth over the surface time

I been the flow state and the flow state every rhyme

that connects the obvious to everything that's beneath

flow state is the crown and the crown is the wreath.

No ceiling on the flow no ceiling on the whole zone

every bar a different building and I built it alone

flow state is the darkness and the darkness is the truth

I been the flow state since the first day in the booth

every level that I reach becomes a different state

flow state is the standard and the standard always great

Jermaine from Carolina and the flow is never done

flow state is the vision and the vision always won.

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