J-hope released On The Street, a song featuring the rapper J. Cole, in March of 2023, following the release of his previous single We Are The World. BTS members wanted to share a heartfelt message in a special moment of their lives, and fans wanted to explore it further: let’s discover its genuine meaning together.
In On The Street, J-hope is sending a love letter out to all of his fans across the globe. The artist, who opened up about his plans to enlist in the military publicly in February 2023, has begun the process for enlisting in the military and has set a deadline of 18 to 21 months for the service.
In an effort to give his fan base a gift before the album is released, he wanted to release one last single of his own.
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)
My two feet walk willingly,
anywhere J in the air
For the path, I’m on to become
one of hope, I give my all
Even my walk was made of
Your love and your faith
To repay you even from afar,
just like a butterfly
Now, just walk lightly,
whenever you want
Go on hopefully, wherever you walk
In these streets imbued
with someone’s breath
I leave my soul and my eternity
Everywhere (I’ll be)
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)
(J. Cole)
Yeah
All hail the mighty survivor of hell
Plopped down from heaven to sell
Holy water that I scooped from the well
Fought tooth and a nail
Just to prevail amongst the
ruthless as I move through the field
Feelin’ worried in a hurry
like a two-minute drill
To make a couple mil’
off a lucrative deal
Selling train of thought,
name a artist who could derail
You’ll never see it like a
n**a hula-hoopin’ in jail
I got a friend smart as f**k,
but he stupid as hell
He swear that God ain’t real
Since it ain’t no way to prove it his self
As if the universe ain’t enough
As if the volcanoes ain’t erupt
As if the birds don’t chirp
As if a trillion nerves don’t
work in the human body
S**t, who would I be?
Without the creator of this theater
beside me to gently guide me?
Some days, I wonder if I
need to pick a different hobby
I’m deep in with this rappin’,
it’s all a n**a know
I never didn’t nothin’ better,
it’s hard to let it go
But like a father watching his daughter
Walk down the altar with tears in his eyes
You gotta let her grow
And so I shall, but first,
I been honing my style
Coldest around, with more
quotables than what
the quota allows
You see a top-ten list,
I see a Golden Corral, n**a
As the moon jumps over the cow
I contemplate if I should wait
to hand over the crown
And stick around for a bit longer,
I got a strange type of hunger
The more I eat, the
more it gets stronger
The more it gets stronger
I said the more it gets stronger
j-hope, Cole World
Every time I walk
Every time I run
Every time I move
As always, for us
Every time I look
Every time I love
Every time I hope
As always, for us
(On the street, I’m still)
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