What is the meaning behind “I got a friend smart as fuck, 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 Shit, who would I be? Without the creator of this theater beside me to gently guide me?”? on the street by j-hope & J. Cole
- by imrk
- March 06, 2023
Cole has made it pretty apparent that he believes in a higher power, likely the Christian God. His 2013 sophomore album Born Sinner carries lots of religious imagery with biblical songs titles like “Forbidden Fruit” and its cover art: small center Front cover artwork for Born Sinner and its deluxe version. Here, Cole recounts what he feels is a silly refutation of God’s existence from his atheist friend. Cole’s reply suggests that he believes in the anthropic principle, a common theist position that essentially states the conditions of the Earth are so fine-tuned and seemingly purposeful that there must be a creator behind them. Cole used a similar argument a while back on “The Badness” from his 2009 mixtape The Warm Up where he rapped: Believe in God like the sun up in the sky Science can tell us how, but it can’t tell us why