Sound on Monday: London by Bia & J.Cole

"I thought about this song for a month straight, it was my favorite song and I only heard it one time. She hit me recently and sent me the song (she musta knew I wanted to hear it again!!!) and I was just grateful to have it in my possession. 

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When the thought and conversation came up about me adding a verse, I was excited but genuinely nervous cuz I didn’t even see how the song could be better after what she did to it" ~ J COLE.

LYRICS

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[Chorus: BIA]

I'm in London, I like to go and shop at the mall

Shop at the Prada, shop at the store

Shop in the tropics, stop at Dior (Ah, ah)

Louis Vuitton cover my toes

Throw on my trousers, look at my bricks

These are my tennis, look at my shoes (Look at my shoes)

Chrome Hearts socks in sandals

Mans outside in Crocs in shambles (Damn)

Please quick talk, no ramble

Soon as they send their bread, I cancel, ooh (Ah, ah)

I like to tango, twistin' and tangle, testin' the angles (Rrah)

Up in the bank though, I got thе same goals

You with the same hoеs, I like the bankroll (Boo-boo-boo-boo)

 

[Verse 1: BIA]

Pricey, pricey, pricey, he wanna fuck 'cause I'm icy (Ah, ah)

He never met no one like me

It's pretty funny how now they all like me, innit?

This ain't rented (Skrrt) straight from the plane I boarded

Maybe you can't afford it

I'm with my dawgs and we out in Shoreditch (Go, go)

Shoreditch, Shoreditch, Shoreditch

You got a shortage on your funds

And I got a long clip on my guns (Rrrah)

Sounds like fun, I got no shortage, I'm no bum

Reach for my pearls, and, you done

Reach for the purses (Rrrah! Big bankroll, bitch)

Wearing designer, I'm in the future

I got a future, I'm in a new truck

I'm in the booth, yeah, drinkin' kombucha (Boom, boom, boom, boom)

Singin' with Smiley, speak of me highly

Tryna go Kylie, I wake up finely, suffer in silence, wakin' up violent

Checkin' the finance, choosin' the finest

That's the environment, I'm 'bout the to time it (Rrrah)

I bought a Timex, AP, ooh, I'm checkin' my timin', ooh (Ah, ah)

Cleanin' my watch, cleanin' it up (Ah, ah, ah)

Gettin' my job, I got a job (Rrrah)

Kick game, kick game, kick game, Jumpman

Nike, Nike (Cash), very good check, they like me (Cash)

Mans tell me he like me, he wanna fuck me, very likely (Yes, haha)

Can't even honor it, man (I think that's true, I think that's true)

BIA, BIA, yeah

[Chorus: BIA & J. Cole]

I'm in London, I like to go and shop at the mall

Shop at the Prada, shop at the store

Shop in the tropics, stop at Dior (Ah, ah)

Louis Vuitton cover my toes

Throw on my trousers, look at my bricks

These are my tennis, look at my shoes (Look at my shoes)

Chrome Hearts socks in sandals

Mans outside in Crocs in shambles (Damn)

Please quick talk, no ramble

Soon as they send their bread, I cancel, ooh (Ah, ah)

I like to tango, twistin' and tangle, testin' the angles (Rrah)

They absolutely adore me in London

Up in the bank though, I got the same goals

You with the same hoes, I like the bankroll (Uh)

[Verse 2: J. Cole]

Plane just landed, Heathrow, hop off the G4 standard

We see a opp, it's G-code, we blow his top, now he's volcanic

Please don't panic over my lingo, both of my feet so planted

Gold wedding ring on my finger, but yet I'm still killin' 'em singlehanded

Drum on the gun like I'm Ringo

I'm in this bitch with no chain like I'm Django

We from the ends where they know that they can't go

She go both ways so I'm tastin' the rainbow (Ha)

Yummy, they got no more bread, they're crummy

The same way that Melo was starin' at Rih is the way that I stare at the money

I'm ready to risk it all if I lift it, bet I won't miss it, you a statistic

Thought shit was sweet 'til we popped up and popped off the top of your Mistic

I go ballistic

Hopped out the drop, got the drop on an opp, now I'm opportunistic

I like to shop in the District

Coppin' this, coppin' that, I'm proper capitalistic, uh

Dreamer, Dreamer runnin' the game in my signature trainers

Balenciaga for joggers, I might just wear Crocs at the O2 arena

Splendid, got no limits, should have a tank on my pendant

Blokes goin' broke tryna keep up with Cole, but I make it back soon as I spend it

Maybach tinted, "'Scuse me, sir, but ain't that rented?"

I'm offended, straight cash for my Benzes, we don't pay back interest

Aim at fences when I swing, pay respects and kiss my ring

Even Elizabeth said I'm king, haha (Well he's bloody well right, isn't he? Haha)

Why would I choose between this one or that one

When I know that I can have both?

I laugh at these rappers for cappin'

I guess T.I.P. ain't the only one out here with jokes

Mans don't want smoke

I just don't understand

I don't even think they should be allowed to breathe the same air as him if you asked me

[Outro: BIA]

I'm in London, I like to go and shop at the mall

Shop at the Prada, shop at the store

Shop in the tropics, stop at Dior (Ah)

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Songwriters: Jermaine Cole / Bianca Landrau / Jon Glass / Abdul Aziz Dieng / Timothy John Nihan

LONDON lyrics © Sony/atv Tunes Llc, Cutcraft Sounds, Concord Copyrights, Aziz Music, Tim Nihan Publishing