“My new album The Off-Season available 5/14,” the rapper shared to Instagram. “Just know this was years in the making.” As we await The Off-Season‘s arrival next week, Cole whets his fans’ whistles with his new single “i n t e r l u d e.” Cole wrote on social media, “Told myself I would drop the album all at once. Sometimes you gotta say f*ck it tho. New song tonight. 12 o’clock. ‘i n t e r l u d e’ from The Off-Season.”

On “Interlude,” we find J. Cole in his bag as he spins clever bars over a T-Minus production. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Quotable Lyrics

Cole world, n*ggas knowin’ what it is
Just in case they don’t, I show ’em what it is
Then in Summer, I do real numbers
Couldn’t dare touch it if they sold the double-disc
Block hot, n*ggas burnin’ up the street
Shots poppin’ and we heard it up the street
It’s a war, n*ggas runnin’ up the score
Jesus said that you should turn the other cheek