It was released on July 22, 2020, together with another song, "The Climb Back", under the title Lewis Street.
[2] The song is rapped from the perspective of a younger J. Cole, who uses his alter ego "Young Simba", over a stripped back trap beat with high pitched vocal sampling.
[3] Cole discusses his come-up and the uncertainty he felt while trying to be successful, as well as the struggles and sacrifices he made along the way.
[3] Towards the end of the song, Cole continues to reflect how those struggles led him to where he is today, and how far he has come.
/ We should've caught him and mobbed him / I said, 'We gotta move smarter' / Don't wanna be the reason for one more sad song / I tried to warn niggas they wouldn't last long / I hope that you see how they came and they want / They shots never hit but they made their attempts / May have a good year like their name on a blimp / But you know what it takes to be poppin' this long".