24k of Gold Lyrics
Yeah, G.O.O.D
[Chorus: Big Sean & Jhené Aiko]
Wishing I could wrap my whole life up in 24 karats of gold
Lately, I've been dreaming 'bout diamonds and pearls
Yup, diamonds and pearls
And enough money I could rule the world
If I ruled the world, yeah, if I ruled the world
If I ruled the world man, it got me thinking man if I ruled the world
If I ruled the world, if I ruled the world
I could rule the world man, if I ruled the world
[Verse 1: Big Sean]
If I ruled the world, I would buy it all
I'm addicted to champagne and buying the mall
I'm addicted to living life above the law
How much do it take to live above the law?
I call my homie Ralph up, cause his car stop
Told him bump a new car, come grab the car lot
That way you can have convertibles, and a hardtop
Open up a few doors, since we had a hard knock, life
Like, open up
Where restaurants and legs stay opened up
Start a franchise so my dawg can quit wearing
A .44 up on his waist like it's his pants size
And to my OG locked up bumping "Ready or Not"
Who was just trying to do it big, but wasn't ready to die
Cop a first class wherever he like, with hoes already inside
Now he can rest in peace while he alive
Fuckin' right
Wishing I could wrap my whole life up in 24 karats of gold
Lately, I've been dreaming 'bout diamonds and pearls
Yup, diamonds and pearls
And enough money I could rule the world
If I ruled the world, yeah, if I ruled the world
If I ruled the world man, it got me thinking man if I ruled the world
If I ruled the world, if I ruled the world
I could rule the world man, if I ruled the world
[Verse 2: Big Sean]
Seems life's never at a standstill, even in a photo
Thinking about the ex-girl, I hoed though
Like would we have won it all, or would I have lost it all like Ocho
The things I think about the most are things I never know though
Like, why don't schools teach more mathematics?
Less trigonometry and more about taxes?
They at the chalkboard, teaching us ass backwards
How about preparing us for life instead of lab rat us?
With a mansion that's about five floors
No more sleeping on the couches, cause we got five more
With the fam that reminded me what I'm alive for
And at the same time remind me what I'd die for
A world where you wouldn't need sleep
That way we could catch up instead of chase dreams
And finally get the speedboat my dad always wanted
Mm, I swear I feel it coming
Wishing I could wrap my whole life up in 24 karats of gold
Lately, I've been dreaming 'bout diamonds and pearls
Yup, diamonds and pearls
And enough money I could rule the world (Cole World)
If I ruled the world, yeah, if I ruled the world (Cole)
If I ruled the world man, it got me thinking man if I ruled the world
If I ruled the world, if I ruled the world
I could rule the world man, if I ruled the world (Cole World)
[Verse 3: J. Cole]
Is this a dream? Well that's how it feel
Sometimes I got to pinch a fat ass to see if it's real
I specifically remember, no heat in the winter
Now I supply heat for the winter
Then I skate to the beach for the winter
When it comes to chips boy, nigga get a grip
No cleats I'm a winner
Show love to the hoes and the freaks I remember
Hit the club and raise hell all week for the sinners
Meet a young Dennis, the menace to society
Check my sobriety, fuck hoes in varieties
Shame that these things is the reasons you admire me
But, I'm getting dough man, these flows gon' retire me
Splurging all crazy
Switching lanes in the Range swerving all crazy (Swerve)
Style on Nadal, I've been serving y'all lately, cheddar on Federer
Ball till I fall, et cetera, et cetera
About
A smooth track from Sean’s 2012 mixtape Detroit, it describes how fame and riches have driven him to success, and how he still dreams of even more.
Production was handled by keY Wane.
The original instrumental was produced by Hit Boy and was eventually sold to Justin Bieber for his collaboration with Drake, “Right Here”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Matter of fact, Hit-Boy made the original version of that beat, but he gave it to Justin Bieber. That’s cool though. That’s a big album placement to me. Sean was like, ‘I really need another beat for this.’ I just re-made a whole nother beat, and it just seemed like a supremely great response on that too. It took me a minute to try and recreate that beat, because I didn’t want to listen to the ‘Right Here’ joint, because I didn’t want that to confuse or distract where I wanted to go with the beat. I just didn’t listen. Every other week I just tried different ideas, and I came across it and added some drums. Then No I.D. gave me some great insight on how to do the drums on it. Everything just came out great. I really enjoyed that process, because I got to hear insight from No I.D. on how to make that song sound good production wise.
I met J. Cole in the studio months earlier. I don’t if that song was recorded at that time—I think it was. But yeah, I met J. Cole several months ago. He’s pretty cool.
- 1.Higher
- 2.24k of Gold
- 4.How It Feel
- 5.Woke Up
- 6.Experimental
- 7.Mula
- 9.100
- 10.Sellin Dreams
- 11.I’m Gonna Be
- 12.FFOE
- 15.RWT
- 18.All I Know