The third, and final way that Cole’s album is a permanent form of spiritual expression is through his inclusion of racial and political topics. As of now, Cole’s sentiments during the production of his album and his appeals to the senses have demonstrated permanence. But, there must be an impetus behind his emotions and his need to evoke specific emotions from his audience. This impetus reveals itself to be the political and racial aspects of society that trouble Cole, and ultimately move him to create the album. Cole portrays the political and racial influences on his music through his skits and interludes, which often bleeds into the next track, both sonically and topic wise. Cole begins his use of skits and interludes immediately after
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The song has a steady drum beat that is consistent from start to finish. This steady pace represents how stagnant the politics of money has been in the black community. Cole raps: “How mama gonna teach you how to save your money. When she barely on the boat, got stay afloat money. Blacks always broke cause we don 't know money. Spend it 'fore we get it and could never hold money. No wallets, nah, [guy] we 'd rather fold money” (0:58-1:12). Clearly, these lines trace back to the “Kerney Sermon” skit from before. Especially, the line:” Peter Pop off, robbing people for hope money” (0:44-0:46). Cole laments on his frustration with how negligent the black community is with money. This negligence is shown through a juxtaposition between white people and black people economically: “Money control [black people], white man control money. Laughing like "yeah yeah my [black guy] get your money" (1:13-1:17). This interlude explains Cole’s confliction during the production of the album. Cole understands the necessity of money, but also the restrictions that money can place on a person. Referring to his line on how the “white man” controls money, Cole creates a paradox with money: it both frees and chains. Money allows black people to enjoy themselves and stay afloat, but it also places them under the subjugation of those who fund them. This song cuts abruptly, and leads into the next track,
The song has a steady drum beat that is consistent from start to finish. This steady pace represents how stagnant the politics of money has been in the black community. Cole raps: “How mama gonna teach you how to save your money. When she barely on the boat, got stay afloat money. Blacks always broke cause we don 't know money. Spend it 'fore we get it and could never hold money. No wallets, nah, [guy] we 'd rather fold money” (0:58-1:12). Clearly, these lines trace back to the “Kerney Sermon” skit from before. Especially, the line:” Peter Pop off, robbing people for hope money” (0:44-0:46). Cole laments on his frustration with how negligent the black community is with money. This negligence is shown through a juxtaposition between white people and black people economically: “Money control [black people], white man control money. Laughing like "yeah yeah my [black guy] get your money" (1:13-1:17). This interlude explains Cole’s confliction during the production of the album. Cole understands the necessity of money, but also the restrictions that money can place on a person. Referring to his line on how the “white man” controls money, Cole creates a paradox with money: it both frees and chains. Money allows black people to enjoy themselves and stay afloat, but it also places them under the subjugation of those who fund them. This song cuts abruptly, and leads into the next track,