The hook contains examples of repetition and bending words. He takes the ending of “ing” off of both of these words. J Cole bends the words “dealing” and “asking”. Bending words allow for these lines to flow smoothly together and create a better rhyme or feel. There are examples of bending words in each of these lines. The perfect end rhyme is produced from “shit” and “it”. “Told her I be dealin’ with some real-life shit, She be askin’ “When?”, bitch, when I feel like it”. Similar to perfect internal rhyme, J Cole uses a perfect end rhyme at the end of the first verse. This is important to him because he wants his listeners to know how “cool” he is and the power he has and his importance. The use of this repetition allows J Cole to place an emphasis on the idea that he “balls”. J Cole has also created repetition in this line, “I ball, I ball”. “I ball, I ball, like Kobe in the fall”, here “ball” and “fall” are used within the same line and create the internal rhyme. A few lines down J Cole uses a perfect internal rhyme. When the words “Nate” and “weight” are used they create an assonance. In about the tenth line J Cole says, “See my man Nate asked me if I gained weight”. This is important for the song because it helps create a “flow” within the song. J Coles uses bending words so he can create rhyme within certain lines. Moreover, there are a few examples of bending words. Most repetition occurs by a word, by there is an example of repetition of an idea in Cole World. There are also a few examples of assonance, alliteration and repetition. In addition, to perfect rhyme J Cole also uses internal, end and imperfect rhyming. For example, he often uses perfect internal rhymes and on occasion he uses perfect end rhymes.
Although, J Cole puts many of the different types of rhymes together to create more complex line. J Cole does not use many complex devices in his music, rather he sticks to a few and uses them continuously throughout the song. The song contains 56 lines and about 540 words. The most common device he uses is a perfect rhyme. In J Coles popular song, Cole World he uses several different poetic and literary devices.