The Climb Back

"The Climb Back"
Single by J. Cole
from the album The Off-Season and the EP Lewis Street
ReleasedJuly 22, 2020
Length5:04
Label
Songwriter(s)Jermaine Cole
Producer(s)J. Cole
J. Cole singles chronology
"Snow on tha Bluff"
(2020)
"The Climb Back" / "Lion King on Ice"
(2020)
"My Life"
(2021)
Audio video
"The Climb Back" on YouTube

"The Climb Back" (stylized as "t h e . c l i m b . b a c k") is a song by American rapper J. Cole. It was released on July 22, 2020, together with another song, "Lion King on Ice", under the title Lewis Street. "The Climb Back", which was written and produced solely by J. Cole,[1] sees him rapping about various topics, including life-changing moments, the effects of those moments, and his rediscovered love of rap music. The song received universal acclaim from critics.

The songs follow J. Cole's previous, political single, "Snow on tha Bluff", which was his first release of 2020. "The Climb Back" was later included on Cole's sixth studio album The Off-Season (2021).

  1. ^ "J. Cole's "The Climb Back" Watch Now!". Billboard. July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.