Cold Summers by Earl Sweatshirt Song Info
“Cold Summers” serves as the third track to Earl Sweatshirt’s third studio album, Some Rap Songs. The track contains a sample from the song “Road Man (Mystic)” by Mighty Flames. The track is produced by RandomBlackDude—the producer alter-ego of Earl Sweatshirt—and on the song’s sole verse, Earl manages to discuss a variety of topics varying from substance abuse to home robberies—the track’s title juxtaposes “cold” and “summer” as contrasts to each other, and Earl metaphorically combines a positive word with a negative adjective to describe the effects of a “cold summer”—this idea is also portrayed in the lyrics: "Nigga it’s on, chest thump, his head thump on the floor We pressed up on the boy, no more bluffin' Cold summers, don’t tussle with strangers Some of those keep one in the chamber" The track’s title juxtaposes “cold” and “summer” as contrasts to each other, and Earl metaphorically combines a positive word with a negative adjective to describe the effects of a “cold summer." Additionally, Earl might have had a cold summer himself this year as he would’ve been indoors recording Some Rap Songs rather than outside enjoying the warm weather.