IDK Reflects On Christmas’ Past On “Coal,” Now Available Across DSPs.

December is officially upon us. If you weren’t feeling the Christmas spirit before, it’s likely starting to kick in now. Holiday music is practically impossible to avoid at this time of year. Thanks to a few of our favourite artists, though, it’s more pleasing to listen to than ever before.

This New Music Friday (December 2), IDK did his part to help celebrate the season by releasing his fan-favourite track, “Coal,” across DSPs. As Uproxx notes, it was previously released exclusively on Amazon and finds the artist reflecting on how he saw Christmas as a child.

“Go to sleep the 24th, wake up the 25th / Wipe the dust up out my eyes until I see the gifts,” he recalls. “Where they from? She said, ‘Santa’ / I said, ‘How come? I got bad grades, mommy.”

Aside from on “Coal,” we’ve got plenty of impressive new drops from IDK throughout 2022. At the end of October, he showed his stuff on “Monsieur Dior,” and in August fans heard a 2-track bundle called “W13 (Free Slime/Drive).”

Elsewhere in the music world, the 30-year-old teamed up with NGHTMRE for “Trials,” and he brought some of his most-loved songs to his NPR Tiny Desk concert back in May.

That same month, he shared his Kaytranada-produced album Simple., which has remained in rotation for many in the time since its debut.

Stream IDK’s “Coal” on Spotify or Apple Music below. Additionally, make sure to check back in with HNHH later this weekend to catch up on more new music releases.

IDK – Coal Lyrics 

[Intro]
Done, done, done, done, done, done
So done, oh, done, oh, done
Three-hundred and sixty five days on the
On the bullshit
But I swear I’m done, ’cause

[Verse]
Three-hundred and sixty five a year
From three ’til I was eight
My dream was sittin’ and takin’ a picture
In that chair with a nigga with white hair
My only fear was was I behavin’? That was my prayer
Go to sleep the 24th, wake up the 25th
Wipe the dust up out my eyes until I see the gifts
Where they from? She said, “Santa”
I said, “How come? I got bad grades, mommy
‘Member thе day you called me dumb?”
With a tear in my еye, gift by the tree
Hopefully the gift dries the tears, yes it did, indeed
Matter fact, a myth made me think a white man was the man
And the credit went to him instead of goin’ to my fam’
As I did a little dance in my blue pajama pants
Momma looked at me and glanced, tryin’ not to laugh hard
I was five years old, and too young to understand
That is a fat white man came down the chimney, it would jam

[Chorus]
It was a white Christmas, dark winter lights, Heaven, hearts bitter
If you cannot fill the socks, we don’t want no parts wit’ ya
We don’t want no coal, good deeds is the goal
‘Til the day’s full of snow, melt away and we’re grown
Oh ho, it be like that ’til Christmas goes
And winter says, “I’ll be right back,” okay
We don’t want no coal, good deeds is the goal
‘Til the day’s full of snow, melt away and we’re grown

[Break]
Runnin’, runnin’, runnin’, runnin’, runnin’ away
I keep runnin’, runnin’, runnin’, runnin’, runnin’ away

[Verse 2]
Three-hundred and sixty five a year
I’m usually a sinner until the time is near
The time is of the essence, the clock is tickin’ to fear
Box, ’cause every lesson is in and out of one ear
Shocked from all the happiness, overcomin’ the sappiness
Slow at sippin’ the syrup, that’s overnight in the Actavis
Everybody’s a hero, everybody’s a hero
But everybody ain’t real, so somebody’s De Niro
Eye is on the sparrow, know that he watchin’ me
One day, I’m gon’ see, if it ain’t happenin’, ain’t for me
‘Cause all of this year’s blessings is living under that tree
So whether I get coal or a CD from Cole
The suit keepin’ me safe from the annual cold
I wish Santa was black, ’cause from what we were told
All of Santa’s receivers did not fit the mold

[Chorus]
It was a white Christmas, dark winter lights, Heaven, hearts bitter
If you cannot fill the socks, we don’t want no parts wit’ ya
We don’t want no coal, good deeds is the goal
‘Til the day’s full of snow, melt away and we’re grown
Oh ho, it be like that ’til Christmas goes
And winter says, “I’ll be right back,” okay
We don’t want no coal, good deeds is the goal
‘Til the day’s full of snow, melt away and we’re grown