Hoodie Allen

Released: June 1, 2011

Songwriter: Hoodie Allen

[Intro]
"Yo get in the booth, we're rolling"
Yeah just turn on the drums and fucking make a hit
Go!
Psh yah you welcome
Go!
Ready, set
Go!

[Hook]
No I can’t be that guy
To sit and say it’s alright
I’m getting it
Uh, uh, I’m getting it
Uh, I’m getting it
Psh ya
You're welcome
No I can’t be that guy
To sit and waste my whole life
I’m getting it
Uh, uh, I’m getting it
Uh, I’m getting it
Psh ya you welcome

[Verse 1: Hoodie]
Sometimes I wish I could just take a break and skate around
Even if I suck at skating, sunny day’s I’m staying out
An 80’s baby, but can’t look to Ronald Reagan now
My liberal education’s taking all the love to break it down
Ok this is real as shit, tell me if you ready for
Insert famous person, work‘em in a metaphor
I’m almost famous like Kate Hudson, I met a whore
My friends don’t really call me
Well fuck those losers I’m better off
Unless they’re trying to get some tickets to my concert
And I just tell ‘em they missin’ out if they not here
Lebron’s here, Plus my mom’s here
I love my Japanese fans, this a bomb year! Uh, no Nagasaki
And when I get up on the beat I kill it like a (...)
I’m not gonna say it. Don’t make me say it
Well

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
Duh, next, unapologetic
I live my life the way I want so I do not regret it
I’ll be in the game eventually cause I’m so J.J. Redick
I am white, I got money, people wanna see me debted
Y’all are chicken, y’all are breaded
Yo let’s keep it cooked up in the cage
I follow all my hater’s doin’ on they twitter page
And send them messages and end it with a smiley face
Mikey asked me why I engage?
Well that’s because I ain’t made it
YET
Well "yet" is open to the future
I’m so odd, I’m so used to
Getting all this love, give it to my producer
Dancing on your face like I invented the two-step
Well, then you can really call me Einstein
Because we dropping out the beat when I rhyme
I know a couple people here tryna hurt me
Cuz all these French broads screaming
Merci, merci, merci!

[Hook]

[Outro]
No I can’t be that guy
Merci, merci
No I can’t be that guy
Psh ya you welcome
No I can’t be that guy
I said it no no no
I don’t wanna be anything other than what I’ve been tryna be lately
Psh ya you welcome

Hoodie Allen (born August 19, 1988) is a rapper from Long Island, NY. His real life name is Steven Markowitz – the stage name Hoodie Allen came from his youth nickname “Hoodie” and is a wordplay with actor Woody Allen.

He would gain first success with several mixtapes and EPs such as Leap Year, All American and Crew Cuts, before going on to release his first studio album People Keep Talking in 2014. Hoodie went on to release Happy Camper in 2016, The Hype in 2017, and Whatever USA in 2019.

His style is a mixture of rap and pop – catchy hooks are often embedded in two or three fast spoken verses. His lyrics mostly deal with fame, girls and parties and are very reference-heavy.

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