Hoodie Allen

Released: August 25, 2017

Songwriter: Hoodie Allen

Producer: Cook Classics

[Hook]
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe things gon' be alright?
Every time? (But everytime, yeah)
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe you'll be by my side?
Every night?
Oh-ah oh-ah oh-ay

[Verse 1]
Yo, I been rapping since Allen Iverson skippin' practice
So many hooks on my records how could I not be captain
Indian gave you attention, now I gotta take it back man
'Cause I ran over all your fans, aka your fraction
I hear my music in traffic, dog I’m radioactive
They got my homies reminiscing, like back when
Nobody love me they were only actin'
Now I'm out for the blood, on my Anna Paquin
People keep talking, we finally doing numbers
I’m tryna be Donald Glover by the end of the summer
Anything less is a bummer, I won’t be satisfied
'Til I see my name in shining lights, plus I'm shining like
Jack Nicholson sitting court side with the shades
Used to be so high up in the crowd I couldn’t see the game
Dreaming of the day when I finally quit my day job
Look how far we came dog, hard work finally paid off

[Hook]
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe things gon' be alright?
Every time? (But everytime, yeah)
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe you'll be by my side?
Every night?
Oh-ah oh-ah oh-ay

[Verse 2]
Yeah, your boy got faith like I'm George Michael in Limp Bizkit
This life's great and my friends told me "Do not risk it"
It ain't worth it, these pipe dreams can be so distant
It's like I'm Lloyd Christmas, I guess I gotta be dumb to look at my choices and try to act like I'm not priviledged
I'm gunslinging so don't tell me I am not driven
'Cause while most of my friends are tryna pay they student loans
I just write this rappin', already pay my future home
Plus I'm what your girl is looking for, I don't mean Google Chrome
Need some inspiration, my motivation's to prove you wrong
I never beat around the bush, this ain't skull and bones
The prince of Manhattan is finally back to reclaim the throne
Driving through the city in my El Dorado
Plus my girl look like a young Winona, she a super model
I just keep it real, all these rappers other wives on Bravo
Went from havin' nada now I'm feeling like I won the lotto
Do you believe?

[Hook]
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe things gon' be alright?
Every time? (But everytime, yeah)
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe you'll be by my side?
Every night?
Oh-ah oh-ah oh-ay

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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