Watsky

Released: March 12, 2013

[Verse]
"There's like only one bully in my class
He just thinks he's all cool, he thinks he's smarter than me
He thinks a lot of things!
You know, you know Brazilian ju jitsu right?
A self defense class?"
"Hey talk quiet though so they don't hear us."
"You know Brazilian ju jitsu class right? Self defense?"
"Yeah"
"Well guess what, I'm taking them and-
And after a while, he's gonna get his surprise attack
He's really gonna get it
Oh I'll tell you he's really gonna get a surprise attack
He won't even expect it!"

A successful slam poet turned rapper, Watsky first gained attention through ‘Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry,’ and a later burst of viral success for his fast rapping. At every turn, Watsky has refused to be pigeonholed, following up his speed rap success with 2013 LP Cardboard Castles, an eccentric ode to creativity, and 2014’s Anderson. Paak-produced All You Can Do. After a hiatus to work on new material, Watsky pivots again, this time to prose, returning simultaneously with the essay collection How To Ruin Everything, published by Plume/Penguin-Random House, of which Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda writes, “funny, subversive […] you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition.” How To Ruin Everything debuted in the New York Times best-selling list. In total, he has created five studio albums and two live albums. Watsky released his fifth album, x INFINITY August 2016, describing it as his most ambitious project yet. Most recently, in January of 2019, he released a short album called Complaint.

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