Watsky

Released: June 11, 2012

[Verse 1]
Yesterday I signed my first tit
Soft with the ballpoint cause I didn't want to burst it
I did it cursive. I took my sweet time
I tried to put my personality in each line
Like I do with each rhyme
Cause in the worst case
That's what put this bust in my custody in the first place
Now I'm rounding first base, cruising cause I paid dues
Dude, I called my roommates and I gave them all the great news
They're pitiless
But so many nights up at the motel 6, tittyless
After gigs with hideously small crowds
It's been 5 years of playing colleges in small towns
I'm through with all doubt
I'm ready to bloom from wallflower
And just ball out
And live my fantasy
And if I get my name on a grammy it's for my family
But for me I just can't top the memory of my john hancock on that mammary

[Hook]
Why are we
Shy to be
Who we all would like to be?
Write your name so big and bold that the entire world can see
Although you
Can't undo
All the pain that you've been through
Write your name
Write your name
Write your name

[Verse 2]
The future's here, and it's tangible
And kind of spongy
I'm a commie but I love my fucking country right now
Just let play the fillmore and die now
I couldn't give a damn about who's raising an eyebrow
I thought I'd failed, I prayed for so long
God said "no way," but I'm all like, 'come oooon'
And he's all like "okay"
And at first I'm all like "don't play"
But then I'm all like "hooray!"
And I grabbed that baton
And ran like a Cavs fan, away from Lebron
Now they gab about me in banks and salons
And they're mad to admit it, but pale kid's the bomb
From anonymous geek
To Don Juan in a week
And I'm calm
But if ever I seem gloomy
I can't stress enough how much this means to me
I held the tears in, cause I didn't dare to dream
Of the most beauteous boobie I've ever seen

[Hook]
Why are we
Shy to be
Who we all would like to be?
Write your name so big and bold that the entire world can see
Although you
Can't undo
All the pain that you've been through
Write your name
Write your name
Write your name

Why are we
Shy to be
Who we all would like to be?
Write your name so big and bold that the entire world can see
Although you
Can't undo
All the pain that you've been through
Write your name
Write your name
Write your name

[Outro]
Right now, on my command
Say the world is a booby in the palm of my hand
Everybody say right now, on my command
The world is a booby in the palm of my hand

(Na na na na na na na na na)

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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