Watsky

Released: December 5, 2016

Songwriter: Watsky

Producer: Watsky

[Verse 1]
You know, I think it's hella cool
My mom's a librarian at an elementary school
I'm proud of her, she taught me how to be
And what's awesome is my mom is also proud of me
Her greatest compliment was paid
When she invited me as speaker to the whole fourth grade
She wanted me to kick some spread your wings and fly shit
Crushing on some inspiring touch the sky shit
What sucks is that before I did
Mom couldn't show my videos to any of the kids
She realized all my clips had alcohol and opiates
And none of them had language that was close to age appropriate
So she said, "so be it just come be you today,"
And that was cool until we got into the Q&A
They raised their hands but all the questions that they had
Were why I used so many words that were considered bad?

[Hook]
Bad words
The shit's pretty complex
But kids, bad words are all about context
What the fuck is a bad word?
I don't know what's real
When you call "fuck" a bad word
How you think that makes "fuck" feel?
Probably pretty bad

[Verse 2]
The deal is I think it's a real pity
If you use a word to make a person feel shitty
Like saying "Arab" to make a Persian feel shitty
Not like saying "pussy" when you mean a real kitty
Or even saying "pussy" when you're stuck and you're tryna
Find a loving way to talk about your wife's vagina
"I'll love my wife until the fucking world stops
And when it comes to fucking pussy, Dinah's pussy is the tops"
See? That shit's positive
But when you're cursing
Just be careful that you don't objectify a person
See, I would tell my mom that she's the motherfucking shit
Because she is and 'cause it fits our hippy Bay relationship
You see, "shit" just means "poopoo" or "caca" or "doodoo,"
But we say that it's a nono which I just think is cuckoo
Or loco or bullshit
Yeah, but it's okay because the fact that words are bad
Are what make them fun to say

[Hook]
Bad words
Are just our invention
Kids, bad words
Are about our intentions
What the fuck is a bad word?
I don't know what's real
When you call "shit" a bad word
How you think that makes "shit" feel?
Probably shitty

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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