Released: December 13, 2017

Featuring: Travis Scott

Songwriter: Young Thug Travis Scott Post Malone Rex Kudo Charlie Handsome

Producer: Post Malone Rex Kudo Charlie Handsome

[Intro: Young Thug & Karlae]
So exciting, so what are you recording?
It's a new song, I'ma let you hear a little bit, play it

[Chorus: Young Thug]
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why

[Bridge: Young Thug & Travis Scott]
Who you loyal to? Me or us? (Hmm)
Who you trust the most? Me or us? (Hmm)
Who you wanna fuck every night? Me or us? (Hmm)
Who you wanna take on your flight? Me or us? (Hmm, ow)

[Verse 1: Young Thug & Travis Scott]
You the one that said you were doin' it (Hmm)
And you said you were doin' it, you're doin' it, you're doin' it (Hmm)
You say that what you're doin', you're doin', you're doin'
You told me that what, what you're doin', you're doin', you're doin' (Hmm)
What would you do? (What would you do? Hmm)
If your brother left you, what would you do? (Tell me what you'd do)
If them niggas came for you, you better pursue (Watch out)
I just spent ten racks on a dog from Germany, no Purdue (What?)
Oops, I meant Dupree, jewelry sitting on A/C (Hmm)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Hmm)
I wanna know, tell me, lil' baby, I wanna know (I wanna know)
I got the show, fuck my show, be my show (What?)
I got them loafs, I'm with Metro, he got some more (He got some more, yeah)
I don't gotta talk, look at my jewelry, it can say more, hey (It can say more)
You smoke that kushy, man, I'm so goody, I want some cookies (Hmm)
Fuck on your daughter, fuck on my brother, now she gon' diss you
I got them racks, I was just buyin', you was just lookin' (Big ol' racks)
I bought her diamonds and she just smilin', she think she's tooken
But, this for the love of my fans (Hmm)
I'm smokin' pot while in Japan (Hmm)
Blacker the berry, drink my cran'
Bae, you dig it and I'm the sand (Dig)

[Refrain: Travis Scott & Young Thug]
Spotlights, it's 'bout time
Some of the time, I try
Some of the time, I try
Spotlights, spotlights on
Spotlights every time I try
Spotlights every time I try (Mmm)

[Chorus: Young Thug & Travis Scott]
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why (Why)
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why (Ooh)

[Refrain: Travis Scott & Young Thug]
Spotlights every time I try
Spotlights every time I try, I try, I try
Diamonds on me
Stars all up against it, the car, ooh, why?
Diamonds on me dancin'
Sometimes in plastic
I live life in plastic
I live life in plastic
So drastic, live life in plastic
Live life in plastic, plastic
Yeah, plastic in that (Ow)

[Verse 2: Travis Scott & Young Thug]
Codeine, leather, tatted, trashed it
Savage, bastard, and it's magic
Masses gonna redbone, brightest (Ow)
Fattest blunt, oh, somehow it ended
Drastic, fuck it, red light, drunk, whip it, dramatic forty
Drastic, fuck it (Ow), oh, drastic, fuck me (Woo)

[Verse 3: Young Thug]
She know she give me what she owe
I push that button like she drove
She said to wipe a nigga nose (Ow)
With that big-body Benz, I need beneficial friends
I learned my synonyms, I put ice in my rims
I got a brown girl, I'm 'bout to call her "Timbs"
She went from lesbian to me 'cause she know I got M's (Ow)
I had some RM's, I gave that to my partner and 'em (Woo)

[Chorus: Young Thug]
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why
Well, this is why-a-why-a-why (Ow)

Young Thug

Jeffery Lamar Williams (b. August 16, 1991), popularly known as Young Thug, is an innovative trap artist from Atlanta known for his experimental vocal styles on versatile production ranging from hard trap beats to experimental pop records. Thug is known as a pioneer for much of the 2010s generation of rap, and his constant cosigns, features, and chart presence cement his status as a leader in the streaming era and current rap scene.

While Young Thug released his first mixtape in 2011, it wasn’t until fellow ATL trap artist Gucci Mane took Thug under his wing in 2013 that he began to see great success as an artist. That year, Thug released his first major hit, “Stoner,” which quickly gained viral traction on social media, then “Danny Glover,” which propelled him to an even larger scale of success. After Gucci Mane went to prison in 2013, Thug saw success by re-aligning himself with Cash Money Records’s own Birdman and his newly-formed Rich Gang collective with the hit single “Lifestyle” and a collaborative mixtape before officially signing to 300 Ent. in 2015. Under 300, Thug continued to release many more singles, mixtapes, and features, gradually boosting his popularity before releasing his debut album, So Much Fun, which topped the Billboard 200 on August 31, 2019.

After 2015’s “Best Friend” became Thug’s first platinum single, his 2016 collaboration with Travis Scott, “pick up the phone,” became his new highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100. This would later be succeeded by “Havana” with Camila Cabello, the best-selling single of 2018. However, his current highest-charting song as lead artist is “Hot,” which topped the Rolling Stone 100 and peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing his previous biggest hit, “The London,” which peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.