Young Thug

Released: June 8, 2011

Songwriter: Young Thug

Producer: DJ Swamp Izzo

[Chorus]
What time it is?
What time it is?
I'm hot for real
You grinding still
I'm a doctor like Phil
I'm a Spartan for real
I'm trained to kill
I'm trained to kill
And I'm hot for real
You grinding still
If you trained to kill
If you trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
I got 'em

[Verse]
Head ain't shit she must have dropped out of high school
Song on her ringtone, got it from iTunes
Instead of sayin' "Bye", you need to be sayin' "Hi" to him
Don't walk, don't run, bitch fly to him, dumbass
What you mean we ain't eating, girl you know my crew obese
And I smoke that strong every day like Wiz Khalif'
3 5 for the cheese shouts out to my big homie Pete
Let me talk Chinese, shouts out to YL and Wee Wee
Niggas talk bad, but they really want to be me
Threw 35,000 on him, Dirk Nowitzki
Joc in this bitch with me
8 in the Benz with me
Yeah, they got red and blue flags on it
And if they talking bills, I put that on it
And if the bitch burping, put an ad on it
I call [?] up, can I smash on it?
And he like "Smash on it"
So I smash on they freak the ho
Yeah
I smash on they freak the ho

[Chorus]
What time it is?
What time it is?
I'm hot for real
You grinding still
I'm a doctor like Phil
I'm a Spartan for real
I'm trained to kill
I'm trained to kill
And I'm hot for real
You grinding still
If you trained to kill
If you trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill
Say I'm trained to kill

[Outro]
Yeah, hey Joc
I'm trained to kill
And they grinding still
And I'm hot for real
And I know you trained to kill
So say I'm trained to kill

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.

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