Released: July 7, 2017
Songwriter: Zaytoven Metro Boomin 21 Savage
Producer: Metro Boomin Zaytoven
[Intro]
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn
Damn, damn, damn, damn
21, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Zaytoven
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If Young Metro don't trust you I'm gon' shoot you (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 1]
They thought I only rapped about murder and pistols (21)
I'm tryna feed my family, I ain't being political (Fuck)
You ain't givin' out money, then they look at you pitiful (On God)
You make a couple million, niggas greedy, they envy you (Damn)
Ayy, fuck that other side, we gon' shoot up your Sprinter (Fuck)
I used to sell that crack and spray that MAC out that rental (Facts)
Niggas run and hide when we roll down the window
Got a extendo and a hoodie, he can't wait 'til December
Got a extendo and a hoodie, he gon' shoot you on camera (21)
Lost his faith in Jesus Christ, he prayin' to a bandana
Police gunned his brother down, this shit too hard to handle (Fuck)
Loadin' up his chopper (Loadin'), he gon' show 'em black lives matter (21, 21, 21)
[Chorus]
Another nigga made the news, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done dropped outta school, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done got his first tool, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
Mama on that dog food, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He smokin' weed and he changin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
All his friends gang-bangin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
Got a pocket full of hundreds and they all blue (They all blue)
Another nigga from the hood tryna ball, too (Ball for real)
[Verse 2]
Shit gettin' outrageous (On God)
Treat us like slaves then they lock us up in cages (21)
Young, black, poor, ain't had a father since a baby
Why you think we skip school and hang out on the pavement? (Why?)
Why you think we ridin' 'round with choppers off safety? (Why?)
Streets cutthroat, nigga, so I'm cutthroat (Cutthroat)
I used to sell dope, nigga, now I can't vote (Vote)
Poppin' Percocets to kill the pain, I can't cope (God)
Anger in my genes, they used to hang us up with ropes (21)
Civil rights came so they flood the hood with coke (Real)
Breakin' down my people, tryna kill our faith and hope (Hope)
They killed Martin Luther King and all he did was spoke (21)
Welcome to the hood, yeah, where niggas dyin' at (Dyin')
Same place where the best chicken gettin' fried at (Uh)
Same place where the police killin', tellin' lies at (Uh)
It ain't just the babies, man, I swear their mamas cryin' now (21)
[Chorus]
Another nigga made the news, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done dropped outta school, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done got his first tool, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
Mama on that dog food, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He smokin' weed and he changin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
All his friends gang bangin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
Got a pocket full of hundreds and they all blue (They all blue)
Another nigga from the hood tryna ball too (Ball for real)
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn
Damn, damn, damn, damn
21, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Zaytoven
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If Young Metro don't trust you I'm gon' shoot you (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 1]
They thought I only rapped about murder and pistols (21)
I'm tryna feed my family, I ain't being political (Fuck)
You ain't givin' out money, then they look at you pitiful (On God)
You make a couple million, niggas greedy, they envy you (Damn)
Ayy, fuck that other side, we gon' shoot up your Sprinter (Fuck)
I used to sell that crack and spray that MAC out that rental (Facts)
Niggas run and hide when we roll down the window
Got a extendo and a hoodie, he can't wait 'til December
Got a extendo and a hoodie, he gon' shoot you on camera (21)
Lost his faith in Jesus Christ, he prayin' to a bandana
Police gunned his brother down, this shit too hard to handle (Fuck)
Loadin' up his chopper (Loadin'), he gon' show 'em black lives matter (21, 21, 21)
[Chorus]
Another nigga made the news, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done dropped outta school, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done got his first tool, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
Mama on that dog food, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He smokin' weed and he changin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
All his friends gang-bangin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
Got a pocket full of hundreds and they all blue (They all blue)
Another nigga from the hood tryna ball, too (Ball for real)
[Verse 2]
Shit gettin' outrageous (On God)
Treat us like slaves then they lock us up in cages (21)
Young, black, poor, ain't had a father since a baby
Why you think we skip school and hang out on the pavement? (Why?)
Why you think we ridin' 'round with choppers off safety? (Why?)
Streets cutthroat, nigga, so I'm cutthroat (Cutthroat)
I used to sell dope, nigga, now I can't vote (Vote)
Poppin' Percocets to kill the pain, I can't cope (God)
Anger in my genes, they used to hang us up with ropes (21)
Civil rights came so they flood the hood with coke (Real)
Breakin' down my people, tryna kill our faith and hope (Hope)
They killed Martin Luther King and all he did was spoke (21)
Welcome to the hood, yeah, where niggas dyin' at (Dyin')
Same place where the best chicken gettin' fried at (Uh)
Same place where the police killin', tellin' lies at (Uh)
It ain't just the babies, man, I swear their mamas cryin' now (21)
[Chorus]
Another nigga made the news, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done dropped outta school, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He done got his first tool, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
Mama on that dog food, it ain't nothin' new (It ain't nothin' new)
He smokin' weed and he changin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
All his friends gang bangin', it ain't nothin' new (On God)
Got a pocket full of hundreds and they all blue (They all blue)
Another nigga from the hood tryna ball too (Ball for real)