Hoodie Allen

Released: May 31, 2010

Featuring: MARINA

Songwriter: MARINA Hoodie Allen

Producer: RJF

[Chorus: Marina & Hoodie Allen]
You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby, oh (Drop it)
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot (It's Hoodie Allen)
You don't always have to be on top (What up Marina)
Better to be hated (You know how we do)
Than loved, loved, loved for what you're not

[Verse 1: Hoodie Allen]
They telling me to take the safe route, this is the detour
Hoodie baby you ain't seen a kid like this before him
Late night shooting for the moon like Warren
Them hits come out as soon as you hit recording
Born in America, Chevy and Ford
But these Greek ladies loving me, they saying he's foreign
Floored 'em, glued the crowd down by they boot strap
Came up on the scene so quick you'd think we was a newscast
Well newsflash, I can see through that
People try to hide what's on their mind like a do-rag
Never would I do that, I'm real fucking hustler
You be in the background making noise like a muffler
But if it doesn't kill me it makes me tougher
And that's the message that I pass onto my brother
You never really gonna make a difference 'til you suffer
But we passed that, now it's time to smash that, thunder

[Chorus: Marina]
You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby, oh
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot
You don't always have to be on top
Better to be hated than loved, loved, loved for what you're not

[Verse 2: Hoodie Allen]
Lately, I been staying on my grind like a skateboard
I got some Rocket Power now so let's take off
We going hard over these beats y'all just stay soft
I don't even feel the need to say pause
'Cause you a cheat to the system how you came and Bernie Madoff'd
I'm a firm believer that the hard work pays off
The playoffs, I treat them like Mora did
That means I'm working with a little to get more of it
And anybody who doubted us we ignoring it
I'm on a different mission, an exhibition no scoring it
So if we more legit they treat us like a compound
Yeah they wanna break us down, never gonna stop now
'Cause being scared will only eat you like a cop out
Life's a haunted house, I'm ready to pop out
And shout outs to Marina for these pop sounds
I know you really love me but let's let the chorus drop now

[Chorus: Marina]
You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby, oh
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot
You don't always have to be on top
Better to be hated than loved, loved, loved for what you're not

[Outro: Hoodie Allen]
Say slow up
Sometimes I'm just feeling like a robot
Sitting around hoping that you'll show up
But you know what, you know what
Slow up
Sometimes I'm just feeling like a robot
Sitting around hoping that you'll show up
But you know what, you know what

[Chorus: Marina]
You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby, oh
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot
You don't always have to be on top
Better to be hated than loved, loved, loved for what you're not

Hoodie Allen (born August 19, 1988) is a rapper from Long Island, NY. His real life name is Steven Markowitz – the stage name Hoodie Allen came from his youth nickname “Hoodie” and is a wordplay with actor Woody Allen.

He would gain first success with several mixtapes and EPs such as Leap Year, All American and Crew Cuts, before going on to release his first studio album People Keep Talking in 2014. Hoodie went on to release Happy Camper in 2016, The Hype in 2017, and Whatever USA in 2019.

His style is a mixture of rap and pop – catchy hooks are often embedded in two or three fast spoken verses. His lyrics mostly deal with fame, girls and parties and are very reference-heavy.

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