Released: December 16, 2008

Songwriter: John Boy Soulja Boy

Producer: John Boy

[Intro]
Soulja Boy Tell 'em

[Verse 1]
Wake up out my sleep, it's time to start another day
Soulja Boy, how many albums did you go and sell today? (Boy Tell'em)
SBeezy, the truth is what I'm telling
Got this clown dissing me, but where is his album selling? (Boy Tell'em)
I'm doing interviews addressing all these critics
Tryna underrate me, saying I ain't got no lyrics (Boy Tell'em)
Three times platinum, yeah I broke the record
If you can't respect that, tell me what is you respecting?

[Chorus]
Dudes rocking Yums fades 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
Blowing up they MySpace page 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
Got 'em yelling out the A 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)

Repping S.O.D. Money Gang 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
The superman what they crank 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
They got they names on they shades 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)

[Verse 2]
(Boy Tell'em) I spit harder, I spit fire
We tell them old washed up rappers to retire (Boy Tell'em)
Tryna copy my technique on your album
It's time to crank it up, yeah let's turn up the volume
The rap game? Don't get me started
My lyrics get recycled but your lyrics just garbage (Boy Tell'em)
For you to get a hit, you need a feature
I'm solo every track, still comin' out yo speakers

[Chorus]
Dudes rocking Yums fades 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
Blowing up they MySpace page 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
Got 'em yelling out the A 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)

Repping S.O.D. Money Gang 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
The superman what they crank 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
They got they names on they shades 'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)
'cause (Soulja Boy Tell'em)

Soulja Boy

DeAndre Cortez Way (b. July 28, 1990), better known as his stage name Soulja Boy, is a rapper, producer, and social media influencer born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Atlanta, Georgia whose debut single “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would hold that spot for seven non-consecutive weeks.

At 15 years old, Soulja began uploading songs to SoundClick and eventually moved to YouTube and MySpace. By March 2007, he came up with the concept behind “Crank That” and uploaded the song—and a video of its accompanying dance—online. Two months later, in May 2007, “Crank That” started to go viral. He signed to Interscope Records in the same month. By October, his major label debut album Souljaboytellem.com was released and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. But critics quickly blasted his simplistic lyrics and unorthodox flows, questioning whether or not he’d just be a one-hit wonder.

“Crank That” earned him a Grammy nomination and he would continue to find success with the songs “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”, “Turn My Swag On”, and “Pretty Boy Swag”. He’s released mixtape after mixtape, left Interscope, made noise with rumors of signing with YMCMB and eventually launched own label Stacks on Deck Entertainment.