XXX Lyrics
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[Verse]
Colder than them grits they fed slaves
Me to rap is like water to raves
AKs with bayonets on deck, rep my set
Sorta like Squidward and his clarinet
I'm in ya bitch mouth, but she fantasizing
Staring at the skinnies, said it's so tantalizing
Dog, I'm strategizing, plotting on the throne
Master of the ace, sitting on chrome
Dark nights tryna sleep, stomach on fire
Delusional from hunger, so I couldn't get tired
Imagining the equalizer goin' from green to red
Words that rhyme together just appear all in my head
And I'm sorta like Neo with the Matrix code
Try to escape it, hoping the drugs'll numb my soul
Say I'm getting old, time's running out
Repeating instrumentals, tryna figure patterns out
I never leave the house, ain't slept in three days
Poppin' pills, writin', drinkin' and smokin' haze
Weavin' kicks and snares, tryna dodge these hooks
Keepin' it original, something that's overlooked
The way a nigga goin', might go out like Sam Cooke
Or locked up, callin' home for money on my books
'Cause if this shit don't work, nigga, I failed at life
Turning to these drugs, now these drugs turned my life
And it's the downward spiral, got me suicidal
But too scared to do it, so these pills'll be the rifle
Surpassing all my idols, took the wrong turn
But can't go back now, so let that blunt burn
'Cause now it's my turn if I fuck it all up
It took a while to get here, now I depend on these drugs, uh
I took a while to get here, now I depend on these drugs
Triple X
About
First track off Danny Brown’s acclaimed sophomore album “XXX” which was released in 2011.
Danny Brown talked about this song in an interview:
For XXX, I was just thinking of the credits rolling to that. The way the beat came on, it sounded more like an intro beat than a song with a hook. It was an intro, so I wrote the intro to it. Everything was super-intentional, it wasn’t like nothing wasn’t planned. I wrote the intro and I wrote “30”, the outro last.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
“XXX” was taken from a bunch of different chops from random places. I chopped up a drum break and I played some random shit over it, and it ended up as it is. I loved what Danny did with it. It was a beat that a few other people recorded over, but he ended up getting the record. I think the song is a perfect precursor to what the album does, because the beat is rooted in boom-bap but has some more [creative] elements that make it work. “XXX” sets the tone. Danny did his high-pitched crazy voice on it, but he also shows both sides of himself, saying goofy shit but also saying some real shit.
- 1.XXX
- 3.Pac Blood
- 4.Radio Song
- 5.Lie4
- 6.I Will
- 8.Detroit187
- 9.Monopoly
- 11.Outer Space
- 12.Adderall Admiral
- 13.DNA
- 14.Nosebleeds
- 16.EWNESW
- 17.Fields
- 18.Scrap or Die
- 19.30