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MellowHype

Astro

Release date: 9th October 2012

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Hodgy's verse on 'Astro' moves with the confidence of someone who has already won. He traces a line from childhood ambition through to present vindication, rapping about wanting to be like his heroes and now standing alongside them. The bars are precise and unhurried; he talks about knowing the fish before eating sushi, about clenching his microphone until his fist hurts, about dental plates in his jaw for spitting raw. There is swagger here, but it is earned and specific rather than generic. Frank Ocean's chorus cuts through with a different kind of certainty. He imagines wearing a yellow tux to the Grammys, rocking out without apology, invoking Prince as precedent. The refrain is simple and defiant: no matter what people say or think, Wolf Gang made it here anyway. The song's uplifting thrust comes not from false positivity but from the clarity of artists who have done the work and are done explaining themselves to doubters.

"Astro" is a track by MellowHype, from the album Numbers, released 9th October 2012. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Astro

[Verse 1: Hodgy]

I said, niggas be takin' life too serious

I swear my music take lives—uh—period

MellowHype, things independent, Freedmind pyramids

Breaking walls down, never a Black Hawk Down, oh

They put a label on me, but I see they’re all clowns

That’s why I talk English and think fast

Feel my words through the ink's last letter

Which'll never turn his back, back catcher

I grab extra magazines I'm in to remind me of the places I’ve been

Returning to visit again, me and my fuckin’ friends

Before I hit the stage I clench my microphone until my fist hurt

Before I eat sushi, I’d rather get to know the fish first

For all the cats behind my time that rhyme, that shit's worth—

Everything in my mental state now I’m secure, mental ways

Dental plates in my jaw for spitting raw just because

I like to floss my talent (Uh-uh-uh-uh) yeah

[Chorus: Frank Ocean]

Think I'ma wear the yellow tux at the Grammys

And rock out with my cock out

Like, "Who this kid think he is?"

It’s just something I seen Prince do, it's true

But no matter what, I'm showing up

Who gives a flying floating fuck what people say or think?

'Cause end of the day, start of the day, they all said we wouldn’t get here anyway

You blink, and Wolf Gang’s in this bitch

[Verse 2: Hodgy]

When I was a kid I wanted to be just like you

(When I grew up, when I, when I, grew up)

Write my own rhymes, recite 'em a couple times

Hoping one day it blew up so me and my niggas could shine

I got three quarters and about ten dimes

You can split them tens up, 'cause both these quarters are mines, nigga

Let’s fuckin' celebrate, Wolf Gang confederate

We made it, we made it, we made it, and you hatin'

'Cause we made it and we made it, and that is not an understatement (Oh)

I put that on the people that I stay with, live day-to-day with

Tour bus is the slave ship, niggas worked the grave shift

Record, clean up, and play disc

We must be misbehaving, but the fans love it; they get the subject

Niggas claim to be rappers but don’t fulfill the substance

Fuckin' rubbish, I'll dust quick, nothing to fuck with

I've got my hands on my balls, like my nuts itch

[Chorus: Frank Ocean]

Think I'ma wear the yellow tux at the Grammys

And rock out with my cock out (Ayy)

Like, "Who this kid think he is?"

It’s just something I seen Prince do, it's true

But no matter what, I'm showing up—

Who gives a flying, floating fuck what people say or think?

'Cause end of the day, start of the day, they all said we wouldn’t get here anyway

You blink, and Wolf Gang’s in this bitch

[Interlude: Frank Ocean]

I remember, I first played Trick' some OF shit (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

And he fronted on it, like, "Nah, that shit will never work" (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Hahaha

Like, "Word?"

[Refrain: Frank Ocean]

Family (Haha)

These two wrists of mine

I had to make them gold

You gotta let me shine (Right, right)

If you’re a friend of mine

Ask any friend of mine

I’ll never block your glow, won’t curb your high

We be in a place they never been

Hella bands for the hell of it

In Paris, Paris, Paris

White wings on desert sand

Flyin' over the Taliban, probably

We be in a place they never been

Hella bands for the hell of it

In Paris, Paris, Paris

White wings on desert sand

Flyin' over the Taliban, probably

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Frank Ocean, Hodgy, Left Brain
    Producer
    MellowHype
    Recording Engineer
    Vic Wainstein
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