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About This Track
"Thought I Was Dead (Test Pressing Version)" is a track by Tyler, The Creator, from the album CHROMAKOPIA (Test Pressing Version), released 28th October 2024. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Tyler, The Creator.
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Lyrics
[Intro: Santigold] You don't wanna go to war with a soldier You don't wanna go to war with a soldier (You niggas thought I was dead) You don't wanna go to war with a soldier (You niggas thought I was dead) You don't wanna go to war with a soldier (You niggas thought I was dead) (They thought I was dead) [Verse 1: Tyler, The Creator & Santigold] Okay, bitch, I've been trapped in the zoo Nigga got plaques like the crack of a tooth (Uh-huh, uh-huh) I need some space like the back of a coupe I'm tryna magic wand, I'm tryna poof, so (They thought I was dead) Grab the blammer (Hmm), fuck all the glitz and the glamour (Hmm) I want a crib in Atlanta, me and my bitch in your Pampers (Hmm) Them niggas thought I was dead (Hmm) Them niggas thought I was dead (You ain't gon' see me) You niggas thought I was dead (Nigga, no way, hey) You niggas thought I was dead (I turned to a ghost, hey) Them niggas thought I was dead (I'm over this shit, hey) Thеm niggas thought I was dead (I'm over this shit, hey) (Thеy thought I was dead, dead) [Chorus: Tyler, The Creator] Them niggas thought I was dead (Woah) Them niggas thought I was dead (Woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) Niggas thought I was dead (Woah) Them niggas thought I was dead (Woah, woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) You niggas thought I was dead (They thought I was dead) [Verse 2: Playboi Carti, Tyler, The Creator, & Santigold] Thought I was dead (Thought I was dead) Thought I was dead (Thought I was dead) I can't kick it, I ain't got no legs (Woah) GPS got me dodgin' all the feds (Hm, they thought I was dead) Know I got a nigga upset (Woah) I lock the door, put the keys on my neck (Woah, woah) Still poppin' my shit outside, I ain't do it for the 'Gram or the 'net (They thought I was dead) Feelin' like a zombie, I can't miss (You don't wanna go) Double R clean, let's go fish Tryna move like us, them shoes don't fit (You don't wanna go to war with a) No, I'm not a psycho, I get it lit (Hm) [Break: Tyler, The Creator] Packed in, god damn, dat dream Never seen a nigga with a fuckin' Cat game, if a nigga think he gon' get Blatt-blatt-blatt-blatt [Chorus: Tyler The Creator & Santigold] You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Woah) Niggas thought I was dead (Woah) Niggas thought I was dead (Woah, woah) You niggas thought I was dead (Dead) You niggas thought I was dead (They thought I was dead) [Bridge: Tyler, The Creator with Santigold] I don't wanna be found, I don't wanna be down (Uh) I don't wanna be found, I don't wanna be down (Uh) I don't wanna be found, I don't wanna be down (Uh) I don't wanna be found, I don't wanna be down (Uh) [Verse 3: Tyler, The Creator] White boys mockin' this shit and y'all mad at me? Y'all can suck my dick (Suck my dick) Pull up old tweets, pull up old t-shirts, all that, I'll moonwalk over that bitch (Hee-hee) See, T changed like the 'fit got dirty I was young man, then a nigga hit thirty I was one mil', then a nigga hit thirty Bitch, you ain't Coco Gauff, you can't serve me Anti-what? Hm, yeah, right Niggas runnin' they mouth, keep it airtight I'ma crash shit out 'til my hair white I got too much drive, I'm a terabyte I got a big ol' head, I ain't like these niggas Uh-uh, don't put me with these niggas I don't haha, keke with these niggas Loiter Squad, baby, I don't be with these niggas Same boys with me since back, back then Everything I said I'd do, I did (True story) Talk my shit? I sure damn will You ain't like that shit? I's do it again 5 in the morning, I be hatin' on shit 10 in the evening, I be hatin' on shit Ten years later, mighta changed my mind I'm a fake-ass bitch, don't kill me I'm a hypocrite, ain't real, ain't really I'm a big troll, haha, I'm silly (I'm silly) Fuck you know about being better than them niggas that you hate? You ain't good at shit, you can't feel me Talk you a one-trick goat, I'm billy Shout out papa, he for real Don't test V, he pop for real Had to call him like stop and chill, look I tries to be out the way I like the farm with the lake, I like some truth in my space Y'all niggas friendly and fake "That's big bro," how, when y'all met yesterday? This feel Planet of Apes Why am I filled with this hate? Got freedom in every way Y'all wanna take what I got, but y'all do not got what it take I don't wanna be found, ya ho I don't wanna be down, ya ho I don't like comin' around, ya ho I will not knock-knock at your door Just me, that's what I said Trav, these niggas is fed Me, I'm overhead These niggas thought I was dead
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