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Miami by Will Smith

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Will Smith

Miami

Release date: 24th November 1997

From Big Willie Style
Track 8
3:18
Hip-Hop/RapMusicR&B/SoulPop
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About This Track

Will Smith's debut solo single samples the Whispers' 1979 track 'And the Beat Goes On', building a sun-soaked tribute to South Florida nightlife over its looping groove. Released in November 1998 from 'Big Willie Style', the song reached number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the UK charts, later winning an MTV VMA for Best Male Video. Smith raps through a checklist of the city's appeal, the beach parties, the multilingual crowds, the high-end clubs, with the easy charm of a tourism ambassador who happens to drive a drop-top Bentley. The verses name-check neighbourhoods and nod to other American cities before circling back to Miami's supremacy, whilst the bilingual hook anchors the track's crossover ambitions. The production stays light, the tone celebratory, the whole enterprise pitched somewhere between travelogue and victory lap.

"Miami" is a single by Will Smith, from the album Big Willie Style, released 24th November 1997. The track is 3:18 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Will Smith.

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Lyrics

Miami

Uh, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Miami, uh, uh
South Beach, bringin the heat, uh
Haha, can y'all feel that
Can y'all feel that
Jig it out, uh
Here I am in the place where I come let go
Miami the bass and the sunset low
Everyday like a mardi gras, everybody party all day
No work all play, okay
So we sip a little something, lay to rest the spill
Me an Charlie at the bar runnin' up a high bill
Nothin' less than ill, when we dress to kill
Every time the ladies pass, they be like "hi Will"
Can y'all feel me, all ages and races
Real sweet faces
Every different nation, Spanish, Hatian, Indian, Jamaican
Black, White, Cuban, and Asian
I only came for two days of playing
But every time I come I always wind up stayin'
This the type of town I could spend a few days in
Miami the city that keeps the roof blazin'
Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
"Welcome to Miami"
"Bienvenidos a Miami"
Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm goin to Miami
"Welcome to Miami"
Yo I heard the rainstorms ain't nothin' to mess with
But I can't feel a drip on the strip, it's a trip
Ladies half-dressed, fully equipped
And they be screamin out, "Will, we loved your last hit"
So I'm thinkin' I'mma scoot me somethin' hot
In this salsa-merengue melting pot
Hottest club in the city, and it's right on the beach
Temperature get to ya, it's about to reach
Five-hundred degrees
In the Carribean seas
With the hot mamis screaming "Ay papi!"
Everytime I come to town, they be spottin' me
In the drop Bentley, ain't no stoppin' me
So, cash in your dough
And flow to this fashion show
Pound for pound anywhere you go
Yo, ain't no city in the world like this
An if you ask how I know I gots ta plead the fifth "Miami"
Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
"Welcome to Miami"
"Bienvenidos a Miami"
Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm goin to Miami
"Welcome to Miami"
Don't get me wrong, Chi-town got it goin' on
And New York is the city that we know don't sleep
And we all know that L.A. and Philly stay jiggy
But on the sneak, Miami bringin' heat for real
Y'all don't understand
I never seen so many Dominican women with cinnimon tans
Mira, this is the plan
Take a walk on the beach, draw a heart in the sand
Gimmie your hand
Damn, you look sexy
Let's go to my yacht, in the West Keys
Ride my jetskis, loungin' in the palm trees
'Cause you gotta have cheese for the summerhouse piece on South Beach
Water so clear, you can see to the bottom
Hundred-thousand dollar cars, everybody got em
Ain't no surprise in the club to see Sly, Stallone
Miami, my second home
"Miami"
Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
"Welcome to Miami"
"Bienvenidos a Miami"
Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm goin' to Miami
"Welcome to Miami"
Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
"Welcome to Miami"
"Bienvenidos a Miami"
Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm goin' to Miami
"Welcome to Miami"
Party in the city where the heat is on

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From Big Willie Style

3:181997Single
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Big Willie Style
Big Willie Style
Will Smith
24th November 1997
Track number
8
Release year
1997
  1. 1Intro
    1:51
  2. 2Y'all Know
    3:57
  3. 3Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
    3:48
  4. 4Candy (feat. Larry Blackmon and Cameo)
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    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Leon Sylvers III, Poke, Ryan Toby, Stephen Shockley, Tone, Will Smith, William Shelby
    Producer
    L.E.S., Trackmasters
    Producer
    L.E.S., Poke And Tone
    Keyboards
    Keith Winfield
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Robert Burnette
    Drum Programmer
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    Mastering Engineer
    Herb Powers, Ken “Duro” Ifill
    Mixing Engineer
    Rich Travali, Robert Burnette
    Recording Engineer
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