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Young Thug

MLK

Release date: 15th January 2018

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About This Track

Young Thug marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a trap track that pivots between boastful materialism and something closer to social consciousness. The production, courtesy of Wheezy, sits heavy with 808s and machine-gun hi-hats, offset by mellow keyboards that give the beat a strange, almost contemplative pull. The hook cycles through a simple but effective conceit: a rags-to-riches narrative reframed as spiritual transformation, the speaker becoming "Martin Luther King overnight" through wealth and status. The verses sprawl across the track with characteristic restlessness. Thug moves from braggadocio about cars and jewellery to something weightier: anxiety about his deaf brother's safety around police, a moment that cuts against the song's surface gloss. He references his own struggles with addiction and the cost of excess, the tone shifting between celebration and something closer to confession. Features from fellow Atlanta rappers Trouble and Shad Da God anchor the track in its local context, though the song remains fundamentally Thug's vehicle, his voice and vision steering the narrative from material fantasy to something more fraught.

"MLK" is a track by Young Thug, released 15th January 2018. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Young Thug.

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Lyrics

MLK

[Intro: Young Thug]

Yeah, yeah, ayy, woah

Oh, no, no, hold on, yeah

[Chorus: Young Thug]

I was havin' a dream

I was whippin' a Rolls-Royce

And I bought everything that I want

Turned to Martin Luther King overnight

Martin Luther King overnight, ayy

I was dead broke, hustlin' off the steps

Now I rock water like I'm Michael Phelps, yeah

Black diamonds, Black History Month

Turned to Martin Luther King overnight

[Verse 1: Young Thug]

I was just rollin' the dice, huh

I was just tryna get by, I gambled my life, huh

I fucked around, had a kid and he had to stay fly, whew

I ain't give no fuck, I got fresh from the shit on the side

I pray to God I die off in my sleep

I pray my deaf brother don't run into the police

'Cause you tellin' him to put his hands up, he can't hear

Ain't goin' for deceased

These rookie police need to get trained, even in their sleep

Fuck around, make a nigga put it to your head like Stony

I'ma gon' tell you how to get that cheese, macaroni

Spent all my tour money on the ring

Told 'em, "Go 'head, get everything they fuckin' see," yeah

I grew my shit like I'm Mad Dog

I got a white and a black dog

I spent my day on Adderall

Look in my face, I'm on Adderall

Shawty more P than a Madden ball

Suck on that cat, I'm the baddest, dawg

This sauce, sauce, sauce, sauce

Yeah, gon' pop a bean, John Bean

Paris fashion week shoppin' spree, on me

Hundred thousand dollars, that's big Célines on me

You better not have to OD on me, ayy

Let's go to people town (Let's go to people town)

Put somethin' in your account, bae

Now you don't need me around, yeah (Yeah)

She want me to play and I ain't with it

Yeah, gon' gon' ring around (Oh-ohh)

Sing to her like Sean Garrett

I know my woes ready (My woes)

Tell me your card info (Card info)

She don't got no ego (Oh)

Loosen up her backbones (Her backbones)

Bendin' her hardwood floors (Woah)

Pussy wonderful (Wonderful)

Uh, I came from rags to riches (Woah)

She don't got time to clash with bitches (Clash with bitches)

She buyin' bags for bitches (Where are you?)

I'm 'bout to spazz, just listen (Spazz)

I don't finish last, I win it, huh (Win)

I beat that cat like Nitti, yeah (Woo)

I bought a Jag with a Hemi, skrrt

I throw a flag on these bitches, skrrt

I wrapped up the last of these bitches

Foreign tags and American (Skrrt)

Bring me a milli', I'll marry her, yeah

[Chorus: Young Thug]

I was havin' a dream

I was whippin' a Rolls-Royce

And I bought everything that I want

Turned to Martin Luther King overnight

Martin Luther King overnight, ayy

I was dead broke, hustlin' off the steps

Now I rock water like I'm Michael Phelps, yeah

Black diamonds, Black History Month

Turned to Martin Luther King overnight

[Verse 2: Young Thug]

My dream just started workin'

Come ride with me and it'll be gifts and curses

I see you, drinkin' syrup, I see you workin'

I see you-

I can see that ass from the front, it done got big on me

You can sit a cup on it and you can bid on it

Real pimp, no jabroni, I'm not gon' sit on it

Tour around the whole wo-o-orld, bands on me

Got a whole lot of M's on me, ya dig? (Hey)

Whole lot of M's on me (Hey)

Big body Benz on me (Hey)

Ride Bentley trucks on E (Hey)

Bless you sneeze on me (Skrt-skrt, hey)

Lamborghini luxury (Luxury)

Lamborghini merch on me (Merch)

Lamborghini Merci', Merci' (Hey)

Lamborghini murk-a, murk-a (Skrt)

Lamborghini wife with me (Hey)

Lamborghini price increased (Hey)

Ayy, four hundred bitches (Hey)

That's why I live (That's the way I live, hey)

You just said free my bro (Hey), now he back on in the Pen (Hey)

You ain't ever cracked a seal (Hey), then you got a deal

(Pour that Actavis)

[Chorus: Young Thug]

I was havin' a dream

I was whippin' a Rolls-Royce

And I bought everything that I want

Turned to Martin Luther King overnight

Martin Luther King overnight, ayy

I was dead broke, hustlin' off the steps

Now I rock water like I'm Michael Phelps, yeah

Black diamonds, Black History Month

Turned to Martin Luther King overnight

[Verse 3: Trouble]

It wasn't like you had my back, no (No)

Homie, you not have a whole spine

Didn't ever wanna admit to the fact

That your baby boy was contemplatin' dyin' (For real, for real)

In the dream, yeah, I done seen you cryin' (Yeah)

Dream don't compare to what I done seen (Yeah)

They tried to kill me for nothin' (Lived though)

Tell her yeah she got it bussin' (Brrt)

Think about everybody else

I think once to myself, I think once to myself (Not one time)

Only blamma to the left (Damn)

I'm up in the booth by myself

Never came for the fame, no (No)

I'm the same nigga, the same goals (Same one)

Niggas hatin' for these lame hoes (Lame hoes)

Put that pussy on me, she been tamed though (Pussy)

[Verse 4: Shad da God]

Actavis got me dreamin', Martin Luther, huh (What you saw?)

Rolls-Royces and diamonds, they wet like coochie (They lucky, wow)

Boo right here sittin' with a K full of kick like Bruce Lee

And I, ah, ah, jewelry, yeah, I got a line on that jewelry

Bitch on that, ayy, ayy, Malcolm X, tryna shoot me (Shoot, shoot)

Screamin' that, uh, got babies up in that dually cruiser (Woo)

You juugin', you blessed, at your scene, blew bankroll like usual (Bankroll)

They chasin' the belt, I'm goin' so fast it look like they're in neutral (Skrrt)

I was havin' some lean (Drank)

She wanna play with that Charlie Sheen (Woo)

Put that bitch on a bean (Hol' up)

She steady dreamin' 'bout lots of tings, she want lots of tings

Yeah, I'm smokin' a bag and killed that cat like curiosity

All night I buy some rings and swear by me

Cut

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MLK

2018
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Shad Da God, Trouble, Wheezy, Young Thug
    Producer
    Wheezy
    Mastering Engineer
    Alex Tumay
    Mixing Engineer
    Alex Tumay
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