[Chorus: Doechii]
What it is, ho? What's up?
Every good girl needs a little thug
Every block boy needs a little love
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up, up
[Verse 1: Doechii]
Can't you just see, it's just me and you?
Panoramic view, that's my point of view, bae
All about me, that's the energy
That's that lemon pepper thing, I'm a ten-piece, baby
[Pre-Chorus: Doechii]
Bedroom bully in the bando
He gon' make it flip, do it with no handles
Never switchin' sides, only switchin' angles
Ooh, we go crazy like Rambo
[Chorus: Doechii]
What it is, ho? (What it is?) What's up? (What's up?)
Every good girl needs a little thug (Thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Love)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
What it is, ho? (What it is?) What's up? (What's up?)
Every good girl needs a little thug (Thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Love)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
[Post-Chorus: Doechii]
Hit 'em up, hit 'em up
In the truck, got it tucked
He get it up, like it's stuck
All night, I like
You ain't gotta say it when you know it's on site
[Verse 2: Kodak Black & Doechii]
She got everything he wanted, a nice body, ass fat
Behind every gangster, a shawty solid that got his back
He know who to come to every-time the world handlin' him bad
The way he call first, but still he always put her last (Always put her last, yeah)
I'm pourin' out this glass, my body fightin' off that gas (Off that gas, yeah)
On smoke box, I kill 'em, that zaza pack kickin' my ass (Kickin' my ass, yeah)
In the studio dosin', all I can keep from falling asleep
I hate that for you niggas ain't got no bread, but trying to beef
Bein' Black in America, is the hardest thing to be (Baby, tell me, yeah)
Every thug need a lil' love too, baby, how ‘bout me?
Told her, "Don't call me a stink 'cause I smell like money"
I putting down the greatest babe, hold this here for me
I took her from a nigga, we vibin', two weeks out of the country
So she had a lil' situation, but I could tell it ain't 'bout nothin'
Now me and her rappin', bitch
She say, "Don't hush me", I say, "Don't rush me"
And I can tell how much she like a nigga by the way she suck it
Ho, what it is?
[Chorus: Doechii]
What it is, ho? (What it is?) What's up? (What's up?)
Every good girl needs a little thug (Thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Love)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
What it is, ho? (What it is?) What's up? (What's up?)
Every good girl needs a little thug (Thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Love)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
[Bridge: Doechii]
I don't care if you run the streets
Long as you're comin' home to me
I love the way you walk and the way you speak
He gon' keep it real, that's the deal, that's the reason that I speed down, down (Down, down, down, down)
I put that all on my name (All on my name)
Yeah, that's an even exchange (Tell me what it is)
Stay on your deal, we gon' tell 'em, we gon' tell 'em what, babe
[Chorus: Doechii]
What it is, ho? (What it is?) What's up?
Every good girl needs a little thug (Needs a little thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Needs a little love, yeah)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up, up
What it is, ho? What's up?
Every good girl needs a little thug (Needs a little love)
Every block boy needs a little love (Needs a little love, thug)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
[Outro. J. White Did It]
Back it up and do, and do it like that, yeah (What it is? What's up?)
Back it up and do it like that, yeah (Ho)
Back it up, back it and do it like that, yeah
Back it up gon' and do it like that, yeah (Woo)
Hey, what it is? Hey, what's up?
J. White Did It (Yup, yup)
More is on the way (Yup, yup, yeah)
We need a lil' love, you know what I mean? (Yeah, ayy-ayy, woo)
Ride out, woah
What It Is (Block Boy) was written by Doechii & Kodak Black & J. White Did It & Worldwide Fresh & Blush & Lawrence Edwards & Jamal Deandre Glaze & Donnell Prince & LaMarquis Jefferson & Craig Love & Jonathan Smith & Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs & Kandi & Tameka “Tiny” Harris & Verse Simmonds.
What It Is (Block Boy) was produced by J. White Did It & Brian Kennedy.
Doechii released What It Is (Block Boy) on Fri Mar 17 2023.
Doechii:
This song is a fusion of nostalgia and pop vibes. I feel like I’m showing off a side of my vocal range with this one that my fans haven’t really seen yet. I love using the old samples of ‘No Scrubs’ and ‘Some Cut’ to mix in some playful energy as well.
— via Our Culture
“What It Is (Block Boy)” debuted at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week ending May 20, 2023. During the chart week ending October 14, 2023, the song peaked at #29.
The track earned Doechii’s first career entry on the chart.