“151 Rum” is the lead single from DiCaprio 2. It is J.I.D’s first solo release since his June 2017 single, “Hasta Luego.”
J.I.D announced the song, its single artwork, and its release date on Instagram on September 16, 2018. In the caption of the post, J.I.D wrote a heartfelt message to his fans.
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[Intro]
Act one, scene four
[Chorus]
Yeah, run, Ricky, run, run nigga, run, jump, nigga, jump
Come here they come, run, run, run, run
Gun with the drum, bum bitty bum, slump in the trunk
My city go dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
151 rum and a blunt
Young nigga numb, numb, numb and he got a little gun
A little bitty killer really doin' it for fun
Give him a little bit and he'll get a nigga done
[Verse]
Son of a god, son of a bitch
Son of woman and man, son of a son, in a sunken abyss
Summon a plan, please come with a script
Cover my back, cover man, please come with the blitz
Look at the stats, JID like a magician
Fuck that, this some real ass shit, I paid blood for this
Taking cheese from the government
Cereal boxes with the bugs in it
Hand me down, this my brother brother's shit
Don't compare me to no other other niggas
In the city, boy, they say they fucking with you
Heebie jeebie, that's a bit disgusting, but I get it
I'm full of tension, full of spirit but full of shit
Standing next to Lil Tay when that bullet hit him
Shit, I miss him, I wish that that bullet missed him but it didn't
And since I been living with it like a sickness
Intimate, infinite rhymes, give me the baton
A ticking, ticking time bomb, takin' the finish line
Look alive, look in my eyes, look at you niggas tryin'
And ya dumb, dumb, better run, run 'cause we fryin' em
Eastside, where ya from, from niggas wildin'
So be silent before my niggas creep silent
With street knowledge, complete nonsense
Delete comments, online, all lies, we see violence
Every day in my eyes, they killing my niggas, die, nigga die
Pull up with the fye, get 'em, nigga, it's eye for an eye
If we gotta ride, fuck it, nigga, ride for the ride of ya life
Diabolical minds, I don't mind it, I like it, I like it, I love it
I fuck with you, you a thug, I'ma thug with you
We can knuck, we can buck if a nigga fuck with you
I got love for you out the mud with you, off the muscle
[Chorus]
Yeah, run Ricky, run, run nigga, run, jump nigga, jump
Come here they come run, run, run, run
Gun with the drum, bum bitty bum, slump in the trunk
My city go dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
151 rum and a blunt
Young nigga numb, numb, numb and he got a little gun
A little bitty killer really doin' it for fun
Give him a little bit and he'll get a nigga—
On September 16, 2018, J.I.D discussed the song in a lengthy post on Instagram:
Aight here we go bruh, I got a new record coming out 9/19/2018 to begin this Dicaprio2 journey, I put out the first Dicaprio on my soundcloud February 2015(it’s still there if u wana go listen) this project isn’t like t...
Yes, the alternate artwork is an image of J.I.D depicted as a rum bottle:
Initial session I recorded 151 was January. I thought it was December, but it was in January. We had rented a crib out in L.A., and it was a whole house full of creatives, producers, my homie’s, and we had people just coming through in and out every day, just working, having fun and just, you know w...
151 rum is discontinued because it was like literally fire. If you ever seen a video, you look up on YouTube, there’s like videos of 151 rum like in a fucking lit state or whatever, whatever in flames state, whatever how I would say it. But that’s what we used to drink when we was young because that...
I did like four or five versions of this, so it’s more versions to this song. This is the final version, but I did like other versions of it is what I’m trying to say. I was really trying to steer away from like punch lines. I was trying to steer away from anything that could take away from like the...
“151 Rum” was certified gold by the RIAA on February 19, 2020.
On June 26, 2021, after being asked on Twitter when or if he would collaborate with Tierra Whack, J.I.D responded that he had sent her “151 Rum” to feature on, but she ultimately didn’t get on the track.