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Named after the first female character in the video game series Street Fighter (or any fighting game), “Chun-Li” was released alongside “Barbie Tingz” on the 12th of April, 2018, after Nicki Minaj’s 4 month hiatus from social media. The singles were the first songs from her fourth studio album Queen...
[Verse 1]
Ayo, look like I'm goin' for a swim
Dunked on 'em, now I'm swingin' off the rim
Bitch ain't comin' off the bench
While I'm comin' off the court fully drenched
Here go some haterade, get ya thirst quenched
Styled on 'em in this Burberry trench
These birds copy every word, every inch
But gang gang got the hammer and the wrench (Brrr)
I pull up in that quarter milli off the lot
Oh, now she tryna be friends like I forgot
Show off my diamonds like I'm signed by the Roc (By the rock)
Ain't pushin' out his babies 'til he buy the rock
[Chorus]
Ayo, I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialin' Nicki like the Prince song
I-I-I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ayo, I been north, Lara been Croft
Plates say Chun-Li, drop the Benz off
[Interlude 1]
Oh, I get it, huh, they paintin' me out to be the bad guy
Well it's the last time you gonna see a bad guy do the rap game like me
[Verse 2]
I went and copped the chopsticks, put it in my bun just to pop shit
I'm always in the top shit, box seats, bitch, fuck the gossip
How many of them coulda did it with finesse?
Now everybody like, "She really is the best"
You play checkers, couldn't beat me playin' chess
Now I'm about to turn around and beat my chest
Bitch, it's King Kong, yes, it's King Kong
Bitch, it's King Kong, this is King Kong
Chinese ink on, Siamese links on
Call me 2 Chainz, name go ding dong
Bitch, it's King Kong, yes, I'm King Kong
This is King Kong? Yes, Miss King Kong
In my kingdom wit' my Timbs on
How many championships? What? Six rings on
[Interlude 2]
They need rappers like me
They need rappers like me
So they can get on their fucking keyboards
And make me the bad guy, Chun-Li
[Chorus]
Ayo, I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialin' Nicki like the Prince song
I-I-I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ayo, I been north, Lara been Croft
Plates say Chun-Li, drop the Benz off
[Outro]
I come alive, I, I'm always sky high
Designer thigh highs, it's my lifestyle
I come alive, I, I'm always sky high
Designer thigh highs, it's my lifestyle
I need a Mai Tai, so fuckin' sci-fi
Give me the password to the fuckin' wifi
Chun-Li was written by J. Reid (Chevi Music) & Nicki Minaj.
Chun-Li was produced by Nicki Minaj & J. Reid (Chevi Music).
Nicki Minaj released Chun-Li on Thu Apr 12 2018.
Yes, a vertical video was released on April 13, 2018.
Producer J. Reid (Chevi Music) had this to say about how the song came to be:
So I came back to Cali, she played “Barbie Tingz,” she loved it, I loved it. We mixed it, mastered it. She was like, “Yo, I need you to do me another beat. I got this other little thing going on, and I need you to make me...
“Chun-Li” became Nicki Minaj’s 16th Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 charts by rising to #10 in the second week of charting. It also became the biggest single week position jump on Hot 100 since Katy Perry’s “Roar” in 2013. The song was certified gold by RIAA in less than 2 months.
With “Chun...
Minaj first performed the song live during Future’s set at Rolling Loud festival in Miami on May 13, 2018.
The media and critics praised the song. For example, Billboard said:
Minaj sounds cocky in the best way […] she resurrects her Nicki the Ninja alter-ego by assassinating the horn-driven beat with her lyrical wordplay, switching accents with ease.
“Chun-Li” was unusually released on a Thursday, which means Nicki only had one day for the song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Luckily, Nicki managed to debut at #92 after 3.5 million streams with less than a day of tracking.
Yes, “Chun-Li” won the Best Hip-Hop Video award at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, becoming Minaj’s third win in the category, following her awards for “Anaconda” and “Super Bass.”