How Did We Get Here?
Offset
How Did We Get Here? Lyrics
[Chorus: CeeLo Green]
Now that I'm rich
I'm gonna go there and meet him
And pay the price for my freedom
Wouldn't that be nice?
And now that I'm rich
I'm gonna be my slave master's neighbor
I'm gonna sit at the table
Hey, pass the beans and rice
[Post-Chorus: CeeLo Green]
How did we go from whips and chains to whips and chains?
How did we go from whips and chains to whips and chains?
But my car keys can't unlock me
My car keys can't unlock me
Oh (Please worship)
[Verse: Offset]
Fucked up
Everybody know that I fucked it up (Fucked it up)
Man of the house, I wasn't good enough (Good enough)
Pain in the cup, I had filled it up (Pain)
Cookin' up dope, I had cut it up (Cut it up)
Fucked up my past tryna level up (Past)
Addicted to hoes, fucked the family up (Hoes)
But I had to walk around showin' no pain
All in my feelings and they callin' me lame (Lame)
Got a mask on and the mask say shame (Mask)
Brother died then it had broke up gang (Died)
Praying to God the fame don't change (God)
Praying to God that I stay same (God)
'Member the times I was locked in the chains (Chains)
Actin' invisible, part of the game
I got three K's, the Ku Klux Klan (Ha)
Ridin' in the Ghost, got whips and chains (Whips and chains)
Man, I fucked shit off
Then the family got lost (Then the family got lost)
I been prayin' to the cross (I been prayin' to the cross)
I been prayin' to the Lord (I been prayin' to the Lord)
Tryna hear something, everything void (Void)
I been trying, but I keep coming short (I been trying)
Everything my fault, my choice (My fault)
[Chorus: CeeLo Green]
And now that I'm rich (Ha-ha)
I'm gonna date your daughter
And have some grandchildren for you
Yeah, a few of them
And now that I'm rich, ha
And now our family's blended
Knowing you has been splended
But the old days died with him
[Post-Chorus: CeeLo Green]
How did we go from whips and chains to whips and chains?
How did we go from whips and chains to whips and chains?
But my car keys can't unlock me
My car keys can't unlock me
Oh, mhm
[Outro: CeeLo Green]
A cold mind
Is prison
And you are
Locked in it
Mm-mm
How Did We Get Here? Q&A
Who wrote How Did We Get Here?'s ?
How Did We Get Here? was written by Offset & CeeLo Green & Kingston Callaway & Brian Kennedy & Sean Phelan.
Who produced How Did We Get Here?'s ?
How Did We Get Here? was produced by CeeLo Green & Kingston Callaway & Brian Kennedy & Sean Phelan.
When did Offset release How Did We Get Here??
Offset released How Did We Get Here? on Wed Aug 27 2025.
Have Offset and CeeLo Green collaborated before?
Yes! Their first collaboration was 2019’s “North Star” from Offset’s debut album, FATHER OF 4.