First played in front of a live audience at The O2 on August 10th 2021, and then again on August 11th 2021, ‘Jimmy Jimmy’ is the second track of Gorillaz' EP ‘Meanwhile’, released August 26th, 2021.
[Chorus: 2-D]
Jimmy, Jimmy
There's pressure on you
A life ain't feelin' how it used to
Jimmy, Jimmy
No need to be sad
When they play your song, we'll get along
[Verse 1: AJ Tracey & 2-D]
I been searchin', lookin' for a permanent reason
Out of sync with the seasons, not sure what I believe in
And a burden, why is bein' loved so appealin'?
Can't conform, I'm alone
We're all just lost without meanin' (Jimmy, Jimmy)
Just a boy from the West, I'm born and bred
We coulda been rich, was poor instead
My evenings are blue, all my mornings red
I had to make scores from gents (Jimmy, Jimmy)
I salute all my local fiends
They're smilin', locked in a smoker's dream
Kept an ace like a poker team (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
Just a teen sellin' coke to fiends (Jimmy, Jimmy)
I took remedy, young ones I love
Got the money, I got stuck inside of my mind
Quick solutions was all I could find
I was earnin', but losin' my time (Jimmy, Jimmy)
Portobello, I'm sippin' on wine
With a beautiful Notting Hill mother of five
Mental muscle, the strong will survive
That's why I drink white rum on the Manchester Drive
[Chorus: 2-D]
Jimmy, Jimmy
Now you're out of control
And the life you're livin' is a dead-end road
Jimmy, Jimmy
No need to be sad
When they play your song, we'll get along
Jimmy, Jimmy
[Verse 2: AJ Tracey & 2-D]
Left Electric and headed to SoHo, now I'm in the box, I had way too much yak (Woo)
Hate the front so I sat in the back with a girl from Iran and the peachiest back (Jimmy, Jimmy)
Love me a spliff, but I gotta keep it a stack, the females around me are crack
Got me wired, I ain't comin' back to reality, I bleed it out in the track (Jimmy, Jimmy)
Did some things that I swear I won't tell
Like, who do I call? Got redemption from Hell
Love and hate are like Kenan and Kel
I broke up my kis, now my friends in the cell (Jimmy, Jimmy)
Life is for livin', I love me some shillings
But God willin', people love me for my skillin'
Went from sittin' in gold with them billions
To billboards on winning, thank God, now I'm chillin'
[Break: 2-D]
Jimmy, Jimmy
This pressure
Jimmy, Jimmy
[Chorus: 2-D]
Jimmy, Jimmy
This pressure on you
A life ain't feelin' how it used to
Jimmy, Jimmy
No need to be sad
When they play your song, we'll get along
Jimmy, Jimmy
[Outro: 2-D]
Woo
Jimmy, Jimmy
Jimmy, Jimmy
Jimmy, Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy was written by AJ Tracey & Remi Kabaka Jr. & Damon Albarn.
Jimmy Jimmy was produced by Remi Kabaka Jr. & Gorillaz.
Gorillaz released Jimmy Jimmy on Thu Aug 26 2021.