“Mixed Nut” is the second single from Imani Coppola’s twelfth album, Hypocrites. The song’s lyrics mock hipsters' idiosyncrasies, such as “up-speak” and claiming not to judge. She wrote the song after Kinky Friedman asked whether she identified as black or white.
The song’s accompanying music video...
[Verse 1]
I speak in up-speak
Don't sweat the technique
I always sound like I'm asking questions
Even when I'm not but I'll make a suggestion
Even though I am 'cause I need validation
I don't judge
So don't judge me
I mean it, dude
I mean, I wouldn't judge you
I'm batshit, banana-split personality
I'm cuckoo
Duh! I'm confused
How could I not be?
No apologies!
I don't understand this world
Shit's fucking deep
Everyone's got two fucks to give and no one gives a shit
Nobody, including myself
I guess that makes me a hypocrite
Whoa! Don't ask me to pick a side
I'm half-black and half-white
Italian father, afro mother
When asked to choose, I just choose "other"
[Chorus]
I'm a mixed nut
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I'm a mixed nut
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Verse 2]
Shut up! Seriously?
I can’t – I just can’t!
I’m not so sure I know what it is that I can’t do (Mmm... I can’t do it)
He was like, “Really?”
And I was like “Really?”
And they were like “Really?”
And we were like “Really?”
Duh! I’m confused
How could I not be?
It’s not funny
I don’t understand this world
Shit’s really deep (really!)
Everyone's got a fuck to give and no one gives a shit
Nobody, including myself
I guess that makes me a hypocrite
Whoa! Don’t ask me to pick a race
I’m half outer space
Martian father, Earthling mother
When asked to choose, I just choose “other”
[Chorus]
I'm a mixed nut
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I'm a mixed nut
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Bridge]
I’m an Aries but I identify as a Gemini
I’m a girl but I kinda think like a guy
I was born in LI but I have a European mind
I look Flatbush but I was born in Bedstuy
Just sayin’
(What are you saying?)
I’m just sayin’
(What?)
[Chorus]
I'm a mixed nut
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I'm a mixed nut
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Mixed Nut was written by Imani Coppola.
Mixed Nut was produced by Imani Coppola.
Imani Coppola released Mixed Nut on Tue Sep 26 2017.
Coppola told Yahoo! Music that “I wrote this song sometime after meeting Kinky Friedman, who upon meeting me immediately asked which side I identified with more, my black side or my white side […] the question lingered for days in a way that could only result in a song being written to set the recor...