“Mo Bamba” is a track named after Orlando Magic and former Texas Longhorn center Mohamed Bamba. He grew up playing basketball with Sheck and in this song, Sheck compares his experience as an up-and-coming rapper being targeted by labels with Bamba’s experience as a high school recruit being hassled...
[Intro]
16yrold
Bitch
Daytrip took it to 10
[Chorus]
I got hoes
Callin' a young nigga phone (Ring, ring)
Where's Ali with the mothafuckin' dope? (Bitch, bitch)
I be ballin' like a mothafuckin' pro (Like a, huh, like a, huh)
I be ballin' like my nigga Mo (Bamba, bitch)
Sheck Wes, I ain't a mothafuckin' joke (Haha, hahahahaha)
Steph Wes, stay with the fuckin' pole (Pa, pa, pa-pa)
You fuck around and get poled (You get poled, bitch)
'Cause I got hoes (So many fuckin' hoes)
Callin' a young nigga phone
(Ring-ring, ring, ring-ring, ring, ring-ring)
Where's Ali with the (Bitch with the) mothafuckin' dope? (Huh)
I be ballin' like a mothafuckin' pro (Like a mothafuckin' pro)
I be ballin' like my nigga Mo (Bamba, Bamba)
Sheck Wes got so many flows (I do it all)
Call me Drake, how a nigga contro—
[Verse]
Oh, fuck, shit, bitch (Huh)
Young Sheck Wes and I'm gettin' really rich (Ching-ching)
See how I caught it 'cause I'm really with the shits (Ping-ping)
See me in the streets and I be really with a (Cling, cling), with a
Bad bitch (Bitch), niggas straight rockin' (Rock)
Niggas straight see me, when they see me, they be coppin' (What?)
I'm the best drug dealer, nigga, come and cop it (Got it)
Young Sheck Wes, I'm like the fuckin' Green Goblin (Hahahaha)
[Chorus]
I got hoes (Hoes, ho)
Callin' a young nigga phone, phone (Bitch)
Where's Ali with the mothafuckin' dope?
(With the mothafuckin' dope)
Dope (With the mothafuckin' dope)
With the mothafuckin' dope (Bitch)
With the dope (Gettin' rich), with my bros (Bitch, shit)
I fucked your ho (Shit)
And she ain't even let you know (Shit fucked up)
[Outro]
Damn, this nigga nice, fuck is you talking about?
('Cause I got) Bitch (Hoes)
And my nigga One-Six, my nigga
Ali, the Daytrip nigga, fuck is niggas talking about?
(I got hoes, shit
Young Sheck Wes, I do it on the go)
Uh, woah, uh
Mo Bamba was written by David Biral & Denzel Baptiste & 16yrold & Sheck Wes.
Mo Bamba was produced by Take a Daytrip & 16yrold.
I had a meeting with a friend of mine who worked at Nike at the time, and I was just talking to him about all my frustrations with the labels that were sold after me, the managers, the people, all the real and fake. And, how my phone won’t stop ringin'. I went to the studio right after, 16yrold invi...
Sheck Wes was asked this question in an interview with Pitchfork, and he responded by saying:
I’m still in the projects! That’s why I did the “Mo Bamba” video there.
In an interview with Slam News, he discussed his hit single, “Mo Bamba”:
Denzel Baptise of the producer duo Take a Daytrip explained to The New York Times that during the verse, his old laptop that had the instrumentals for “Mo Bamba” froze during the recording session, resulting in the beat dropping out:
I had an older laptop at the time so that laptop always froze. So...
As of the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated December 8, 2018, “Mo Bamba” peaked at the #6 spot.
Yes. It was officially released on January 30th, 2018