Sidewalks

The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar * Track #9 On Starboy

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Album Starboy

ALBUM

The Weeknd

2016

Sidewalks by The Weeknd (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)

Release Date

Fri Nov 25 2016

Performed by

The WeekndKendrick Lamar

Produced by

Bobby Raps & Doc McKinney & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Writed by

Bobby Raps & The Weeknd & Doc McKinney & Daniel Wilson & Kendrick Lamar & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

About

On “Sidewalks,” Abel and Kendrick use sidewalks as a metaphor for their path from humble beginnings to fame and fortune.

Both The Weeknd and Kendrick grew up in less-than-ideal settings. Abel was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, an area with one of the highest crime rates in Greater Toronto, w...

Sidewalks Lyrics

[Intro: The Weeknd]
Uh, uh, uh, uh-uh, uh, yeah, like

[Verse 1: The Weeknd]
I ran out of tears when I was eighteen
So nobody made me but the main streets
'Cause too many people think they made me
Well, if they really made me, then replace me
Homeless to Forbes List, these niggas bring no stress
I feel like Moses, I feel like I'm chosen
And if you ain't my nigga, then your girl single to me
I don't give a damn if a nigga said he knew me
Grew up with no father so nobody ever "son" me
My flow too sick, Kevin Costner couldn't touch me
I know you wish that nobody ever love me
I feel useless when I'm never makin' money, ah
Well, this the life we always fantasized
Rich folk problem through a Queen Street nigga's eyes
Every time you see me pullin' up in Aventadors
Just know we been grindin' on them sidewalks

[Chorus: The Weeknd]
Sidewalks saved my life
They don't ever lie
Sidewalks saved my life
They show me all the signs

[Post-Chorus: Daniel Wilson]
They don't let me down
But they lead me on
And they don't let me down
But they lead me on
And they lead me on

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Say, say, say
I come from murder one, brung late night melee
Say, say, say
We hung all summer, sprung mattress with bae bae
Say, say, say
Trippin' off Dyke and my name strike with pay day
Say, say, say
Flippin' blue lightnin', tightenin', strapped with AK
Say, say, say
OG one, told me one, show me one, eight ways
How to segue
Pussy, power, profit and headache
I reminisce my life innocence or life innocent
Or life intimate, with fame
Light limo tint with light women, dark women in it
Aw, Kenny, good game
She wanna hang with a Starboy
The sun and the moon and star, boy
Astronomer, anonymous
I line 'em up, we grind 'em up, there's nine of us
And five of us have probably fucked
She mollied up, I tallied up all the parts, boy
Twenty legs, arms, head (Head)
Head, head, more head (Head)
Oh God, bless the dead (Yup)
I'm livin' life, high off life
I wear my chokes off to bed
I'm the greatest nigga, why you scared to say it?
I wanna rock, I wanna rock
I wanna cop more land, I never stop
I wanna quick advance on a bill if it ain't one
Break everything, I'm a hustler, came from

[Chorus: The Weeknd]
Sidewalks saved my life (Sidewalks saved my life)
They don't ever lie
Sidewalks saved my life (Sidewalks saved my life)
They show me all the signs

[Post-Chorus: Daniel Wilson]
They don't let me down
But they lead me on
And they don't let me down
But they lead me on
And they lead me on

Sidewalks Q&A

Who wrote Sidewalks's ?

Sidewalks was written by Bobby Raps & The Weeknd & Doc McKinney & Daniel Wilson & Kendrick Lamar & Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

Who produced Sidewalks's ?

Sidewalks was produced by Bobby Raps & Doc McKinney & Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

When did The Weeknd release Sidewalks?

The Weeknd released Sidewalks on Fri Nov 25 2016.

Is this the first time Kendrick and The Weeknd have collaborated?

This marks the first collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd.

Was this teased before the official release of Starboy?

The first verse and hook of “Sidewalks” were part of The Weeknd’s short film, “M A N I A,” in anticipation for Starboy.

When did Abel and Kendrick meet?

Abel and Kendrick Lamar met during the recording of Drake’s Take Care, both of whom were featured on the album (“Crew Love” and “Buried Alive Interlude,” respectively).

Has The Weeknd spoken about working with Kendrick?

He’s a genius. He is really a genius. […] I don’t know exactly what time of day but he came in the afternoon and left late at night. He did it there on the spot. He’d walk around. He played it over and over again. I played him songs, the Starboy theme of course which he incorporated into his verse....

How is Alicia Keys sampled in the song?

The “oohs” from the bridge in “You Don’t Know My Name” were applied to this song’s chorus.

Who is Daniel Wilson?

Originally mistaken for Sam Smith, Michigan singer Daniel Wilson is the Maty Noyes of this album. Noyes is the female singer on “Angel,” a standout on Abel’s Beauty Behind the Madness. Like Noyes, Daniel Wilson also was relatively unknown before appearing on a Weeknd album.

In his Zane Lowe intervi...