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This song is about racism still being alive in America, but “Somewhereinamerica” there are people of all races embracing African American culture. As Hov has said before, it is harder to teach racism when your child is connected to the culture.
[Intro]
See what you made me do?
[Verse]
Shout out to old Jews and old rules
New blacks with new stacks
I already been the king
Retro act, I'm just bringing it back like Jordan Packs
New money, they looking down on me
Blue bloods they trying to clown on me
You can turn up your nose high society
Never gone turn down the homie
Knock knock I'm at your neighbor house
Straight cash I bought ya neighbor out
You should come to the housewarming
Come and see what your new neighbor 'bout (SKIRRRRR!)
Yellow Lambo in the driveway
A buck thirty-five, I'm on the highway
Frank Sinatra on my Sonos
Loud as fuck, I did it my way
A million sold before the album dropped
White Lexus before I had a deal
Ask Bun B about me
This ain't no snap back, a nigga been trill
By the way, fuck your mag
You ain't gotta count it my nigga I can add
1 million, 2 million, 3 million, 20 million
Oh, I'm so good at math
Might crash ya Internet
And I ain't even into that
When I was talking Instagram
Last thing you wanted was your picture snapped
Feds still lurking
They see I'm still putting work in
Cause somewhere in America
Miley Cyrus is still twerkin'
[Outro]
Twerk, twerk (Miley, Miley)
Only in America
Somewhereinamerica was written by JAY-Z & MIKE DEAN & Hit-Boy & DJ Camper & Johnny “Guitar” Watson.
Somewhereinamerica was produced by MIKE DEAN & DJ Camper & Hit-Boy.
JAY-Z released Somewhereinamerica on Thu Jul 04 2013.
Hov talked about the track’s concept in a 2013 interview with Elliott Wilson:
[Wilson]
It’s funny cause they say how personal Magna Carta… Holy Grail is, but you could call it political in a lot of senses. Like, that song “Somewhereinamerica,” you could take the catchphrase of Miley Cyrus twerking...
The track was produced by Hit-Boy, with assistance from Mike Dean and DJ Camper. In a July 2013 interview with Revolt Hit-Boy dissected the making of the beat:
Cyrus and her rule-breaking in the music industry seemed like a good fit for the ideas Hov was pushing with his #NewRules campaign. In an interview with his friend Angie Martinez upon the album’s release he provided a full explanation:
She’s fearless, just being herself and expressing herself. I th...