Song 33
Noname
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Song 33 by Noname
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“Song 33” is Noname’s first release of 2020. It is a response to J. Cole’s single, “Snow on tha Bluff,” which was released less than two days prior and is largely about Noname’s role in the 2020 movement denouncing racial injustices in the United States.
On the song, she raps about the current stat...
Song 33 Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh, I have ambitions, dreams
But dreams don't come cheap
[Verse 1]
I saw a demon on my shoulder, it's lookin' like patriarchy
Like scrubbin' blood off the ceiling and bleachin' another carpet
How my house get haunted?
Why Toyin body don't embody all the life she wanted?
A baby, just nineteen
I know I dream all black
I seen her everything, immortalizin' tweets all caps
They say they found her dead
[Chorus]
One girl missin', another one go missin'
One girl missin', another
[Verse 2]
But niggas in the back quiet as a church mouse
Basement studio when duty calls to get the verse out
I guess the ego hurt now
It's time to go to work, wow, look at him go
He really 'bout to write about me when the world is in smokes?
When it's people in trees?
When George was beggin' for his mother, saying he couldn't breathe
You thought to write about me?
[Chorus]
One girl missin', another one go missin'
One girl missin', another one
[Verse 3]
Yo, but little did I know all my readin' would be a bother
It's trans women bein' murdered and this is all he can offer?
And this is all y'all receive?
Distracting from the convo with organizers
They talkin' abolishin' the police
And this the new world order
We democratizin' Amazon, we burn down borders
This a new vanguard, this a new vanguard
I'm the new vanguard
Song 33 Q&A
Who produced Song 33's ?
Song 33 was produced by Madlib.
Did Noname share the official lyrics?
Yes, she shared them in a tweet four minutes after releasing the song:
Has J. Cole acknowledged the song?
J. Cole shared the song to his fans via Twitter just minutes after its release:
What has Noname said about the song?
On June 21, three days after releasing “Song 33,” Noname tweeted:
I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and I am not proud of myself for responding with “Song 33.” I tried to use it as a moment to draw attention back to the issues I care about, but I didn’t have to respond. My ego got the best of me....