“Steppin'” is Jay Joseph’s follow-up to his EP Drywall, which was released earlier that year. The song finds Jay more confident compared to his previous EP, where he rapped about his struggles to believe in himself to make his dreams come true, such as on “Jumpman” where he said:
Big pimpin', got n...
[Intro]
(Live, live, live
And I don't really care it's vibe, vibe, vibe)
Yeah, I guess we, we need to sound a little different
Where the keys?
We need some drums, we need some drums, we need some drums
(Oh)
[Verse 1]
I know some nice people with impressive homes
Financial loans, not on the wave they said they was
'Cause I’ll take all my money to receptacles
And you know I’ll keep investin' in these decibels
Like “What’s good, what’s up, what you doing for work?
I hit you up last week, know your pocket’s been hurt”
Nah, I’m kicking, been a minute, need a track that sells
Retract the L's until I’m laying dead in the dirt
[Pre-Chorus]
I know you wanted to
Be something special
But boy, you’re running behind
This corporate schedule
Yeah, we don’t know where we’ll be
Just know we’re headed
To same old places as you
So we gon' keep on steppin'
[Chorus]
We don’t count that money, we just step to step
Go and tell 'em all it ain’t disrespect
With your mind down low and the doubt the same
Only gonna manifest in a broken brain
We don’t count that money, we just step to step
Go and tell 'em all it ain’t disrespect
With your mind down low and the doubt the same
Only gonna manifest in a broken brain
[Verse 2]
We’ll fall in, step by step, side by side
Educate me when I’m young just to fall in line
Because any time to think is a waste of time
But what everybody thinks is a waste of mine
“No shot, big shot, need to stay in your lane
Get a real job, you just wanna taste some fame”
Yeah, you might be right, man, there’s too much hype, man
But I don’t really care if people know my name
[Pre-Chorus]
I know you wanted to
Be something special
But boy, you’re running behind
This corporate schedule
Yeah, we don’t know where we’ll be
Just know we’re headed
To same old places as you
So we gon' keep on steppin'
[Chorus]
We don’t count that money, we just step to step
Go and tell 'em all it ain’t disrespect
With your mind down low and the doubt the same
Only gonna manifest in a broken brain
We don’t count that money, we just step to step
Go and tell 'em all it ain’t disrespect
With your mind down low and the doubt the same
Only gonna manifest in a broken brain
[Outro]
I know you wanted to
Be something special
But boy, you’re running behind
This corporate schedule
Yeah, we don’t know where we’ll be
Just know we’re headed
To same old places as you
So we gon' step, step
Steppin’ was written by Jay Joseph.
Steppin’ was produced by Jady & Jay Joseph.
Jay Joseph released Steppin’ on Fri May 14 2021.
On April 12, 2021 Jay Joseph tweeted:
1,000 retweets and I'll release a rock single. Less than 1,000 I'll still release it but much later.— JAY (@JteeJoseph) April 12, 2021
The tweet got a thousand retweets in less than a day. It was on May 5, 2021 when Jay revealed the name of the “rock song.”...