“Yellow” is the first single released for Rich Brian’s sophomore album The Sailor. The emotional, self-critical ballad features Bēkon, marking the first collaboration between these artists. The track samples “Cold as Ice” by Bēkon. “Yellow” was originally teased on Brian’s Instagram a week before re...
[Chorus: Rich Brian]
How do I disappear without anybody knowing?
Will anybody even miss me when I'm gone?
[Verse 1: Rich Brian]
Bottle full of liquor, I'ma drown tonight
Life looks so easy, all you gotta do is close your eyes
Please don't call the reverend, I don't need no help
Bury me a legend, I'ma dig the grave myself
I can't remember when I last felt alive
Don't try to save my life, I'm already on my way tonight
The blood is on my hands, it's either do or die
Don't even try to save my life (Save my life)
They gon' memorize my name when I'm gone
And they gon' recognize my face when I'm gone
(They gon' love me when I'm gone)
[Chorus: Rich Brian]
How do I disappear without anybody knowing?
Will anybody even miss me when I'm gone?
[Verse 2: Rich Brian]
Bitch, hello
(Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello)
Don't fight the feeling 'cause I'm yellow
(Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow)
Will I make it? Who the hell knows?
(Hell knows, hell knows, hell knows, hell knows, hell knows, hell knows, hell knows)
You want my soul but we don't sell those
(Sell those, sell those, sell those, sell those, sell those, sell those, sell those)
Yeah, ayy, oh
Got a full clip, don't even carry no guns (Gun)
Don't need no ICE, feel like I'm 21 (21)
Breakfast and lunch, she gon' swallow my sons (Sons)
Dinner, dessert, eat these rappers for fun (Fun)
Don't give no fucks if you don't fuck with my shit
Rock 50 stages in all 50 states, bitch
I did it all without no citizenship
To show the whole world you just got to imagine
[Outro: Bēkon]
On the day (On the day)
The bullets block out the sun (The sun)
We are fools (We are fools)
Pointing at everyone (Everyone)
But ourselves
'Cause we're the only ones to blame (We're the only ones to blame)
It's insane (Oh, it's insane)
'Cause no one ever wants to change
Yellow was written by Daniel Krieger & Craig Balmoris & Tyler Reese & Sergiu Gherman & Sean Miyashiro & Aldae & Rich Brian & Bēkon.
Yellow was produced by Rich Brian & The Donuts & Bēkon.
Rich Brian released Yellow on Tue Jun 25 2019.
I want kids from all over the world to feel like they can make it no matter where they’re from… I see myself in the same boat that many have traveled in before in hopes of reaching something better. This song is for the past, present, and future generations who brave new worlds with nothing guaran...
Rich Brian discussed the process in and interview with Complex:
When I first started writing it, I was mostly writing about how I felt. I wasn’t thinking about yellow and the whole concept yet. The song kind of felt like a play. It’s like a song with three acts. The first act is: I’m fucked up and...