“YOU GON' LEARN SOME JAZZ TODAY” kickstarts Masego’s mixtape Loose Thoughts with an introduction to jazz. On top of the bouncy and familiar “Happy Birthday to You” sample, Masego raps in his first verse, giving the listener a subtle taste of what’s to come.
Tessellated sampled “YOU GON' LEARN SOME...
[Intro]
You gon' learn some jazz today, oh
You gon' learn some jazz today, now
You gon' kick, you gon' stomp all day, yeah
You gon' learn this jazz today
[Verse 1]
I be like bang bang, shoot shoot in the zoot zoot
Nigga who you? We us, and we too cool
No sweat if you goalless, we the swolest (Yah!)
Heavy legs, and we kickin'
Uh, find me with canaries singing sweet tings
Jazz talk cause' I'm spittin'
Gang, gang be my kick hit, it's my kick hit
Gang, gang, gang, gang, hey
Freestyle 'cause I did that
Yeah that beat, that's me and it's straight heat
Uh, 23 with a money tree and it's got like a hunna, hunna, hunna, hunna seeds
[Bridge]
But y'all knew that, but y'all knew that, but y'all knew that, but y'all knew that
No I don't wanna collab, no
Unless I hit you up
[Outro]
You gon' learn some jazz today, oh
You gon' learn some jazz today, now
You gon' kick, you gon' stomp all day, yeah
You gon' learn this jazz today
I be like
[Saxophone Solo]
Haha, and we begin, Loose Thoughts
You Gon’ Lean Some Jazz Today was written by Masego.
You Gon’ Lean Some Jazz Today was produced by Masego.
Masego released You Gon’ Lean Some Jazz Today on Wed Jun 08 2016.
Yes! Tessellated sampled the track for his own song “I Learnt Some Jazz Today”.
When speaking to VIBE, Masego said:
I freestyle so much on Twitter and none of it’s a song but everyone’s like, “Yo when’s the song drop?” So I thought I’d just make this one a song and just enjoy myself in a Kanye-esque way, because I swear Kanye West never writes any verses anymore, he just frees...