On “Zoo York,“ Lil Tjay, Fivio Foreign, and Pop Smoke go into detail about their crazed hometown of New York. Dropping references to weaponry, expensive items, and girls, they boast about the city and the strength gained from it.
Tjay uses the metaphor of his home being a “zoo“ likely because it i...
[Intro: Fivio Foreign, Pop Smoke & Lil Tjay]
Grrt, ayy (Uh?)
Nah (Oh, oh)
Baow, baow, baow, baow (Woo, oh)
Baow, baow, baow, baow (Hahaha), grrt, baow
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Ayy)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Ayy)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Ayy)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York
[Verse 1: Lil Tjay & Fivio Foreign]
Walk in the spot and it's litty, designer through city, you know I'ma turn up (Ayy)
Bro got the Henny and I got a blunt, fuck around, throw a band when I burn up (Ayy)
Shawty right here, she a freak and she move like a pro, tryna dance, so I churn her (Baow)
Think she feelin' my dick, it's the burner (Ayy)
She ain't used to my bop, she a learner (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
I gotta flex up
'Bout to cop a new piece just to glitter my neck up
They ain't fuckin' protect us
We was young niggas dreamin' 'bout pickin' Pateks up (Baow)
Quit tryna arrest us
Fuck all them niggas, don't let me get 'fessed up (Baow)
Nigga think he a wrestler (Baow)
I'ma just teach him some shit, no semester (Baow, baow, baow, baow)
I gotta, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta get to the bag, ah (Bag)
Damn (Damn), I think I fell in love with the cash
I been in the studio workin' hard to the max
I (I), can't (Can't), I cannot never, ever fall back (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
I'm in my Birkin, nigga (Yeah)
Run up, we murkin' niggas (Baow)
I got some shooters, they ready to ride (Boom, boom, boom)
I send 'em, they lurkin', nigga (Baow, baow, baow, baow)
I'm in my Birkin, nigga
Run up, I'm murkin' niggas (Gang, gang)
I got some shooters, they ready to ride
I send 'em, they lurkin', nigga (Grrt, baow, baow, baow, baow)
[Chorus: Lil Tjay & Pop Smoke]
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Bitch)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Woo)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York
[Verse 2: Fivio Foreign]
Look, I'm from the town (I'm from the town)
Send me the addy, I'm huntin' 'em down (Grrt)
Get off the stage and I jump in the crowd (Ayy)
They keep sayin' we too wild (Baow)
I fell in love with the crowd (I did)
They fell in love with the sound (They did)
Grrt (Grrt), baow, baow, baow, baow, baow
Attention (Attention), move 'round with a vengeance (Ayy)
Baow (Baow), bend 'em (Bend 'em)
Throw it down, offend 'em, ayy, ayy, ayy
I'm with the demons and henchmen (I am)
Uh (Uh), we can't wait until we see us a victim (Baow)
Give me the money, I need it, I'm itchin' (I do)
Them niggas know when I see them, it's different (Ayy)
Uh (Uh), I know he an opp 'cause my finger keep twitchin' (Ayy, baow)
Baow, leavin' him lifted (Leavin' him lifted)
Blicky (Blicky), blick him (Blick him), blick him (Blick him), blick him (Baow)
[Chorus: Lil Tjay & Pop Smoke]
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Bitch)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Woo)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (I'm from the mud)
[Verse 3: Pop Smoke]
Got fifty-two shots in this Glock, bet a nigga won't let up (Woo)
XD, youngin totin' Beretta (Uh? Totin' Beretta, uh)
Rufflin' feathers (Don't get shot)
I leave 'em deader
I got your bitch suckin' on my treasure
I woo for the Floss, yeah, we do it better
I got the hoes like I'm Hugh Hefner
Bitch, I'm a dog, I'm a blue devil
One dead in Neiman, scannin', it's readin'
Perc' head, I'm geekin', shit turn me to a demon
Bad bitch named RiRi, nice, but treeshy
She want me to breed her, I'm like, "Nah, bitch, you sneaky"
I make it rain on whoever, I make it rain that Woo weather (Woo)
Nigga, I put in pain, I'm the shooter and the driver, and I rock Cartier frames
Crush the paper, fry the tool, put an eighth in my spliff, roll (Woo)
Get in my zone, hop in the Rolls, smokin' opps to the face (Grrt, baow)
[Chorus: Lil Tjay & Pop Smoke]
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Bitch)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (Woo)
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York, Zoo York
Bitch, I'm from Zoo York (I'm from the mud)
Zoo York was written by Bordeaux & Non Native & Lil Tjay & Fivio Foreign & Pop Smoke.
Zoo York was produced by Non Native & Bordeaux.
Yes – they have all collaborated individually.
Tjay and Pop have collaborated on both Smoke’s songs: “Mannequin” and “War,” from Pop’s second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2. They were both featured on “Mary Jane” by Guido Dos Santos.
Tjay and Fivio have collaborated on “Ambition,” from Fivio’s mixtape, 8...
On May 6, 2020, Fivio Foreign teased the music video with a post on Twitter:
“Zoo York” debuted and peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week ending May 23, 2020.
Yes! 10 days after the release of the track, Tjay uploaded the instrumental for the track to his YouTube:
Yes! “Zoo York” was certified gold on December 3, 2020 by the RIAA.