Logic – Shimmy (ft. Joey Bada$$) (Audio, Lyrics)

Off the 17-track College Park project, Logic drops the “Shimmy” song with Joey Bada$$. The piece was co-produced by 6ix & Soundtrakk. Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track, mp3 download.

Logic College Park

We’ve heard impressive work from Logic over the years, but none finds the 33-year-old sounding as confident as his latest release, College Park. The 17-track effort is his first work as an officially independent artist, marking an exciting new beginning for his career. It tells the story of the year he spent living in Big Lenbo’s basement, chronicling plenty of hilarious misadventures and thoughtful emotions.

Plenty of guest features appear throughout the tracklist, including Lucy Rose on the previously released “Wake Up.” Another comes from Joey Bada$$, who shows out on the second verse of “Shimmy” after Logic drops impressive bars of his own. It marks the first time the two lyricists linked up, and after already finding so much success, it certainly won’t be the last.

Over production by 6ix and Soundtrakk, the Maryland native sets the mood with a catchy chorus before getting braggadocios on the first verse. “F*ck how you feel, I’m breakin’ the seal / Just got out my deal, I’m keepin’ it real,” he begins, obviously happy to have parted ways with his old label. “A quarter million, that’s my automobile / That thing in the glove, I need it concealed,” Logic goes on.

For his part, Joey Bada$$$ follows Young Sinatra with bars about going from EBT to BET and spreading love “the Brooklyn way” before sending a shoutout to the late Biggie Smalls. “Tell me who want war? Watch me turn ’em to a memory / I am not the one, I’m just the one that they pretend to be,” he later asserts, reminding listeners of his influence.

Logic – Shimmy (ft. Joey Bada$$) (prod. 6ix & Soundtrakk)

24 February 2023
1 Song, 2 minutes
℗ 2023 Three Oh One Productions, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Lyrics

[Chorus: Logic]
Shimmy, shimmy, ya, bitch, I get money like ODB
Shimmy, shimmy, yeah, I’m finally eatin’ good, no EBT
Shimmy, shimmy, yay, do this every day
Never play, bottles on the way, sip somethin’ and stay up
Ya— bitch, I get money like— ya— get money like ODB
Shimmy, shimmy, yeah, I’m eatin’ good, no EBT
Ya— never play, bottle— play, bottles on the way
Sip somethin’ and— sip somethin’ and stay up (Ayy)

[Verse 1: Logic]
Fuck how you feel, I’m breakin’ the seal
Just got out my deal, I’m keepin’ it real
A quarter million, that’s my automobile
That thing in the glove, I need it concealed
Why I gotta rap like this to get y’all to pay attention?
I ain’t mad at the money I got, but some of y’all just don’t got attention
To detail, broke niggas shop retail
Buyin’ Goyard on a resale
Fuck all that, I’ma rap where the— rap where the heart at
I’ve been buildin’ this shit from the ground up
Fifty Ms what I’m— Ms what I’m worth if I round up
‘Cause I do— ‘Cause I do
Fifty M’s what I’m worth if I round up
‘Cause I do what I love

[Chorus: Logic & Joey Bada$$]
Shimmy, shimmy, ya, bitch, I get money like ODB
Shimmy, shimmy, yeah, I’m finally eatin’ good, no EBT
Shimmy, shimmy, yay, do this every day
Never play, bottles on the way, sip somethin’ and stay up
Ya— bitch, I get money like— ya— get money like ODB
Shimmy, shimmy, yeah, I’m eatin’ good, no EBT
Ya— never play, bottle— play, bottles on the way
Sip somethin’ and— sip somethin’ and stay up (Uh, uh, badmon!)

[Verse 2: Joey Bada$$]
Yeah, came a long way, I went from EBT to BET
Had to spread love the Brooklyn way, that’s word to B.I.G.
Face ID the only thing I need to hit the VIP
They be like, “Wait, who that be?” (Bitch) That be Himothy
Shimmy, shimmy, ya, when I’m shakin’ up the enemies
Ooh, I like it raw, when I’m faded off the Hennessy
Tell me who want war? Watch me turn ’em to a memory
I am not the one, I’m just the one that they pretend to be (Yee, yee)
When I’m gone, they gon’ remember me (Yee, yee)
What the fuck you think you tellin’ me?
Five bitches faded off the ‘caine, I call ’em Danity
Bitch, I think I’m ODB, I might just plead insanity

[Chorus: Logic]
Shimmy, shimmy, ya, bitch, I get money like ODB
Shimmy, shimmy, yeah, I’m finally eatin’ good, no EBT
Shimmy, shimmy, yay, do this every day
Never play, bottles on the way, sip somethin’ and stay up
Ya— bitch, I get money like— ya— get money like ODB
Shimmy, shimmy, yeah, I’m eatin’ good, no EBT
Ya— never play, bottle— play, bottles on the way
Sip somethin’ and— sip somethin’ and stay up