Date 2023-07-23
Category Lyrics, Music Video
Denzel Curry premieres the music video for the new “BLOOD ON MY NIKEZ” track co-produced by Mathaius Young, Dilip, Otxhello & Ambezza. Read the lyrics to the song.
enzel Curry is back with a vengeance, and it’s a warm welcome all around for one of the best artists in rap today. Moreover, he just dropped a music video directed by Omar Jones for his new single, “BLOOD ON MY NIKEZ.” Apparently, this track will be part of a rerelease of his 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT project, although that hopefully drops in full later this year. In the music video, the Miami MC rides around the city, shows off his skills at a house party, and comes through with some measured but nonetheless menacing energy. All in all, it’s yet another hype track that showcases Curry’s pen, delivery, and hook-writing skills.
First off, the production here is more eerie than his recent previous efforts, such as the jazz-inspired Melt My Eyez See Your Future. In fact, it might remind listeners of some material from 2016 or earlier, with hard-hitting trap production, cavernous horn samples, and spacey synth and key leads. Furthermore, it makes for a mid-tempo progression that still highlights Denzel Curry’s cold-blooded and threat-filled lyrics. His flow here is more restrained, swapping out rapid-fire rhymes for emphatic lines and catchier melodic tendencies. We haven’t heard Zel in this mode for a while, and this is just another refreshing example of his versatility.
Meanwhile, “BLOOD ON MY NIKEZ” points to some big things to come from the 28-year-old this year. We don’t have any confirmations yet, but there’s a possibility that he will drop a collab project with JPEGMAFIA soon, and with his “ULTRAGROUND” brand in full swing, surely there will be a lot more Zel to enjoy this year. We’d expect nothing less from one of the best, most talented, and consistent rappers of the past decade.
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Lyrics
[Intro]
Okay
Okay
Okay, uh, okay
[Pre-Chorus]
Okay, okay, set it off, I’ma do the damn thang
Put my name on my gang or my goddamn chain
To a rich nigga, you a goddamn lame
To a broke nigga, you a goddamn stain
[Chorus]
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
[Verse]
Mane, how the fuck you get all your bread took?
I’m a real nigga, leave a trail full of dead crooks
Opposite of snitch, you’re the type to make the feds look
I could make the shell shook, that chopper sing like Sam Cooke
Change gon’ come with this drum, please don’t get involved
In the M-I-A, it’s first forty-eight, you’ll be mystery unsolved
So it’s best you keep my name out your mouth
That’s how the fuck it go down in the South
Most of my niggas been down in a drought
So they lookin’ for smoke and you look like an ounce
Lord, forgive me for my sins, I can spit it raw
In the final days, livin’ time, that been hella hard
No, I’m not a killer, but my dawg got a darker heart
Jit said he with a demon, so tonight, we’ll be playin’ God
[Pre-Chorus]
Okay, okay, set it off, I’ma do the damn thang
Put my name on my gang or my goddamn chain
To a rich nigga, you a goddamn lame
To a broke nigga, you a goddamn stain
[Chorus]
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
Mane, let me wipe the blood off my Nikes, ayy
