Isaiah Rashad – Nelly Lyrics

Isaiah Rashad – Nelly Lyrics

Nelly Lyrics by Isaiah Rashad

Just days after Top Dawg promised new Isaiah Rashad before year’s end, the 24-year-old spitter from Chattanooga returns, fans having endured a nearly two year long drought between the song’s release and the drop of his debut project Cilvia Demo.

The song, in one way, compares Rashad’s love life to rapper Nelly’s radio success – like Nelly’s music, selling over 21 million albums with four number one hits, Rashad is popular, but he hasn’t quite found “the one.” In another sense, the song seems to be about his aims with music, acknowledging that his style is better suited to staying low-key and making the best music you’ve never heard, rather than making chart-topping radio smashes. He references several tracks by Nelly throughout the song, most noticeably in the hook when mentioning this aptly titled track off of the 2002 album Nellyville.

Rashad enlists a familiar duo production-wise, linking up with Chris Calor and The Antydote, both behind his past single Shot You Down. Jowin is added to the mix for the in-depth look at Rashad’s rise to fame.

[Intro]
Bitch, you know you can’t parallel park, anyway

[Chorus]
We can’t be no number one, but we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright, alright-alright
We can’t be no number one, but we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright, alright-alright

[Verse 1]
Back when my brother sold crack
And my sister was a real one, always was a real one
Saw you workin’ early, tell me how you feel, hon
Baby, what’s your hurry? Get it how you live, hon
Baby, what’s your name? I been going through a lot
I can’t do this on my own, “Got-No-Place-to-Go” Rashad
And that’s a long one—hey, they gon’ love you when you hot
They won’t miss you when you gone
If you looking for a spot, that’s the wrong one

[Chorus]
But we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright, alright-alright
We can’t be no number one, but we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright, alright-alright

[Verse 2]
Back when my sister sold hair
Heard you lookin’ for the deal, hon, get it how you live, hon
Damn, you caught me splurging, lookin’ for the real ones
If I make it early, get it for the lil’ ones
I can see your pain, hope my voice is helping out
Hope your mama working out, she won’t e’en come out the house
Heard she had a surgery, granny died before the drop
I don’t like to visit home, I don’t like to see the drought
Call me when you stepping out, I might bring the cup with me
I might play the “Back and Forth” on my ’94 Aali’
We can split a O or three, this is how it’s supposed to be
Like we had a better trial, fuck the jury, fuck with me
We on our own, hon

[Chorus]
But we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright
We can’t be no number one, but we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright, alright-alright
We can’t be no number one, but we can be the jam
‘Cause what these niggas on is not my favorite song
I’m not no number one, ’cause they gon’ do you wrong
And they gon’ play you out, alright