Some tunes can actually take over the Internet. They become popular on social networks, spread like wildfire because people adore them, and live much longer. One of the most well-known songs of 2023 is What It Is by Doechii & Kodak Black: When it was launched in March, it quickly gained popularity online, especially after the chorus repeated the question, “What it is hoe?” It’s time to examine the words and their intended meaning; the whole lyrics are located at the end.
You can watch the official video for What It Is below.
What it is hoe? The song lyrics and meaning
Doechii considers how ladies frequently find themselves drawn to bad boys in What It Is. In urban slang, a “hoe” is a girl who loves life and sex without issues, while a “thug” is a criminal. The primary sentence, “what it is, hoe?” is addressed to all girls from the block who have “a little thug” next to them. Background: It’s a known fact that many good females wind up with bad boys. The song implies that “It is what it is.” The chorus also conveys the following message:
What it is, hoe? What’s up?
Every good girl needs a little thug
Every block boy needs a little love
If you put it down, I’ma pick it up, up, up
A terrible boy nevertheless needs love. From this vantage point, Doechii isn’t too concerned about the negative effects of dating a bad guy since she believes that someone must save them; therefore, if another female rejects them, she might be the one who can console them.
Doechii doesn’t have to mention how a female finds a gangster fascinating. She talks about their upcoming unusual kind of sex as well as his attitude and physical prowess.
Bedroom bully in the bando
He gon’ make it flip, do it with no handles
Never switchin’ sides, only switchin’ angles
Ooh, we go crazy like Rambo
On TikTok, a solo version with only Doechii singing is popular. The rapper Kodak Black, who plays the stereotypical bad boy by being a gangster but realizing he needs a girl to support him, is included in the song’s original version. And yes, a mobster also requires love.
Behind every gangster, a shawty solid that got his back
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Bein’ Black in America, is the hardest thing to be (Baby, tell me, yeah)
Every thug need a lil’ love too, baby, how ‘bout me?
That is the true meaning of the song’s lyrics: it is a known fact that girls adore terrible boys and that these individuals also require affection. There isn’t much you can do because each side manages to meet the requirements of the other in some way. The first step to a better life is awareness. Hoe, it is what it is.
The complete lyrics
What it is, hoe? What’s up?
Every good girl needs a little thug
Every block boy needs a little love
If you put it down, I’ma pick it up, up, up
Can’t you just see, it’s just me and you?
Panoramic view, that’s my point of view, bae
All about me, that’s the energy
That’s that lemon pepper thing, I’m a ten-piece, baby
Bedroom bully in the bando
He gon’ make it flip, do it with no handles
Never switchin’ sides, only switchin’ angles
Ooh, we go crazy like Rambo
What it is, hoe? (What it is?) What’s up? (What’s up?)
Every good girl needs a little thug (Thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Love)
If you put it down, I’ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
Hit ’em up, hit ’em up
In the truck, got it tucked
He get it up, like it’s stuck
All night, I like
You ain’t gotta say it when you know it’s on site
(Kodak Black)
She got everything he wanted, a nice body, a– fat
Behind every gangster, a shawty solid that got his back
He know who to come to every-time the world handlin’ him bad
The way he call first, but still he always put her last (Always put her last, yeah)
I’m pourin’ out this glass, my body fightin’ off that gas (Off that gas, yeah)
On smoke box, I kill ’em, that zaza pack kickin’ my a– (Kickin’ my ass, yeah)
In the studio dosin’, all I can keep from falling asleep
I hate that for you n–as ain’t got no bread, but trying to beef
Bein’ Black in America, is the hardest thing to be (Baby, tell me, yeah)
Every thug need a lil’ love too, baby, how ‘bout me?
Told her, “Don’t call me a stink ’cause I smell like money”
I putting down the greatest babe, hold this here for me
I took her from a n–a, we vibin’, two weeks out of the country
So she had a lil’ situation, but I could tell it ain’t ’bout nothin’
Now me and her rappin’, b- -h
She say, “Don’t hush me”, I say, “Don’t rush me”
And I can tell how much she like a n–a by the way she s–k it
Ho, what it is?
What it is, hoe? (What it is?) What’s up? (What’s up?)
Every good girl needs a little thug (Thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Love)
If you put it down, I’ma pick it up, up (Ayy), up (Ayy)
I don’t care if you run the streets
Long as you comin’ home to me
I love the way you walk and the way you speak
He gon’ keep it real, that’s the deal, that’s the reason that I speed down, down (Down, down, down, down)
I put that all on my name (All on my name)
Yeah, that’s an even exchange (Tell me what it is)
Stay on your deal, we gon’ tell ’em, we gon’ tell ’em what, babe
What it is, hoe? (What it is?) What’s up?
Every good girl needs a little thug (Needs a little thug)
Every block boy needs a little love (Needs a little love, yeah)
If you put it down, I’ma pick it up, up, up
Back it up and do, and do it like that, yeah (What it is? What’s up?)
Back it up and do it like that, yeah (Ho)
Back it up, back it and do it like that, yeah
Back it up gon’ and do it like that, yeah (Woo)
Hey, what it is? Hey, what’s up?
J. White Did It (Yup, yup)
More is on the way (Yup, yup, yeah)
We need a lil’ love, you know what I mean? (Yeah, ayy-ayy, woo)
Ride out, woah