What It Is (Block Boy) (feat. Kodak Black)

What it is, ho'? 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, ho'? (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)

What it is, ho'? (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 sight

She got everythin' he wanted, a nice body, ass 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 ass (kickin' my ass, yeah)
In the studio dosin' all I can keep from fallin' asleep
I hate that for you niggas, ain't got no bread, but tryin' 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 puttin' down the greatest, babe, hold this here for me
I took her from a nigga, 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', bitch
She say: Don't hush me, I say: Don't rush me
And I can tell how much she like a nigga by the way she suck it
Ho', what it is?

What it is, ho'? (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)
What it is, ho? (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, ho'? (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
What it is, ho'? What's up?
Every good girl needs a little thug (needs a little love)
Every block boy needs a little love (needs a little love, thug)
If you put it down, I'ma pick it up, up (ayy), up (ayy)

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

A Conexão Entre Amor e Rebeldia em What It Is (Block Boy) de Doechii

A música 'What It Is (Block Boy)' de Doechii, com participação de Kodak Black, é uma exploração do tema clássico do amor e da atração pelo 'bad boy' ou 'thug'. A letra sugere que mesmo as 'boas garotas' têm uma inclinação para o perigo e a emoção que vem com um parceiro que tem uma vida mais arriscada ou rebelde. A repetição do refrão 'Every good girl needs a little thug / Every block boy needs a little love' reforça a ideia de que há uma necessidade mútua de equilíbrio entre os opostos, onde a estabilidade encontra a aventura, e o cuidado encontra a audácia.

Doechii, conhecida por sua abordagem inovadora e sua estética única no mundo do hip-hop e R&B, utiliza metáforas e referências culturais para aprofundar essa narrativa. Por exemplo, a 'coisa de lemon pepper' e a comparação de si mesma com 'um frango de dez pedaços' podem ser interpretadas como uma expressão de autoconfiança e valor próprio, sugerindo que ela é um prêmio a ser conquistado. A música também aborda a dinâmica de poder dentro de um relacionamento, onde há um jogo de dar e receber, simbolizado pela linha 'If you put it down, I'ma pick it up'.

Além disso, a colaboração com Kodak Black adiciona uma camada extra de autenticidade ao tema, já que ele é conhecido por sua imagem de 'thug' no cenário do rap. A música não apenas celebra a atração por parceiros que vivem à margem da sociedade, mas também reconhece a complexidade e a profundidade dos sentimentos envolvidos nesses relacionamentos. 'What It Is (Block Boy)' é uma ode à paixão que transcende as convenções sociais e celebra a conexão humana em sua forma mais crua e verdadeira.