Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish E-40 liked me
I wish I didn't crash going ghostriding nightly
I wish I didn't have to fact the fact that I'm whack on the track, white kids aren't hyphy
got kicked out of Slim's like a week ago
For krumping in the front row, at the Anticon show
And everyone I know says I'm taking my chances
Cruising through Oakland, bumping Sage Francis?
San Jose rappers say they don't want to hear
Angry emo raps by Eyedea and Atmosphere
They hippies out in Berkeley, tell me I should stop
Ghostriding my Volvo wearing Birkenstocks
So I took my dad's Lexus in the Town for a spin
Surprised him back at home with some 18 inch rims
Up at Live 105 jumping on Aaron's desk
Stop playing Mickey Avalon his concepts are a mess
Traxamillion did this beat, now he's calling on the phone
Drank too much hyphy juice and I got a kidney stone
The Bay has come back with a brand new sound
But its so hard to be retarded, I guess I'll never be down
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish E-40 liked me
I wish I didn't crash going ghostriding nightly
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I'm whack, on the track, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, not quite like Keira Knightley
I wish I had a whip for the girls rockin Nikes
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, when I'm back with the raps, white kids aren't hyphy
showed up at the sydeshow but they laughed at me
Tried to ghostride my whip but I hit a tree
And I can't get my volvo under 60 a gallon
Didn't have any thizz, so I popped a Valium
Because that's how we roll when we in the Yay Area
The rippers ride the Yellow Bus we bring the mass hysteria
I'm up in the club in my brand new stunnas
Had a seizure from the strobe so my moves got dumber
Keak da Sneak looked at me and said 'yo this kid can dance'
I was keeping it so trreal that I split my baggy pants
The I got on the mic all deaf, dumb, and hyphy
From Richmond to Vallejo rappers want to be just like me
E-40's in the scraper with his brand new slumper
Chillin with Bubb Rubb, in his tricked out hummer
Kids yell 'YEE,' the whistles go 'WOO'
Don't know what I just said on this verse, do you?
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish these rappers liked me
I wish they went on myspace always typing 'bite me'
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I lack, the attack, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, not your average white-g
Catch me in the Source, with five mics, that's unlikely
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I'm whack, like I rap, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish E-40 liked me
I wish I didn't crash going ghostriding nightly
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I'm whack, on the track, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, not quite like Keira Knightley
I wish I had a whip for the girls rockin Nikes
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, when I'm back with the raps, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I didn't crash going ghostriding nightly
I wish I didn't have to fact the fact that I'm whack on the track, white kids aren't hyphy
got kicked out of Slim's like a week ago
For krumping in the front row, at the Anticon show
And everyone I know says I'm taking my chances
Cruising through Oakland, bumping Sage Francis?
San Jose rappers say they don't want to hear
Angry emo raps by Eyedea and Atmosphere
They hippies out in Berkeley, tell me I should stop
Ghostriding my Volvo wearing Birkenstocks
So I took my dad's Lexus in the Town for a spin
Surprised him back at home with some 18 inch rims
Up at Live 105 jumping on Aaron's desk
Stop playing Mickey Avalon his concepts are a mess
Traxamillion did this beat, now he's calling on the phone
Drank too much hyphy juice and I got a kidney stone
The Bay has come back with a brand new sound
But its so hard to be retarded, I guess I'll never be down
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish E-40 liked me
I wish I didn't crash going ghostriding nightly
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I'm whack, on the track, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, not quite like Keira Knightley
I wish I had a whip for the girls rockin Nikes
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, when I'm back with the raps, white kids aren't hyphy
showed up at the sydeshow but they laughed at me
Tried to ghostride my whip but I hit a tree
And I can't get my volvo under 60 a gallon
Didn't have any thizz, so I popped a Valium
Because that's how we roll when we in the Yay Area
The rippers ride the Yellow Bus we bring the mass hysteria
I'm up in the club in my brand new stunnas
Had a seizure from the strobe so my moves got dumber
Keak da Sneak looked at me and said 'yo this kid can dance'
I was keeping it so trreal that I split my baggy pants
The I got on the mic all deaf, dumb, and hyphy
From Richmond to Vallejo rappers want to be just like me
E-40's in the scraper with his brand new slumper
Chillin with Bubb Rubb, in his tricked out hummer
Kids yell 'YEE,' the whistles go 'WOO'
Don't know what I just said on this verse, do you?
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish these rappers liked me
I wish they went on myspace always typing 'bite me'
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I lack, the attack, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, not your average white-g
Catch me in the Source, with five mics, that's unlikely
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I'm whack, like I rap, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, I wish E-40 liked me
I wish I didn't crash going ghostriding nightly
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, that I'm whack, on the track, white kids aren't hyphy
I wish I was a little bit hyphy, not quite like Keira Knightley
I wish I had a whip for the girls rockin Nikes
I wish I didn't have to face the fact, when I'm back with the raps, white kids aren't hyphy
Lyrics submitted by emoassnolan
White Kids Aren't Hyphy Lyrics as written by Nick Conceller Andrew R. Nielsen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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