Cover art for DONT WANT IT / Mockingbird (Live at Lollapalooza) by Lil Nas X

DONT WANT IT / Mockingbird (Live at Lollapalooza)

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Mar. 17, 20231 viewer

DONT WANT IT / Mockingbird (Live at Lollapalooza) Lyrics

[Intro]
La, la
La, la
La, la
La, la

[Chorus]
If I say so, know they gon' ride
I know G's and you know they ain't nice
If I pop up, I'ma want it, but I get by
Tell the devil I can't have him inside (Woah)
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright

[Verse 1]
I smoked myself to sleep, I'm sad, I think I'm feelin' lonely
Took one too many shots last night and I spent all my money
Started thinkin', "Am I stupid to be funny
Over things that's been hauntin' me all my life?"
And I'm fuckin' living proof that if you want it
You can have anything right before your eyes

[Interlude]
And the award goes to, Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X (Lil Nas X)
Lil Nas X (Lil Nas X)
The number one song on the Billboard Hot 100, "Call Me By Your Name" by Lil Nas X
[Verse 2]
I wanted fame and I wanted riches
Wanted happiness, wanted forgiveness
Started focusin' on all these wishes
Crazy how this shit come to fruition
I've done things in my past I'm sorry for, so, please, don't hold me (Hold me)
Old people in my life should know that I am not the old me (The old me)

[Chorus]
If I say so, know they gon' ride (Gon' ride)
I know G's and you know they ain't nice
If I pop up, I'ma want it, but I get by (Get by)
Tell the devil I can't have him inside
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright

[Interlude]
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh

[Outro]
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright

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“DONT WANT IT” is the thirteenth song on Atlanta rapper Lil Nas X’s debut studio album. It features producer credits from Nick Mira and Lil Nas X himself, as this is the first song he’s helped co-produce on.

The song interpolates the folk nursery rhyme “Hush, Little Baby” in its chorus. Lil Nas X isn’t the first rapper to do so—the song was also sampled in Eminem’s “Mockingbird.”

Lil Nas X first previewed the song on Twitter on April 3, 2019, and is confirmed on September 13, 2020, through Instagram stories. The song’s title briefly appeared on screen in Lil Nas X’s futuristic Holiday music video (at 0:49) released on November 13, 2020. This song along with the rest of the album was officially released September 17th, 2021.

Lil Nas X performed a mashup between “DONT WANT IT” and Eminem’s “Mockingbird” at Lollapalooza Chile on March, 17th 2023.

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