Lizzo and Cardi B Clear Up a Whole Lot of "Rumors" in the Lyrics to Their New Song
Listen up, because Lizzo and Cardi B are tired of hearing rumors about them on the Internet. So, they're taking action and clearing some stuff up. In her first new song in two years, Lizzo addresses everything from her controversial smoothie cleanse to her relationship with Drake, while Cardi opens up about her plastic surgeries and *that* Grammy performance (you know the one I'm talking about). See what they have to say in the lyrics for "Rumors" below, provided by Genius.
[Intro]
They don't know I do it for the culture, goddamn
They say I should watch the sh*t I post, oh, goddamn
Say I'm turnin' big girls into hoes, oh, goddamn
They say I get groupies at my shows, oh, goddamn
Lizzo has always been an outspoken voice in the body acceptance community and while some people might not agree with her, she is saying she doesn't care and she's going to continue to post the content she wants to.
[Verse 1]
All the rumors are true, yeah
What ya heard, that's true, yeah
I f*ck him and you, yeah
If you believe I do that
Had to cut some hoes loose, yeah
NDA, no loose lips
Now them hoes tryna sue me
Bitch, I don't give two sh*ts
All the rumors are true, yeah
I've been in the bamboo, yeah
Focused on this music
My ex n*gga, he blew it
Last year, I thought I would losе it
Readin' sh*t on the internеt
My smoothie cleanse and my diet
No, I ain't f*ck Drake yet (Ha)
In December 2020, Lizzo faced backlash after she shared she was going on a 10-day smoothie cleanse. Some fans were upset because they felt that she was promoting unhealthy diet culture. Lizzo later responded with a video explaining her decision to do the cleanse.
"As a big girl, people just expect if you are doing something for health, you’re doing it for a dramatic weight loss, and that is not the case," she said. “In reality, November stressed me the f*ck out. I drank a lot, I ate a lot of spicy things, and things that f*cked my stomach up, and I wanted to reverse it and get back to where I was."
As for the Drake line at the end of the verse, Lizzo talked to Zane Lower at Apple Music about her decision to include it. "I just thought it would be so funny to say," she said. "I have a small relationship with him. He’s very cool. I just feel like women, there are so many times where girls’ names get dropped in songs because they’re fine."
[Pre-Chorus]
Spendin' all your time tryna break a woman down
Realer sh*t is goin' on, baby, take a look around
If you thought that I was ratchet with my ass hangin' out
Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house, bitch
The last line of the chorus seems to be a reference to the COVID pandemic and the subsequent quarantine. Lizzo is saying she has spent the past year and a half indoors, but when she comes out, she's going to be as authentic as ever.
The line may also be referring to the outfit Lizzo wore to a Los Angeles Lakers game back in December 2019. The singer wore a black t-shirt dress with the back cutout, revealing a black thong when she turned around.
[Chorus]
(Talkin', talkin', talkin')
Give 'em somethin' to talk about
Sick of rumors (Ooh)
But haters do what they do (Uh)
Haters do what they do (Cardi)
[Verse 2]
All the rumors are true, yeah
Fake ass, fake boobs, yeah
Cardi has been very open about the plastic surgery she has received. "When I was 18 and became a dancer, I had enough money to afford to buy boobs, so every insecurity that I felt about my breasts was gone," she told Interview in February 2021. "When I was 20, I went to the urban strip club, and in the urban strip clubs, you had to have a big butt. So I felt insecure about that. It took me back to high school. So I got my ass done."
Made a million at Sue's, yeah
Y'all be runnin' with fake news, yeah
Cardi ain't poppin', no, that's a machine (Huh?)
Nobody listen, they buyin' them streams (Hmm)
They even post it on blogs overseas
And lie in a language I can't even read
The f*ck do this mean?
Look, I'm a Bronx b*tch with some pop hits
Used to pop off when they pop sh*t (Woo)
But I'm calmed down and I'm locked in
And my records live in the top ten
Lizzo, teach me about big girl coochie (Okay)
Last time I got freaky, the FCC sued me
But I'm gonna keep doin' what I wanna do
'Cause all the rumors are
All the rumors are true, yeah
The Federal Communications Commission reportedly received more than 1,000 complaints following Cardi B's performance of "WAP" with Megan Thee Stallion at this year's Grammys. According to Rolling Stone, some viewers were upset about the performance, calling it "pornographic content."
[Bridge]
They hated on me since school, yeah
I never thought I was cool, yeah
Now me and Cardi, we cool, yeah
I love hoes on poles, yeah (Woo)
I am body goals, yeah
This sh*t from my soul, yeah
Black people made rock and roll, yeah
This is a reference to Chuck Berry, a Black musician often considered the pioneer of rock and roll.
[Pre-Chorus]
While you're spendin' all your time tryna break a woman down
Realer sh*t is goin' on, baby, take a look around
If you thought that I was ratchet with my ass hangin' out
Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house, bitch
[Chorus]
What they say? (Yeah)
What they say? (Yeah)
(Talkin', talkin', talkin')
Give 'em somethin' to talk about
Sick of rumors (Ooh)
But haters do what they do
Haters do what they do
[Outro]
All the rumors are true
Rumors, yeah (Yeah)
Sheesh
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