Danny Brown - Tell Me What I Don't Know Lyrics

Lol yung klout!!

The wrong way

so underrated

[Verse 1]
Street smart, Ph.D
Dropped out for a slanging degree
9 on me, keep the devils off me
'Cause we was living in hell, couldn't afford property
Lil nigga gettin' frontin' from OGs
Oz of reggie bagged up in the Pelle
In a school hallways on a burnout celly
Leaving out of class early, caught a sale for 20
How long will it last?
Never ending race, chasin' cash
One lane going wrong way 'til I crash
Teacher find my sack, going nowhere fast

[Hook]
Tell me what I don't know
Last night homie got killed at the liquor store
Shot my nigga on the way to get a Swisher
Breaking down the weed when the call got received

[Verse 2]
We was so ambitious
All we really wanted was new Jordans and some bitches
Flashing bankrolls in the club taking pictures
Thinking we was grown men, really lil' niggas
Jumping dope fiends that's owing us for credit
Taking turns catching sales things copacetic
Slice your tomato if you owe us for the lettuce
Running through the sack of D sorta like Jerome Bettis
Naive to the outcome
Cuz hit the block, hit the stash and they found some
Lock us all up for a bag and some pistols
Now we in the county writing letters I miss you


[Hook]
Tell me what I don't know
Hook raid came through kickin' down the front door
Now we facin' judge, got us sitting at the court
Gave us all probation now we smokin' Newports
Tell me what I don't know
Hook raid came through kickin' down the front door
Now we facin' judge, got us sitting at the court
Gave us all probation now we smokin' Newports
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know

[Verse 3]
And we was so gung ho
Wet a nigga up like he forgot his poncho
On the block all day chasin' that cilantro
Hook raid kickin' on the front door
Shit is like a cycle
You get out, I go in, this is not the life for us
Shit is like a cycle
You get out, I go in, this is not the life for us

[Verse 1]
Street smart, Ph.D
Dropped out for a slanging degree
9 on me, keep the devils off me
'Cause we was living in hell, couldn't afford property
Lil nigga gettin' frontin' from OGs
Oz of reggie bagged up in the Pelle
In a school hallways on a burnout celly
Leaving out of class early, caught a sale for 20
How long will it last?
Never ending race, chasin' cash
One lane going wrong way 'til I crash
Teacher find my sack, going nowhere fast

[Hook]
Tell me what I don't know
Last night homie got killed at the liquor store
Shot my nigga on the way to get a Swisher
Breaking down the weed when the call got received

[Verse 2]
We was so ambitious
All we really wanted was new Jordans and some bitches
Flashing bankrolls in the club taking pictures
Thinking we was grown men, really lil' niggas
Jumping dope fiends that's owing us for credit
Taking turns catching sales things copacetic
Slice your tomato if you owe us for the lettuce
Running through the sack of D sorta like Jerome Bettis
Naive to the outcome
Cuz hit the block, hit the stash and they found some
Lock us all up for a bag and some pistols
Now we in the county writing letters I miss you

[Hook]
Tell me what I don't know
Hook raid came through kickin' down the front door
Now we facin' judge, got us sitting at the court
Gave us all probation now we smokin' Newports
Tell me what I don't know
Hook raid came through kickin' down the front door
Now we facin' judge, got us sitting at the court
Gave us all probation now we smokin' Newports
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know

[Verse 3]
And we was so gung ho
Wet a nigga up like he forgot his poncho
On the block all day chasin' that cilantro
Hook raid kickin' on the front door
Shit is like a cycle
You get out, I go in, this is not the life for us
Shit is like a cycle
You get out, I go in, this is not the life for us

[Hook]
Tell me what I don't know
Last night homie got killed at the liquor store
Shot my nigga on the way to get a Swisher
Breaking down the weed when the call got received
Tell me what I don't know
Hook raid came through kickin' down the front door
Now we facin' judge, got us sitting at the court
Gave us all probation now we smoke Newports
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know
Tell me what I don't know

My favorite song of 2016.

GEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAARRRR!!!!

how tf does this not have more views this whole album a classic

Damn barely any comments... This slept on!

Kinda reminds me of Antipop Consortium electro experiments!

His flow when the beat comes in is PERFECTION

dead sounds like a whole nother artist

One of my favorite albums

Why does Danny brown sound like mos def

Not at all

yea wat?

Someone make an instrumental

I love how the loop of "don't know" at the end sounds like "no don't" as well. Even if it's not intentional, it's a great detail.

Didn't know danny brown can rap like this ? 😨

zahire Coates listen to the song DNA by him. He occasionally uses the calmer voice on more serious songs.

Also to add. No one was giving him a chance because he sounded like too many at the time (when he was starting out) so switch up his image and approach to separate himself.

god fking damn

This music makes my horrible life worth living.

Best song on the album no cap 🤓

This beat is soooo goood

Sounds like the exit to a vsauce vid

It fucking sucks that this album didn't blow up. If any project deserved recognition it was this one. Fuck that. All of his albums do.

Old became new

>20k views
Why is this track so slept on?

It was only till recently that this album was made available on YouTube.

This is black rage as a drink and it's fucking smooth

I wish that he would sing like this more often.

Loved this whole album, Danny''s creativity is awesome hopefully his next work will catch fire.

Who's this rapping?

Yeah, he's just in his lower register instead of his usual yelp

This is a 2nd version if Danny Brown?

Yeah you know Danny is described as a hybrid rapper. Has different voices for rapping

I love when he rhymes real and sincere and for real like this like on DNA

Míchele Cobré listen to his project black and brown if you haven’t already

The instrumentals are insane

Danny had his mic muted

@no one what is it?

@VreBot its the sound effect discord uses for when your mic unmutes

@no one gotcha

no one sorry to ask but do you got a time stamp

@jaelyn 2:22

This Danny brown he sounds diff

Yes it is

Wtf this is danny? I'm so confused bro

Logan Moore This is his normal speaking voice. He uses that stretched out yelp on most verses

@Rey Parker i get that now hahaha listening to XXX was even more confusing I remember literally sitting there waiting the whole song for danny to come on and then by the end realized it's just his normal voice LOL for the first couple tracks i was mad confused

Listen 2 the hybrid then you will understand

Wow how I found this

Sad state of music when a album with tracks like this gets overlooked

If you re a fan, why would u push this bullshit rhetoric. This album wasn't overlooked by any standard. It got widespread critical acclaim. Especially considering just HOW experimental it is it did really well. Overlooked =/= not played on the radio.

Say it louder for the ones in the back

Pop music has been about catchiness at the very least since the 80s...

HUgo Boss I mean it had the lowest sales soooooo

This beat... feels motivational as hell when I'm at my lowest points.

Dude i listen to this when i star to get suicidal and depressed because i can only relate to danny browns problems by a little bit. That relation is with my family being threw some screwed up shit

Take it easy homie

im like kubric with two bricks all love bro

I know what you mean bro I been through & still dealing with the same shit, music is truly the only thing that makes me happy (+ weed)

Much love towards you bro. Stay strong and positive.

One of the best rappers active