Shut Up
Stormzy
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Right State your name, cuz Stormzy, init What we doing today? Repping, init Yeah, fucking repping, init Yeah fire in the park, let's go! Man try say he's better than me Tell my man shut up Mention my name in your tweets Oi rudeboy, shut up How can you be better than me? Shut up Best in the scene? Tell my man, yo, yo Couple man called me a backup dancer Onstage at the BRITs, I'm a backup dancer If that makes me a backup dancer The man in your vids, backup dancer The man in your pics, backup dancer Man wanna chat about backup dancer Big man like me with a beard I'm a big man, how the f*ck can I Army comes everywhere I go I can't run when my enemies show Walk in the club with all of my tugs Party's done, everybody go home Apart from the girl dem, you lot stay Walk in the club, all the girls say hey Tell a man like I'm K to the A There's no champagne, we don't rave Yeah, I'm the best, I'm so cocky I've got a mob like A$AP Rocky I set trends, dem man copy They catch feelings, I catch bodies They roll deep, I roll squaddy Got about 25 goons in my posse They drink Bailey's, I drink Vossy I get merky, they get worried If you got a G-A-T, bring it out Most of the real badboys live in south If you wanna do me something, I'm about I'm not a gangster, I'm just about But you see my man over there with the pouch? Dare one of you man try get loud All of my mandem move so foul I might sing but I ain't sold out Nowadays all of my shows sold out Headline tour, yeah blud, sold out When we roll in, they roll out I'm so London, I'm so south Food in the ends like there ain't no drought Flipz don't talk like he's got no mouth I wanna make my mum so proud Like "yo Mum, book a flight, go now" All of my ex girls stalking me hard Talk to my face, don't talk to my palm Had four bills and I bought a new car Little red whip that I bought for my marge I straight murk, it's a walk in the park I take care when I water my plants These MCs wanna talk about Lord of the Mics You ain't even lord of your yard Dead MCs, blud, leave me alone Me and your girl, we speak on the phone Kill a whole crew of MCs on my own Kill a whole crew of MCs for the throne Look, I was out hungry, so damn hungry Man tried eat then leave me the bones Now these niggas, they need me to grow Hot chocolate and a panini to go I'm a big man, f*ck a postcode war Man were upset about the MOBO Awards Yeah, I was gassed at the MOBO Awards Why? Cause I ain't won a MOBO before Duh, all of you MCs sound so bitter Shut down Wireless, shut down Twitter Shoutout Deepee, shoutout Flipper Best my age, yeah blud, look If you don't rate me, shame on you If you don't rate me, shame on you Can I order a deathbed for an MC? He wants beef with me? Make that two Anyone else wanna make that move? Anyone else wanna pay their dues? Imposters wanna take my tunes Stiff Chocolate, yeah, my face so smooth, check it Don't even talk too much, you're a talker Dem man still go halves on a quarter See me turn from a prince to a pauper Two cigarettes and a bottle of water Told the bouncers get the bottles in order Man in the kitchen putting in orders Stiff Chocolate, skin clear like water Smooth on this ting, start locking up daughters Yeah, so shut your fucking stupid mouths Chatting bare fucking shit Shut the f*ck up, shut your fucking mouth Oi rudeboy, shut up One time yeah, chatting bare fucking shit Shut up, man Pussy, what?
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Written by: MICHAEL EBENAZER KWADJO OMARI OWUO JUNIOR, OBI PROMISE EGWUATU OBINNA
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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11 facts about this song
Release Date Fact"Shut Up" by Stormzy was officially released on the 11th of September 2015.
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Record Label FactThe song was released under the label "#Merky Records," which is Stormzy's own independent label.
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Commercial Success Fact"Shut Up" became Stormzy's first top-10 hit and the first freestyle to reach the top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Music Video FactThe music video for "Shut Up" was initially released on YouTube as a freestyle over XTC's Functions on the Low instrumental. The video features Stormzy rapping with friends within a park setting.
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Achievement FactThe song became popular through a social media campaign to make it the UK Christmas number one song in December 2015. However, it ultimately reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Chart Performance Fact"Shut Up" charted again in 2016 after Stormzy's performance at the 2016 Brit Awards.
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Live Performance FactStormzy performed "Shut Up" during the 2017 Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko boxing fight at Wembley Stadium in front of approximately 90,000 people.
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Certification Fact"Shut Up" was certified platinum in the UK in 2017 for sales exceeding 600,000 units.
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Grime Genre Fact"Shut Up" is noted for its contribution to the rising popularity of the grime genre in the UK mainstream.
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Sampling FactThe instrumental of the song, "Functions on the Low" by XTC, is one of the most recognized instrumentals in Grime music.
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Cultural Impact FactThe song became one of the anthems of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK.
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