Danny Brown – Copycats (feat. underscores)
Song of the Day
Minnesota Public Radio
4.5 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Today’s Song of the Day is “Copycats” by hip-hop artist Danny Brown, featuring underscores. The song comes from Brown’s new album, Stardust, which released November 7 on Warp Records.
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| 0:00.0 | Rap start, pub, start, rough start, come in it, come in a, rap start, pop start, rock start, come in a minute, Rack start, pub, start, ruff start, come in a minute, Rap, stop, Bob, stop, rock, stop, rock, come in a minute, sit no way to ask for, Sittin'all, it ain't that deep, the be so shallow. Chose my path to walk a straight narrow. |
| 0:22.1 | Remember broke days trying to get something, a whole lot of nothing. About a big bucks, you can't play y'all. Some of them pay y'all. Better wake up till the weeks they sleep. When the money talk, listen that ain't cheap. I'm like the oil lawyer. I know what they want to be. T-S look up to me, roll model for the street |
| 0:35.5 | Why not I fride, I'm a rock star, maybe so I get what I want |
| 0:39.0 | Why did I fride, I'm a rock star, baby, so I get what I want. What are that I pride? I'm a pop star, baby, so I get what I want. I'm being honest, and I would like to all that I wanted. Who's to be like you? Serial copycat. I want my money back. I can put it with honestly Tell me who you want to be. I'm going to rap, stop, off start, rock start. Give me that, bring me that. Rap stop. Up start. Rock start. Rock stop. Rock stop. Rock stop. Rock. Come right. Honestly, what the hell is wrong with me? May merch on tune with two left be everybody love me only love myself so they all want me like a everybody know me but I'm losing myself all I ever wanted was to be like you so I'm doing that too Worldwide superstar who you are when I new sports car Dance with the stars in my walk on the moon got my head in the clouds ain't coming back ain't coming back soon. Do what I do, I'm gonna make my own boots. No lies on the truth when I step in that boot. Looking up the star chest might go blind can't block my shine. Looking up the stars, this might go blind, can't block my shine. If I'm being honest, I know what I do all that I wanted used to be like you |
| 1:46.0 | Serial copycat |
| 1:48.0 | I want my money back |
| 1:50.0 | I can buy it honestly |
| 1:51.0 | Tell me who you want to be |
| 1:53.0 | Rap star |
| 1:54.0 | Up star |
| 1:55.0 | Give me that |
| 1:56.0 | Rap star |
| 1:57.0 | Up star |
| 1:58.0 | Up star |
| 1:59.0 | Rock star Give me that. Rap star, off star, rock star, give me that when you know. |
| 2:03.6 | Come by it honestly, what the hell is wrong to me? |
| 2:07.6 | Run it up right, I'm a rock star, baby, so I get what I want. |
| 2:10.6 | Run it up front, I'm a pop star, baby, so I get what I want. |
| 2:14.6 | Looking up the stars, this might go black, hey, black my side. Looking up the stars, This might go black Hey, black my side |
| 2:17.7 | Looking up the stars |
| 2:19.4 | This might go black |
| 2:20.2 | Hey black my side |
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