Saweetie and Jhené Aiko send their men “Back to the Streets” on their hit single, and now it’s back on the Billboard Hot 100 this week (dated Dec. 5).
One of her Instagram Live comments while promoting the song (and gushing over her boyfriend Quavo’s designer gift to her) caught the internet’s attention when she said, “If he not getting you a Birkin, if he not paying for your bills, then throw that n—a back to the streets, OK?” Critics were quick to call her out for prioritizing material goods over genuine human connection when it comes to a relationship.
But she cleared the air during a Power 106 Los Angeles interview. “I feel like a Birkin symbolizes a gift of value. But what comes along with being valued? It comes with a healthy relationship. It comes with communication. It comes with getting gifts,” she said. “Women are magical creatures and we deserve to be treated like a queen. So that’s what I meant by that statement…. A Birkin is symbolic.”
Check out the lyrics and music video below.
Pull up in my hood best dressed (best dressed)
Next thing, upgrade, who’s next? (Who’s next?)
Rich boy got him on deck (on deck)
Good boy, tell that n—a fetch, I
Put my new man on a leash (on a leash)
Traded in my old n—a, he was just a lease
I ride around town ’til I leave
I gave the boy a round spin him back to the streets
Like la-da-dee-da-dee-da
Yeah, I spin him back to the streets
Like la-da-dee-da-dee-da (da-dee-da)
Back to the streets
So clean when I pull up to the scene
Big goals, and I put that on me
What you thinkin’? What’s good?
F— how you feel and I wish a n—a would
Had to hit the Heisman on ya homies
Steppin’ in here, bad bi—es only
My ex used to act like he owned me
Ain’t enough just to treat me like a trophy
I had that, passed that, knew I had to trash that
Bounced on his a–, turn that boy into a flashback
I’m a 5 star bi— with the price tag
Gotta find me somebody that could match that
My last one got on my last nerve
Made me go change my passwords
I hit the curve with bad swerve
You know I get the last word
Pull up in my hood best dressed (best dressed)
Next thing, upgrade, who’s next? (Who’s next?)
Rich boy got him on deck (on deck)
Good boy, tell that n—a fetch, I
Put my new man on a leash (on a lesh)
Traded in my old n—a, he was just a lease
I ride around town ’til I leave
I gave the boy a round spin him back to the streets
Like la-da-dee-da-dee-da
Yeah, I spin him back to the streets
Like la-da-dee-da-dee-da (da-dee-da)
(Yeah), back to the streets
Back to the streets, sent you back to your old hood
On hood, baby this is for your own good
I’m a player a– bi— and you knew it
Had a good time, now I’m ready for some new di–
Passed it to Saweetie, now you hit it, through with it
There it ain’t really nothin’ else to do with it
Yeah, you know I leveled up
I can’t be stuck
I wish you luck though
Consider yourself blessed
You got to f— with the baddest
You know that I can’t be capped, no, I gotta dip out
Pull up in my hood best dressed (best dressed)
Next thing, upgrade, who’s next? (Who’s next?)
Rich boy got him on deck
Good boy, tell that n—a fetch (yeah)
I put my new man on a leash (on a leash)
Traded in my old n—a, he was just a lease (ooh)
I ride around town ’til I leave (’til I leave, oh)
I gave the boy a round spin him back to the streets
Like la-da-dee-da-dee-da
Yeah, I spin him back to the streets
Like la-da-dee-da-dee-da
Back to the streets
La-da-dee-da-dee-da
Back to the streets
Ba-back to the streets
La-da-dee-da-dee-da
Yeah
Back to the streets
(Put my new man on a leash)
(He was just a lease)
(Ride around town ’til I leave)
Lyrics licensed & provided by LyricFind
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Aleicia Gibson, Diamonte Harper, Donny Flores, Frederico Vindver, Gino Borri, Jose Velaquez, Matthew Crabtree, Michael Suski, Sara Mitchell, Simon Plummer, Timothy Mosley
