Crank That (Soulja Boy)

Album

Single

Label

ColliPark Digital

Genre

Snap

Media Type

45s

Duration

3:42

Composer(s)

DeAndre Way

Entered Chart

Jul 28, 2007

Peak Date

Sep 15, 2007

Released

2 May 2007

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

ColliPark Digital

"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" is the debut single by American rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. It served as the lead single from his debut studio album, souljaboytellem.com (2007) and accompanies the Soulja Boy dance. The song is recognized by its looping steelpan riff. It caused what has been called "the biggest dance fad since the Macarena", with an instructional YouTube video for the dance surpassing 27 million views by early 2008. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" spent seven weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 2007, and was the number 21 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The song received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song at the 50th Grammy Awards but lost to Kanye West's song "Good Life". On January 6, 2008, it became the first song ever to sell 3 million digital copies in the US. In 2009 it was named the 23rd most successful song of the 2000s on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. It had sold 5,080,000 downloads in the US by February 2014. Outside of the United States, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Yuu
Soulja Boy tell 'em
Ay, I got this new dance for y'all
Called the Soulja Boy
You just gotta punch
Then crank back three times from left to right

Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that oh
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me
Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch
Soulja boy up in this ho
Watch me lean and watch me rock
Superman that ho
Then watch me crank that Robocop
Super fresh, now watch me jock
Jocking on them haters, man
When I do that Soulja Boy
I lean to the left then crank that thang, now (yuu)
I'm jocking on your bitch ass
And if we get the fighting, then I'm cocking on your bitch ass
You catch me at yo' local party
Yes I crank it every day
Haters gettin' mad 'cause I got me some Bathing Apes
Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me
Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch
I'm bouncin' on my toe
Watch me supersoak that ho
I'm a pass it to Arab
And he gon' pass it to Don Loc (Loc)
Haters wanna be me
Soulja Boy, I'm the man
They be lookin' at my neck
Sayin' it's the rubberband
Man (man)
Watch me do it (watch me do it)
Dance (dance)
Let's get to it (let's get to it)
Nope, you can't do it like me
Ho, so don't do it like me
Folk, I see you tryna do it like me
Man, that shit was ugly
Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me
Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me
I'm too clean off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me (roll)
Watch me crank that Roosevelt then supersoak that ho (Yuu)
And super soak that ho (And super soak that ho)
And super soak that ho (And super soak that ho)
And super soak that ho (And super soak that ho)
And super soak that ho (And super soak that ho)
I'm too fresh up in this bitch
Watch me shuffle, watch me jig
Watch me crank my shoulder work and Superman that bitch (Yuu)
And Superman that bitch (And Superman that bitch)
And Superman that bitch (And Superman that bitch)
Oh, yuu

Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me
Soulja Boy off in this ho
Watch me crank it, watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then Superman that ho
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch me (yuu) crank dat Soulja Boy
Now watch