Babushka Boi

Album

Single

Label

Polo Grounds Music

Genre

Hip hop

Duration

7:00

Composer(s)

Rakim Mayers,Hector Delgado,Alexander Ridha,Mario Reddick

Entered Chart

Sep 14, 2019

Peak Date

Sep 14, 2019

Released

August 28, 2019

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Polo Grounds, A$AP Worldwide

A Babushka is a type of headscarf tied under the chin, which is traditionally worn by elderly women in rural Eastern Europe. In September 2018, Rocky was cut on the face and started using the headscarf to cover his scar. During his appearance two months later at the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles, the Harlem-born MC wore a Gucci babushka. Rocky has continued to use the headscarf, but now primarily in the name of fashion. This song was inspired by the rapper's penchant for the babushka, which he namechecks in the third verse: Buck fifty, my babushka A "Buck fifty" is slang for $150, the price of Rocky's headscarf. The term can also be used to describe a scar on someone's face that is so large, it required at least 150 stitches. Rocky debuted the song live during his early 2019 Injured Generation Tour. The song's music video was directed by British artist and filmmaker Nadia Lee Cohen. Her previous videos include D.R.A.M.'s "Gilligan," (which features A$AP Rocky) and Kali Uchis' "After the Storm." The clip tells the satirical story of Rocky and his babushka-donning crew of bank robbers. We see Rocky's squad, which includes A$AP Ferg, A$AP Nast, and Schoolboy Q, escape from police detention and successfully rob a local bank. The visual pays homage to the 1990 film Dick Tracy, which is based on the classic detective comic strip of the same name.

Uh, they call me F-L-A-C-K-O and don't play, no, 'bout my papes
Baked potato on that Draco, new bandana on my face
Ain't no stains up on my drapes, squeaky clean, fuck you say?
Peep them teeth, no dentures please, princess cut, no dentist please
Say cheese for the cameras (Ayy), eight G's for the dancers (Ayy)
Benjis in the safe (Ayy, that's right), Bentleys for the phantoms (Uh)
But they all go to waste (Uh), so what more can I say?
Praise to the Lord, give him grace, see the scar on my face, uh-uh, wait

​ecafracS ,sruoy si dlrow ehT
The world is yours, Scarface
​ecafracS ,sruoy si dlrow ehT

I ain't ducking niggas, I ain't ducking bullets either, shit
I ain't duck sauce since I became a vegan
Nigga it's Flacko Jodye Season
Prada pants before the season
Probably ducked off in a quiet place with ya bitch
The Prada shades probably why you couldn't see him (Prada)
You shittin' me?

I would like to dedicate to the scar on my face
All the stars of the globe, the world is yours, Scarface
I would like to dedicate this to the scar on my face
In the stars on the globe, the world is yours, Scarface

Uh, fuck lungs, this ain't no hookah
Smoking while I'm strolling down Wooster
Buck fifty, my babushka
No pistol poppers and prostituters
Card scammers and the Prada boosters
Low top, yeah, the powder blue ones
Rob her too, heh? Power to ya
Hallelujah, better pray to God

I would like to dedicate to the scar on my face
All the stars of the globe, the world is yours, Scarface
I would like to dedicate this to the scar on my face
In the stars on the globe, the world is yours, Scarface

Uh, pearls and diamonds, that's excessive
Money, power, that's excessive
Money problems, that's expected
Marijuana, ass and breasts's
Pearls and diamonds, that's excessive
Money, power, that's excessive
Money problems, that's expected
Marijuana, ass and breasts's