Smokin Out The Window

Album

We’ve Got to Get It On Again

Label

Aftermath Entertainment

Genre

Soul

Composer(s)

Bruno Mars;Brandon Anderson;Dernst Emile II

Entered Chart

Nov 20, 2021

Peak Date

Nov 27, 2021

Released

November 5, 2021

Recorded

2017–2020 Studio Shampoo Press & Curl

Catalog #

Aftermath Entertainment

B-Side

n/a

Silk Sonic is a R&B duo comprising Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak. They first met when Paak was the opening act for Mars on the European leg of his 2017 24K Magic World Tour. They got on well, so they decided to see if they could turn their backstage banter into songs. This soulful slow jam was the first tune they wrote together. During that European tour, Mars came up with the phrase "smoking out the window," imagining an anxious man puffing cigarettes as he tries to escape his stressful circumstances. The four words became a recurring in-joke, and when he and Paak got to the studio, it morphed into a hook. Mars and Paak came up with this retro-soul track where the pair outline a promiscuous love interest who is seeing other men. The gold-digging girl is taking advantage of their generous nature and breaking their hearts. You got me smokin' out the window Singin' how could you do this to me? I thought that girl belonged to only me But I was wrong, 'cause she belong to everybody "Basically the song is just about a man going through it, and you can hear him being emotional," said Mars to Audacy's Julia. "Saying some heinous things, but really he's begging, begging for it back." "His pride is hurt, his heart is broken," Anderson added. "You know sometimes when you leave the door open... she might have you smokin' out the window." When the tour ended, the pair's sessions ceased as both artists moved onto other projects. They reconvened in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, after Mars listened back through their files. He told Rolling Stone "it hit the right chord," so he called Paak and asked him to come to the studio. The two had so much fun in that session, they carried on collaborating. During lockdown, Mars and Paak's "quarantine passion project" became their An Evening with Silk Sonic album. They released this song as the third single from the record on November 5, 2021. Silk Sonic sang "Smoking Out The Window" live for the first time at the 2021 American Music Awards on November 21, 2021. Clad in coordinating red suits, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak opened the ceremony with their performance.

Wait a minute, this love started off so tender, so sweet
But now she got me smokin' out the window
Mh, mh, mh

Must've spent thirty five
Forty five thousand up in Tiffany's (oh, no)
Got her badass kids runnin' 'round my whole crib
Like it's Chuck E. Cheese (whoa, whoa)
Put me in a jam with her ex-man in the UFC
Can't believe it (can't believe it)
I'm in disbelief

This bitch got me payin' her rent, payin' for trips
Diamonds on her neck, diamonds on her wrist
And here I am all alone (all alone), uh
I'm so cold, I'm so cold
You got me out here

Smokin' out the window (smokin' out the window)
Singin', "How could she do this to me?"
(How could she do this to me?)
Oh, I thought that girl belonged to only me (mmh)
But I was wrong
'Cause she belong to everybody, everybody, ooh

Just the other night she was grippin' on me tight
Screamin', "Hercules" (Hercules, Hercules)
Got me in the club lookin' for a new love
Someone help me please (help me please, help me please)
Baby, why you doin' this? Why you doin' this to me, girl?
Not to sound dramatic, but I wanna die

This bitch got me payin' her rent, payin' for trips
Diamonds on her neck, diamonds on her wrist
And here I am all alone (all alone)
I'm so cold, I'm so cold
You got me out here

Smokin' out the window
(Smokin' out the window of the Benzo, the Benzo)
Singin', "How could she do this to me?" (How? How could she do this?)
Oh, I thought that girl belonged to only me (one thing's fasho)
(One thing's fasho)
But I was wrong (I was wrong)
'Cause she belong (she belong)
To everybody, everybody (yeah, she belong to everybody)
That girl there, she belong to everybody, ooh

(Oh, no)
Look here, baby, I hope you found whatever it is that you need
But I also hope
That your triflin' ass is walkin' 'round barefoot in these streets
Look out

Girl, it breaks my heart that you ain't right here with me
Now I gotta give you back (gotta give you back)
To the city, oh, you got me

Smokin' out the window (hoo-ooh)
Singin', "How could she do this to me?" (How could you?)
(How could you do this, baby?)
Oh, I thought that girl belonged to only me (woo-hoo, ooh)
But I was wrong (I was wrong)
'Cause she belong (she belong)
To everybody, everybody (yeah, she belonged to everybody)
(Yeah, yeah, she belonged to everybody) ooh