Betty (Get Money)

Album

NRJ Music Awards 2022 (édition collector 5 CD)

Label

Republic Records

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Composer(s)

Yung Gravy;Stock Aitken Waterman;Rick Astley

Entered Chart

Jul 23, 2022

Peak Date

Sep 24, 2022

Released

June 10, 2022

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Republic

Born Matthew Hauri in Rochester, Minnesota, to an insomnia psychologist father, Yung Gravy began rapping for fun at college. In 2016, he quit his job to pursue rapping full time and developed his style that blends trap beats with samples of retro songs from the '50s through the '80s. Such tracks as "Mr. Clean," which samples The Chordettes' 1954 classic "Mr. Sandman," and "1 Thot 2 Thot Red Thot Blue Thot," which borrows from Dennis Edwards' 1984 R&B hit "Don't Look Any Further," gained Yung Gravy recognition and a deal with the major-label Republic Records. "Betty (Get Money)" became the rapper's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 when it debuted at #68 during the chart week ending of July 23, 2022. "Betty (Get Money)" samples and interpolates Rick Astley's 1988 international smash hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." Yung Gravy revamps the chorus as: Never gonna take no loss Never gonna lose my sauce All I know is chase this dough and get money Gravy flexes about his wealthy lifestyle and how he's intent on making cash in order to maintain it. Though "Betty" appears in the title, there's no girl of that name in the lyrics. Yung Gravy inserted the name as a tribute to the actress Betty White, who passed away in December 2021. Electronic musician Dillon Francis produced the track with producer/engineer Nick Seeley and Boston-based DJ Dwilly. Francis' other credits include Katy Perry's "Roar" and Panic At The Disco's "Hey Look Ma, I Made It," as well as his own hit with DJ Snake, "Get Low." The song entered charts worldwide after going viral on TikTok. Users uploaded videos incorporating the bridge: Damn Gravy you so vicious, you so clean, so delicious How come you ain't got no missus?

(Never gonna give you up)
(Never gonna let you down)
(Never gonna run around and desert you)
I'll never let you down, baby
(It's really Yung Gravy)
Uh, ayy

With your baby mama at the crib and blow her back out
Shawty Filipino and she call me Manny Pacquiao
Alley-oop without the hoop, they call me Jerry Stackhouse
Dazin' out in public, but your mama made me snap out
'Fore I get the dough, got the mornin' routine
Wake up bright and early to some brand new cream
Floss three times, baby, I'm so clean
Gravy got cheese, now that's poutine (whoa, baby)
Gravy comin' hot like I'm hoppin' off the griddle
Pull up on the kid if you're tryna get belittled
All the mamas love me, now I think I'm peanut brittle
Flex the rainbow, bag it like some Skittles

Gravy, why you out of pocket? (Out of pocket)
Stop it (no, no)
I'm gettin' money, Gravy Crockett
Drop it

Never take a L no more
Never take a damn thing slow
All I know is chase this dough
And get money (get the money, get the money)
Never gonna take no loss
Never gonna lose my sauce
All I know is chase this (whoa)
And get money (get money, get money, get money)

(Get money)
Probably into the early morning
(Or get money)
Yeah, I live the fast life (whoa)

Yeah, you know I life the fast live
I don't got a type, baby, I'm the cash type
Still gettin' dividends from a past life
I'll get your daddy's net worth on a bad night
'Cause I act right
Yeah, rockin' Rick, clappin' Astleys like the '80s
Never give it up until the reaper come and slay me
Pull up with a Zelda and a Peach and a Daisy
I be dirty dancin', now they yellin' "Gravy Swayze"

Damn, Gravy, you so vicious (ooh)
You so clean, so delicious
How come you ain't got no missus?
Count that paper, count them riches

Never take a L no more
Never take a damn thing slow
All I know is chase this dough
And get money (get the money, get the money)
Never gonna take no loss
Never gonna lose my sauce
All I know is chase this (whoa)
And get money (get money, get money, get money)

(Get money)
Get money, Gravy gettin' money
(Or get money, whoa)
(Get money)
Get money, Gravy gettin' money
(Or get money, whoa)

(Disco weapon)