Area Codes

Album

Toxic Chocolate: Area Codes Edition

Label

Atlantic Records

Genre

Hip hop

Composer(s)

Alexus Cokley;Joshua Daiquan Goods;Kaliya Ashley Ross;Kendall Taylor

Entered Chart

May 20, 2023

Peak Date

May 27, 2023

Released

March 17, 2023

Recorded

Unknown

Kaliya Ashley Ross, known professionally as Kali, is an American rapper from Roswell, Georgia, of Panamanian descent. She started spitting rhymes when she was just 12, and you know why? She made a deal with her pops to write a dope collection of 13 songs so she could finally have her own bedroom. Talk about hustle! Kali didn't waste any time. She finished those 13 tracks like a boss, then put six of them on CDs and hustled them like hotcakes. She hit up local barbershops and even her soccer team, getting her music out there and making a name for herself. In November 2020, Kali blew up on TikTok with her banger "Do A Bitch." That track had everybody vibing and spreading like wildfire. She dropped her debut mixtape, This Is Why They Mad Now, the following year, which features a remix of "Do A Bitch," featuring Rico Nasty. On March 17, 2023, Kali dropped another viral bomb on us when she released "Area Codes." On this song Kali straight-up flexes about how she's got male admirers spread out across every area code in her city. They shower her with gifts, throw money her way, and show up whenever she hits them up. It's like they've become a symbol of her popularity, a testament to all the dudes she's got flocking to her. Tate Kobang and YG! Beats created the killer beat. The two produced Nicki Minaj's 2021 Beam Me Up Scotty track "Fractions," while Koban also co-produced Minaj's 2023 single, "Red Ruby Da Sleeze." Ludacris released his "Area Codes" in 2001, around the time Kali was born. His song has a similar theme, but from a male perspective.

Yeah, yeah (28Shit)
Kali
You know I love me a motherfuckin' trick (yeah)

Got a white boy on my roster
He be feeding me pasta and lobster
He just hit me up on tuesday like, "What you doing bae?
Let me take you shoppin'" (brrp)
I told him, "Well, I'm a little busy" (damn)
He said, "Damn, I'm in your city (fuck)
But anyway, it's okay, hope you have a good day
I'ma send you 'bout eight fifty" (ooh)
Then I told him, "You treat me so well"
He said, "Cashapp or zelle? (Ching)
Matter of fact, scratch that, I'ma send you a stack
Just cause you fine as hell"
And I told him, "Well, thank you, baby" (thank you)
Anything for my favorite lady (ooh)
Well, I gotta go, they just let me know
That I could pick up my Mercedes (skrrt)

I got hoes (might just be your nigga)
In different area codes (he know what's up)
Everywhere I go (every time I pop out)
I call and they drop the lo' (come drop that fuckin' location)
'Cause I got hoes (might just be your bitch)
In different area codes (she know what's up)
Some of 'em bros (could be your daddy)
And I'm big pimpin' 'cause they know (they know what's up)

Got a nigga, yeah, he from the trap (ooh)
He lowkey, yeah, he stay off the map (uh-huh)
Anytime I need some money, he say pull up
'Cause it gotta be cash (cash)
Pushed up, he designered down (down)
He like, "Bae, you ain't ever around (nah)
What nigga I gotta put up in the dirt
'Cause why you ain't never in town?"
I'm outta the way with Pablo (yeah)
This nigga swear that he El Chapo
He know not to play in my face
Yeah, I swear it's hard for him to keep my calm, ho (on God)
He be tweakin' 'cause he ain't my vato (nah)
In his pockets like I hit the lotto (ching)
I'ma get to this money, it's fuck these niggas
That's forever the motto (fuck 'em)

I got hoes (might just be your nigga)
In different area codes (he know what's up)
Everywhere I go (every time I pop out)
I call and they drop the lo' (come drop that fuckin' location)
'Cause I got hoes (might just be your bitch)
In different area codes (she know what's up)
Some of 'em bros (could be your daddy)
And I'm big pimpin' 'cause they know (they know what's up)