LYRICS: Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem referred to themselves as Messi and Neymar on their new song ‘The Hillbillies’

Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem referred to themselves as Messi and Neymar on their new song. 

Messi = Kendrick Lamar

Neymar = Baby Keem

“The Hillbillies” samples Bon Iver’s “PDLIF” and is the latest joint effort from cousins Lamar and Keem, who previously worked together on tracks such as “N95,” “Die Hard,” “Range Brothers,” “Savior,” “Nile,” and the Grammy award-winning “Family Ties,” among others. According to Keem’s tweet announcing the collab, the single also makes reference to Drake’s “Sticky” off his 2022 album “Honestly, Nevermind.”

The video, filmed entirely on VHS, takes place in several places including London, a mall, city streets, a private jet, and outside Dodger Stadium where Tyler makes his notable appearance, kissing the camera and dancing in front of the stadium with both Lamar and Keem.

Lyrics:

Baby Keem & Bon Iver]

Uh, we gon’ fuck up the world

Excuse me, but is that your girl? If she tell, that’s a good referral

Heebee-jeebie talk crazy to me, but Kendrick know I like irregular girls

I’m not good with the regular girls, damn near want a veteran girl

I just might change your life, we ain’t wearin’ no Giuseppe jeans

We ain’t doin’ none of normal things, do you know what formal means?

Critics sayin’ that I lost the plot, principles, yeah, I’d rather not

Messi, ’bout to come in hot (Please don’t live in—, please don’t live in fear

I’ma pass you to Neymar, he got time for your bestie, girl

(We can’t see from here right now)

Niggas know that I’m best-dressed, too high-profile to access (Here right now)

I ain’t even gotta fact check, all I’m wearin’ is Wales Bonner

(Send it off from here right now)

Feelin’ good, I might wear no— (Here right now)

Matter of fact, let’s stay platonic

I just fucked, ain’t that ironic? You can pick the bunk or bed

Either way, I’ma want some head, Messi live through me instead

We grew up ’round triflin’ hoes, you ain’t did nothin’ that I don’t know

It’s cool, baby, I’m too high-pro’, I’m Baby Keem, I wouldn’t call it close

Messi, get them girls off the stage, ’cause somebody’s gonna get taken

Somebody’s gonna invade on a one on one conversation

I’m ducked off from the world, I’m immersed in the PlayStation (Please don’t live in—)

And I ain’t worried ’bout her, it’s a thousand hers out waitin’ (Please don’t live in fear)

[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Bon Iver]

We gon’ fuck up the world (Here right now)

Excuse me, but is that your girl? (Here right now)

Didn’t mean to possess your girl

Baby, I’m high-profile, don’t ever tell ’em you met me, girl (Send it off from here right now)

They gon’ think that you rep me, girl, 5’7″, I’m Messi, girl (Here right now)

Though the lineup for Camp Flog Gnaw hasn’t been officially announced, online spectators are hoping Tyler’s considerable cameo means Lamar and Keem will both play at the 2023 festival. The LA-based event has been on hiatus since 2020, with the last iteration taking place in 2019 with performers including Solange, FKA twigs, Juice WRLD, Brockhampton, and Drake as a surprise headliner.

Keem and Lamar are set to perform at next month’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee from June 15 to 18. Before “The Hillbillies,” Lamar’s last release was a remix of Beyoncé’s “America Has A Problem,” while Keem, who supported Lamar along with Tanna Leone on “The Big Steppers” tour in 2022, released his debut album “The Melodic Blue” in September 2021.