- There's a lot of negativity going on
in the world right now.
A lot of people dying, people starving,
people going broke, people getting robbed,
just abuse, war, fear-mongering, it's a lot of that.
And I think this song came through at a time
where people needed a break,
they just needed a little relief.
And I think they wanna love again.
So, I was washing dishes that day
and I was like bored out of my mind.
And I decided to go on YouTube and listen to some beats.
So, I typed in R and B type beat.
And like the second or third track
to play was this one.
Immediately I was like, "oh, this is crazy."
And I started freestyling.
And a lot of times,
and I mean, this is with a lot of my songs,
I'll say something and I'll realize after I say it,
what it actually means or like the bar.
So, where I'll laugh later.
That's how I know it's not me
and that's how I know it's like,
it's coming from a higher place.
I don't usually do this, but can I sing to you?
It's a slight reference to Alicia Keys.
I believe it was like, "You Don't Know My Name"
when she called the dude, he was like,
"yeah, you know any light-skinned girl with the braids?"
She's like,
"I don't usually do this" you know.
So, it was a little bit of a nod to that.
But also it was just me being silly.
You know so, I don't even know if shrimp and lobster towers
actually exist.
If they do, if there's a chef out there,
wink, wink, that wants to show us,
what that looks like in real life.
'Cause I have another song where I talk
about 24 karat lobster.
I don't think that exists either.
Obviously I like seafood.
You wanna bring me some lobster, crablets, Alaskan
or dungeon.
This is my favorite.
You know, I really don't care what nobody else thinks about me.
I don't care if you like my outfit,
I don't care if you think I'm pretty,
I don't care if you think...
I don't care because I have a person
that is like, "hey shawtie if you like it, I love it."
You know funny enough, I think a lot of times people hear the lyrics
and the first thing they think is this is about sex,
but it could be on a spiritual level, right?
Like sometimes me and my husband just sit on the counter
in the kitchen and talk.
It's not just sexual.
And I think that's maybe why I sold it so well.
It's like a lot of times when you talk about records
that are overtly sexual or that talk about sex,
it's kind of uncomfortable, right?
It's just like, oh, I don't wanna listen to this
around my mom and my dad or like, my kids are in the car.
It's like, it is sexual, but it could be,
depending on who's listening.
So, obviously the hook is a pun in itself.
With this one, it just seem like
the natural thing to do is just to keep saying it,
maybe change the melodies a little bit,
but I think everything with intention,
it just ended up being the way that it's supposed to be.
In my mind, I didn't have any relationships for real
before my husband.
None of y'all...
You're dead to me.
But honestly, it's like,
I realized that I didn't have a real relationship
before I was with my husband.
It was just, it was a waste of my time
'cause I didn't get to my full potential
with any of those people.
So, when I met him, visually he was not my normal aesthetic.
'Cause before him, I wanted (mumbling) chocolate.
But then when I got with my husband, he's light skinned,
very tall, athletic, a basketball player.
And I, all the things and I was just like,
You know, stay far away from, unless you want your heart broke.
He definitely looks like the type that's like,
these are the guys, the toxic guys that like
to play with people.
And he's a Scorpio too.
So, you know what I'm saying?
It gets crazy.
It was like, I knew within the space of a week,
I knew that there was potential for me
to fall in love with this man.
I didn't tell him that, I wanted to so bad,
it was on the tip of my tongue,
but I'm glad I never said it.
We talk about Sierra's prayer all the time
and Lori Harvey's prayer.
Muni's prayer was a little bit different
than what you might think.
It was just like, thank you God for making me ready
from when that guy finds me.
'Cause a lot of us as know humans,
we like to go chase and all things will be added onto you.
Like, it's like,
you have to get yourself to a place where you can attract
the things, 'cause it's called an attraction, right?
So, you have to magnetize yourself.
Me and my husband have a joke all the time.
Like, he always eating my food, he always drinking my stuff,
he always touching my stuff.
And there's nothing, if you're a Virgo, you know,
please don't touch my shit,
put it back where you got it from.
If you are gon touch it, put it back.
And make sure you turn the label back to the front.
So, I can't tell that you've been messing with it.
So, but he don't care.
It's like what's yours is mine,
what's mine is yours, it's ours.
And the only time where I don't really have a problem
with that rule is when I can go in his closet
and wear his clothes.
When you talking about marriage,
that is a lifetime commitment.
That's a long time to be with somebody every day
and having to think about that person at the same time,
as you think about you.
So, like if you're a person who will watch your shows
and like, you have a show that you like to watch
with your significant, other and you watch it without them,
you're not ready to get married
'cause that is opp behavior, okay?
This is my favorite song to perform live.
I've only performed at live twice.
I just can't wait to get that show together
and bring these vocals and the experience
that you have, listening to me,
run all over the world in the live setting.
It's gonna be so much fun.
I'm a Virgo.
And if you a Virgo out there, all my Virgo Queens,
I will find something to nitpick.
Like, I don't like the way you brush your teeth,
I don't like the way you chew,
I don't like the way your pinky toe twitch,
in the middle of the night.