So I'm Kidd G.
And I got into music my sixth grade year because
I was doing honor course and stuff like that,
but I like to freestyle a lot.
I never took making music serious until
about my sophomore, junior year,
when my mom bought me like studio equipment.
And then I decided to make just a song and
it did 1.8 million on SoundCloud.
So I just decided to make music through there,
but my name is Jonathan Gabriel Horne, that's my full name.
And my last name is spelled like H-O-R-N-E,
and like growing up, people were like, "Horney,"
and so my first,
my first rap name was like Little Horney.
And so I was like, "No, I can't have that."
And then, so finally I was like, "No."
My ex girlfriend and all my friends just be like,
"Bro, you act like a kid all the time.
So I just went with two, two Ds on kid to be different.
And then I want my first initial G.
My studio was in my closet at home.
I didn't go to school because I did online school.
And so I actually woke up and I was like,
"Dude, I feel like recording a country song today!"
At that time I was rapping and my friends are like,
they go to school,
and my house is like, is right next to the school.
And they'd always come over.
While I was recording, they're like,
"What are you gonna do today?"
And I was like,
"Bro, I think I'm gonna record a country song,"
and they start laughing.
I'm like, "Dude, I'm serious."
They're like, "Okay, well, all right, let's do it."
Three beats later on YouTube.
I found that beat and I set it up and like,
I just laid down that
"Should have never called last night,"
And like, we like kept playing it back and back.
We were like, "Bro, this is crazy."
My grandma even walked up to my door and was like, "Gabe,"
And I was like, "Oh man, what do I do?"
And she was like, "No, no, no. I really liked that."
And I was like, "Wow."
Dirt roads and four-wheel drives, it's dirt roads too,
so like you don't know if you're going to be stuck or not.
You gotta take a four-wheel drive.
"Headlights and shining eyes," headlights,
if they hit like deer eyes, like the eyes start shining.
And so that's what it is.
Everybody thought it was always shining nights.
Dirt roads helped me get things off my mind.
Dead serious, dude, I gotta go hit a dirt road
with my buddy Nicky.
He'll be like, "Man, get out of your feelings.
Let's bump something.
Let's play some music. You know what I'm saying?
Let's see how fast you can hit this turn right here."
Because when you're hitting a turn, like you don't,
you don't really have enough time to be thinking about
a girl, or that person, or whatever's going on in your life.
You've gotta think about in the moment.
A road to me, back home is just
how you get everything off your mind.
When you have your windows down,
the winds blowing through your hearing,
your speakers are bumping your like main,
mostly reminiscent or you're just like not even having
anything in your mind at all.
Well, taking it slow is, really like just take a minute,
get off your phone,
like get off your phone and stop arguing people,
like realize all the good things in life.
When you first hit a dirt road, coming off the black top,
Like your tires get to spinning.
You're kicking up dust, slinging rocks. My shotgun rider,
watch for cops, shotgun rider is like your passenger,
the person sitting in the passenger seat of the person
whoever's in the front seat.
Like watch the blue lights,
like watched for the cops setting up,
'cause obviously you're going too fast.
So like this is technically referring,
Like even if Nicky isn't in the passenger seat and she's in
the passenger seat and she's like,
"Slow down," or she's bitching at me,
like don't tell me that I'm swerving.
This road don't have a lane.
"My buddy Nicky out the window, AR15 got good aim,"
we'll just leave it at that, But I'm gonna let you know,
Nicky does have good aim.
That's not me trying to like flex or nothing,
the Beretta and the Smith and Wessons,
that's just saying like,
since I'm a county boy, like that's what we have.
That's what we're doing.
Ever since I called last night I've been feeling
a certain type of way.
I can't get you off on like my head or anything.
I'm like, I like somebody, like, you know, like we break up.
I don't need you like a day later, like, "Nah, okay."
The hard side of me is over like, "Come on, come back."
You know what I'm saying?
Y'all, do not drink. Stay in school.
Beer is not good for you, until you're older.
I wanna be something new.
I wanna be somewhere in between like Lil Nas "Old Town Road"
and like serious country music.
So, I wanna have my own little lane,
but definitely I don't wanna be country rap.