Born in Washington, DC, Billy Woods (stylized as billy woods) is a rapper b… Read Full Bio ↴Born in Washington, DC, Billy Woods (stylized as billy woods) is a rapper based out of New York City. He has also lived in Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and Maryland. Billy Woods is a member of the Super Chron Flight Brothers with Priviledge, Armand Hammer with Elucid, and The Reavers supergroup.
His mother was an English literature professor from Jamaica. His father was a Ph.D. Marxist writer, active in the Zimbabwe War of Liberation and then a member of the government in Zimbabwe. In 1980, the family moved to Zimbabwe. After the death of Woods' father, they returned to the United States in 1989. Woods briefly attended Howard University before getting involved in New York City's hip-hop scene. He started making music in the late 1990s. He wrote his "first real rhyme" at a laundromat in Kennebunk, Maine in 1997.
Billy Woods released his debut solo album, Camouflage, on his record label Backwoodz Studioz in 2003. In 2012, he released History Will Absolve Me. In 2013, he released Dour Candy, which was entirely produced by Blockhead. In 2017, he released Known Unknowns. It was included on Rolling Stone's "15 Great Albums You Probably Didn't Hear in 2017" list. In 2019, he released a collaborative album with producer Kenny Segal, titled Hiding Places, and a solo album, Terror Management. 2020 brought Brass, a collaborative album with Moor Mother. Woods released Aethiopes and Church in 2022. On May 5th 2023 Woods released Maps , second collaborative album with producer Kenny Segal.
His mother was an English literature professor from Jamaica. His father was a Ph.D. Marxist writer, active in the Zimbabwe War of Liberation and then a member of the government in Zimbabwe. In 1980, the family moved to Zimbabwe. After the death of Woods' father, they returned to the United States in 1989. Woods briefly attended Howard University before getting involved in New York City's hip-hop scene. He started making music in the late 1990s. He wrote his "first real rhyme" at a laundromat in Kennebunk, Maine in 1997.
Billy Woods released his debut solo album, Camouflage, on his record label Backwoodz Studioz in 2003. In 2012, he released History Will Absolve Me. In 2013, he released Dour Candy, which was entirely produced by Blockhead. In 2017, he released Known Unknowns. It was included on Rolling Stone's "15 Great Albums You Probably Didn't Hear in 2017" list. In 2019, he released a collaborative album with producer Kenny Segal, titled Hiding Places, and a solo album, Terror Management. 2020 brought Brass, a collaborative album with Moor Mother. Woods released Aethiopes and Church in 2022. On May 5th 2023 Woods released Maps , second collaborative album with producer Kenny Segal.
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Billy Woods Lyrics
Place your bets, mind vex
Time walks across seas, audio Galilee
Can't tell you what's bound to be
Catching views from my window seat
Finding truth in the trees
Resolve from the breeze shiver me timbers!
Bob and weave as I follow leads
Cyclical stir, dash of sweet
Two parts bitter, reality's elixir
Memories hum as the taste lingers
Broke out the back-pedal brake bike
Put tape on the tape, dubbed over it twice
Second childhood, neither was very nice
Took it as a joke
But took note he never said sike
Funny, the things you remember
Your whole life
Cheap motel, she can tell who's vice
Cheapest thrills was twice the price
Scrap metal soldered and drilled into a mic
So I was ready when they came
Dead of the night
Tell 'em I sent you when you get to paradise
Place your bets, mind vex
Time walks across seas, audio Galilee
Can't tell you what's bound to be
Catching views from my window seat
Finding truth in the trees
Resolve from the breeze shiver me timbers!
Bob and weave as I follow leads
Cyclical stir, dash of sweet
Two parts bitter, reality's elixir
Memories hum as the taste lingers
Interstate interdiction
Dixie what they whistlin'
Jumped out the jackpot
Landed in a tight spot
Maze with the minotaur, cave got a cyclops
Raid hit the front door
Already out the back in my high tops
Ad hoc, pouring in eyedrops
Always forgot the numbers to my locker lock
In class with no books
Well prepared for 'bows and hooks
When it's time to fight, left, left, right
Later my peers would invest in gun and knife
Your guess as good as mine
On a night like tonight night like tonight
Time walks across seas, audio Galilee
Can't tell you what's bound to be
Catching views from my window seat
Finding truth in the trees
Resolve from the breeze shiver me timbers!
Bob and weave as I follow leads
Cyclical stir, dash of sweet
Two parts bitter, reality's elixir
Memories hum as the taste lingers
Broke out the back-pedal brake bike
Put tape on the tape, dubbed over it twice
Second childhood, neither was very nice
Took it as a joke
But took note he never said sike
Funny, the things you remember
Your whole life
Cheap motel, she can tell who's vice
Cheapest thrills was twice the price
Scrap metal soldered and drilled into a mic
So I was ready when they came
Dead of the night
Tell 'em I sent you when you get to paradise
Place your bets, mind vex
Time walks across seas, audio Galilee
Can't tell you what's bound to be
Catching views from my window seat
Finding truth in the trees
Resolve from the breeze shiver me timbers!
Bob and weave as I follow leads
Cyclical stir, dash of sweet
Two parts bitter, reality's elixir
Memories hum as the taste lingers
Interstate interdiction
Dixie what they whistlin'
Jumped out the jackpot
Landed in a tight spot
Maze with the minotaur, cave got a cyclops
Raid hit the front door
Already out the back in my high tops
Ad hoc, pouring in eyedrops
Always forgot the numbers to my locker lock
In class with no books
Well prepared for 'bows and hooks
When it's time to fight, left, left, right
Later my peers would invest in gun and knife
Your guess as good as mine
On a night like tonight night like tonight
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