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.
Famous Last Words
Billy Woods Lyrics
When them other niggas jumped ship
We kept it Amistad
Still ended up in front a white judge
Praying to God i owe much, have nothing
Leave the rest to the poor
Vegetation lush, Dutch Candy
New York Giants at the door
On some Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum your electric bill
Is quite the sum smile light the blunt
Last moment in the spotlight
It's only right you should stunt
Get bonded out, put up that brave front
Mom's put up the house
So you know you can't run
Cracks start to show, weeks turn to months
Lawyer says they want time, DA is a cunt
Reality won't hit till you up in them bunks
With cats that's gassed cause it's
Hamburger Helper for lunch face bashed
CO's knuckles usually chuckle last
Mention the past
All you'll get is a Woody Woodpecker laugh
Exchanging mary jane and bad words
Can't believe this lame brain
Even had the nerve make me squeeze the flame
And leave ya name pon da curb
Another brother slain from his
Famous last words the say that my wrath
And my actions disturbed
Madness occurred but my past is a blur
Laugh at the aftermath of accidents and worst
The first shall be last
And the last shall be first cursed
On the bubble
Think they cooking crack in ginger ale
These niggas gay rocking tight
Jeans and fingerwaves
They bring a knife to a gunfight
I bring grenades
Get on some Daniel Boone shit
And skin ya face
Hit ya man point blank range
You catch a stray a likkle ricochet may
Hit him, blick 'em, lick 'em
Leave 'em leakin' in the paint
I'm getting paid for slangin' blades
Y'all Kid 'n Play an only call me monster
Cause you been afraid
Gatorade can't quench this thirst
When you see ya family approach
The bench it hurts
'Specially when they contradict ya words
In the church, bullets burst
Get ya limbs dispersed listen jerk
I ain't no slave for prison work
Inject ya earth but you the one
There when she givin' birth
Apartheid rhymes, no Mandela with de Klerk
I eat ya face i eat ya food
And then I get dessert word!
Exchanging mary jane and bad words
Can't believe this lame brain
Even had the nerve make me squeeze the flame
And leave ya name pon da curb
Another brother slain from his
Famous last words the say that my wrath
And my actions disturbed
Madness occurred but my past is a blur
Laugh at the aftermath of accidents and worst
The first shall be last
And the last shall be first cursed
I'll settle for The Post
But ideally the Times
Tell 'em I said somethin'
Make sure it rhymes churchill with cigars
Words to stiffen spines
Lists like Christmastime
You know I'm getting mines
Due diligence means your box is pine
Ground is soft, it'll be fine
Body's going off
Brought a pound of quicklime
Ounce of Strawberry Cough
That's air freshener for the Jetta
Put a beggar on horseback
He'll ride to hell
I ain't pay twenty bones to
Hear you spit a capell'
One is for the money, two is quid pro quo
Ripped the afterparty after he
Skipped the show
Force 'em to work together
Hammer & sickle logo on the Polo
Ivory soap, Gold Medal Flour
Desperate to blow end up left for the crows
Mississippi Goddamn
Shoot coward, you are only gonna kill a man
Exchanging mary jane and bad words
Can't believe this lame brain
Even had the nerve make me squeeze the flame
And leave ya name pon da curb
Another brother slain from his
Famous last words the say that my wrath
And my actions disturbed
Madness occurred but my past is a blur
Laugh at the aftermath of accidents and worst
The first shall be last
And the last shall be first cursed
We kept it Amistad
Still ended up in front a white judge
Praying to God i owe much, have nothing
Leave the rest to the poor
Vegetation lush, Dutch Candy
New York Giants at the door
On some Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum your electric bill
Is quite the sum smile light the blunt
Last moment in the spotlight
Get bonded out, put up that brave front
Mom's put up the house
So you know you can't run
Cracks start to show, weeks turn to months
Lawyer says they want time, DA is a cunt
Reality won't hit till you up in them bunks
With cats that's gassed cause it's
Hamburger Helper for lunch face bashed
CO's knuckles usually chuckle last
Mention the past
All you'll get is a Woody Woodpecker laugh
Exchanging mary jane and bad words
Can't believe this lame brain
Even had the nerve make me squeeze the flame
And leave ya name pon da curb
Another brother slain from his
Famous last words the say that my wrath
And my actions disturbed
Madness occurred but my past is a blur
Laugh at the aftermath of accidents and worst
The first shall be last
And the last shall be first cursed
On the bubble
Think they cooking crack in ginger ale
These niggas gay rocking tight
Jeans and fingerwaves
They bring a knife to a gunfight
I bring grenades
Get on some Daniel Boone shit
And skin ya face
Hit ya man point blank range
You catch a stray a likkle ricochet may
Hit him, blick 'em, lick 'em
Leave 'em leakin' in the paint
I'm getting paid for slangin' blades
Y'all Kid 'n Play an only call me monster
Cause you been afraid
Gatorade can't quench this thirst
When you see ya family approach
The bench it hurts
'Specially when they contradict ya words
In the church, bullets burst
Get ya limbs dispersed listen jerk
I ain't no slave for prison work
Inject ya earth but you the one
There when she givin' birth
Apartheid rhymes, no Mandela with de Klerk
I eat ya face i eat ya food
And then I get dessert word!
Exchanging mary jane and bad words
Can't believe this lame brain
Even had the nerve make me squeeze the flame
And leave ya name pon da curb
Another brother slain from his
Famous last words the say that my wrath
And my actions disturbed
Madness occurred but my past is a blur
Laugh at the aftermath of accidents and worst
The first shall be last
And the last shall be first cursed
I'll settle for The Post
But ideally the Times
Tell 'em I said somethin'
Make sure it rhymes churchill with cigars
Words to stiffen spines
Lists like Christmastime
You know I'm getting mines
Due diligence means your box is pine
Ground is soft, it'll be fine
Body's going off
Brought a pound of quicklime
Ounce of Strawberry Cough
That's air freshener for the Jetta
Put a beggar on horseback
He'll ride to hell
I ain't pay twenty bones to
Hear you spit a capell'
One is for the money, two is quid pro quo
Ripped the afterparty after he
Skipped the show
Force 'em to work together
Hammer & sickle logo on the Polo
Ivory soap, Gold Medal Flour
Desperate to blow end up left for the crows
Mississippi Goddamn
Shoot coward, you are only gonna kill a man
Exchanging mary jane and bad words
Can't believe this lame brain
Even had the nerve make me squeeze the flame
And leave ya name pon da curb
Another brother slain from his
Famous last words the say that my wrath
And my actions disturbed
Madness occurred but my past is a blur
Laugh at the aftermath of accidents and worst
The first shall be last
And the last shall be first cursed
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