Bow Wow
Bow Wow Lyrics


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Uh, say
Uh, uh (my name is)
Say it, bow-wow-wow
Uh, uh, Bow Wow (yeah)
Uh, Snoop Dogg (Bow Wow)
Yeah, uh, my name is

Hair nappy but I'm happy pocket full of dough
From the C-O representin' So So
The girls recognize and these niggas do too
I'm the flyest thing walkin' through junior high school
So make room next to your little Backstreet poster
'Cause Bow Wow's here and it's over, ya heard?
I'm this, I'm that, I'm all of the above
In the big body shotgun ridin' on dubs
I've been seen with the baddest, heard with the best
And I got it locked down from the East to the West
Look at my eyes, ya'll know, I ain't playin'
That's why all through the streets
All hear niggas sayin' is

Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all my girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down, say
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all the girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down

Now that the gates wide open it is I who they runnin' from
Little with the ill, cross over like Iverson
In 2K, my way, I'm the first to rock
First to drop, lights in the bezel of a G-Shock
Like B.I.G. and Pac, I'm hard to forget
What makes it even worse, I'm just gettin' started
Yeah that's me, that's got your daughter in a frenzy
Yeah that's me, that's got her arguing with her friends about
Who gon' get me when they see me
Sayin', "Do you see 'em? Ooh, he the man"
Thirteen, game lock, don't trip, all that and a bag of chips
Hi! My name is

Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all my girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down, say
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all the girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down

Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Woof, motherfucker, the Dogg came to play
Calgon, Calgon take me away
I'm in the dirty-dirty with my nephew J
Dizzy, Izzy, boy we getting' busy
With Lil' Bow Wizzy, this shit is off the hizzy
I threw him like a Frisbee and, yeah, he came back
Like a boomerang, Dogg Pound gang
Hundred thousand dollar chains (yeah)
What you say J.D.? (Bling, bling, money ain't a thang)
Ya ask me again and I'ma tell you the same
I'm flippin' on these niggas while I'm trippin' on these niggas, man
Buck one, buck two, buck three, buck four
You standin' on the wall, nigga bust a ho (bust)
But you can't trust a ho, that's good game (I can't trust her)
Now all my niggas represent your thang
Put it up, now click-clack it up
And all the hoes, back it up
'Cause I want to smack it up
We do it to ya Doggystyle (Doggystyle)
Big Bow Wow in yo' mouth
Bow wow

Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all my girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down, say
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all the girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down

Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
And all my girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down, say
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay
Where my dogs at? Bark with me now
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay




And all the girls around the world
That love how it's goin' down

Overall Meaning

In the song "Bow Wow" by Bow Wow, the rapper introduces himself to the world with a catchy hook and clever lyrics. He starts off the song describing his upbringing as a young rapper from Ohio. Despite having nappy hair, Bow Wow is happy because he has a pocket full of money from representing So So Def Records. The girls love him, and the guys recognize his talent. He claims to be the flyest in the room, and next to their Backstreet Boys posters, Bow Wow reigns supreme. In the second verse, Bow Wow highlights his skills on the basketball court, compares himself to hip-hop legends Biggie and Tupac, and boasts about his having a way with the ladies. The chorus comes back in with his famous "Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay" ad-lib, leading to Snoop Dogg's verse.


Snoop Dogg, who signed Bow Wow to So So Def Records, comes in for the last verse. He raps about his success as a rapper and producer, mentioning Calgon, his nephew J, and Daz Dillinger (Dizzy). Snoop boasts about his chains and money and his ability to rap with anyone in the game. The section ends with a tribute to his famous 1992 album, "Doggystyle," and Bow Wow's ad-lib leading to the chorus to close the song.


Overall, the song is an introduction to Bow Wow's persona as a young, confident rapper. It also showcases his ability to make catchy hooks and clever rhymes. The song gained popularity due to the hook and the use of the ad-lib, which became a signature of Bow Wow's career.




Lyrics Β© THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bryan Michael Paul Cox, Cordazar Calvin Jr. Broadus, David Lee Spradley, Garry Marshall Shider, George Jr. Clinton, Jermaine Dupri, Roubaix Francois Paul De

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@damarcobrame9119

Kids will never know how raw this Nigga was 😭😭😭😭

@matthewwheeler2231

Agree my nigga πŸ’― πŸ™Œ 😊

@KrolKaz

This song was the bridge for 90s kids going from Sesame Street to MLK boulevard

@annieschmannie8962

People called bow wow corny but he was kid making kid appropriate music…I hope he gets all his flowers because no kid rapper today going this hard and still keep their childhood in tact.

@ilovegodandjesusjohn316

Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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Yung people will never understand how hard bow wow was

@SuzieSim

At all

@BluntSamurai

Pause

@kelvinmccaskill6335

So nobody gone acknowledge that cold ass crip walk from Lil Bow Wow?!

@torianmcneill3794

Snoop Dogg started it

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