Born in Detroit in the late 80’s, Lizzo spent much of her formative years in the church, where she was raised on the gospel sounds of The Winans, The Clark Sisters, and Fred Hammond, along with mainstay secular artists such as Stevie Wonder and Elton John. At the age of 10 her family moved to Houston, TX, and Lizzo was exposed to a wide array of emerging Southern musical styles, from the trademark chopped and screwed rap tracks of the underground, to the progressive and polished R&B sounds of groups like Destiny’s Child that were raising the city’s national profile to new heights. In fact, it was after she stumbled across a Destiny’s Child performance at Wal-Mart that Lizzo—then a 5th grader-- was inspired to start writing music on her own. Over the next decade that decision would take her through the trenches of some of the most varied musical genres: R&B girl groups (I.N.I.T.I.A.L.S., Cornrow Clique), progressive rock bands (Elypseas), solo rap ventures, and electro-pop duos (Lizzo & The Larva Ink).
In 2011 she made the move to Minneapolis with Larva Ink in order to be a part of that city’s blossoming and collaborative musical community. Lizzo & The Larva Ink was well received there, and the group earned a few encouraging nods from the press. Lizzo was soon introduced to Sophia Eris and Claire de Lune, with whom she would form The Chalice, the three-piece all-female rap/R&B group that would elevate Lizzo’s profile and reputation. In 2012 The Chalice released We Are The Chalice, an album that would gain them instant local success amongst fans and critics alike, garnering City Pages’ prestigious Best New Band and Picked To Click accolades in the same year.
The success brought setbacks, though, and a falling out soon led to the demise of Lizzo & The Larva Ink. Feeling discontent with the loss of one group and the hurried blur of success of another, Lizzo was creatively drained from writing We Are The Chalice in two short months. She found herself in the throes of her first full-blown case of writer’s block. Unable to create music for herself, she began listening to several different local albums in hopes of finding inspiration. It was LAVA BANGERS, a 20-track instrumental mixtape from Doomtree producer and Minneapolis music vet Lazerbeak, that ultimately caught her ear. Beaks’ beats proved the fix for Lizzo’s problem. “I sat at home and listened to LAVA BANGERS, and when “Lift Every Voice” came on, my writer’s block was cured,” says Lizzo. “I think it revived my gospel roots. I wrote pages and pages of songs, and finally reached out to Lazerbeak, not thinking anything would come of it.”
Her timing could not have been better. Beak, impressed with Lizzo’s output with The Chalice, as well as her guest appearances on several other local releases, was looking for a change of pace from his daily Doomtree production and business responsibilities. He immediately signed on to work on some demos. Beat tapes were exchanged, songs were written, and mutual friend and musical collaborator Ryan Olson (Totally Gross National Product founder, Gayngs/Marijuana Deathsquads mastermind) was brought on board to creatively oversee the project. Olson recorded and edited all 15 tracks in his bedroom studio, bringing in laid back hype-man Cliff Rhymes along the way to add even more layers to Lizzo’s dynamic vocals.
LIZZOBANGERS is the culmination of that four-way collaboration, an album that manages to capture all of the varied musical influences of Lizzo’s upbringing and combine them with the forward-thinking experimental production style of Beak and Olson. The end result is a brave new project that encapsulates the best parts of both the familiar and the future.
Phone
Lizzo Lyrics
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Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
Uh, where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
Okay, 2:15 and the lights come on, where my phone?
Looking where my homies went
Where the hell my homies went?
Where the hell my homies went?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
Walking home with my feet on sore
Walking home with my feet on sore
What the hell these Louboutins for?
What the hell these Louboutins for?
Walking home and it's damn near four
Walking home and it's damn near four
What the hell these Louboutins for?
What the hell these Louboutins for?
Yeah, I was getting it, looking real cute
Up in the club, man, how do you do?
Hair ain't a don't, hair is a do
Ooh, he fine! What's up wit' you?
Where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
Uh, where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home? okay
Ooh, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Oh my god, why? (uh yeah, haha)
Yeah, and I seen that boy
Looked at me, but I got annoyed
'Cause he bought me a drink for a dolla'
Boy came over and he wanted to holla' (yup)
Boy came over and he wanted to holla' (yup)
Boy came over and he wanted to holla' (yup)
My song came on, so I hit the dance floor
Man I lost my, mmm, phone
Walking home with my feet on sore
Walking home with my feet on sore
What the hell these Louboutins for?
What the hell these Louboutins for?
Walking home and it's damn near four
Walking home and it's damn near four
What the hell these Louboutins for?
I don't know where I'm going
Where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
Uh, where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home? Uh
Ooh, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Ooh, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Hoo, unlock that, all up in my contacts
Where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get home?
Uh, where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh?
How I'm 'posed to get
But you're holding it, oh
The lyrics of Lizzo's song "Phone" express the frustration and anxiety of losing one's phone at a party or a club. Lizzo starts the song by asking where her phone is, and questioning how she'll get home without it. She relays the experience of being at a club, looking for her phone and her friends but feeling lost and alone. She feels the pain in her feet from walking home in high heels, questioning why she bothered wearing them in the first place. The second half of the song switches the tone to the relief of finding her phone, which was actually in her hand the whole time. She laughs at herself for not realizing this sooner and wondering why she was so worked up about losing it in the first place.
Line by Line Meaning
Uh, where the hell my phone? Where the hell my phone?
Lizzo can't find her phone and is frustrated about it.
Where the hell my, where the hell my phone, huh? How I'm 'posed to get home?
She needs her phone to get home and is wondering how she will do it without it.
Okay, 2:15 and the lights come on, where my phone?
It's already late and Lizzo needs to leave but can't find her phone.
Looking around like where my phone?
Lizzo is trying to look for her phone everywhere around the place.
Looking where my homies went. Where the hell my homies went?
She also can't find her friends who she came to the club with.
Walking home with my feet on sore. What the hell these Louboutins for?
Lizzo is walking barefoot after losing her shoes and wondering why she wore heels in the first place.
Yeah, I was getting it, looking real cute. Up in the club, man, how do you do?
Lizzo was having a good time and feeling herself in the club.
Ooh, unlock that, all up in my contacts. Oh my god, why? (uh yeah, haha)
She eventually finds her phone and goes through her contacts with relief.
Yeah, and I seen that boy. Looked at me, but I got annoyed. 'Cause he bought me a drink for a dolla'. Boy came over and he wanted to holla' (yup)
Lizzo remembers getting annoyed with a guy who bought her a cheap drink and tried to hit on her.
My song came on, so I hit the dance floor. Man I lost my, mmm, phone
She got distracted by her favorite song and lost her phone in the process.
Walking home with my feet on sore. What the hell these Louboutins for?
Lizzo continues to regret wearing heels as she walks home.
I don't know where I'm going
She is lost and doesn't know which direction to take.
But you're holding it, oh
The person she's with ends up finding her phone for her.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Evan K. Bogart, Jesse Samuel Shatkin, Melissa Viviane Jefferson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Layla-xs7ku
Okay but like Ginger and mayhem slayed this lip sync!!!
@travellifestyles6843
Hell Yasssssssss
@RNCHFND
I can't stop listening to it!!
@tasniaahsanrose9012
YAASS SIIS
@adrianreyes7741
@travel & lifestyles de la pokedex
@brantethan
Yassss!!!!!!
@ChalayyMichele
Thank you Lizzo for having me as dancer in this bomb video! Can't wait to work with you again ! :)
@yesmaam6889
you did a great job👍😊
@ChalayyMichele
Thanks so much !
@kudratkun1078
she slaays!