Alan Thicke married actress Gloria Loring, known for starring in programs such as 'Days of Our Lives', in 1970, and he had the two sons Brennan Thicke and Robin Thicke. Half-brother Carter Thicke would become another member of the clan years later after Alan Thicke divorced and remarried. Brother Robin grew up in a household filled with music, with his dad being a singer (of tracks such as "Thicke of the Night") as well as a co-composer for several TV show theme songs and a seminal actor on both the big and small screens (examples being the shows 'Growing Pains' and 'How I Met Your Mother').
The young Robin Thicke taught himself to play piano at the age of twelve. Even at the age of fourteen, he found that he could play just about anything that he heard on the radio, feeling a drive to keep going further. Before his days as a singer-songwriter performing his own material,Robin Thicke wrote songs for the soul and pop groups 3T (with 1995's "Sexual Attention" bringing Thicke alongside Damon Thomas), Brownstone (with 1997's "Around You"), and Color Me Badd (an example being 1996's "Sexual Capacity"). He also collaborated with the acclaimed production duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on several songs for Jordan Knight's 1999 self-titled album. Thicke seemed to receive a great omen when Knight's album was certified Gold and gained huge fan acclaim.
In 2000, Thicke went to work on material for his debut album, which ended up being titled 'A Beautiful World'. The album focused more on blue-eyed soul than his pop-centered offerings for other artists, and he mixed in influences from eclectic funk (in the vein of the British group Jamiroquai) and and modern neo-soul music (in the vain of Canadian crooner Remy Shand). Thicke hoped that he was primed for huge things by late 2002 when the album became ready for release.
Thicke's lead single, called "When I Get You Alone", had a distinctive music video made for it. The disco and slick rnb fueled track sounded rather unlike the commercial pop ethos of the time, having a distinctive sampling of Walter Murphy's 70s dance music hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" (which itself had been inspired by Beethoven's Fifth Symphony). The video featured an unshaven Thicke, with long, grungy hair, as a courier racing through the streets of Manhattan on a bicycle. It received some rotation on MTV 2 and BET's "Rated Next", the song being spun moderately on urban radio. On the Hot 100, it reached #29 quite quickly, yet it fell out the chart just as fast. Globally, however, the song was quite popular. With his single peaking at #17 in Australia, #15 in Belgium, #15 in Italy, #8 in New Zealand, and #5 in the Netherlands, Thicke felt that he wanted another shot at the 'big time' in the U.S.
Devising the re-release of this album, which it then gaining its final title of 'A Beautiful World', Thicke added a few extra songs that he seemed confident of. Yet the album received very little corporate promotion, irritating Thicke despite the release of a second single, a Prince-like groove mixing funk with rock called "Brand New Jones". The album debuted at #152 in the Billboard 200 and didn't do much from there, selling a mere 59,000 copies. Still, his work ended up being received well by many critics and musical peers, with Trevor Nelson and Lil' Wayne (Weezy's 2005 release 'Tha Carter, Vol. 2' would even include some of Thicke's work) lauding Thicke's music, as well as many fans.
In 2004, artist Pharrell Williams asked Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope, “What are you doing with Robin Thicke?” A few months later, Robin was recording a new single, titled “Wanna Love You Girl” with Pharrell in Miami, as a newly signed artist on Pharrell’s label, Star Trak Records. With the two musicians sharing the same love for genre-hopping, deliberately 'retro' music, the single immediately attracted the attention of radio and club DJs across the world after its August 2005 release. The song often given revamped names such as "Wanna Love U Girl", "Wanna Love You Girl (Feat. Pharrell)", and the like, it ended up doing very well in the U.K. in particular, hitting #5 on Trevor Nelson's BBC Radio 1 "Soul Nation" chart.
Now appealing more to the mainstream, Thicke cut off his trademark long hair in an attempt to further recreate himself. By October 2006, when his second album, titled 'The Evolution of Robin Thicke', came out in its entirely, he had built up a ton of momentum, and his work paid off. Thicke earned the #1 slot on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and additional singles such as "Got 2 Be Down" and "Lost Without U" saw huge fan responses. As the months went by, his album even earned platinum certification by the RIAA.
Having 'made it' in the truest sense commercially as well as critically, Thick remarked, "My greatest desire with this album was to write songs that were completely honest and sing them with the emotion I was feeling when I wrote them, so that whoever listens to my music is brought as close to my experiences and life as possible."
With this intention, Robin created songs such as, “Lost without You” (the second single). An instant classic, this song is about Robin’s insecurities and his need to be desired and loved. With sweeping vocals over rhythmic Spanish guitar, this song takes you away and makes you sing along.
On the psychedelic, “High School Man” is where Robin infuses rock and hip-hop and poetically admits “I’m a hater” as he hates on those with more success than him realizing, ironically, he just wants what they have.
Finishing off The Evolution of Robin Thicke is the hopeful and encouraging “Thank You.” On this gospel inspired, piano ballad Robin sings, “maybe I’m the one who never gets up ‘till he falls,” making the discovery that he has to be thankful for everything that comes into his life…the tears, the joy, the failures and the successes.
Always carrying a heavy heart, Robin taught himself to play piano at the age of twelve so he could have an outlet to express himself. By the age of fourteen, he could play anything he heard on the radio. At sixteen, with no formal training, Robin began professionally writing and producing music for recording artists like Brandy and Brian McKnight. Over the years he has amassed dozens of gold and platinum records with artists including Usher, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson and Christina Aguilera.
Reflective, redemptive, passionate and etched with a soulfulness that is undeniable, The Evolution of Robin Thicke is an imaginative and heart-felt album that you cannot help but be moved by, bob your head to and smile throughout.
The album was released on October 3rd, 2006 and includes songs with Lil Wayne and Faith Evans, as well as Pharrell. The song "Got 2 Be Down" featuring Faith Evans was recently leaked (June '06). There will be two to three more videos released before the album comes out. Lately, there was a Busta Rhymes remix video shot for "Wanna Love You Girl," a Lil’ Wayne feat Robin Thicke "Shooter" video, and Robin has released the video for "Lost Without You," making that song the official 2nd single of the album.
Shooter
Robin Thicke Lyrics
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Weezy baby y'all, (yeah)
Don't get shot
Rapid fire, what you know about it?
I brought my homie along for the ride
He strapped, he came here to come out the barrel
Rob
Then even louder we got shooters, shooter
I turn around, I was starin' at chrome
Shotgun watches door, got security good (check)
Jumped right over counter
Pointed gun at, Winky tell her
I'm gon' shooter, shooter, shooter
My hands up (yeah)
My hands up (yeah)
They want me with my hands up
Oh, shooter
Oh, shooter
I think they want me to surrender
But no, I can't do it
But no, I can't do it
My hands up (yeah)
My hands up (yeah)
They want me with my hands up
Oh, shooter
I think they want me to surrender
But no, I can't do it
But no, I can't do it
So many doubt 'cause I come from the South
But when I open up my mouth, all bullets come out
Bang! Die bitch nigga die I hope you bleed a lake
I'm a play x-ray, helpin' y'all see the fake
I'm just tryin' to be the great, tryin' to get a piece of cake
Take it offa your plate, eat it right in your face
They got a whole lot to say but I don't listen
Call me automatic Weezy bitch I keep spittin', pow
With all these riches and, all these bitches
But ain't no looters around
They thinkin' about shooters that shooters that
Guns Girls Ladies that Gunners that
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shooter
Put my hands up
They want me with my hands up
They want me with my hands up
Oh, shooter
But I'm not
I just cry mama, I think they, hey
Me think they want me to surrender (Shooter)
And to the radio stations, I'm tired o' being patient
Stop bein' rapper racists, region haters
Spectators, dictators, behind door dick takers
It's outrageous
You don't know how sick you make us
I want to throw up like chips in Vegas
But this is Southern face it
If we too simple then y'all don't get the basics
Lady walks into a shotgun surprise (yeah)
Dropped to her knees saw her life before her eyes
He said "Bitch is gonna get it" everybody gon' regret it
I'm your, shooter!
My hands up, my hands up (yeah)
They want me with my hands up (yeah)
Oh, shooter
Oh, shooter
I try tell you what I am baby
My hands up, my hands up (yeah)
They want me with my hands up (yeah)
(Sorry but me no surrender)
Oh, shooter
Oh, shooter
Me won't surrender, me no pretender
Sock soakin' wet I been runnin' y'all
I reload, every hundred yards I'm comin' forward
Better know me, Lil Wayne just call me lord
Hard, take pain like Tylenols, raw
Way past par, far, I'm some shit you never saw
I take you to the shootout baby win lose or draw
And then they ask who when where how
And, my reply was simply pow!
Mama, I tink dey, hey, me tink dey want me to surrenda'
(Shooter, my hands up, my hands up, they want me to surrender)
Mama, I tink dey, ey, me tink dey want me to surrenda'
(Shooter, my hands up, my hands up, they want me to surrender)
No, me won't surrenda, no, no
I promise no surrenda'
I got my burner
And I'm your shooter
The song "Shooter" by Robin Thicke featuring Lil Wayne is a song about two robbers who enter a building with guns, and the song details their actions during the robbery. The lyrics describe the chaos of the moment, with the robbers shouting "Down on the floor," and the "shooter" taking charge. The song's lyrics also touch on issues of race and prejudice in the music industry, with Lil Wayne calling out radio stations for being "rapper racists" and "region haters."
The song features Lil Wayne's signature flow and impressive wordplay, with lines like "But when I open up my mouth, all bullets come out" and "Call me automatic Weezy bitch I keep spittin', pow." Robin Thicke's smooth vocals add to the song's eerie and suspenseful tone.
Overall, "Shooter" is a vivid portrayal of a violent and chaotic crime, with a commentary on larger societal issues woven in through Lil Wayne's verses.
Line by Line Meaning
Yea, yea, yea
Expression of agreement and affirmation
Weezy baby y'all, (yeah)
Acknowledging Lil Wayne's presence in the song
Don't get shot
Warning to not get injured by gunfire
Rapid fire, what you know about it?
Asking what the listener knows about using a gun that shoots quickly
I brought my homie along for the ride
Referring to bringing a friend along
He strapped, he came here to come out the barrel
Referring to the friend being armed and ready to shoot
I heard some shouts like "Down on the floor"
Describing a scene of people yelling to get down on the ground
Then even louder we got shooters, shooter
Stating that there are people with guns present and they are dangerous
I turn around, I was starin' at chrome
Referring to staring down the barrel of a gun
Shotgun watches door, got security good (check)
Describing the security measures being taken to watch the door and ensure safety
Jumped right over counter
Describing physically jumping over a counter
Pointed gun at, Winky tell her
Referring to someone named Winky and pointing a gun at them
I'm gon' shooter, shooter, shooter
Saying that he is going to use a gun to shoot someone
My hands up (yeah)
Describing putting one's hands up in the air
They want me with my hands up
Referring to someone wanting the singer to put their hands up
Oh, shooter
Refers to someone with a gun
I think they want me to surrender
Referring to others wanting the artist to surrender
But no, I can't do it
Refusing to surrender
So many doubt 'cause I come from the South
Saying that people doubt him because of where he is from
But when I open up my mouth, all bullets come out
Saying that he has a strong voice and can speak freely
Bang! Die bitch nigga die I hope you bleed a lake
Expressing violent thoughts towards someone
I'm a play x-ray, helpin' y'all see the fake
Saying that he can see through fake people
I'm just tryin' to be the great, tryin' to get a piece of cake
Talking about trying to succeed and make money
Take it offa your plate, eat it right in your face
Claiming that he will take someone's success and flaunt it
They got a whole lot to say but I don't listen
Saying that he doesn't care about what others say
Call me automatic Weezy bitch I keep spittin', pow
Referring to Lil Wayne's nickname and his rapping style
With all these riches and, all these bitches
Talking about having money and women
But ain't no looters around
Saying that there are no criminals trying to steal from him
They thinkin' about shooters that shooters that
Referring to people thinking about those with guns
Guns Girls Ladies that Gunners that
Listing off different gun-related concepts
Put my hands up
Referring to putting one's hands in the air as a sign of surrender
But I'm not
Saying that he will not surrender
I just cry mama, I think they, hey
Saying that he is scared and misses his mom
Me think they want me to surrender (Shooter)
Referring to others wanting him to give up and be arrested or shot by a shooter
And to the radio stations, I'm tired o' being patient
Saying that he is tired of waiting for radio stations to play his music
Stop bein' rapper racists, region haters
Claiming that certain radio stations discriminate against rappers from certain regions
Spectators, dictators, behind door dick takers
Insulting those who are in control of the music industry
It's outrageous
Saying that the situation is ridiculous and unfair
You don't know how sick you make us
Saying that these people make him and others feel sick
I want to throw up like chips in Vegas
Expressing disgust
But this is Southern face it
Saying that this behavior is typical in the Southern US
If we too simple then y'all don't get the basics
Saying that people underestimate him because he appears simple, but they do not understand his greater strategy
Lady walks into a shotgun surprise (yeah)
Describing a woman encountering a surprise attack by someone with a shotgun
Dropped to her knees saw her life before her eyes
Saying that the woman is scared and feels like she is about to die
He said "Bitch is gonna get it" everybody gon' regret it
Describing the shooter wanting to harm the woman and others
I'm your, shooter!
Describing someone who is going to shoot
I try tell you what I am baby
Saying that he is trying to explain his true self
No, me won't surrenda, no, no
Stating that he will not surrender
I promise no surrenda'
Making a vow to not surrender
I got my burner
Saying that he has a gun
And I'm your shooter
Describing himself as someone who is willing to shoot others with his gun
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management
Written by: DWAYNE CARTER, ROBIN THICKE, JAMES GASS, ROBERT KEYES, ROBERT DANIELS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Dwyanerose
@DOTHERIGHTTHING1989 Wayne is the goat rapper…
A trash rapper wouldn’t be able to make absolute classics like the carter 2, 3, the dedication mixtape series, no ceilings mixtapes, the drought mixtapes ext…
A trash rapper wouldn’t be able to make a song like hustler music, sky is the limit, 6 foot 7 foot ext and have amazing dope metaphors, similes, punchlines, bars, and dope little inflection’s to his flows ext.
You’re probably whyte and started listening to little Wayne during his how to love/young money stage and think he’s trash because you only saw lil Wayne during his experimental period.
Just because you’re not tapped in to the culture doesn’t mean that Wayne is trash just because you say so… Wayne during those squad up mixtape days with dipset was legendary.
The funniest part is that I bet you judge Eminem based off of his best periods in hip hop when he released MMLP but you don’t judge Eminem off of his terrible albums like encore, recovery, revival ext when he was going through his pop stage 😂
@DaPurpleWeedMan
Lil Wayne will eventually be recognized as the best rapper ever. Biggie and Pac didn't have longevity. They died too soon before their prime. Most of their greatness is based on nostalgia. What was, or what could've been.
Remember the 99's and 2000s Hot Boys? Lil Wayne was on the track.
23 years later of hot ass lyrics.
Just consider the Carter 1, 2, 3 plus all the hot ass features he's done.
Lil Wayne is the best rapper ever.
If Biggie and 2pac were still alive, they would vote for Lil Wayne.
@whatever
Great song
@NitinBonagiri
guys ur videos rocks
@xEnigmatik360Mvz
ayyeee
@a7mDx909
whatever u suck guys
@beverlyjohson57
I love this song
@OS1540
Wayne was so perfect in this time. Sounded coherent, dreads the right length, tattoos the right amount, lyrics at its finest. Carter 2 Wayne could do no wrong
@nbaitxwnotch
t" comments like this annoy me
@OS1540
@3n4baitxwnotch 67 How?
@shannoncassidy4423
@OS1540 spot on
@donorthodox
Man stop it lol