If there’s one thing in life you cannot escape, it’s destiny. At 18 years-o… Read Full Bio ↴If there’s one thing in life you cannot escape, it’s destiny. At 18 years-old, Miami-born rapper Tay Dizm left the comfort and security of his foster mother’s house in search of his real family. After reconnecting with his two biological brothers who had formed a rap group called FMB, Tay realized he too wanted to rap and set out on a career path that would ultimately lead him to befriend the Grammy award winning, super producer T-Pain.
In 2003, Tay Dizm met T-Pain after the two faced off in a spontaneous dance competition in a Tallahassee, FL nightclub. After building a friendship, T-Pain offered to take Dizm on the road with him as his hype man. The two traveled the globe extensively for close to four years, before Tay was ready to become an artist in his own right. Now, Dizm will serve as the first artist to be released from T-Pain’s newly formed independent label, Nappy Boy Digital. Thanks to the overwhelming success of his first single “Beam Me Up,” which features both T-Pain and Rick Ross, Dizm is well on his way to becoming the successful artist he was always meant to be.

For the first years of his life, Tay Dizm (born Artavious Smith), was raised under the care of social workers and various foster parents. Because his biological mother was deemed unfit, Tay was placed in a permanent foster home at the age of five where he would stay until his senior year of high school. “My mom was doing her thing so I really never got the chance to bond with her,” says Tay. “People used to always come pick me up and I’d stay at this home for a little bit and then this home, but it never really hit me. When I was five I stayed in a house ‘til I was like 18 and I’m thinking this person is my mom.”
Just like any other well cared for child, Tay was raised with all the comforts and support of a loving household. When he was in middle school, Tay joined his school’s band and started playing the drums. He continued to study percussion until he entered high school when the allure of playing sports took over. Throughout high school, Tay excelled in football, basketball and track and was even offered college scholarships, but the overwhelming urge to reconnect with his family lead him astray.
“I really wanted to be with my real family,” says Tay. “I just wanted to get to know them. When I was in my foster home, I was well taken care of. I never had to think about the real world and what was going on out there. So I just dropped out of school my senior year and I moved up to the Gainesville area (Lake City/Ft. White) where my family lived. I just left everything.”
Once he reached Gainesville, Tay started rapping with his two brothers who taught him the essential elements of how to construct rhyme patterns. Together, Tay and his brothers released mixtapes in their area, but still Dizm hungered for more. “We used to have little group meetings and I would just see bigger things that our group could do, but they had families and stuff so all that was getting in the way,” says Tay. “I didn’t really have anything to lose so I just went on and left Gainesville and went to Tallahassee.”
Tay moved in with his cousin who was an associate of an up-and-coming rapper turned singer named T-Pain. After meeting Pain only briefly, Dizm ran into him again and ended up going toe-to-toe with the budding entertainer. “Pain was in the club dancing and I didn’t really know who was dancing so I jumped in the big circle and then me and him was battling in front of everybody,” remembers Tay. “Later on that night he was like, ‘I didn’t know that you danced like that!’ And ever since then, we just clicked up.”
T-Pain invited Tay to appear on both of his albums, Rappa Ternt Sanga (2005) and Epiphany (2007), and when it came time to pick his first artist to represent his brand new venture Nappy Boy Digital, Pain chose Dizm. Tay was also handpicked to appear on a number of hard hitting tracks including “She Got It” with 2 Pistols, “Who Da Heck is Dat” with Dolla and “G-5” with Huey. With a web wide release for Tay’s own first single “Beam Me Up” as well as a strong push at nationwide radio mix shows, Dizm’s sound is starting to take the entire country by storm. “I’m just myself, I’m not really trying to be nobody,” explains Tay. “I talk about real stuff, stuff that I’ve been through, when I was coming up as a child. I ain’t on that dope boy stuff ‘cause the dope game fucked my whole family up so I really can’t support it.”
With a rhythmic mixture of hip-hop, R&B and soul, Tay strives to make uplifting music that touches on his personal journey and aims to empower his listeners. “I’m out here to let people know there really is hope and anything that you stick your mind to can happen,” he says. “I feel like if I can do it, anybody can do it. Nobody gave me nothing so for real man, anything is possible.”
Tay’s debut album, Welcome to the New World, will be released through Nappy Boy Digital early next year and boasts an array of high level collaborators such as Chris Brown, Jim Jonsin, Bangladesh and off course T-Pain. With an amazing team around him and a superstar behind him, Tay Dizm is destined to be a driving force in pop music. Oooohwee!

The Way Your Body Moves
Tay Dizm Lyrics

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(All star!)
My dream girl, my dream girl
I like the way your body moves, show me what to do
Yeah a nigga feelin you, oh, oh
Yeah you're my dream girl, lets take flight to a new world
Spaceship my time, so lets go hit the sky
Yeah, like off we go, and the people like wow, like where did they go, oh, oh
She'll be alright, cuz I have a bag (?)

Like the way you work your body, the way you do it for me
I like the way your body moves, show me what to do
Yeah a nigga feelin you, oh, oh

Yeah you're my dream girl, lets take flight to a new world
Spaceship my time, so lets go hit the sky
Come on lets get high, lets just hit the sky
Baby just us two, wanna see your body move, yeah
I like the way your body moves, show me what to do
Yeah a nigga feelin you, oh, oh

Yeah you're my dream girl, lets take flight to a new world
Spaceship my time, so lets go hit the sky

Overall Meaning

In Tay Dizm's song "The Way Your Body Moves," he describes his affection for a woman he sees as his dream girl. He admires the way she moves and wants her to show him how to groove with her. Tay Dizm compares the experience of being with his ideal partner to taking flight on a spaceship, exploring a new world together. For him, being with his dream girl is a thrilling experience that leaves an impression on others.

The song's lyrics evoke feelings of desire, infatuation, and a sense of escape from reality. Tay Dizm's lyrics paint a picture of his ideal partner as someone who guides him through his movements and makes him feel confident. He describes a desire to experience a sense of freedom away from other people's perceptions and judgments. The song captures a feeling of liberation that can only be found when two people feel a deep connection with one another.

In summary, "The Way Your Body Moves" is a song that speaks to a longing for deep human connection and the feeling of freedom that can come from sharing that with another person.

Line by Line Meaning

My dream girl, my dream girl
The singer is talking about a perfect girl he's always dreamed of having.

I like the way your body moves, show me what to do
The singer is impressed by the girl's dance moves and asks her to teach him.

Yeah a nigga feelin you, oh, oh
The singer is attracted to the girl and is expressing his feelings.

Yeah you're my dream girl, lets take flight to a new world
The singer wants to escape reality with the girl and start a new journey with her.

Spaceship my time, so lets go hit the sky
The singer is using a spaceship metaphor to show that he and the girl are going to leave the Earth and enter a new world.

Like off we go, and the people like wow, like where did they go, oh, oh
The singer imagines people being surprised to see them leaving and disappearing from the scene.

She'll be alright, cuz I have a bag (?)
The singer reassures the girl that they will be fine on their journey, maybe using money as a metaphor.

Like the way you work your body, the way you do it for me
The singer is lauding the girl's dance moves and how they are specifically for him.

Come on lets get high, lets just hit the sky
The singer is encouraging the girl to join him in their journey to a new world.

Baby just us two, wanna see your body move, yeah
The singer wants to be alone with the girl and watch her dance moves.

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