Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj (born August 18 1990), better known by her stage n… Read Full Bio ↴Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj (born August 18 1990), better known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper, model and visual artist.

Genesis released her first mixtape, World Vision, in 2015. In 2016, Dazed magazine described her as "the internet's most rebellious underground rap queen". Her music incorporates experimental styles and often sexual verses. Following the release of popular singles such as "Tommy" and "100 Bad", her debut studio album titled Tommy Genesis was released in November 2018. A follow-up EP, Tommy Genesis (Remixed), was released in December 2019 with new remixes of songs from her debut album.

Bricks
Tommy Genesis Lyrics

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I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks
Gloss on my lips, blow 'em a kiss (mwah)
Fuck it I'm rich (yeah)
I'm stacking bricks
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)

I'm stacking bricks with my clique
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
Gloss on my lips, blow 'em a kiss (mwah)
Fuck it I'm rich (yeah)
I'm stacking bricks
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Stacking bricks with the gang gang
3 AM in the fast lane
Out in Bangkok with the girls in the Phantom
Drop the bricks drop the bricks in the mansion
Real estate switch got the gates with the camera
Safe with the gold bars, counting them
Oh my neck wet like I stepped in the fountain
Yeah my clique so quick never catch 'em no
Stack a brick blue sky
Got my own jet flying bricks out to Shanghai
City like sci-fi
If you want a sniff of the bricks get you so high (so high)
All my clique drip gold
And we getting rich taking drags on the speed boat
Buy the whole ocean
Drop the bricks in the water make it splash, so cold

I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks
Gloss on my lips, blow 'em a kiss (mwah)
Fuck it I'm rich (yeah)
I'm stacking bricks
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
Gloss on my lips, blow 'em a kiss (mwah)
Fuck it I'm rich (yeah)
I'm stacking bricks
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Blue my glow
All of my bitches they gold
Look at my soul, Look at my icicle
Look at my face, uh
You can not come to my show
I just might stay in a cage, yeah
Cat like I fight with the rage, yeah
Stacking the bricks in a daze, yeah, uh (yeah)
I got diamonds, diamonds, diamonds, diamonds
Diamonds in my teeth
And I'm running, running, running, running
Running overseas, well
I wanna know, do you not know?
All of my feelings are old
Get it and cut it up slow
Stack it up (stack it up), Stack it up
Stack it up

I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks
Gloss on my lips, blow 'em a kiss (mwah)
Fuck it I'm rich (fuck it I'm rich)
I'm stacking bricks
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
Gloss on my lips, blow 'em a kiss (mwah)
Fuck it I'm rich (yeah)
I'm stacking bricks
I'm stacking bricks (bricks)
I'm stacking bricks with my clique
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I got Charli, Charli, Charli
Baby bumping on the speed
I got Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy
Riding in my clique
I got bricks, I got gold
I got rubies, watch me glow

I got millions, billions, look at us killing ya
Windows all tinted we pull up like, woo (yeah)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Tommy Genesis' song "Bricks" speak to the rapper's success and wealth. As the title implies, Genesis stacks "bricks" with her "clique," referring to her friends and associates in the music industry. The use of industrial and constructionist language elevated by her ostentatious outlook establishes her as a self-made woman who hustles and acquires wealth with ease. The visual language of the song transforms the listener into an observer at an exclusive location where only the richest people can get in. Genesis is at the center of attention and wants the world to know about her lavish lifestyle.

Using gloss on her lips, blowing a kiss while she stacks bricks and the boasting of her wealth both through a financial and social standpoint show her confidence and carefree attitude. The song is focused around the artist's successful financial position and her ability to travel and live a life of luxury. Given the repetitive nature of the song, it focuses more heavily on its infectious beat and how it makes one feel as opposed to understanding its deeper meaning.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm stacking bricks
I'm accumulating assets or wealth.

Stack a brick blue sky
I accumulate wealth quickly.

If you want a sniff of the bricks get you so high (so high)
Accumulating wealth is addictive.

Drop the bricks in the water make it splash, so cold
I have so much wealth, I can dispose of it without a second thought.

All my clique drip gold
Everyone in my group is extremely wealthy.

I got Charli, Charli, Charli
I have famous friends like Charli XCX.

I got bricks, I got gold
I am wealthy and have assets.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ag Cook, Charlotte Aitchison, Tommy Genesis

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