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We stay hungry we devour lyrics clean11/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Period." He also stated that as the reason he wanted Johnson to appear on the track. This is going to get people pumped up to lift weights, pumped up for fights, pumped up for the game. Regarding the song, Tech N9ne said, "This is an energy song. The message of the song revolves around work ethic. Johnson's verse was inspired from a conversation that he and N9ne had when they were on the set of the comedy-drama series Ballers, about being the "hardest worker in the room" Johnson told Variety, "He said something that I really appreciated: basically, 'There could never be enough food in this room or on this set that could make me full because I always want to be hungry.' I just love that." Tech initially had the idea of Johnson reciting spoken words of motivation to close out the song, but Johnson ended up writing his own lyrics to the song. In 2020, Tech N9ne contacted Dwayne Johnson about the song through private message on Instagram and suggested a collaboration. The song also features uncredited vocals from rapper Krizz Kaliko and was produced by Seven. It was released on October 8, 2021, as the lead single from Tech N9ne's twenty-third studio album Asin9ne. On October 17th, TikToker posted a video about letting his beast mode activate to the song, gaining over 6.8 million views in a day (shown below, right)." Face Off" is a song by American rapper Tech N9ne featuring fellow American rappers Joey Cool and King Iso and American entertainer Dwayne Johnson. On October 16th, TikToker posted a video of someone running at ridiculous speeds on a treadmill captioned "Me after hearing Dwayne rap," gaining over 15 million views in two days (shown below, left). ![]() For example, on October 14th, TikToker posted a skit about getting up and turning your life around using the song, gaining over 3.8 million views in four days (shown below). ![]() It is most commonly used in TikToks joking about how the song gets listeners hyped with its lyrics about drive and power and the fact that it's The Rock rapping it. In the days after the song was released, it started to become popularized on TikTok, particularly the portion of the song featuring The Rock's verse. On October 11th, Twitter user tweeted "the rock rapping is literal proof we living in a simulation," gaining over 4,000 likes in a comparable span of time (shown below). On October 9th, Twitter user posted "why tf is the rock rapping brah" along with the clip, gaining over 195,000 likes, 8.4 million views and 23,000 retweets in a week. On October 8th, 2021, the song's release date, music YouTuber ImDontai reacted to the verse in a video gaining over 1.1 million views in a week (shown below). The Rock's rap verse inspired contentious reactions from listeners, as well as ironic memes focused on the absurdity of The Rock rapping. So bring drama to the king Brahma (Then what?)Ĭomin' at ya' with extreme mana (Ahoo, ahoo, ahoo) Spread Mean on ya like a dream when I'm rumblin' I change the game so what's my motherfuckin' name? (Rock)ĭesecration, defamation, if you wanna bring it to the massesįace to face now we escalatin' when I have to put boots to asses ![]() Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's oursīlack and Samoan in my veins, my culture bangin' with Strange It's about drive, it's about power, we stay hungry, we devour The aggressively rapped lyrics focus on power and strength, with The Rock mentioning his Samoan roots at one point and referencing one of his catchphrases "boots to asses." The Rock is an actor and former wrestler and has never released or appeared in a rap song before this. On October 8th, 2021, rapper Tech N9ne released his album ASIN9NE along with a music video on YouTube for the song "Face Off," featuring performances by King Iso, Joey Cool and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (shown below). ![]()
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