Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kanye West
Vocals
Paul Wall
Vocals
GLC
Vocals
Hank Crawford
Sampled Artist
The WRLDFMS Tony Williams
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kanye West
Songwriter
Paul Slayton
Songwriter
Leonard Harris
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kanye West
Producer
Richard Reitz
Assistant Engineer
Anthony Kilhoffer
Recording Engineer
Nate Connelly
Assistant Engineer
Mike Mo
Assistant Engineer
MIKE DEAN
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Dawson
Recording Engineer
Vlado Meller
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Drive slow, homie
Drive slow, homie
You never know, homie
Might meet some hoes, homie
You need to pump your brakes and drive slow, homie
[Verse 2]
My homie Mali used to stay, at 79th and May
One of my best friends from back in the day
Down the street from Calumet, a school full of Stones
He nicknamed K-Rock so they a-leave me alone
Bulls jacket with his hat broke way off
And walked around the mall with his radio face off
Plus he had the spinner from his Dayton's in his hand
Keys in his hand, reason again to let you know he's the man
Back when we rocked Ellesses, he had dreams of Caprices
Drove by the teachers, even more by polices
How he get the cash? The day his father passed away
Left him with a lil something, 16, he was stunting
Al B. Sure! **** with the hair all wavy
Hit Lake Shore, girls go all crazy
Hit the freeway, go at least 'bout eighty
Boned so much that summer, even had him a baby
See, back, back then, then, if you had a car
You was the Chi-Town version of Baby
And I was just a virgin, a baby
One of the reasons I looked up to him crazy
I used to love to play my demo tape when the system yanked
Felt like I was almost signed, when the shit got cranked
We'll take a Saturday and just circle the mall
They had they Lincolns and Auroras, we was hurting 'em all
With the girls, a lotta flirting involved
But, dawg, fuck all that flirting, I'm tryna get in some drawers
So put me on with these hoes, homie
He told me, don't rush to get grown, drive slow, homie
[Verse 3]
Drive slow, homie
Drive slow
You never know, homie
About these hoes, homie
You need to pump your brakes and drive slow, homie
[Verse 4]
What it do?
I'm posted up in the parking lot, my trunk waving
The candy gloss is immaculate, it's simply amazing
Them elbows poking wide on that candy 'Lac
Trunk open, screens on, neon's lit with fifth relaxed
I'm on a mission for dime pieces and sexy ladies
Allow me to introduce you to my CL Mercedes
It's a star-studded event when I valet park
Open up my mouth and sunlight illuminates the dark
You see them fours crawling?
You see them screens falling?
The disco ball in my mouth insinuates I'm balling
I'm leaning on the switch, sitting crooked in my slab
But I could still catch boppers if I drove a cab
A young Houston hard hitter, all about the scrilla
Riding something candy-coated, crawling like a caterpillar
I'm tipping on them fours, I'm jamming on that Screw
I'm looking for them hoes, baby, what it do?
Drive slow, homie
[Verse 5]
Turn your hazard lights on when you see them hoes
(Drive slow, homie)
If you riding around the city with nowhere to go
(Drive slow, homie)
Live today 'cause tomorrow, man, you never know
[Verse 6]
You never know, homie
Might meet some hoes, homie
You need to pump your brakes and drive slow, homie
[Verse 7]
(My car's like the movie, my car's like the crib)
(I got more TV's in here than where I live)
And that don't make no sense but, baby, I'm the shit
And everything I flip, you know it's something serious
I got the custom grill, I got the Brabus rims
I got the baller genetics, baby, this evidence
You see a player flicking and how you ain't convinced
That you should go and kiss it, just a lil bit
I'm wearing my custom Kings, I got my Jesus chain
My canaries is gleaming through my angel wings
They see me, hoes acting like they seen a king
With that mean lean, smoking on that finest Cali green
My woodgrain oak, I'm riding on Vogue's
My cylinder quiet, like tip-toes
I sold Os and this I know
When you see them hoes, lil homie, drive slow, drive slow
[Verse 8]
Yeah
Drive slow, homie
Drive slow, homie
You never know, homie
Might meet some hoes, homie
You need to pump your brakes and drive slow, homie
Drive slow, homie
Written by: Douglas Fraser Edwards, Kanye West, Leonard Harris, Paul Slayton, Warren Trotter