Toosie Slide

“Toosie Slide” marks Drake’s first foray into dance records as he raps the instructions to the titular dance. He also boasts about his dancing skills and compares them to the legendary Michael Jackson. The song and its accompanying dance are named after famed Atlanta choreographer Toosie, who on March 29—five days before the song’s release—posted a video of him, along with other dancers Hiii Key, Ayo & Teo, doing the dance, which later went viral. In an interview with GQ a day before the song was released, Toosie spoke on how the song and it’s dance came about: “[Drake] had a record idea and needed me to come up with a dance to it. Everybody was contributing little moves, and slowly but surely, we started piecing it together. He went back and finished the song after we sent him the dance. Then he called me, and he was like “Yo, everybody is in love with the dance. Everybody’s been doing it. We’re all calling it the Toosie Slide right now. It’s sticking and we might just call the song that.” Later on, he let me know he was officially going to name the song “Toosie Slide.” I was in shock. I couldn’t even believe it.” The single is Drake’s first official release on all streaming platforms and third release overall in 2020, following the Future-assisted “Desires,” which was released in January, and “Chicago Freestyle” and “When to Say When”—both which were released four weeks prior to this song. “Toosie Slide,” along with the three other songs were later placed on Drake’s fifth mixtape, Dark Lane Demo Tapes.

[Pre-Chorus] Black leather glove, no sequins Buckles on the jacket, it's Alyx shit Nike crossbody, got a piece in it Got a dance, but it's really on some street shit I'ma show you how to get it [Chorus] It go right foot up, left foot, slide Left foot up, right foot, slide Basically, I'm sayin' either way, we 'bout to slide, ayy Can't let this one slide, ayy [Post-Chorus] Don't you wanna dance with me? No? I could dance like Michael Jackson I could give you thug passion It's a Thriller in the trap where we from Baby, don't you wanna dance with me? No? I could dance like Michael Jackson I could give you satisfaction And you know we out here every day with it I'ma show you how to get it [Chorus] It go right foot up, left foot, slide Left foot up, right foot, slide Basically, I'm sayin', either way, we 'bout to slide, ayy Can't let this one slide, ayy (Who's bad?) [Verse 1] Two thousand shorties wanna tie the knot, ayy, yeah Two hundred shooters on my brother's block, woah, yeah Petal off a rose like I love her not, maybe not I don't know what's wrong with me, I can't stop, woah, yeah Won't stop, woah, yeah, never stop Got so many opps, I be mistakin' opps for other opps Got so many people that I love out of troubled spots Other than the family I got, it's either you or me That's just how I think, it's either you or me This life got too deep for you, baby Two or three of us about to creep where they stayin' [Pre-Chorus] Black leather glove, no sequins Buckles on the jacket, it's Alyx shit Nike crossbody, got a piece in it Got a dance, but it's really on some street shit I'ma show you how to get it [Chorus] It go right foot up, left foot, slide Left foot up, right foot, slide Basically, I'm sayin' either way, we 'bout to slide, ayy Can't let this one slide, ayy (Who's bad?) [Verse 2] Toosie slide, then I hit it double-time Then I hit a spin 'cause we spun their block a couple times If it's not the right time, there'll always be another time I'm not even trippin', we'll just see 'em in the summertime, woah, yeah Can't describe the pressure I be puttin' on myself, yeah Really, I just can't afford to lose nobody else, yeah If they movin' shaky, we'll just do this shit ourselves, woah If I'm movin' shaky, Chubbs'll do this shit himself, yeah Solo niggas, only YOLO, for real Heard a lot about you but we don't know for real Next time, guarantee the truth'll get revealed [Pre-Chorus] Black leather gloves, no sequins, yeah Buckles on the jacket, it's Alyx shit Nike crossbody, got a piece in it Got a dance, but it's really on some street shit I'ma show you how [Chorus] It go right foot up, left foot, slide Left foot up, right foot, slide Basically, I'm sayin' either way we 'bout to slide, ayy Can't let this one slide, ayy [Post-Chorus] Don't you wanna dance with me? No? I could dance like Michael Jackson (Jackson) I could give you thug passion (Passion) It's a Thriller in the trap where we from (Where we from) Baby, don't you wanna dance with me? No? I could dance like Michael Jackson (Jackson) I could give you satisfaction ('Faction) And you know we out here every day with it I'ma show you how to get it [Chorus] It go right foot up, left foot, slide Left foot up, right foot, slide Basically, I'm sayin' either way we 'bout to slide (Who's bad?)