Prom Queen

## Single by Lil Wayne

"**Prom Queen**" is the lead single from American rapper Lil Wayne's seventh studio album, *Rebirth* (2010). The song made its official debut on January 27, 2009, appearing on Wayne's Myspace page. The following day, "Prom Queen" was made available for purchase on all online music stores.

## Background

Drew Correa recalled to *Billboard*, "Wayne hit me up one night and wanted us to come through the studio to make some tracks with him live. When the track came together the next morning, everyone thought it was the shit, and he [Wayne] told us it would be a single. We thought he was joking. We thought he was just saying that to be nice. But, a couple of days later we were signing paperwork and it was actually happening."

## Music video

The music video premiered on *Jimmy Kimmel Live!*. The music video is about a young, high schooler Lil Wayne falling in love with a girl at school, but she denies him for someone else when she became prom queen. As they both age, Wayne becomes famous, while the girl becomes pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend who has left her. Wayne records the song "Prom Queen" as newspaper clippings of his life come up, such as his awards at the 2009 Grammy Awards and the major success of his album *Tha Carter III*. Later, Wayne performs with a Gibson Dark Fire guitar at a concert; Young Money artist Shanell Woodgett, who wrote the song, is also seen together with Wayne. During the concert, the girl who shunned Wayne in high school makes her way to the stage. When she reaches her hand out, hoping for Wayne to remember her, Wayne *does* remember her, and what she did to him; as a result, Wayne turns around just as they are about to touch hands, showing the girl how it felt when she did the same to him. At the end of the video, Wayne and Shanell are seen at the high school gym; they kiss and leave silently.

## Personnel

* Andrews "Drew" Correa – writer, producer
* Dwayne Carter Jr. – lead artist, writer, co-producer
* Fabian Marasciullo – mixer
* Finis White – recording engineer
* Marco "Infamous" Rodriguez-Diaz Jr. – writer, producer
* Miguel Bermudez – assistant mixer, assistant recording engineer
* Shanell Woodgett – background vocals

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Lil Wayne]

Yeah!

[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]

I loved her fancy underwear

I sit behind her every year

Waiting for the chance to get to tell her

I'm the one she should be with, oh

She's popular with all the guys

So innocent in my eyes

I can see her in my life

She would'a had the world if she were mine

But see, she had other plans, I couldn't understand

Her and her stupid friends, Varsity's biggest fans

Never forget the day she laughed and walked away

And I couldn't stop her, I guess she had it all

[Chorus: Lil Wayne]

She had it all figured out

When she left me with a broken heart

Fucked around and turned me down

'Cause she didn't think I could play the part

But now the prom queen, the prom queen

Is cryin', sittin' outside of my door

See, you never know how

How everything can turn around

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]

Uh, they loved her fancy underwear

Every boyfriend, every year

She tried to keep them entertained

When they can hardly remember her name, ah

She did everything she could

Just to make them laugh and treat her good

She finds herself alone

Askin' herself, where did she go wrong

She didn't realize she chased the type of guys

That don't believe in ties, tryin' to apologize

Never forget the day she left and walked away

And I couldn't stop her, I guess she had it all

[Chorus: Lil Wayne]

She had it all figured out

When she left me with a broken heart

Fucked around and turned me down

'Cause she didn't think I could play the part

But now the prom queen, the prom queen

Is cryin', sittin' outside of my door

See, you never know how

How everything can turn around

[Bridge: Lil Wayne]

Yeah

Yeah

Oh

Uh

Uh

[Chorus: Lil Wayne & Shanell]

She had it all figured out

When she left me with a broken heart

Fucked around and turned me down

'Cause she didn't think I could play the part

But now the prom queen, the prom queen

Is cryin', sittin' outside of my door

See, you never know how

How everything can turn around

## References

1. ↑ Harling, Danielle (January 27, 2009). "Story Behind Lil Wayne's "Prom Queen" Explained". *HipHopDX*.

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