Day 'n' Nite

## Single by Kid Cudi

"**Day 'n' Nite**" is a song by Kid Cudi, released as his debut commercial single on February 5, 2008. He co-wrote and produced it with Dot da Genius. It is featured in his albums *A Kid Named Cudi* and *Man on the Moon: The End of Day*. The official music video was directed by So Me and produced by Mourad Belkeddar.

Cudi wrote the song because of his uncle who passed away in 2006, describing it as therapy. He elaborated, "We were actually beefing because he forced me out the house when I didn't have another situation set up, so I was bitter. I never apologized for it, and that kills me. That's why I wrote 'Day 'n' Nite.' If he wasn't there to let me stay with him those first few months, there would be no Kid Cudi."

In a verified Genius annotation, he said about the track, "[T]he lonely stoner is me, that's what it is [...] Basically, I would come up with these ideas and I would run to the studio which was down the hall to O. Dots room and I'd tell him my ideas and we'd lay them down and then cycle would continue I would go back to my room for a couple days and be I'd be M.I.A. zone out and write, so in that time frame is me speaking about, you know what I was going through at that point in time."

The song peaked at #3 on the US *Billboard* Charts and was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

## Credits and personnel

* Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi – vocals, writer, producer
* Oladipo "Dot da Genius" Omishore – writer, producer, mixing, recording engineer

## Accolades

### BET Hip Hop Awards

 BET Hip Hop Award for Best Hip Hop Video

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Uh, uh

Uh, uh

Uh, uh

[Verse 1]

Day and night

I toss and turn, I keep stress in my mind, mind

I look for peace, but see, I don't attain

What I need for keeps, this silly game we play, play

Now look at this

Madness, the magnet keeps attracting me, me

I try to run, but see, I'm not that fast

I think I'm first but surely finish last, last

[Chorus]

'Cause day and night

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night

He's all alone through the day and night

The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night, at, at, at night

Day and night

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night

He's all alone, some things will never change

The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night, at, at, at night

[Verse 2]

Hold the phone

The lonely stoner, Mr. Solo Dolo

He's on the move, can't seem to shake the shade

Within his dreams he sees the life he made, made

The pain is deep

A silent sleeper, you won't hear a peep, peep

The girl he wants don't seem to want him too

It seems the feelings that she had are through, through

[Chorus]

'Cause day and night

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night

He's all alone through the day and night

The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night, at, at, at night

Day and night

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night

He's all alone, some things will never change (Yeah)

The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night, at, at, at night

(Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 3]

Slow mo'

When the tempo slows up and creates that new, new

He seems alive though he is feeling blue

The sun is shining, man, he's super cool, cool

The lonely nights

They fade away, he slips into his white Nikes

He smokes a clip and then he's on the way

To free his mind in search of, to free his mind in search of

To free his mind in search of

[Chorus]

Day and night

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night

He's all alone through the day and night

The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night, at, at, at night

Day and night

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night

He's all alone, some things will never change

The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night, at, at, at night

[Outro]

At, at, at night, night

Na-na-na-na-na-na, Kid Cudi

*Cleveland status, grind all day*

*Cleveland status, grind all night*

*Cleveland status, grind all day*

*Cleveland status, grind all night*

## References

1. ↑ Avila, Daniela (November 3, 2021). "Kid Cudi Says Writing 'Day 'N' Nite' Was 'Like Therapy' for Him in Clip from New Documentary". *People*.

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