Bricks

**"Bricks"**is a song by Tommy Genesis and Charli XCX.

## Background

It was likely recorded in April 2018, as XCX posted on Instagram that she had just recorded multiple songs with Cook and Genesis.

The song was supposed to be on the official Soundtrack for the movie Assination Nation. Despite the movie being released, the soundtrack strangely never was which resulted in the track never being released.

On December 4th, 2019, a fan asked on twitter if Bricks would ever release. Tommy later responded to this tweet saying "I got you." She then asked Charli if they should release the song, to which Charli said yes. The song was then released on December 12th, 2019.

## Theme

“Bricks” refers to gold bars, symbolizing wealth, which Charli reiterates later in the chorus. In the song, Charli portrays a fun and carefree lifestyle accompanied by riches.

## Lyrics

[Intro: Charli XCX]

Oh, beautiful

[Chorus: Charli XCX]

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks

Gloss on my lips

Blow 'em a kiss (Mwah)

Fuck it, I'm rich (Yeah)

I'm stackin' bricks

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

Gloss on my lips

Blow 'em a kiss (Mwah)

Fuck it, I'm rich (Yeah)

I'm stackin' bricks

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1: Charli XCX]

Stackin' bricks with the gang, gang

3 AM in the fast lane

Out in Bangkok with the girls in the Phantom

Drop the bricks with the bricks in the mansion

Real estate swish, got the gates with the camera (Camera)

Safe with the gold bars, count them

I'm on that wet like I stepped in a fountain

Yeah, my clique so quick, never catch 'em, no

Stack a brick, blue sky

Got my own jet, flying bricks out to Shanghai

City like sci-fi, If you wanna sniff at the bricks

Get you so high (So high)

All my clique drip gold

I'm-a gettin' rich, takin' drugs on a speedboat

Buy the whole ocean

Drop the bricks on the water make it splash, so cold

[Chorus: Charli XCX]

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks

Gloss on my lips

Blow 'em a kiss (Mwah)

Fuck it, I'm rich (Yeah)

I'm stackin' bricks

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

Gloss on my lips

Blow 'em a kiss (Mwah)

Fuck it, I'm rich (Yeah)

I'm stackin' bricks

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Tommy Genesis]

Look at my glow

All of my bitches, they gold

Look at my soul, look at my ice, so cold

Look at my face (Uh)

You cannot come to my show

I just might stay in a cage, yeah

Get like a fit with a rage, yeah

Stackin' a bricks in a daze, yeah, uh

I got diamonds, diamonds, diamonds

Diamonds, diamonds in my teeth

And I'm runnin', runnin', runnin'

Runnin', runnin' overseas, where?

I wanna know, do you not know?

All of my feelings are out

Get it and cut it up slow

Stack it up, stack it up, stack it up

Stack it

[Chorus: Tommy Genesis & Charli XCX]

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

Gloss on my lips

Blow 'em a kiss (Mwah)

Fuck it, I'm rich (Fuck it, I'm rich)

I'm stackin' bricks

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

Gloss on my lips

Blow 'em a kiss (Mwah)

Fuck it, I'm rich (Yeah)

I'm stackin' bricks

I'm stackin' bricks (Bricks)

I'm stackin' bricks with my clique

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge: Charli XCX]

I got Charli, Charli, Charli, baby, bumping on the speed

I got Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy ridin' in my clique

I got bricks, I got gold, I got rubies, watch me go

I got millions, trillions, look at us killing

Your windows are tinted, we pull up, might die

## Trivia

* This and the 100 Bad (Charli XCX Remix) are Tommy Genesis & Charli's only released collabs. Genesis also opened for Charli XCX for several dates on the North American tour of her album, *Charli*.

## References

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1. ↑ https://twitter.com/tommygenesis/status/1202330599597334528
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/charli\_xcx/status/1202339282914033670