Sinister

## Song by Lil Wayne

"**Sinister**" is a song by American rapper Cordae, released as the third single from his sophomore album, *From a Birds Eye View*, on December 3, 2021. It features guest vocals from Lil Wayne, with production handled by Hit-Boy. Audio Anthem co-produced the track.

## Critical reception

David Brake of *HipHopDX* wrote, "And he can still rap, holding his own alongside Lil Wayne on 'Sinister.'" Conversely, *Pitchfork*'s Jayson Buford remarked, "pits Cordae against Lil Wayne's crassness, with nothing to show for it but lines like 'Quitе nuclear/Amazing what fame could do to ya.'"

## Music video

The accompanying music video, directed by Edgar Esteves, was released on the same day of the song's release. *Uproxx* analyzed, "pays tribute to the Black Panther movement through reproductions of different images and symbols, while Cordae wears a similar outfit to the one founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale became known for."

## Personnel

* Anthony Vilchis – assistant mixer
* Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis, Jr. – writer, producer
* Cordae Dunston – lead artist, vocals, writer
* Dallas Martin – A&R director
* Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter, Jr. – featured artist, vocals, writer
* Joya Nemley – A&R administrator
* Manny Marroquin – mixer
* Michelle Mancini – masterer
* Rafeal "Audio Anthem" Brown – writer, co-producer
* RJ Cardenas – recording engineer
* Zach Pereyra – assistant mixer

## Gallery

* Lyric Video
* Genius

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus: Cordae]

Yeah, alright, my flow sinister

This ain't rap music, this straight literature

Small-minded n\*\*\*a, all your ideas miniature

They tend to hate on ya when they can't get rid of ya

I ain't goin' nowhere, twenty year career minimum

Call Hit-Boy for beats, ask for ten of 'em

I don't follow trends, my n\*\*\*a, I swing the pendulum

If the bitch bad, good dick, shit, I'm gon' give her some

[Verse 1: Cordae]

Let's reflect times, I try to collect minds

From complex rhymes and, by the way, shoutout Tech N9ne, uh

Go and shut the fuck up, just let me talk, n\*\*\*a (Shut the fuck up)

I'm a time bomb that's waitin' to go off, n\*\*\*a

Quite nuclear, amazin' what fame could do to ya

Too peculiar, although I'm truly a Renaissance starter

My mind divine, this shit take me a lot farther

Growing up, shit, I really had beef with my father

But why bother explainin' my feelings?

Try harder, but either way, they gon' paint you the villain (Yeah)

Eight months with no phone, dawg, we aimin' for brilliance

Hi-Level maintain in the building, n\*\*\*a, we makin' a killin', woo (Oh)

[Chorus: Cordae & Lil Wayne]

Yeah, alright, my flow sinister

This ain't rap music, this straight literature

Small-minded n\*\*\*a, all your ideas miniature

They tend to hate on ya when they can't get rid of ya

A wise man told me that silence never betrayed him

Keep your mouth shut, 'cause n\*\*\*as got ultimatums (Yeah)

Stupid situations, the tongue often creates 'em (Yeah)

The motor mouth n\*\*\*a is usually causin' mayhem

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]

Lil' Tune flow sinister, I'ma finish ya

Many men gon' need ministers, I'm amen-in' 'em

Enemies, I'm the enema, I'ma shit on them

Just like my keys, drop my genitals on her dental work

My thots I keep confidential or it's consequential

Our philosophies unidentical, I'm not into ya

My Siamese brother Benjamin, it's how I stick to him

These diamond B's all VVs, I call em' Vivica

Skatin' underneath a bridge, stay hustlin' as it is

Make money, feed the kids, ain't nothin' in the fridge

Wake up, repeat the sins, eight blunts, I needed ten

Stay muddy 'til the lid, eight-hundred, eat a dick

[Chorus: Cordae, *Lil Wayne*, **Both**]

Yeah, alright, my flow sinister (*Yeah*)

This ain't rap music, this straight literature (*Mula*)

Small minded n\*\*\*a, all your ideas miniature (*Yeah*)

They tend to hate on ya when they can't get rid of ya

**I ain't going nowhere, twenty year career minimum**

Call Hit-Boy for beats, **ask for ten of 'em**

**I don't follow trends my n\*\*\*a,** I swing the pendulum

If the bitch bad, good dick, shit, **I'm gon' give her some**

[Outro: Cordae]

Yeah, alright, my flow sinister

(Yeah, yeah)

Yeah, alright, my flow sinister

Huh, yeah, alright, my flow sinister

Never lied in my rhymes, you can go ask Jennifer

That's my mom's name, I create and find change

My mind frame ensures that forever I reign, motherfucker

## References

1. ↑ Brake, David (January 27, 2022). "Cordae 'From a Bird's Eye View' Reveals the Pitfalls of Idolizing Rap Purism". *HipHopDX*.
2. ↑ Buford, Jayson (January 21, 2022). "*From a Bird's Eye View*". *Pitchfork*.
3. ↑ Okon, Wongo (December 3, 2021). "Cordae and Lil Wayne Lead a Well-Orchestrated Revolution in Their Video for 'Sinister'". *Uproxx*.

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