My Dawgs

"**My Dawgs**" is a song by Conor Michael Smith, released under the name 'Michael Conor'. The audio was published to SoundCloud on October 19, 2016, with the official music video uploaded to YouTube the same date, shot and edited by SceneAmatiX. It depicts Smith with several of his friends in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.. The song samples The Notorious B.I.G's "Juicy".

In December 2018, he performed it at the X-Mas with Cassidy event.

## Background

Smith removed it down from his SoundCloud and unlisted the music video on his YouTube channel in 2018, explaining he was just experimenting at that time. Later in December 2018, he made the track public again on his SoundCloud, then unlisted once more in February 2019. The accompanying music video was also made private.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus]

Ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Might've hit the mall, buy it all with my dawgs

'Bout to hit the court, gonna ball on my dawgs

'Cause ain't nothing changed, still hanging with my dawgs

[Verse 1]

Ridin' through the streets on the east side

Hand out the window throw a peace sign

Got fans in the stands with their hands up

You can try to come close, but you can't touch

So don't hate, 'cause we don't want none of it

We're in your town, but we ain't even come from it

It's just us, getting love where we came from

Do it all with my dawgs since day one

Might hit the mall, cop the J's that just dropped

Hit the court JR with the jump-shot

Going up all night, yeah we don't stop

We're gonna rise from the bottom till we on top

[Chorus]

Ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Might've hit the mall buy it all with my dawgs

'Bout to hit the court gonna ball on my dawgs

'Cause ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Might've hit the mall buy it all with my dawgs

'Bout to hit the court gonna ball on my dawgs

'Cause ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

[Verse 2]

Uh, we never coming up short

People lookin' at the whip that we riding in

We're all 'bouta ball up at the court

Ain't my crossover looking like Iverson

If you stick to your roots ain't nothing gonna change you

I'm like Ray, still with the same crew

Ay, came in the game I'ma stay true

Don't ever change for the fame, 'cause it ain't you

It don't come easy like this, you can't beat me

Can you even see how I write this?

People think it's easy when they read or recite this

They didn't believe me and now they see that I might just be up now

I got the vision, they ain't seein' it though

I ain't playing any games, in a league of my own

And I got a small circle I be keeping it closed

And maybe one day they'll be putting me on a throne (It's Michael Conor)

[Chorus]

Ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Might've hit the mall buy it all with my dawgs

'Bout to hit the court gonna ball on my dawgs

'Cause ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Ain't nothing changed still hanging with my dawgs

Might've hit the mall, buy it all with my dawgs

'Bout to hit the court gonna ball on my dawgs

'Cause ain't nothing changed, still hanging with my dawgs

## References

1. ↑ "Michael Conor - My Dawgs (Official Video)". October 19, 2016.
2. ↑ "Michael Conor (@MichaelConor)". *Twitter*. October 16, 2016.
3. ↑ Michael Conor - "My Dawgs" | Genius Lyrics. *Genius*. October 19, 2016.
4. ↑ Over the lyric website Genius, Michael and his friend Jake Bopple provided explanations on a few lyrics. In this particular lyric, Jake Bopple wrote, "Michael is referencing Cavaliers player JR Smith who is known to have an excellent jump shot, he is implying that he has a very good jump shot."
5. ↑ Smith explained: "In this line Michael references fellow Cleveland rapper Ray Jr's 2014 hit 'Same Crew.'" Ray Jr. helped Smith at the start of his career, so this may be in tribute.