Batman

Originally released as a video, “Batman” is the second single on Jaden Smith’s debut album *SYRE*.

## Background

Jaden’s admiration for Batman has been well-documented. In 2014, Jaden showed up to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s wedding in a white Batman costume and shared his condolences after Adam West, who played Batman from 1966-1968, passed away.

Jaden tweeted about fans calling him Batman.

The video was directed by Moises Arias, the child star of *Hannah Montana* turned popular Instagrammer, and is full of slo-mo shots of Jaden in the hills, scenes of him responding to a bat signal as Bruce Wayne, and getting into fights with Superman and Batman. Jaden has dreads in the video, so it was presumably before he infamously cut them off and took them to the Met Gala as an accessory.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah!

[Verse]

Batman, Batman, Batman, Joker just put me on acid

Huh, you on the wave like a Maverick, you need to make something happen

Batman, Batman, Batman, please put me on new fashion

Huh, I ain't learn nothing since last year, you got the renegade fabrics

Batman, Batman, Batman, please put me up on a Tesla (skrrt!)

I'm tryna be hella extra, please hand-me-down a new sweatshirt

Batman, Batman, Batman, heard that you ain't got a mattress

Heard that you king of Manhattan (Queens) so why you stay in the 'Basas?

Batman, Batman, Batman, we need to settle the scores

Jokers they still want a war, watch out, I'm closing the doors

Batman, Batman, Batman, I heard you married a Porsche

That shit is all in the past, plus we got very divorced

You ain't ready for the war, Skywalker with the force

1, 2, 3, 4, D'artiste is making noise

In the suburbs with the boys, on a roll, no Royce

Had to save the day every single way, we don't really got a choice

Batman, Batman, Batman, please save the day from the demons

I was sipping, he was leaning, we drove right into a precinct

Batman, Batman, Batman, why you look flyer than hell?

Don't think the album will sell, but this shit might fly off the shelf

Batman, Batman, Batman, so fly that you mad at yourself

You the one who got the juice, city crying for your help

Shooting up on Skid Row, out your window look and you could tell

Get it from under their spell, if I don't do it, then who else?

Need me to shoot up the signal

I'll be there to get the info, skrrtin' through the residential (skrrt!)

I wish it wasn't plain and simple

Lemme pull up to the party, need like 35 credentials

Batman, Batman, Batman, why you look flyer than hell?

Don't think the album will sell, but this shit might fly off the shelf

Batman, Batman, Batman, we need to settle the scores

Jokers they still want a war, hold up, I'm closing the doors

Batman, Batman, Batman, so fly that you mad at yourself

You the one who got the juice, city crying for your help

Batman, Batman, Batman, that was not part of the deal

You was protecting the bank and then you walked off with a mil'

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/officialjaden/status/885747728260661248?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgenius.com%2FJaden-smith-batman-lyrics
2. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jaden-smith-batman-music-video-song-twitter-drake-jumpman-a7791046.html