I want to make a song like “Old Town Road”
I’m gonna get on Billboard too
I want to make a song like “Old Town Road”
Just tell me what I have to do

I looked up Lil Nas
Found out what he did
He bought a 30 dollar beat
From an unknown Dutch kid

He bought it on BeatStars,
A site for buying beats,
He just downloaded it
They didn’t have to meet

Don’t need a big label
To release a catchy rhyme
You just need this URL
And $29.99

Then you gotta write a song
Record it on your phone
You’ll hear “Kio” in the background
As you’re working on your tone

Then you drop it on TikTok
And watch it climb the charts
(Until Billboard finds out you’re black,
They’ll take it all apart)

Lil Nas’s song caught fire
And I bet that mine will be too
Nothing kids like more
Than a middle-aged white dude

I want to make a song like “Old Town Road”
I’m gonna get on Billboard too
I want to make a song like “Old Town Road”
Just tell me what I have to do

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