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Thought I Was Dead ft. ScHoolboy Q & Santigold de Tyler

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CHROMAKOPIA

28 de abril de 2025

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La canción "Thought I Was Dead", que cuenta con las colaboraciones de ScHoolboy Q y Santigold, es uno de los temas destacados del álbum "CHROMAKOPIA" de Tyler. Lanzada el 28 de octubre de 2024, esta pieza musical abarca géneros diversos como hip hop y trap, lo que permea su sonido fresco y contemporáneo.

Desde el comienzo, la letra nos introduce en un mundo cargado de autoafirmación y desafío. El protagonista se dirige a aquellos que pensaron que había caído en una especie de olvido o fracaso, expresando con contundencia su regreso a la escena. La repetición del estribillo “You niggas thought I was dead” no solo enfatiza su resurgimiento, sino que también puede entenderse como una crítica hacia quienes subestiman su capacidad para destacar en un entorno competitivo. Este tono desafiante refleja una resiliencia palpable frente a las adversidades.

El significado más profundo detrás de la letra revela un viaje emocional complejo. Al manifestar estar “atrapado en el zoológico”, Tyler evoca metáforas sobre la sensación de ser observado y juzgado, atrapado entre expectativas ajenas y su propia lucha interna. La alusión al deseo de espacio se percibe claramente como un anhelo de libertad personal; está intentando escapar del caos que lo rodea mientras busca reafirmar su identidad.

A medida que avanza la canción, se vislumbran ironías escondidas sobre el éxito: menciona cómo quienes logran hacerse ricos pueden cambiar sus comportamientos hasta volverse distantes e irreconocibles para los demás. El protagonista sostiene una crítica social hacia aquellos que priorizan superficialidades por encima de conexiones genuinas, algo común dentro del entorno musical actual donde muchos artistas se obsesionan con la fama efímera.

Los temas centrales giran en torno a la autenticidad versus la imagen pública. El protagonista establece una distancia emocional con los “falsos amigos” y critican el comportamiento superficial generalizado. En momentos donde expresa frustración—“no quiero ser encontrado”—la lírica destaca una dualidad palpable: por un lado quiere ser reconocido por su arte; pero por otro muestra desdén hacia las interacciones insinceras típicas del juego musical contemporáneo.

El tono emocional es intensamente crudo y honesto; sin temor a mostrar vulnerabilidad oculta tras una fachada aparentemente fuerte. Usando una perspectiva en primera persona, se siente cercana e íntima; esto permite al oyente conectar profundamente con las luchas internas del protagonista mientras asegura que no será relegado a “lo muerto”. Este retorno cinemático no solo llega como afirmación personal sino también como llamada para quienes puedan sentir que han sido olvidados en sus propias vidas.

El contexto cultural también juega un papel significativo aquí: lanzada en una era donde muchas voces marginadas encuentran finalmente espacio para expresarse sin miedo al juicio externo, Tyler trae consigo no solo su propia historia sino también resonancias colectivas profundas alrededor de identidad racial, autenticidad artística y conflicto personal.

Comparándola con otras obras del propio Tyler o colaboraciones pasadas, se nota cierto crecimiento artístico; hay más apertura aquí respecto a cambios internos y retos sociales complejos versus enfoques anteriores quizás más centrados exclusivamente en lo lúdico o superficial.

"Thought I Was Dead" es así una declaración asociativa sobre resistencia personal marcada por vivencias transformadoras del artista. Una invitación a escuchar entre líneas lo que realmente significa perseverar frente al rechazo tanto interno como externo. La canción finaliza dejando claro: aunque hayan pensado que estaba fuera del juego, el protagonista no sólo sigue aquí sino que está reclamando voz potente además de dejar claro quién manda hoy en día.

Interpretación del significado de la letra realizada con IA.

(You don't wanna, go to war with a soldier)
(You don't wanna, go to war with a soldier, you niggas thought I was dead, you niggas thought I was dead)
(You don't wanna, go to war with a soldier, you niggas thought I was dead, you niggas thought I was dead)
(You don't wanna, go to war with a soldier, you niggas thought I was dead, you niggas thought I was dead, there's more to life than just fuckin' workin', bro, they thought I was dead)
Okay, bitch I've been trapped in the zoo
Nigga got packs like a crack of a tooth (Uh-huh, uh-huh)

I need some space like the back of a coupe

I'm tryna magic wand, I'm tryna poof, so (They thought I was dead, hm, uh)

Grab the blammer (Hm), fuck all the glitz and the glamour (Hm)

I want a crib in Atlanta, holdin' me and my bitch in your Pampers (Hm)

Them niggas thought I was dead (Hm)

Them niggas thought I was dead (You ain't gon' see me)

You niggas thought I was dead (No-no way)

You niggas thought I was dead (Turn to a ghost)

Them niggas thought I was dead (I'm over this shit)

Them niggas thought I was dead (I'm over this shit)

(They thought I was dead, dea-ea-ead)

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

You niggas thought I was dead

Get love in the hood, but I must leave (Yeah)

Born way in the Hills where they can't see (Can't see)

Swear I burn twenty Ms, 2018 (Yeah)

Like I play for the Bills, goin' O-D (They thought I was dead)

Niggas tend to get rich and they act weird (Act weird)

How you walkin' up the party with your butt pierced? (Mm, uh)

Shit, I'd rather play golf 'til the check clear (Yeah)

Niggas turn 35 now they out here (They thought I was dead)

Nigga, Rolls or the Royce, tryna program

I was really outside with the dopeman

Now I really got Ms, nigga, no chance

I don't wanna be seen in your bromance, hm

Packed in, god damn, dat dream

Never seen a nigga with a fuckin' (They thought I was)

Cat game, if a nigga think he gon' get

Blatt-blatt-blatt-blatt

You niggas thought I was dead (Yeah)

You niggas thought I was dead (Suu)

You niggas thought I was dead (Oh)

You niggas thought I was dead (You niggas thought I was dead)

Niggas thought I was dead (Woah, I was dead)

Niggas thought I was dead (Woah, woah)

You niggas thought I was dead (Dea-ea-ead)

You niggas thought I was dead (They thought I was dead)

I don't wanna be found (Mm, uh), I don't wanna be down (Mm, uh)

I don't wanna be found (Mm, uh), I don't wanna be down (Mm, uh)

I don't wanna be found (Woo), I don't wanna be down (Oh, you know Tyler, his talk)

I don't wanna be found (I'm so sick of these niggas), I don't wanna be down (They don't know you, ooh, ah)

White boys mockin' this shit and y'all mad at me? Y'all can suck my dick (Suck my dick)

Pull up old tweets, pull up old t-shirts, all that, I moonwalk over that bitch (Hee-hee)

T-T changed like the fit got dirty

I was young man, then a nigga hit thirty

I was one mill', then a nigga hit thirty

Bitch, you ain't Coco Gauff, you can't serve me (Mm, uh)

You anti-war? Hm, yeah, right

Niggas runnin' they mouth, keep it airtight

I'ma crash shit out 'til my hair white (Mm, uh)

I got too much drive, I'm a terabyte (Mm, uh)

I got a big ol' head, I ain't like these niggas (Niggas)

Nuh-uh, don't put me with these niggas (Niggas)

I'on "Haha, keke" with these niggas (Niggas)

Loiter Squad, baby, I don't be with these niggas (Niggas)

Same boys with me since back-back then (Mm, uh)

Everything I said I do, I did (True story)

Talk my shit? I sure damn will (Mm, uh)

You ain't like that shit? I's do it again (Mm, uh)

Five in the morning, I be hatin' on shit (Mm, uh)

Ten in the evening, I be hatin' on shit (Mm, uh)

Ten years later, mighta changed my mind (Mm, uh)

I'm a fake-ass bitch, don't kill me (Mm, uh)

I'm a hypocrite, ain't real, ain't really

I'm a big troll, haha, I'm silly (I'm silly)

Fuck you know about being better than them niggas that you hate?

You ain't good at shit, you can't feel me

Talk your one-trick goat, I'm billy (Mm, uh)

Shoutout papa, he for real (Mm, yeah, uh)

Don't test V, he pop for real (Mm, uh)

Had to call him like, "Stop and chill" (Mm, uh, ah), look

I tries to be out the way

I like the farm with the lake, I like some truth in my space

Y'all niggas friendly and fake

"That's big bro," how? When y'all met yesterday?

This feel Planet of the Apes

Why am I filled with this hate?

Got freedom in every way

Y'all wanna take what I got, but y'all do not got what it take

I don't wanna be found, ya ho (Yeah, yeah)

I don't wanna be down, ya ho (Yeah, yeah)

I don't like comin' around, ya ho (Yeah, yeah)

I will not, "Knock-knock," at your door (Yeah)

Just me, that's what I said (Ayy, ayy)

Trav', these niggas is fed' (Ayy, ayy)

Me, I'm overhead (Ayy, ayy)

These niggas thought I was dead

Letra traducida a Español

Traducción de la letra realizada con IA.

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