Trust Fund Baby
Trust Fund Baby Lyrics
I don't want a girl who gets a car for her sweet sixteen
Or spends a stack of dollar bills on a limousine
I want a girl who takes the bus and who wears baggy jeans
Rockin' Nike Airs, what the hell are Louboutins?
Don’t want no fake tan, short skirt, daddy’s money, don’t work
Shop until you drop on the town
I want a smart girl, stronger than her father
Someone who will laugh at tryna fit in the crowd (ah-ow, ow)
[Pre-Chorus: Jonah Marais]
And all we used to dream about
Is getting rich and getting out
Move to the nicer part of town
Where we'd have numbers on our house
It took a while to figure out
What type of girl that I'm about
Who brings the real man out of me, yah
[Chorus: Zach Herron & All & Jack Avery]
I don't really want no trust fund baby
I like my women independent
And I say to people, "That's my lady"
And we don't need nothing e-e-e-else
I don't want no trust fund baby
Save your money, don't spend it
And I say to people, "That's my lady"
And we don't need nothing e-e-e-else
(I don't want no)
Don't want a girl who takes selfies, want her makeup free
Don't want no mean girl lady, a pink prom queen
I want a girl who climbs trees, always dirt on her jeans
Her daddy told her how to fix cars, maybe she could fix me
I want a throwback kid who loves Missy Elliott
Who for my birthday, makes a mixtape and puts it on cassette
Want a girl with common sense, who's dripping in confidence
Don't wanna die to get rich but she love 50 Cent (ah-ow, ow)
[Pre-Chorus: Jonah Marais]
And all we used to dream about
Is getting rich and getting out
Move to the nicer part of town
Where we'd have numbers on our house
It took a while to figure out
What type of girl that I'm about
Who brings the real man out of me, yah
[Chorus: Zach Herron & All & Jack Avery]
I don't really want no trust fund baby
I like my women independent
And I say to people, "That's my lady"
And we don't need nothing e-e-e-else
I don't want no trust fund baby
Save your money, don't spend it
And I say to people, "That's my lady"
And we don't need nothing e-e-e-else
I don't want no
I don't want no trust fund baby (no, I don't want me)
I just want me a proper lady (no, I don't want me)
I don't want no trust fund baby (no, I don't want me)
[Chorus: Zach Herron & All & Daniel Seavey]
I don't really want no trust fund baby
I like my women independent (hey!)
And I say to people, "That's my lady" (that's my lady, na-na-na-na-na)
And we don't need nothing e-e-e-else
[Outro: Jack Avery & Jonah Marais & Zach Herron]
I don't want no
I don't want no trust fund baby (no, I don't want me)
I just want me a proper lady (no, I don't want me)
I don't want no trust fund baby (no, I don't want me)
No, I don't want me
About
“Trust Fund Baby” is about Why Don’t We’s band members wanting to be in relationships with independent women. Although Ed Sheeran is the song’s primary writer, Corbyn Besson’s verse was likely inspired by his girlfriend Christina Marie—on the day “Trust Fund Baby” dropped, she tweeted about embodying all the desired characteristics he describes.
Over a year after it’s release, the song became the opening track for their international 8 Letters tour.
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In an interview with MTV, Daniel Seavey explained:
This is probably the song that we’re all most proud of, just because of who it’s with. We got the pleasure to work with Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran, our label mate. We just went in and knocked this out with them, and it was the best time.
They announced the song only four days before its release on January 29, 2018 via Twitter and each member’s Instagram stories. The Why Don’t We fandom used the hashtag #TFBFEB1.
Though some fans had discovered the title of the song on Shazam, the boys tweeted the cover art the next day, Tuesday the 30th. Every member also had their own individual photo for the theme of the cover art.
- 1.8 Letters
- 2.Talk
- 3.Choose
- 4.In Too Deep
- 5.Friends
- 6.Hard
- 7.Hooked
- 9.Trust Fund Baby
- 10.These Girls
