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Code Switching
Soundtrack
Code Switching was released on October 28, 2022 by Netflix Music as a part of the album Super Songs of Big Mouth, Vol. 2 (Music from the Netflix Series)
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Release DateOctober 28, 2022
LabelNetflix Music
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM95

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Big Mouth Cast
Big Mouth Cast
Performer
Jak Knight
Jak Knight
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Rivers
Mark Rivers
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Rivers
Mark Rivers
Producer

Lyrics

As a black kid you gotta learn this handy trick
Of social self-defense
You switch up your speak and give your manner a tweak
Depending on the audience
I'll be Will Smith witty or cool like Diddy
Or affable as you please
'Cause when you're young and black, you develop a knack
For putting the world at ease
It's called code-switchin'
And I'm a master of the dial
I've got a different me for every situation
No matter black, white old or young
I can tune in to your tongue
And nobody can tell which one's the real me, yeah
For those timid white suburban moms
I'm humble, saccharine-sweet
Just a skinny Kenan Thompson ma'am
No need to cross the street
For older blacks, I'll dial it back
Play the respectful grandson role
They don't care for rap or hip-hoppity crap
So I'm warm as Motown soul
And I can charm the old-school Italian cats
With a smile like Sammy Davis
But I always know that as soon as I go
They go straight back to stone cold racist
Code-switchin'
Got the whole world on my dial
And it's anybody's guess which one is me
Written by: Mark Rivers
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