Frosting On My Tongue

Style

Alternative hip-hop with jazz-fusion influences.

Prompt

Warm psychedelic hip hop song about birthday cake

Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah
Mm

[Verse 1]
Got a cake on the table
White icing, thick layers
Ten red candles bent crooked
Like they know we been through
You cut slow with a grin
Let it drip on your finger
I watch that sugar glow
Like a dream in a window

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me where the years go
When the plate gets passed around
We were broke last winter
Now your name’s the sweetest sound

[Chorus]
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Frosting on my tongue
Birthday cake, birthday cake
We were young and now we’re young
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Make one wish, then break
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Eat the whole thing anyway (hey)

[Verse 2]
Paper hats in the kitchen
Laughing hard, almost choking
Your aunt said, “One more slice”
And the room kept rolling
Hands up, sticky with sugar
Gold rings catching that candle shine
You said, “Hold this moment”
So I kept it in my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me where the years go
When the plate gets passed around
We were broke last winter
Now your name’s the sweetest sound

[Chorus]
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Frosting on my tongue
Birthday cake, birthday cake
We were young and now we’re young
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Make one wish, then break
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Eat the whole thing anyway (hey)

[Bridge]
Melted swirl on your lip line
One more laugh, let it stay there
All this life in a small slice
All this gold in the air

[Chorus]
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Frosting on my tongue
Birthday cake, birthday cake
We were young and now we’re young
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Make one wish, then break
Birthday cake, birthday cake
Eat the whole thing anyway (hey)