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What Was You Thinking
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Oct 12, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Steven Malcolm's "What Was You Thinking" is a defiant, autobiographical track that traces his path from a college freshman on the block to a man who has "glorified the Son of Man" with his craft. The verses catalog the grind — freestyling after school, getting kicked out, chasing distractions, watching people try to kill everything he worked for — before the chorus lands like a challenge: "what was you thinking" that he forgot his purpose in breathing? The repeated demand for a reason, the taunt that he's been waiting to kill it, all of it is aimed at anyone who doubted him or tried to run his life. The turn comes in the line about refusing to let anyone control him when God is in control, which reframes the whole song from a rap boast into a statement of surrendered purpose. The energy stays confrontational, but the foundation is faith — his identity and his drive are anchored in something bigger than the industry or the doubters. It's a song about remembering who you are when the world tries to write a different story for you.
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Yeah
Yeah, this ain't nothin' new, I been at it
Glorified the Son of Man at it
Lot of people talkin' lookin' at the kid, time to put him on the bandwagon
Tim's on with the pants saggin'
All it took was hard work and dedication, tell the game I'm here to put my reservation, uh
This that truth they've been waitin' on, [?]
Everything that made me who I am today and turned me into what I'm livin' for
2010 just a college freshmen on the block rockin' like I'm playin' Tetris, holdin blocks poppin' with them [?], with the bars on me like I'm being [?]
Yeah, like what was you thinking. (What was you thinking)
That I forgot my purpose in breathin'
Like what was you thinking
Been waitin' to kill it, just give me a reason
Like what was you thinking! (Woo!)
Just give me a reason!
Like what was you thinking!
[?]
That I would just let you control me when God in control
Someone's appearing to me when I'm in my reality
What were you thinking, what were you thinking
Uh, this that moment I've been waiting on, ever since I've been rapping on that game song
Freestyling after school to gain some
[?]
Kicked out of school, so report cards
Lookin' shady that's low as a dirt floor
Was too busy, been chasin' them skirts
Broads all up on my like I gotta hurt more, yeah
Tell 'em gotta get it how you live, uh
Ain't no thinkin' [?]
Been in through the bottom where they tryna keep everybody
Killing everything that I work for
Thought I done myself a [?]
Hopped up on a mic, to get my job properly
Servin' number who the rock dropping
Keep it lock poppin' off the blocks, follow me
Like what was you thinking. (What was you thinking)
That I forgot my purpose in breathin'
Like what was you thinking
Been waitin' to kill it, just give me a reason
Like what was you thinking! (Woo!)
Just give me a reason!
Like what was you thinking!
[?]
That I would just let you control me when God in control
Someone's appearing to me when I'm in my reality
What were you thinking, what were you thinking