"223's" is a song by American rapper YNW Melly featuring fellow American rapper 9lokkNine, released as the lead single from the former's debut studio album '' Melly vs. Melvin'' on August 9, 2019. Written by the artists alongside Rocco Did It Again!, who produced it with the latter, it reached the top 40 of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as in New Zealand, Canada, and Latvia.

Background

The track, originally by 9lokknine and released on his December 2018 mixtape ''Lil Glokk That Stole Khristmas'', was "rebranded" as a collaboration with YNW Melly, who has been in jail since February 2019 after turning himself in on double murder charges and possession of marijuana. After being pulled over for a broken tail light, YNW Melly led a one-hour police chase through the city of

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ending with Melly fleeing; the track references this incident. It was released as a single in August 2019 after going viral on the video app

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Lyrics

The lyric refers to

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, with the title referring to

semi-automatic rifle A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single round each time the Trigger (firearms), trigger is pulled while automatically loading the next Cartridge (firearms), cartridge. These rifles were developed Pre-World War II, and w ...

s that fire .223 cartridges.

Music video

An official music video was released on YNW Melly's official

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channel on November 2, 2019. The video featured the now-rapper Lil Mabu as a cameo.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2019 singles 2019 songs Song recordings produced by Rocco Did It Again! Songs written by Rocco Did It Again! YNW Melly songs {{2019-single-stub