[Intro] Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (yeah) Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (hey) Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (mmm) Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (who trained you?) [Verse 1] You point your finger at the wires and the circuits and the code (mmm) Talkin' like the groove you got was born inside your soul (yeah) Actin' like you never had a record on repeat all night (all night) Study every bend, every run, every riff 'til it felt just right (felt just right) You learned your heroes by the needle and the radio glow (radio glow) Tracing every phrase, every cadence in the back row (back row) Now you mad that a mirror got a memory too (too) When the truth is the truth, it just sound too true [Pre-Chorus] You say it’s all imitation, you say it’s all the same (all the same) But you built your foundation from somebody else’s flame (else’s flame) If you learned from your idols like the whole world do Then I just got one question for you [Chorus] Who trained you? (who trained you?) When you were singin’ in your bedroom in the dark, who trained you? (who trained you?) When you were stealin’ every rhythm from the charts, who trained you? (who trained you?) You say this new groove ain’t allowed to learn too But every note in your throat got a name that came through So tell me, tell me, who trained you? [Verse 2] You call it “stealin’” when a circuit learns the sound of the band (mmm) But you call it “inspired” when you copy every lick by hand (by hand) You wear your influences like a jacket on a cold night (so proud) But you deny the reflection when it’s made outta coded light (outta light) You preach pure art like you born from a vacuum, clean (clean) But you a puzzle built from records that you never could unsee (never could) From the church house choir to the dive bar stage (stage) You been walkin’ on the path that the old ones paved [Pre-Chorus] You say it’s artificial, say it’s second-rate truth (second-rate) But every song that you love was a borrowed root (borrowed root) If you climbed up a ladder made of somebody’s tune Then I just got one question for you [Chorus] Who trained you? (who trained you?) When you first found fire in a stranger’s rhyme, who trained you? (who trained you?) When you bent your voice to fit their lines, who trained you? (who trained you?) You say this new sound shouldn’t study you too But your heroes taught you how to do what you do So tell me, tell me, who trained you? [Bridge] (Backgrounds: Who trained you, who trained you?) Was it that record that you hid under your pillow? (pillow) Was it that voice that made your heartbeat mellow? (mellow) Every scale that you nailed, every turn that you use (you use) Got a fingerprint of someone that you chose as your muse (your muse) The choir, the vinyl, the backyard blues (backyard blues) The late-night DJ spinnin’ secret truths (secret truths) If learning is a crime, then you guilty too (guilty too) So why you castin’ stones at a mirror of you? [Flute Solo] (Backgrounds: Ooh, who trained you? Yeah-yeah, who trained you?) (Ooh, who trained you? Who, who trained you?) [Breakdown Chorus] Who trained you? (who trained you?) When you were hummin’ every legend in your room, who trained you? (who trained you?) When every borrowed spark became your bloom, who trained you? (who trained you?) You say this circuit dream shouldn’t echo your moves But your own heartbeat is a cover of the grooves you knew So tell me, tell me, who trained you? [Outro] Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (who trained you?) Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (mmm, who trained you?) Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (every artist been a student too) Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo (so who trained you?)
