WHERE THE B BATTERIES AT? [Spoken Intro] Now hold on, baby… I ain’t lost no woman, I ain’t lost no money… But something been bothering me For three whole days! If they got double-A… And they got triple-A… What the hell happened to B? Somebody explain this to me! [Verse 1] I walked into the store with confusion on my face, Looking down the battery aisle, searching every place. Saw little ol’ triple-A, double-A in the pack, C sitting wide, D big and fat. I called the clerk over, said, “Come answer me, please— If the alphabet starts with A, why’d y’all jump straight to C?” She said, “Baby, B existed, but it fell out of demand.” I said, “Damn—even batteries getting laid off in this land!” [Pre-Chorus] They doubled up the A’s, Then tripled ’em too. Now I’m standing in the aisle Trying to figure out what B did to you! [Chorus] Where the B batteries at? (Tell me where they at!) Double-A, triple-A, stacked all over the rack. C sitting wide, D big and fat, But I searched this whole town—can’t find no B in the pack! They doubled the A, then tripled it too, Had me scratching my head like, “What did B do?” B used to have a job, now B ain’t coming back— Somebody tell me where the B batteries at! [Post-Chorus – Call and Response] Lead: Where B at? Background: Ain’t on the rack! Lead: What happened? Background: The A’s had babies! Lead: Where B at? Background: Ain’t coming back! Lead: That’s cold-blooded! Background: Somebody save B! [Verse 2] Back in the old days, B powered the radio sound, Kept them tubes glowing when the blues came down. Forty-five to ninety volts—B handled that, Then the transistor came through and knocked B off the map. B said, “After everything I did, this how y’all treat me? Kept the music playing, now the world don’t need me?” Technology changed, and the shelves moved on— Now B sitting somewhere singing an unemployment song. [Pre-Chorus] They doubled up the A’s, Then tripled ’em too. B was holding down the old school, Now they acting like they never knew! [Chorus] Where the B batteries at? (Tell me where they at!) Double-A, triple-A, stacked all over the rack. C sitting wide, D big and fat, But I searched this whole town—can’t find no B in the pack! They doubled the A, then tripled it too, Had me scratching my head like, “What did B do?” B used to have a job, now B ain’t coming back— Somebody tell me where the B batteries at! [Trap Breakdown] Boom—double-A! Boom-boom—triple-A! C got a position, D still getting paid! But B got replaced, They erased his name. A whole lot of letters, But B left the game! [Bridge – Soulful] Sometimes you can be useful And still get passed by. Give your all to somebody, Then they replace you overnight. But if you’re feeling like B, Don’t you lose your charge. Just because you’re off the shelf Don’t mean you ain’t got spark! [Final Chorus] Where the B batteries at? (Somebody bring B back!) Double-A, triple-A, stacked all over the rack. C sitting wide, D big and fat, But there’s still one empty space where they should’ve put B at! They doubled the A, then tripled it too, The whole A family took over aisle number two! B wasn’t no failure—B just got pushed to the back… Now somebody tell me where the B batteries at! [Outro – Spoken] Justice for B batteries, baby! You got A… You got double-A… You got triple-A… You even got C and D! B must’ve got fired on his day off. Block Work Entertainment… We asking the important questions around here!
