Street Runner

Album: SoulFly (2021)
Charted: 16
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Songfacts®:

  • Rod Wave is constantly on the grind; whether he's chasing his dreams of being a successful music artist or checking out real estate in Michigan, he's always hustling. This song is his letter to his girlfriend back home in Florida.

    On the track, Wave apologizes for not picking up her calls and admits his busy lifestyle is detrimental to their relationship. Because he's always on the road, he calls himself a "Street Runner," and admits he's "gotta stop running sometimes."
  • Wave ends the song with a message on his girlfriend's phone telling her he's thinking about her every day and is missing her touch, laugh, and holding her hand.
  • During the track's intro, Rod Wave samples Canadian singer and songwriter Ruth B's 2017 song "Mixed Signals."
  • Rod Wave wrote the song with the track's producers:

    Karltin Bankz and LondnBlue, who previously co-produced two tracks on the deluxe edition of Pray 4 Love: "Letter from Houston" and "Through the Wire."

    One of Rod Wave's most consistent suppliers of beats, TnTXD. The South Carolina producer contributed to seven of the 25 tracks on the deluxe edition of Pray 4 Love, including "I Remember" and "5% Tints."

Comments: 2

  • Ty Berkefeld from CaliWho is the girl on the voicemail
  • Monique Resendez from Daytona I love rod wave and how he never stop his grind.
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