Paul Russell 'Lil Boo Thang' Official Lyrics & Meaning | Genius Verified

After he recorded his 2023 single “Lil Boo Thang,” an exuberant dance-rap party-starter that samples The Emotions’ 1977 disco-soul classic “Best Of My Love,” Paul Russell kept hearing the same thing from people: “I haven’t heard anything new that makes me this happy!”

As Russell explains on the latest episode of Verified, he was inspired to write “Lil Boo Thang” after hearing “Best of My Love” and vibing with the track’s signature horn riff. He wound up sampling the instrumental and later writing lyrics to go along with the upbeat music. The finished product has now earned him more than 44 million Spotify plays.

Watch the Official Music Video for "Lil Boo Thang": Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang (Official Video)

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[lauracastillo]

I’ve been listening to Paul since once in a dry season!!! Glad to see him get recognition

[panpolyamcommentates]

Hes just so likable! Super charismatic

[Jesika]

This guy seems like such a sweet, genuine guy ❤

[djdeuce]

I’ve been listening to bro for a while now and im glad people starting to see now

[Miixiie]

the way i was convinced this was an old song, he nailed it

[PFush_]

BEST GENIUS INTERVIEW EVEERR!!!
I really love this song

[Snowflakz]

This is a masterpiece I love it I'm glad you went with your ❤

[deborahwa]

Cant wait to hear more from Paul. I love this song! It shoulduve gone much further on the charts.

[chemepuppie]

I like that he didn’t use no swear words and kept it clean

[mokaLARE]

We cannot have music like we used to have back in the day. No more.

[TheAudbbgirl]

So true. I wake up to this song now every morning

[LeemLovesArt]

Genius stay explaining song that don’t need explaining

[Omani_Dhofari]

"يمكنني أن ابقيه باردًا مثل ساوفيجنون بلانك" هو عبارة اسطورية.

[AbigailBrown-wkxl]

I love this tune . I just want to dance ❤❤❤❤❤

[FVNTASYOFFICIAL]

Imma be on genius one day and on everything Imma shout out Naruto.

[firstladymm]

I was hoping to find out what he means by shooting that shot... This is my only hang up on this song's lyrics (just my personal hang-up) I just need to understand it😮

[ryry-zjtn]

Isn’t he from the circle? His sister catfished as him?

[linardsrozkalns]

Isn't this song in some way about cheating? Because he didn't mention anything about that

[zumbakat]

He seems nice but the reason people like this song is because of a melody that he didnt create that the Emotions did in the 70's so technically speaking, sampling is just making an older song relevant so still no one is making good music.

[dedpxl]

The first bit, he says it's a new song but it's not. It's a sample, he took the song Best Of My Love and spoke slang ebonics over the top of it.