Travis Scott has always made his fondness for drugs a central feature of his music, but Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight might be his druggiest project yet, as far as sheer amount of references. He and the various featured artists mention everything from crack to DMT, and today, we've catalogued every pertinent lyric. To keep it fair, we've only counted identical lyrics once-- for example, weed, lean, and pills only get one point apiece for "SDP Interlude," despite the fact that the line "Smoke some, drink some, pop one" is repeated numerous times-- and we've grouped some similar substances together. All but two songs ("The Ends" and "Lose") contain drug references, and in total, drugs are mentioned some 57 separate times on the album. That's almost enough to land Trav in our Top Ten Druggiest Albums Of All-Time. Click on to get a breakdown by substance, ranked from least mentions to most.
Crack
Crack - 1 mention
It's pretty clear that Travis Scott doesn't smoke crack and has never cooked it, because the only reference to the drug on the album comes from the guest that's most familiar with it.
Outside
"I'm a real n*gga, fuck n*ggas can’t feel
Plus I get inside that bowl and skrt, skrt, skrt" - 21 Savage
Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens - 2 mentions
Although Travis has mentioned taking acid and mushrooms in his music before, he doesn't do so at all on BITTSM, leaving the trippy stuff to the Man On The Moon instead.
Through The Late Night
"N, N-Dimethyltryptamine and Lysergic acid diethylamide
The vibes are effervescent, delicious, just how they should be" - Kid Cudi
Molly
MDMA - 3 mentions
Molly is one of the things Travis has in his Rockstar skinnies, but the only other times it's mentioned, it's in connection with women, not Trav himself.
Coordinate
"Coordinate the tan with the beans in my Rockstar skinnies
I'mma need some more, need some more, if I really wanna feel it"
Beibs In The Trap
"Got a black girl rolling off molly" - Nav
Goosebumps
"Throw a stack on the Bible
Never Snapchat or took molly"
Alcohol
Alcohol - 4 mentions
Travis doesn't seem to like booze very much...
Through The Late Night
"Ah, shawty, on the scene, pull up on the scene
Sip my tea, need no Hennessy"
Outside
"Cause you know I'm not myself when I'm off the liquor
Off the lean, it's always better off the lean"
Pick Up The Phone
"Drinkin' on clean, sanitize
Ostrich seats with the frog eyes" - Quavo
Guidance
"Every time I get this drunk
I hope I wake up in another place"
Weed
Weed - 8 mentions
The most common drug regularly pops up on BITTSM, but not as much as the harder stuff.
Way Back
"So visit me
I just built a castle deep
In them trees
That's how I get them backwoods free"
Through The Late Night
"Oh it don't matter, got smoke, drink, and I'm runnin' this space
Done contemplatin', I'ma take it in and groove in this piece" - Kid Cudi
"Sprinkle a little season on the salad
Relieve my heart of malice, hit my palace"
SDP Interlude
"Smoke some, drink some, pop one"
"You lil' small, you lil' skinny
What you doin' with that weed?
Who hit that?
Huh? I'mma tell your mama"
Sweet Sweet
"Smoked all my shit, time to start again"
Guidance
"Backwoods, follow me
Practice, follow me, yeah"
Wonderful
"Work that nine to five with ya, yeah
After smoke a pound with ya"
Cocaine
Cocaine - 9 mentions
Most of these come courtesy of Nav on one very coke-centric song, and like molly, it's mostly referred to in connection with women.
Beibs In The Trap
"Versace my clothes I'm with a white ho
And she snortin' three lines like Adidas" - Nav
"Got a white bitch snorting up snow" - Nav
"Bitch close the door, there's shit on your nose (that coca)" - Nav
"Got a white bitch sniffin' on Bieber" - Nav
"She fucked all my bros, she's snorting the snow (that coca)
Now she's touching her toes" - Nav
"She got Anna Nicole all on her nose
Kick down the door she gon' get locked for sure" - Nav
Sweet Sweet
"Cause you're sweet like cocoa
But all you wanna do is the coco"
First Take
"This love won't grow 'less we find growth
White on your nose, girl, won't you come over?"
Wonderful
"Driving to the venue, like she's seeing no signs
She got all the passes, she don't ever do lines" - The Weeknd
Pills
Pills - 10 mentions
We grouped all of the downers into one group, partially because Travis sometimes mentions undisclosed "pills," and partly because the effects of oxycodone, xanax, and percocet are quite similar.
Way Back
"Stashin' all the pills in my desk
Wearin' every chain on my neck"
"I'm so loaded off the pills, so don't ever try me
So if you see me solo dolo, you know what that mean"
Coordinate
"Coordinate the tan [oxycodone] with the beans in my Rockstar skinnies
I'mma need some more, need some more, if I really wanna feel it"
"Coordinate the xan with the lean in my Rockstar skinnies"
"You might fear my ideas
When it's time to pop pills and pop seals"
Beibs In The Trap
"Crushed xans, crushed xans in my soda
Riding around the city with my eyes closed"
SDP Interlude
"Smoke some, drink some, pop one"
Outside
"Slaughter Gang and PDE, we killin' shit for real
10 bad bitches, suckin dick and eatin' pills" - 21 Savage
"I just copped that Bentley truck I skrt, skrt, skrt
Bitch, I’m outside on the percs, percs, percs" - 21 Savage
Pick Up The Phone
"Birds in the trap sing Brian McKnight
Percocet and Codeine please don't take my life" - Quavo
Lean
Lean - 21 mentions
Like a true Houston resident, lean is Travis' definite drug of choice.
Way Back
"If I take a sip, take the rest
Wearin' every chain on my neck"
Coordinate
"We gon' keep drinking this motherfucking lean, n*gga
And wearin' these motherfuckin' rockstar jeans, n*gga" - Black Youngsta
"Coordinate the tan in the beans in my Rockstar skinnies
Pour a little more if you really wanna feel it"
"Coordinate the xan with the lean in my Rockstar skinnies"
"You might fear my ideas
When it's time to pop pills and pop seals"
Through The Late Night
"Oh it don't matter, got smoke, drink, and I'm runnin' this space
Done contemplatin', I'ma take it in and groove in this piece" - Kid Cudi
"Ah, shawty, on the scene, pull up on the scene
Sip my tea, need no Hennessy"
Beibs In The Trap
"I just poured a 8 in a liter
Throw some jolly ranchers in make it sweeter" - Nav
"Told Frost bring the water no Fiji
Free Stix I'm poured up and I'm leanin'" - Nav
SDP Interlude
"Smoke some, drink some, pop one"
Sweet Sweet
"Link up, link up, pour my syrup
Bad bitch, yeah they link up"
Outside
"Cause you know I'm not myself when I'm off the liquor
Off the lean, it's always better off the lean"
"And I keep that Tommy n*gga, and I ain't talkin' Hil
And I be on mud, I get mad if it spill" - 21 Savage
Goosebumps
"Sippin' lowkey I'm sipping lowkey in Onyx
Rider, rider when I'm pullin' up right beside ya"
Pick Up The Phone
"I pour a four up
I call your hoe up"
"Pullin' off and I'm gone!
Then I go and pour four up"
"I'm in the zone, baby
I just poured up a four baby"
"Pour up a four of that Actavis
Lean like my mothafuckin' granny did" - Young Thug
"She in love with the pipe
I draped her up in ice, I pour my four on ice" - Quavo
"Birds in the trap sing Brian McKnight
Percocet and Codeine please don't take my life" - Quavo
Wonderful
"Pour that special drink that's for my throat now
And take a sip" - The Weeknd
