In "Bonnet," Belly Gang Kushington, Summer Walker, and Wale ask a partner to strip away the bonnet, makeup, and waist trainer, wanting to see the real hair and face underneath all the styling. The repeated request carries both tenderness and suspicion, as if public polish hides private truth. Wale pushes further, saying no surgery or money can change what is inside, and that the scarf existed long before any fame. The song lands on reassurance: beauty and worth remain when everything extra comes off.
Bonnet Lyrics by Belly Gang Kushington
(Feat. Summer Walker & Wale)
(Let me know) Wrap that shit and let them bitches know (Let me know, yeah, yeah)
Wet bandeau, you hoes got to get something (Ayy)
Fine shit
See how that shit do (Haha, aight, send that)
Ayy
Take that bonnet off, girl, let me look at your real hair
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s still there
Take that bonnet off, girl, let me look at your real hair
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s still there (Yeah)
Take that bonnet off…
Can I give you all of me? Do you love what you see?
Still the same me, baby, nothing’s changed
Still the same me
Can I give you all of me?
Why would you then promise me?
Still the same me, baby, nothing’s changed (Yeah)
Still the same me
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s still there
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s real hair
You got a waist trainer on to see how it feel here
Girl, take that lil’ shit off, I think you beautiful still, yeah
Take that makeup off, I think you playin’ that nigga
I mean, if you want my opinion, I think you [?] that nigga
And he grabbed your phone, now he callin’ my phone
Let me tell him, “Ayy, look, I’m just playin’, my nigga” (Haha)
These niggas tender-nosed, fightin’ over these hoes, I’m a real player
She ain’t charge me for the pussy, I still pay her
She like to act like she innocent, I can still tell
She got on all this extra shit, but I can still see her
Take that bonnet off, girl, let me look at your real hair
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s still there
Take that bonnet off, girl, let me look at your real hair
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s still there (Yeah)
Take that bonnet off…
Can I give you all of me? Do you love what you see?
Still the same me, baby, nothing’s changed
Still the same me
Can I give you all of me?
Why would you then promise me?
Still the same me, baby, nothing’s changed (Yeah)
Still the same me (Wale, okay)
Take away my money, fame, promise I’m still player
And there ain’t a real woman who amongst us that’s still spared
I’m walkin’ down your heart and put your body in a wheelchair (Haha)
So take off what you wore and let me finish my meal here
Until I got what you want, miss, holler to
I’m not too optimistic with how they move
Look, some women modify, but they don’t improve
‘Cause can’t no doctor have what’s inside of you
I ain’t ’bout the body shame, I’ve been chubby, I’ve been small
I’m just lucky I got hands, ain’t no shame like nary none
Come and get your body changed, ain’t nobody fly as us
Body done or not, that scarf you got way before I begun
Bonnets off, let me see if it’s still there
Never mind it at all, I’ma pull that shit everywhere
Take your mind up off anything that don’t feel clear
And let this song remind you that you winning if you in here
Can I give you all of me? (Wale, right, look)
Do you love what you see?
Still the same me, baby, nothing’s changed
Still the same me
Can I give you all of me?
What would you then promise me?
Still the same me, baby, nothing’s changed (Yeah)
Still the same me (Wale, okay)
Take that bonnet off, girl, let me look at your real hair
Take that makeup off, girl, let me see if it’s still there
Take that bonnet off, girl, let me look at your real hair
