SWAT Lyrics – A$AP Rocky | from “DON’T BE DUMB”

A$AP Rocky’s DON’T BE DUMB crashes the gate on January 16, 2026 via AWGE/RCA, a long-teased beast that’s got Harlem’s king reclaiming his throne with psychedelic grit. And SWAT? It’s the snippet that’s been looping in our heads since summer—a foggy raid of bars that smell like weed smoke and victory laps.

That 15-second phone tease dropped June 6 via 1-855-GET-ASAP, Rocky’s Cash App-powered hotline that had fans dialing like fiends for a fix, catching those hazy lines about rippin’ through dummies and crashing classics. Produced by SpaceGhostPurrp, it’s pure Pretty Flacko sorcery: lo-fi synths bubbling under trap haze, Rocky’s drawl slurring high-as-fuck confessions (“They can see my eyes, my Ray-Ban glasses black as shit”) like a psychedelic stakeout gone wrong.

Genre-wise, it’s that signature A$AP alternative rap—part boom-bap swagger, part cloud-rap drift—with themes of reckless triumph and “don’t be dumb” warnings that nod to the album’s cheeky core. It’s creative direction on fleek: Rocky flipping frustration into fire, smashing expectations one ad-lib at a time, all while the beat pulses like a heartbeat in the dark.

DON’T BE DUMB marks Rocky’s fourth LP and first since 2018’s Testing, a sprawling 17-track mainline (plus two Side B bonuses) billed as his “masterpiece” in that fresh X post. The speculative tracklist’s a murderers’ row—Ruby Rosary with J. Cole, Highjack ft. Jessica Pratt, Flackito Jodye alongside Tokischa, even a Skepta joint LUNATIC tagging in Bakar and Lay-Z—blending Harlem lore with global weirdness. Juicy J’s on beats, Tim Burton sketched the eerie cover art (those alternate drops had us geeking), and the whole thing’s framed as a “ghetto love tale,” whispers tying it to Rocky’s Rihanna era without saying her name. No full rollout yet, but Rocky’s December X bombs—apologizing for the wait, hyping the vinyl/CD/cassette drop—scream it’s locked, with physicals shipping for that collector rush.

Rocky’s at his most untethered peak: free from that Swedish cell saga, dad to RZA and Riot Rose, and stacking wins like his AWGE fashion drops and that OVO fest takeover last summer. Seven years brewing this? It’s evolution from Live. Love. ASAP party anthems to a matured menace who’s lived the dumb, now schooling us on the smart—proving the wait was worth every cryptic smiley.

Dive into the SWAT lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other DON’T BE DUMB tracks for more of A$AP Rocky’s hazy Harlem psychedelia.