If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin
{{Short description|Single by Kodak Black}}
{{Infobox song
| name = If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin
| type = single
| cover = File:Kodak Black - If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin.jpg
| artist = Kodak Black
| album = Dying to Live
| released = September 28, 2018
| genre =
| length = 2:10
| label = Atlantic
| writer = {{hlist|Bill Kapri|Benjamin Diehl|Harold Thomas|Lee Jones}}
| producer = Ben Billions
| prev_title = Wake Up in the Sky
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Zeze
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|zcWqllTtns4|"If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin"}}}}
}}
"If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin" is a song by American rapper Kodak Black. It was released on September 28, 2018, as the lead single from his debut studio album Dying to Live (2018).{{Cite web|last=Espinoza|first=Joshua|date=September 28, 2018|title=Kodak Black Returns With "If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin" Single|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/09/kodak-black-if-im-lying-im-flying|website=Complex|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/9/kodak-black-if-im-lyin-im-flyin-video|title=Kodak Black Debuts First Post-Prison Music Video, "If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin"|work=Hypebeast|last=Montes|first=Patrick|date=September 28, 2018}}
Composition
The song finds Kodak Black rapping about his life from being on the streets and in jail to becoming a successful rapper ("I can't let these niggas knock me off my pivot / God sat me down and talked to me I listened"), and "ruminates on his fallen homies" as well.{{Cite web|last=Goddard|first=Kevin|date=2018-09-28|title=Kodak Black Releases First Post-Prison Single "If Im Lyin Im Flyin"|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kodak-black-releases-first-post-prison-single-if-im-lyin-im-flyin-new-song.1980482.html|website=HotNewHipHop|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Berry|first=Peter A.|date=September 28, 2018|title=Kodak Black "If I'm Lyin, I'm Flyin" - XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/kodak-black-if-im-lyin-im-flyin-first-solo-song-jail/|website=XXL Mag|language=en}}
Critical reception
Music video
Charts
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{{single chart|Canada|68|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|date=October 13, 2018}} |
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|56|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|date=October 13, 2018}} |
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|32|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|date=October 13, 2018}} |