recession

decline; the state of the economy declines

Heard in 43 songs (223M+ combined views) — most famously in "Walkin' On The Sun" by Smash Mouth.

Updated July 26, 2026

Songs Featuring “recession

Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

Time: 1:08

Twenty-five years ago, they spoke out and they broke out

Of recession and oppression and together they toked

And they folked out with guitars around a bonfire

Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

Beyoncé - Ego [Remix; Bonus Track]

Time: 0:42

What you want dog

Trying to stay recession free

And spit, refreshingly

Beyoncé - Ego [Remix; Bonus Track]

Rick Ross - Tupac Back

Time: 1:11

Soon as I hit the hood, they screamin' "Who got wacked?" (Got wacked)

It's a recession on the work, I'm screamin', "Who got crack?" (Who got crack?)

I'm sippin' Hennessy (Hennessy), ridin' on my motherfuckin' enemies (enemies)

Rick Ross - Tupac Back

Niki Randa - I Am Who Am (Killin' Time)

Time: 0:26

Close to depression, open your eyes and just focus a second

Fuck a recession my brother -- my mind is my weapon; I'm letting it go

Loading and pointing at negative energy, telling me stop

Niki Randa - I Am Who Am (Killin' Time)

Snoop Dogg - Institutionalized

Time: 3:07

My defense mechanism tell me to get him, quickly because he got it

It's the recession, then why the fuck he in King of Diamonds?

No more livin' poor, meet my .44

Snoop Dogg - Institutionalized

Twista - Wetter

Time: 1:56

I take shots of adrenaline (adrenaline)

'Cause that's the way I receive immunization against the recession

I got the muscle off of my hustle-and-flow money

Twista - Wetter

Kirk Franklin - I Smile

Time: 0:00

I dedicate this song to recession

Depression and unemployment

Kirk Franklin - I Smile

Jeezy - EnTRAPreneur

Time: 1:51

Motivation then I dropped inspiration, I done it twice (Yeah)

Sold a few quarters in plastic, I gave 'em class (Recession, nigga)

Nigga served a few on the take, that closed casket (Ayy)

Jeezy - EnTRAPreneur

Young Money - Pass The Dutch

Time: 4:26

'N' my cards always accepted, I don't deal well with rejection

I look in the dictionary 'n' don't see the word recession

I don't smoke in public but tonight I'll make an exception so just

Young Money - Pass The Dutch

Lil Yachty - Fight Night Round 3

Time: 2:00

I done fucked a thousand bitches who BD's think I'm garbage

Well it's a pandemic, world recession, I'm never starving

Nigga play with my money, leave him lumpy like Martin

Lil Yachty - Fight Night Round 3

Eminem - These Demons

Time: 0:50

I ain't never comin' down, yeah, yeah

This pandemic got us in a recession

We need to reopen America (what?)

Eminem - These Demons

Joey Bada$$ - For My People

Time: 2:40

Man the section 8 depressin'

Hard to be progressin' through recession and oppression

Not to mention that they had us cell blocked ever since an adolescent

Joey Bada$$ - For My People

Nas - Recession Proof

Time: 0:57

Cold-hearted monsters, whole city going bonkers

Ain't nobody recession proof (recession proof)

Invest in you, that's what it's best to do (best to do)

Nas - Recession Proof

Drake - Only You Freestyle

Time: 3:09

I done run through so much Scottish notes

Couldn't care 'bout no recessions (one)

Still get one jail call from Boogie

Drake - Only You Freestyle

Yo Gotti - Stay Ur Distance

Time: 2:13

Big Berg in the Honda, the purse (Woo)

And we coppin' shit in the recession, nigga

Fire hoes too, you know what I'm sayin'?

Yo Gotti - Stay Ur Distance

Future - High Fashion

Time: 2:02

Fly and flashy, oh, oh, oh

Ain't no recession bitch, ain't got collections bitch

I don't respect the bitch, I might say fuck the bitch

Future - High Fashion

Trey Songz - I Do

Time: 0:48

You say all your gas gone, I'm gon' fill your tank up

Fill that piggy bank up, care 'bout no recession

Why you second guessin'? Answer this one question

Trey Songz - I Do

Bruno Mars - Billionaire

Time: 2:02

And yeah, I'll be in a whole new tax bracket

We in recession, but let me take a crack at it

I'll probably take whatever's left and just split it up (there you go)

Bruno Mars - Billionaire

Insane Clown Posse - The Blasta

Time: 2:49

Bitchin', usin' all the women, intestine

But we accept it because of the recession

He groped my wife at the office party

Insane Clown Posse - The Blasta

The Game - Paramedics

Time: 3:28

Tell the truth, it's me nigga, ain't nobody else around

Jeezy said it's a recession, so we hustling that Mayweather

My [?] the best pound for pound, like Mayweather

The Game - Paramedics

Deitrick Haddon - Fighting Temptations

Time: 2:28

Ah, on the pressure to make this money

This recession making things so hard

I don't wanna do nothin' illegal

Deitrick Haddon - Fighting Temptations

Mick Jagger - Put Me in the Trash

Time: 3:18

And all those, and all those shoes?

Yeah I know it's the recession baby, but give me some money

Yeah come on now be generous

Mick Jagger - Put Me in the Trash

Eric B. & Rakim - Teach the Children

Time: 0:41

But he don't want to hear it, it's out of the question

'Cause in my section, it's worse than recession

So I go to a rich neighborhood and play Robin Hood

Eric B. & Rakim - Teach the Children

Stormzy - First Things First

Time: 1:19

I'm over-loyal, man, I'll ride for what I'm repping

Dark times, niggas dying in recession

You was fighting with your girl when I was fighting my depression

Stormzy - First Things First

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Wanna Be

Time: 4:07

Parker Brothers, Ouija board, I covered that Adam whore

Niggaz get their labels but wait, it's a recession in weight

You downloadin' on all the industry's veterans

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Wanna Be

Frank Zappa - Can't Afford No Shoes

Time: 0:55

Chump Hare Rama, ain't no good to try

Recession

Depression

Frank Zappa - Can't Afford No Shoes

Jamie Foxx - Winner

Time: 2:41

I'm hard to follow once I pop the clutch and hit the throttle

I'm recession proof, I don't run to money, money run to me

In this economy guess some consider that anomaly

Jamie Foxx - Winner

Big Boi - Shoes for Running

Time: 1:01

Leave it less on stock in elections

With no progression, just recessions

Shoes for running

Big Boi - Shoes for Running

Michael W. Smith - Someday

Time: 0:44

Diplomats are passive with a promise again

Talk of recession, people in depression

Dow Jones, bank loans, the Japanese yen

Michael W. Smith - Someday

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - For Heaven's Sake

Time: 0:37

We don't need agression

We don't need recession

Just give us some money

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - For Heaven's Sake

Weezer - Let It All Hang Out

Time: 0:30

Why, why

On top of that it's a recession, I feel like Jay this can't be life, life

Tonight I'm leaving all my worries and my problems in the house

Weezer - Let It All Hang Out

Jimmy Buffett - A Lot to Drink About

Time: 2:57

We've got a lot to drink about.

Recession, Aggression, Depression good God

CNN keeps bummin' me out.

Jimmy Buffett - A Lot to Drink About

Rilo Kiley - Accidntel Deth

Time: 1:36

When you owned land and when you were broke

Through recessions and addictions

It's just your accidental death

Rilo Kiley - Accidntel Deth

Ryan Lewis - Jimmy Iovine

Time: 1:29

And I'm ready and willing to bust 'em, I'm fucking desperate

Stuck in this recession not what you think

If I could get signed my life is destined

Ryan Lewis - Jimmy Iovine

Slim Thug - I Run

Time: 2:21

Hard times got the whole United States stressin'

I'm writing a book, "How to Survive in a Recession" (g'yeah)

Mr. Obama, we so tired of sellin' crack

Slim Thug - I Run

Casey Veggies - Hive

Time: 1:16

Dim the floor lights, focused like it's nothin', 'cause it's nothin', bitch

From a city that's recession-hit

Stress niggas could flex metal with peddle to rake pennies in

Casey Veggies - Hive

Time: 2:57

When my niggas off drugs, they don't think right

It's a recession man the hood fucked up

If a nigga ain't trippin' got the heat in the club

AD - Don't Come to LA

Kanye West - Kinda Like a Big Deal

Time: 0:22

After two classics another stripe up on my arm baby

it's a blessin' to blow a hundred thou in a recession

With no second guessin,

Kanye West - Kinda Like a Big Deal

The Fall - Fit and Working Again

Time: 1:36

Boy, was I getting so vain

I saw the recession around Victoria Station

I'm fit and working again

The Fall - Fit and Working Again

B.B. King - Recession Blues

Time: 0:05

Since this recession I'm losing my baby,

Because the times are getting so hard

B.B. King - Recession Blues

Tech N9ne - Anywhere

Time: 1:18

I never thought that I would fall in regression

The music business now we call it recession

We bawl and we stressing 'cause y'all is divesting

Tech N9ne - Anywhere

Wyclef Jean - We Made It

Time: 2:31

With that billfold in his hand?

Recession time, you cry, we cry

Everyone wants Selassie I

Wyclef Jean - We Made It

The Jam - Trans-Global Express

Time: 0:30

Just to make sure the food gets bought

Governments threaten you with recession

Then they threaten you with war

The Jam - Trans-Global Express