Watch: Lil Wayne can't recall origin of his own 'Lollipop (Remix)' lyrics

In it, Smith recites Wayne's bars from his "Lollipop (Remix)" back to him—"Safe sex is great sex, better wear a latex / 'Cause you don't want that late text, that "I think I'm late" text"—only for the 38-year-old hip-hop icon to marvel at his own savagery: "I said that?! I'm a dog. I don't know when I said that or why I said it or where I said it, but I said it." 

Smith couldn't believe that Wayne hadn't written the rhyme down. "I don't write, man," Wayne said. 

He has long been a legend for deciding to stop writing down his lyrics, which was explained about halfway through VH1's Behind The Music documentary on Weezy in 2009.  The narrator explained: "Wayne has been improvising music like this since he faced a moment of truth in 2002. After the Hot Boys broke up, Wayne's solo career was faltering. Convinced that the physical process of writing was constraining his creativity, the 21-year-old decided to purge himself of all his written material in one pivotal recording session."

The five-time Grammy winner and 24-time nominee again admitted he doesn't write down his lyrics while recording during a 2018 stop on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he thanked Fallon for his staff typing up his lyrics for him to study ahead of performing "Dedicate" later in the show.

However unconventional, the methodology has unquestionably worked for Tunechi. "Lollipop" (as well as the remix featuring Kanye West in question) is just one example: the 2008 smash peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and claimed best rap song at the 51st Grammy Awards, where The Carter III was named best rap album.