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Demons In My Mind Certainly, Gotta Get This Bread Urgently, also known as It Is In My Mind Certainly, refers to the opening lyrics of the song "Certainly" by rapper Criston Joaquin Arciniega. The song was posted to SoundCloud in April 2022 and went viral on TikTok in the following months, often in videos about the song being bad or "so-bad-it's-good." The opening lyrics are, "Demons in my mind certainly," however, many mishear "demons" as "it is."

Origin

On April 9th, 2022, rapper Criston Joaquin Arciniega posted "Certainly" to SoundCloud,^[1] gaining over 52,000 plays and 2,400 hearts in two months (shown below).

Demons in my mind certainly (Certainly)
Gotta get this bread urgently (Urgently)
Gotta get this bread in an urgent minute
Step inside the beat then I piss in it
Don’t know what I’m saying but I’m ripping it apart
I ain’t tripping 'bout these lyrics baby, this shit is some art
I can’t just work hard, bitch, I gotta work smart

On April 10th, the rapper posted a video of himself lip dubbing to the song on TikTok,^[2] gaining over 100,000 views in two months (shown below).

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The original sound inspired over 1,700 videos in the next two months, many joking about the quality of the song. On April 13th, 2022, TikToker^[3] @saucekill posted a video to the song captioned, "When I try to put my friend on some underground music but outa nowhere realize it's lowkey trash," gaining over 813,000 views in two month (shown below).

On April 18th, TikToker^[4] @c_marquez_ posted a video dancing to the song, gaining over 490,000 views in two months (shown below, left). On April 29th, TikToker^[5] @lockaye posted a similar video, gaining over 374,000 views in just over a month (shown below, right).

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