Kid Rock writes songs.
`` Bawitdaba '' is a song by American singer-songwriter and rapper Kid Rock , the third single off his Atlantic Records debut Devil Without a Cause , released in 1998 . Devil Without a Cause is the fourth studio album by Kid Rock , released on August 18 , 1998 . Rock wrote the first four lines of the song in jail after being arrested for a bar fight he got into while celebrating being signed to Atlantic . Kid Rock . After signing a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 1998 , he gained commercial success in the rap rock genre behind the singles `` Bawitdaba '' , `` Cowboy '' and `` Only God Knows Why '' ( the latter foreshadowing his move into country rock ) .