Sometimes, the most fascinating Aerosmith moments are the ones that never made it past a scribble or a demo. During the SFX Radio Network interview in Boston with Nick Carter & Carter Alan for the Just Push Play world premiere (around 2001), Steven Tyler pulled out an old voice note he’d recorded back in 2000 — a loose, half-sung, half-rapped idea. It kicked off with him yelling:
“Gang it! We’ve gotta do more things that makes you raise a red flag,
20 pounds of sht, in a 10 pound bag!”
Delivered in a playful, almost freestyle rap cadence, the snippet was meant as a quick reminder of a potential song idea. Tyler even joked that Aerosmith “almost had a song called 20 Pounds of Sht.”*
Like so many entries in the band’s vast vault, this one never became a finished track. But it’s a perfect glimpse into how Aerosmith’s creative process worked — capturing raw, unfiltered flashes of inspiration that might have turned into something bigger. It’s another reminder that for every classic we know, there are countless other fragments, riffs, and lyrical explosions waiting in the shadows.
The Back-Burner: Aerosmith Outtakes & Demos 