1 (773) Vulture – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Durk

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Why the opposition callin' my line?

Tellin' me to come outside

I would, but I know they lyin'

(I been through this shit before, you know?)

Foe'nem told me keep my iron

My momma had a dream about me dyin'

I told her that I hope she lyin'

It's gon' be a homicide

It's gon' be a homicide

Fuck with Durk and they dyin' today (facts)

They told me they sick and tired

They don't wanna die today

Whatever my niggas be wantin', know I got 'em (I got 'em)

I be off them drugs, addicted to narcotics (narcotics)

2012 niggas wasn't with me in the 'partments

I'ma take a risk, carry my guns inside my joggers (yeah, yeah)

Why you steady playin' hoe? Let me be their father

Kill his ass in the streets, we hope they don't charge us (don't charge us)

We can't find your ass, we gon' kill your artist (on God)

And you know it's guaranteed when I say promise (yeah, yeah)

And I got some shawtys that gon' shoot

They gon' do the shit you ain't gon' do

They gon' slide through your block, they make calls on you (let's get it)

You hang with them and don't supposed to, it's gon' fall on you

Spit on me bad when I was down, I'ma ball on you

And you ain't thinkin' 'bout getting no money, til' it dawned on you (yeah, yeah)

And nigga I'll drill for 'em (drill for 'em)

I ain't still signed to French, but I'd kill for him (let's get it)

Who said I ain't got no money, I'm like a mil' on

You tried to turn a hoe into a housewife, watch, she still goin' (still goin')

Voice of the trenches, talkin' for the streets (for the streets)

Teachers said I might be dead 'cause I love the streets (bitch)

And she still told me that my grades above a B

The streets don't love anyone, but they in love with me

Fuck with me and it's a homicide

Try to clean my image with a turkey drive

Went in 18 he gettin' out when he like 35

2018 I'm goin' up, my shows a hundred racks (damn)

Lie to you none, but in jail I say a hundred lies

How the fuck you mad, and I gave your ass a hundred tries? (Oh)

And for them brothers that I love, I dropped a hundred, why?

Don't feed your gang when they snake you, you gon' wonder why

Tryin' tuck my pride away (tryin' tuck my pride)

I ain't really tryin' to die today (I ain't really tryin' to die)

Certain shit I can't tolerate (no)

Why the opposition callin' my line?

Tellin' me to come outside

I would, but I know they lyin'

(I been through this shit before, you know?)

Foe'nem told me keep my iron

My momma had a dream about me dyin'

I told her that I hope she lyin'

It's gon' be a homicide

It's gon' be a homicide

Fuck with Durk and they dyin' today (facts)

They told me they sick and tired

They don't want to die today

Key Grammar Structures

• Why the opposition callin' my line?

  ➔ Present continuous (colloquial) with dropping the final -g

  ➔ "callin'" is a colloquial form of "calling" used in the present continuous to indicate an ongoing action.

• I would, but I know they lyin'

  ➔ Conditional clause with "would" + present simple

  ➔ "would" expresses a hypothetical situation: "I **would**..." followed by the present simple "know".

• My momma had a dream about me dyin'

  ➔ Past simple + gerund (verb‑ing) as complement

  ➔ "had" is the past simple of "have" and "dyin'" (a gerund) functions as the object of the preposition "about".

• It's gon' be a homicide

  ➔ Future intention with "going to" contracted to "gon'"

  ➔ "gon'" is a colloquial contraction of "going to" and expresses a planned future event: "It **is gon' be**..."

• They told me they sick and tired

  ➔ Reported speech with past simple + present simple omission of "are"

  ➔ "told" is past simple introducing reported speech; "they **sick and tired**" omits the verb "are" which is understood.

• I ain't still signed to French, but I'd kill for him

  ➔ Negative contraction "ain't" + conditional "would" ("I'd")

  ➔ "ain't" replaces "am not/is not/are not" for emphasis; "I'd" = "I would" shows a hypothetical willingness.

• We can't find your ass, we gon' kill your artist

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" + future intention "gon'"

  ➔ "can't" = "cannot" expresses inability; "gon'" (going to) shows a decided future action.

• Tryin' tuck my pride away

  ➔ Present participle used as a verbless clause (gerund‑like)

  ➔ "Tryin'" (trying) functions as a gerund, introducing the action "tuck my pride away" without a separate subject.

• Who said I ain't got no money, I'm like a mil' on

  ➔ Rhetorical question + present simple + comparative idiom "I'm like"

  ➔ "Who said..." is a rhetorical question; "I **ain't got** no money" uses double negative for emphasis; "I'm **like** a mil'" compares wealth using the idiom "I'm like".