100 – English Lyrics

• By: The Game, Drake

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into The Game's "100" featuring Drake, a compelling track that examines the challenges of fame and loyalty. Learn how the artists blend hip-hop with R&B influences while delivering a powerful message about staying true to oneself and navigating the complexities of the music industry.

[English]

Real nigga shit

Other night at your crib, it was like me, Black, 40, OB

We just sittin' there talkin' 'bout life

Played some beats, but I forgot to tell you one thing

Niggas called me to set you up

Want me to come and wet you up

'Cause you a out of town nigga like Biggie

Heard about the shit with Diddy

So I came through to vest you up

And I got a vest for 40, a vest for Hush

A vest for every nigga with an owl on his chest and what

I got L.A. unified, you better off committin' suicide

Teachers ain't testin' us

See, I know how it feel to be platinum-plus

Niggas is jealous of you, so they try to wrap you up

Tax you up, but it's OVO, Blood Money

Nigga catch these bullets like he catch the bus

Dog, fame is a motherfucker

Do a nigga four favors when you can't do the fifth

How soon they forget?

Run up on you at your granny house, leave you lyin' like Fif'

How a nigga s'posed to love you niggas?

Heart beatin' fast when I dap and when I hug you niggas

Drake told me not to trust you niggas

Your energy off, you're finicky, I rush you niggas

Just walkin' 'round the crib like, why a nigga can't live?

Get this money, fuck these bitches though

Thinkin' 'bout the beef like

We can pass these motherfuckin' straps like a physical

This my city, nigga, everybody know it

Ridin' 'round town, just me and my Four Pound

Tucked in my Tom Fords, hopin' I ain't gotta show it

L.A. niggas, be the craziest, these niggas do some shady shit

Niggas'll run up on your car, catch you off guard

Like the Lil Wayne and Baby shit, 40, I'm fucked up

Y'all better not come to my studio with that fake shit

Y'all better not come to my funeral with that fake shit

Y'all better off realizin' there's nothin' that y'all could do wit' me

All I ever ask is keep it eight more than 92 with me, 100

L.A. niggas, be the craziest, yeah, 100

L.A., all I ever ask is 100

L.A., L.A. niggas, be the craziest, yeah, 100

All I ever ask is one

Thank me later, thanks for nothin', thanks for bluffin'

Thank you so, so much for wearin' your true colors

To every single fuckin' function

Had niggas tell me to my face how we were family

And how they love me while they were skimmin' off the budget

Now, when I see 'em, they're the ones that's actin' funny

People been reachin' out to me

And I'm on some straight unresponsive shit

I would have so many friends

If I didn't have money, respect and accomplishments

I would have so many friends

If I held back the truth and I just gave out compliments

I would have all of your fans if I didn't go pop

And I stayed on some conscious shit

I would have so many more friends

If I lost my success and my confidence

I'm in the club every time that they play the competition

If they even play the competition and I seen the response they get

Yeah, nobody's even hearin' it on top of the pyramid

Might go to Jamaica, disappear again

My circle got so small that it's a period, sayin' to myself...

Y'all better not come to my studio with that fake shit

Y'all better not come to my funeral with that fake shit

Y'all better off realizin' there's nothin' that y'all could do wit' me

All I ever ask is keep it eight more than 92 with me, 100

...

L.A. niggas, be the craziest, yeah, 100

L.A., all I ever ask is 100

L.A., L.A. niggas, be the craziest, yeah, 100

All I ever ask is one

Miss 4 Cent, that was my real nigga

Held a nigga down since he was a lil' nigga

If he was still alive, he would kill niggas

He was Lil Snupe, I was Meek Mill

Niggas know how it feel when you missin' your nigga though

Can't think, so you roll up that indigo

Stressin' while drivin' down Figuero'

Blowin' kush clouds until his ghost is in my Ghost, damn

Make a real nigga wanna give his life to God like, here it go

Screamin' Frog name at the clouds, they don't hear me though

Guess they too busy with 2Pac and Biggie though

You niggas don't feel me though

That was on Suge's watch, I'll take Suge's watch

You dissin' Drizzy, that's cool, but don't come to my city though

Not even to H-Town

So underground that I gotta be a trill nigga

Strapped up from the waist down

That's word to Pimp C, J Prince is my real nigga

Shit was so simple when Henchman was out

He had a young nigga right there with Meech

So happy when Bleu Davinci got out

We came up on these California streets

L.A. niggas, be the craziest, these niggas do some shady shit

Niggas'll run up on your car, catch you off guard

Like the Lil Wayne and Baby shit

Got a nigga confused, but why a nigga gotta choose?

Don't even matter, dog, 'cause I'm a always be a real nigga

Always be a real nigga

I never learned how to be nothin' but a real nigga

Y'all better not come to my studio with that fake shit

Y'all better not come to my funeral with that fake shit

Y'all better off realizin' there's nothin' that y'all could do wit' me

All I ever ask is keep it eight more than 92 with me, 100

L.A. niggas, be the craziest, yeah, 100

L.A., all I ever ask is 100

L.A., L.A. niggas, be the craziest, yeah, 100

All I ever ask is one

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
catch /kætʃ/ A1	verb - to grasp or capture
real /riːl/ A1	adjective - actual or genuine
trust /trʌst/ A2	verb - to believe in the reliability of someone or something
jealous /ˈdʒɛləs/ A2	adjective - feeling resentment over someone's success or advantages
fame /feɪm/ A2	noun - the state of being known or recognized by many people
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ A2	adjective - unable to think clearly
success /səkˈsɛs/ B1	noun - the achievement of desired goals or results
confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ B1	noun - belief in oneself and one's abilities
platinum /ˈplætɪnəm/ B1	noun - a precious metallic element adjective - relating to a high level of achievement
energy /ˈɛnərdʒi/ B1	noun - the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity
function /ˈfʌŋkʃən/ B1	noun - a social event or ceremony
accomplishments /əˈkɒmplɪʃmənts/ B2	noun - something completed successfully
conscious /ˈkɒnʃəs/ B2	adjective - aware of one's surroundings or actions
underground /ˌʌndərˈɡraʊnd/ B2	adjective - not mainstream or widely known
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/ B1	verb - to cease to be visible
circle /ˈsɜːrkl/ A2	noun - a group of people with shared interests or activities
strap /stræp/ B1	noun - a band used to fasten or carry something
shady /ˈʃeɪdi/ B1	adjective - dishonest or suspicious
ghost /ɡoʊst/ A2	noun - the soul of a dead person believed to appear as a shadowy form

Key Grammar Structures

• We just sittin' there talkin' 'bout life

  ➔ Present continuous tense with contraction

  ➔ The phrase 'sittin'' is a contraction of 'sitting,' commonly used in informal speech to convey ongoing action.

• Niggas called me to set you up

  ➔ Passive voice with past tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice to emphasize the action ('set you up') rather than the doer ('Niggas').

• How a nigga s'posed to love you niggas?

  ➔ Contraction and rhetorical question

  ➔ 'S'posed' is a contraction of 'supposed,' and the sentence is a rhetorical question, implying frustration or disbelief.

• All I ever ask is keep it 100

  ➔ Present simple in a conditional context

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple to express a general truth or request in a conditional context.

• If I didn't have money, respect and accomplishments

  ➔ Past perfect in a conditional sentence

  ➔ The past perfect ('didn't have') is used to describe a hypothetical past condition contrary to fact.

• I would have so many friends

  ➔ Conditional perfect

  ➔ The conditional perfect ('would have') is used to express a hypothetical result in the past.

• You niggas don't feel me though

  ➔ Present tense with emphasis

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense to assert a current state with added emphasis through the word 'though.'

• Always be a real nigga

  ➔ Future simple with 'always'

  ➔ The phrase uses the future simple with 'always' to express a continuous state or habit in the future.