1942 – English Lyrics

• By: G-Eazy, Yo Gotti, YBN Nahmir
• Album: The Uncle Drew Motion Picture Soundtrack

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of contemporary hip-hop with "1942," a dynamic collaboration by G-Eazy, Yo Gotti, and YBN Nahmir. This song, featured on the *Uncle Drew* movie soundtrack, offers a rich landscape of modern slang and cultural references centered around themes of success, luxury, and defiance. Listeners can explore common expressions related to ambition and a lavish lifestyle, making it an engaging way to understand conversational English in a popular music context.

[English]

♪ I don't follow rules and they don't like that ♪

♪ I was skippin' school to get my sack right ♪

♪ My bitch text me and ask why I don't text back ♪

♪ My dog got outta prison and went right back ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that (hitmaka) ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I don't follow rules and they don't like that ♪

♪ Hit the club with wifey, brought a dime back ♪

♪ Hit the three twice and ran it right back ♪

♪ I'm only here tonight ♪

♪ 'cause in the morning got a flight back ♪

♪ Talkin' it, but you ain't livin' like that ♪

♪ The Porsche cost a hundred, this is twice that ♪

♪ Flooded all my diamonds, Poland Spring ♪

♪ Back in Oakland I'm a king, I know and Halsey is a ting ♪

♪ Yeah, 'Rari detailed, there's not a speck of dust on it ♪

♪ I'ma get the bag, you can put some trust on it ♪

♪ Everything is new, so it's never rust on it ♪

♪ And her booty so big you could park a bus on it ♪

♪ Yee, yee! ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ I don't follow rules and they don't like that ♪

♪ I was skippin' school to get my sack right ♪

♪ My bitch text me and ask why I don't text back ♪

♪ My dog got outta prison and went right back ♪

♪ 28 on that scale, right back to the money ♪

♪ Stunting hard, show and tell like that ♪

♪ Yeah, Versace table, Fendi rug ♪

♪ And I got it out the mud ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ Red Christian Loubs, I rock designer shoes ♪

♪ Hunnid bands for my coupe, I speed and it go vroom ♪

♪ Baby hit my line because she see them stars in the roof ♪

♪ I'm up, now the whole gang got 24's on the coupes ♪

♪ Take a L, me, never, we in love, I lied ♪

♪ Foreign's what we ride, in the jet, we fly ♪

♪ If he sayin' he respect me, then it's likewise ♪

♪ Another man say he from another drive-by ♪

♪ I like the way she shake that cake, it's like a race ♪

♪ If she bad, I might take her out, not on a date ♪

♪ Say she boujee, she hit my phone, her nigga late ♪

♪ A 100K just off two shows spent that in a day ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

♪ These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's ♪

♪ I'ma hit that if she let me ♪

♪ They don't like how I talk that ♪

♪ Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin' ♪

♪ '42, I'm steady sippin' ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that ♪

(hip hop beat playing)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
skip /skɪp/ A2	verb - to miss or not attend
flood /flʌd/ B1	verb - to cover or overflow with water
drip /drɪp/ A2	verb - to fall in drops
sippin /ˈsɪpɪŋ/ A2	verb - to drink slowly
stunt /stʌnt/ B1	verb - to show off
Balenci /bəˈlɛnsi/ C1	noun - a luxury fashion brand
Porsche /ˈpɔrʃ/ B2	noun - a luxury car brand
Versace /vərˈsɑːtʃi/ C1	noun - a luxury fashion brand
Fendi /ˈfɛndi/ C1	noun - a luxury fashion brand
diamond /ˈdaɪmənd/ A2	noun - a precious stone
boujee /buːˈʒeɪ/ C1	adjective - aspiring to a luxurious lifestyle
hit /hɪt/ A1	verb - to strike or make contact with verb - to achieve success
wrist /rɪst/ A1	noun - the joint between the hand and forearm
bag /bæɡ/ A1	noun - a container for carrying items
rust /rʌst/ A2	noun - a reddish-brown oxide formed on iron
coupe /kuːp/ B2	noun - a two-door car with a sloping rear roofline
jet /dʒɛt/ A2	noun - a fast aircraft
mud /mʌd/ A1	noun - wet, soft earth

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't follow rules and they don't like that

  ➔ Present simple tense with contraction

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense ('follow', 'don't like') with contractions ('don't') to express habitual actions.

• My bitch text me and ask why I don't text back

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'and' conjunction

  ➔ The sentence combines two actions using 'and' to show they happen simultaneously, both in the present simple tense.

• These brand new, don't step on my Balenci's

  ➔ Imperative mood with contraction

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood ('don't step') with a contraction ('don't') to give a direct command.

• I'ma hit that if she let me

  ➔ Slang contraction of 'I am going to'

  ➔ 'I'ma' is a slang contraction of 'I am going to', used informally to express future intention.

• Flooded out my wrist, a puddle drippin'

  ➔ Past participle as adjective

  ➔ 'Flooded' and 'drippin'' are past participles used as adjectives to describe the state of the wrist and the puddle.

• '42, I'm steady sippin'

  ➔ Present continuous tense with slang

  ➔ 'I'm steady sippin'' uses the present continuous tense ('am sippin') with slang ('steady') to emphasize ongoing action.

• Yeah, I'm on and I'm off that

  ➔ Coordination of two clauses

  ➔ The sentence coordinates two clauses ('I'm on', 'I'm off that') using 'and' to show contrasting actions.

• Hit the club with wifey, brought a dime back

  ➔ Past simple tense with slang

  ➔ The sentence uses the past simple tense ('hit', 'brought') with slang ('wifey', 'dime') to describe past actions.