Ball Like I'm Kobe – English Lyrics

• By: Soulja Boy, Smooky Margielaa

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the language of modern trap music with Soulja Boy and Smooky Margielaa's "Ball Like I'm Kobe." This track offers a great opportunity to understand contemporary slang related to wealth, success, and street culture. Its repetitive and rhythmic nature makes it easier to catch key phrases and immerse yourself in the sound that's dominating today's hip-hop scene.

[English]

Most of these niggas be folding

Pull on your block and I spray the shit up, hold on

Back in the trap I was eating baloney

Walking the club with a 100k cash on me

New Lambo do the dash on it

His favorite moment then I splash on it

In a lambo like the flash on it

The rollie hit hard the flash aint even on it

I'm riding in the lamb with the gas aint even on it

Bad bitch and I aint even throw no cash on it

Draco sitting in my lap with a 100 rounds on it

Tell me who the fuck want it

Pull up nigga then I let choppas

We send shots why I see you out the drop top

Young draco nigga you know I'm hot

Standing in the kitchen and beat up the pot

Getting money like me nigga I think not

I hop in the lamb and I drop out the top

I walk in the louis I'm spending the guap

Walk in the strip club and I throw guap

Pussy ass lame ass cap rap nigga

When I see you in the streets

You know you get slapped nigga

You a fuck boy and you know you wack nigga

Ak-47 came with the shoulder strap nigga

Young draco don't play nigga body in a river

Broad day with the ak

You know I'ma spray my nigga

Tryna ride don't do that my nigga

I pop out the cut with my finger on trigger

Young draco nigga you know I'm that nigga

Smoking on gas fucking your sister

I'm riding round town in the lambo

Two choppers on me like Rambo

Pop out that cut and I shoot the shit up I got ammo

Pull up on your block with a 223 spray with the heat

Draco nigga got bricks in a jeep

Young draco nigga make money in sleep

223 bullets they spray up the street

223 bullets they spray up your house

Riding in foriegns I cant pronounce

Fucking your bitch then kicking her out

Pop out the cut put a stick in your mouth

I gucci the silly louis the couch

Yeah, bitch I ball just like Kobe

100 racks in the duffle I got big bank rolls on me

Bitch get out my way if it aint the wraith don't call me

Round and round in the wraith remember when I used to ride a stoley

Step on the scene diamonds bring bling

You can't even see

On a plane I done this jet right overseas

Pull up fast in a red mustang

Tried to race that bitch we got them beams

Foriegn cars belly Moncler catch me riding through the streets

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nigga /ˈnɪɡə/ C2	noun - Offensive term for a black person.
pull /pʊl/ A2	verb - to move something towards oneself verb - to move or go to a place
spray /spreɪ/ B1	verb - to eject liquid from a container noun - liquid ejected in a spray
block /blɒk/ A2	noun - a rectangular area of land in a town or city
cash /kæʃ/ B1	noun - money in the form of notes and coins
throw /θroʊ/ A2	verb - to propel something through the air
rounds /raʊndz/ B2	noun - bullets
shots /ʃɒts/ B1	noun - the act of firing a weapon
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move on foot
street /striːt/ A1	noun - a public road in a city or town
shoot /ʃuːt/ B1	verb - to fire a weapon
gun /ɡʌn/ B1	noun - a weapon that fires bullets
bitch /bɪtʃ/ C2	noun - offensive term for a woman
kobe /ˈkoʊbi/ C2	noun - reference to Kobe Bryant, famous basketball player
bank /bæŋk/ B1	noun - an organization that provides financial services
scene /siːn/ B1	noun - the place where something happens
diamonds /ˈdaɪməndz/ B1	noun - a precious stone
car /kɑːr/ A1	noun - a motor vehicle

Key Grammar Structures

• Most of these niggas be folding

  ➔ Present continuous with 'be' for habitual actions

  ➔ The phrase 'be folding' uses 'be' to indicate a habitual action, similar to 'always folding'.

• Pull on your block and I spray the shit up, hold on

  ➔ Imperative mood + coordinating conjunction

  ➔ 'Pull' is in the imperative mood, and 'and' connects two actions.

• Back in the trap I was eating baloney

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ 'Was eating' indicates an ongoing action in the past.

• New Lambo do the dash on it

  ➔ Subject-verb inversion in informal speech

  ➔ 'New Lambo do' inverts the typical subject-verb order for emphasis.

• I'm riding in the lamb with the gas aint even on it

  ➔ Contraction with 'aint' for negation

  ➔ 'Aint even on it' is a non-standard contraction of 'is not even on it'.

• Tell me who the fuck want it

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with emphatic language

  ➔ The phrase uses strong language ('who the fuck') to emphasize the question.

• Young draco nigga you know I'm hot

  ➔ Slang and colloquial expressions

  ➔ 'Young draco' and 'nigga' are slang terms, and 'I'm hot' is colloquial for being popular or successful.

• Yeah, bitch I ball just like Kobe

  ➔ Simile using 'like'

  ➔ 'Just like Kobe' compares the speaker's actions to those of Kobe Bryant.