Big Things Poppin' (Do It) – English Lyrics

• By: T.I.
• Album: US or ELSE EP

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is an engaging way to understand culture and slang. T.I.'s "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" is a great example of Southern American hip-hop vernacular. Through this song, you can pick up on slang and the confident, assertive tone often found in trap music, making the language learning process both fun and culturally immersive.

[English]

Do it, Do it, Do it, what you waiting for

Do it, Do it, Do it, what you waiting for Now Lemme hear you say

Big things popping, and little things stopping

Ball on these niggas being broke is not an option

Do it, Do it, Do it, what you waiting for

lemme hear you say

Big things popping, and little things stopping

Ball on these niggas being broke is not an option

Do it to the maximum, take it why you asking them?

Don't listen to them suckers when they say you too irrational.

See I said I was king and them lames started laughing

Same sucker now I want the king on the track I composed several classics, watch you know

like "Top Back"?

"Dope Boys", "Bring 'Em Out" and "What You Know About That"

Now they ask how I talk, what you know about that?

Dominated '06, now I'm going right back See me raise hell, let 'em show just like

that Even Denzel say damn, I ain't know it like

that Nigga yea, still bank head you can tell

Ain't nothing changed but the name on the mail

Still kicking doors with them things in the air

Up in Beni Hauna's, see me slang in them chair I will slang cane, no such thing as a jail

Said you need a hundred squares they just came off the scale

Do it, Do it, Do it, what you waiting for Now Lemme hear you say

Big things popping, and little things stopping

Ball on these niggas being broke is not an option

Do it like a ball player, when you see me balling

Stacks tall-ass ball player from the stage to the air

Whether in Miami, Cincinnati or in Riverdale Arizona, California, make it rain anywhere

Pulling out that pistol nigga who you think you finna scare?

20 rounds of missles have you pissing in your underwear

I tote a pair of 40 cals, so you better tone it down

I suggest you just prepare yourself for when it's going down

A-town, west side, Club Crucial catch me, Right up at the top where Big Kuntry, Dro

& Mac be Jackers lying say they caught me slipping

how could that be I'm something like a stalker I be everywhere

the trap be The trap be, jumping with that 100 dollar

slab If I wanted nigga I could get 100 on the tab

Sell em all double down Nigga do the math Think I won't pull up in something With 200

on the dash

Do it, Do it, Do it, what you waiting for Now Lemme hear you say

Big shit popping, and little shit stopping

Ball on these niggas being broke is not anoption

Do it like I wanna do it, do that shit in front of you

Real nigga vision pimping I ain't seeing none of you

I Do it for my nigga Phil daughter and his momma too

Do it for my oldest sons and they Grand momma too

Do it for my daughters and my my youngest son momma who

go buy what she want cause she know it ain't a problem to.

You do something to them and its you I bring the Drama to

You do it for a day or so, we do it for a month or two

I do it for my partner go make show them nigga stunting too

We doing with them choppers, ain't no problem where you running to?

We do it for the block, now why ain't nobody stopping me

I do it for my pop, and my cousins too they watching me

I did it nonstop, now see how these niggas copy me

I made it from the bottom to the top, where I ought to be

Who do it this good, and do it different No matter what I do you know I do it to death

Do it, Do it ,Do it what you waiting for

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
big /bɪɡ/ A1	adjective - large in size, great in extent
thing /θɪŋ/ A1	noun - an object, item, or matter
pop /pɑp/ B1	verb - to burst or make a short explosive sound noun - a short, sharp explosive sound; also a soft drink
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - to cease moving or acting
ball /bɔːl/ A2	noun - a round object used in games or sports verb - to dance or have a party (slang)
broke /broʊk/ A2	adjective - having no money verb (past tense of break) - to have fractured or destroyed
king /kɪŋ/ A2	noun - a male monarch; a person who is considered the best at something
track /træk/ B1	noun - a path or a course; a piece of recorded music verb - to follow the course or progress of something
classic /ˈklæsɪk/ B2	adjective - of lasting significance and recognized excellence noun - a work of art that is considered exemplary
raise /reɪz/ B2	verb - to lift or move something to a higher position verb - to increase amount or level (e.g., raise a salary)
hell /hɛl/ B1	noun - a place of suffering in many religions; also used as an exclamation
bank /bæŋk/ B1	noun - a financial institution that keeps money verb - to tilt or incline while turning (esp. in aviation)
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known verb - to give a name to someone or something
mail /meɪl/ A1	noun - letters and parcels sent by post verb - to send something by post
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a movable barrier that allows entry to a room or building
air /ɛər/ A1	noun - the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth verb - to broadcast or make something known publicly
slang /slæŋ/ B2	noun - informal language used by a particular group
jail /dʒeɪl/ B1	noun - a place where people are confined as punishment verb - to imprison; to put someone in jail
hundred /ˈhʌndrəd/ A2	noun - the number 100; a group of one hundred items adjective - denoting a quantity of one hundred
player /ˈpleɪər/ B1	noun - a person taking part in a sport or game; also someone who manipulates others (slang)

Key Grammar Structures

• Do it, Do it, Do it, what you waiting for

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase indicates an action currently in progress, suggesting immediacy.

• Big things popping, and little things stopping

  ➔ Present participle

  ➔ The use of present participles suggests ongoing actions.

• Ball on these niggas being broke is not an option

  ➔ Gerund

  ➔ The gerund 'being' acts as a noun, indicating a state of existence.

• Do it to the maximum, take it why you asking them?

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or make requests.

• I do it for my nigga Phil daughter

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ The simple present indicates a habitual action or general truth.

• Ain't nothing changed but the name on the mail

  ➔ Colloquial contraction (ain’t)

  ➔ The use of 'ain't' is a colloquial form to denote negation.

• Think I won't pull up in something

  ➔ Second conditional

  ➔ The second conditional expresses hypothetical scenarios.