Birthday Song – English Lyrics

• By: 2 Chainz, Kanye West

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the raw energy of modern hip-hop with 'Birthday Song' by 2 Chainz and Kanye West. This track, a quintessential example of Southern hip hop and trap, offers a candid look into contemporary slang and cultural references. Learning the lyrics provides insight into colloquial English expressions, particularly those prevalent in rap music, and helps understand how artists weave personal desires and societal observations into their narratives, making it a unique lens into a specific subgenre of American music.

[English]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Birthday, it's your birthday ♪

♪ If I die, bury me inside the Louis store ♪

♪ Uh ♪

♪ They ask me what I do and who I do it for ♪

♪ And how I come up with this shit up in the studio ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Gucci store ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Louis store ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty ♪

♪ Skrr, skrr, wrists movin', cookin', gettin' to it ♪

♪ I'm in the kitchen ♪

♪ Yams everywhere ♪

♪ Just made a jug ♪

♪ I got bands everywhere ♪

♪ You the realest nigga breathin' if I hold my breath ♪

♪ Referee with a whistle, brrrt, hold this tech ♪

♪ Extendo clip ♪

♪ Extendo roll ♪

♪ When yo girl leave me, she need a hair salon ♪

♪ Hair-Hair Weave Killer goin' on a trapathon ♪

♪ See I done had more bombs, than Pakistan ♪

♪ Dope bomb, dro bomb and a pill bomb ♪

♪ See nigga, I'm ballin', you in will call ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the jewelry store ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Truey store ♪

♪ True to my religion, two everything, I'm too different ♪

♪ So when I die, bury me next to two bitches ♪

♪ They ask me what I do and who I do it for ♪

♪ And how I come up with this shit up in the studio ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Gucci store ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Louis store ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ Ah, Yeezy, Yeezy, how you do it, huh? ♪

♪ It's my birthday, I deserve to be greedy, huh? ♪

♪ She holdin' out, she ain't givin' to the needy, huh? ♪

♪ You go downstairs and fall asleep with the TV on ♪

♪ Y'all been together ten years, you deserve a ménage ♪

♪ 'Specially if you put that BMW in a garage ♪

♪ 'Specially if you paid a couple payments on her momma crib ♪

♪ Went to her niece's graduation, man, I hate those kids! ♪

♪ Last birthday, she got you a new sweater ♪

♪ Put it on, give her a kiss, and tell her, do better ♪

♪ She said, how 'bout I get you jewelry from the West End? ♪

♪ How 'bout she hit the Westin and get her best friend? ♪

♪ Ha, I'm jokin', I'm just serious, I asked her ♪

♪ Don't be actin', like no actress ♪

♪ If we preachin', then we practice ♪

♪ Don't be reachin', don't be touchin' shit ♪

♪ We in Kanye West's Benz! ♪

♪ 'Cause I will turn you back to a pedestrian, hah! ♪

♪ They ask me what I do and who I do it for ♪

♪ And how I come up with this shit up in the studio ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Gucci store ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Louis store ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ It's your birthday ♪

♪ It's your birthday ♪

♪ Bad bitch contest, you in first place ♪

♪ You in first place, you in first place ♪

♪ Bad bitch contest, you in first place ♪

♪ I show up with a check to your work place ♪

♪ Then hand the valet the keys to the Merces ♪

♪ Tell the DJ play your song, this shit come on ♪

♪ What I'm seeing from the back I can't front on ♪

♪ They ask me what I do and who I do it for ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the booty club ♪

♪ Get it girl, get it girl, get it, get it girl ♪

♪ I might switch it up and get your girl ♪

♪ They ask me what I do and who I do it for ♪

♪ And how I come up with this shit up in the studio ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Gucci store ♪

♪ When I die, bury me inside the Louis store ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe ♪

♪ Deuce and 'Ye ♪

♪ We like Snoop and Dre ♪

♪ And it's your birthday, baby ♪

♪ You deserve a coupe today, whoa ♪

♪ You in first place, you in first place ♪

♪ Bad bitch contest, you in first place ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
birthday /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/ A1	noun - the anniversary of the day on which a person was born
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
store /stɔːr/ A1	noun - a place where things are sold verb - to accumulate for future use; to keep or put away for future use.
ask /æsk/ A1	verb - to put a question to someone
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for. noun - a desire or need
big /bɪɡ/ A1	adjective - of considerable size, extent, or intensity
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give someone or something a name
cook /kʊk/ A1	verb - to prepare food by heating it
got /ɡɒt/ A1	verb - past tense of get
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp, carry, or support with one's hands
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - go away from.
hair /heər/ A2	noun - any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and other animals.
see /siː/ A1	verb - perceive with the eyes; discern visually
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
work /wɜːrk/ A1	noun - activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - of poor quality or a low standard.
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or spot.
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality.

Key Grammar Structures

• All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe

  ➔ Use of 'all I want' + 'is' to express a specific desire.

  ➔ The phrase **'All I want'** introduces a clear personal desire, followed by **'is'** to link it with the specific object of longing.

• When I die, bury me inside the Louis store

  ➔ Use of the simple present tense after 'When' for future or conditional events.

  ➔ The phrase **'When I die'** uses the **'when'** + present tense to indicate a future conditional situation.

• She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty

  ➔ Use of 'so' to indicate cause and effect.

  ➔ The conjunction **'so'** connects the cause (**'She got a big booty'**) with the effect (**'I call her Big Booty'**).

• They ask me what I do and who I do it for

  ➔ Use of reported speech with question words without inversion.

  ➔ The sentence employs **reported speech** with the **question words** **'what'** and **'who'** without the typical subject-verb inversion used in direct questions.

• She holdin' out, she ain't givin' to the needy, huh?

  ➔ Use of present continuous tense with colloquial contraction for 'holding out'.

  ➔ The phrase **'She holdin' out'** uses the colloquial **present continuous** tense with the **-ing** form, indicating an ongoing action in informal speech.