Blue Strips – English Lyrics

• By: Jessie Murph
• Album: Sex Hysteria

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad at you

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you

...

I just bought a mansion in Malibu

You know how I get with an attitude

Yeah, you got me throwin' blue strips, bare tits in the strip club

Throwin' ones at your bitch and I know you know what's goin' on

I'm goin' home, I'ma take it off for him

I'ma strip down all your wrongs, ah

Boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad at you

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you, yeah

Got a new man, got a new damn mansion in Malibu

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you

Smoking cigarettes on balconies (mhm)

I ain't jumpin', but I'll die to settle scores

All your bidness gettin' back to me

You don't know it, but it's 'bout to be a war, yeah

Blue strips, bare tits in the strip club

Throwin' ones at your bitch and I know you know what's goin' on

I'm goin' home, I'ma take it off for him

I'ma strip down all your wrongs, ah

Boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad at you

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you, yeah

Got a new man, got a new damn mansion in Malibu

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you

Had to get back at you

I just bought a mansion in Malibu

Boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad at you

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you, yeah

Got a new man, got a new damn mansion in Malibu

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you

Boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad, boy, I ain't mad at you

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you, yeah

Got a new man, got a new damn mansion in Malibu

I had to get back at you, I had to get back at you

...

Key Grammar Structures

• You know how I get with an attitude

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis, 'how' clause as a noun clause

  ➔ The sentence uses an inverted structure – instead of 'You know what my attitude is like', it's 'You know **how** I get with an attitude'. This emphasizes the speaker's behavior. The 'how' clause functions as the object of 'know'.

• I'ma take it off for him

  ➔ Contraction of 'I am going to', colloquial language, informal future tense

  ➔ The phrase **'I'ma'** is a very informal contraction of 'I am going to'. It's common in hip-hop and R&B lyrics. It indicates an intention to do something in the future.

• I'ma strip down all your wrongs, ah

  ➔ Phrasal verb 'strip down' (to reduce to essentials), metaphorical usage

  ➔ The phrase **'strip down all your wrongs'** doesn't literally mean to physically undress someone's mistakes. It's a metaphor for exposing and dismantling the things the person did wrong. 'Strip down' here means to reduce something to its most basic elements.

• All your bidness gettin' back to me

  ➔ Non-standard spelling ('bidness' for 'business'), gerund as subject of the sentence, progressive aspect ('getting')

  ➔ The word **'bidness'** is a deliberate misspelling of 'business', common in hip-hop and AAVE (African American Vernacular English). The sentence uses a gerund ('getting') as the subject, describing the action of information returning to the speaker.