Clappers – English Lyrics

• By: Wale, Nicki Minaj, Juicy J
• Album: The Gifted

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the vibrant sounds of hip-hop and go-go music with Wale's "Clappers," featuring Nicki Minaj and Juicy J. This track offers a fun and energetic experience, diving into the slang and cultural references of early 2010s hip-hop while celebrating the rhythms of Washington, D.C.'s unique go-go scene.

[English]

Don't mind me baby, heh

We taking over summer

Young getting it, haha

Let's take it home, champ

Ayy, ayy

Look, shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Woo, uh

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay, okay)

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay)

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Ayy, Wale (woo)

Bounce, bounce, bounce, fool, I put the city on

Bounce, bounce, bounce, fool, then I put my niggas on

Bounce, bounce, bounce, fool, I ain't gotta say too much

It's fan participation keeping rainy in the stadium

Oh, see that from a block away

I ain't pessimistic, but I dropped a couple not today

Oh, bet she call you not today

I told 'em all my lot is out

I know the dame like Skylar team

Oh, I wonder if she shot up

I just know her favorite song is "Started from the Bottom"

And I ain't hating mama, fact I wanna take your number

Said you save yo' bread from Magic something happened then went voilà

Now, shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay, okay)

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay)

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah (yessir)

Shawty come shake that ass for me

Let a trippy nigga see what you working with

Can you clap that ass? Do a handstand

Girl, make your booty wiggle, do a perfect split

She got the fattest ass, she got the perfect tits

I wanna get some head, come on work your lips

I'm high in the clouds I'm not coming down

I'm so turnt up I can't find the ground (sippy)

Sippin' syrup by the gallon, smokin' kush by the pound

Make it flood with the ones, broke bitch might drown

Juicy got chips like Frito-Lay

And I'm fucking these chicks out of D.O.A

I'm so dopeboy fresh that you think that I'm selling blow

Take your chick to VIP and get her pregnant in her throat

Shawty bust it open for me, I might throw this cash

Shawty throw that ass like a Hail Mary pass

I'm fucking me a new chick e'ry night

Make that ass clap, I don't care about that cellulite

Look, shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay, okay)

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay)

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Clappers to the front, got a backwood full of skunk

Got a white boy with the funnel gentrifying, that's what's up

Look, clappers to the front, all you niggas got the skumps

Now she finna bust it loose, screaming rest in peace to Chuck

It's that DMV, we up at KOD

And I can CC you these CC's

But don't be OC

Shout out to that cellulite

Got a real bad bitch that will sell you white

Got another bad bitch that will sex you right

Got a couple hoodrats on Section 8

Make a nigga cum, don't procrastinate

Ass on 5-0 come crack the case

Got ass for days, come activate

This ass on fire, evacuate

Throw that ass in the air, evaporate

Where your money? Let a bitch evaluate

If you 'bout big money, elaborate

I'ma shake this ass 'til I graduate, nigga

Look, shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay, okay)

Clappers to the front, front, front, front (okay)

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Uh, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce

Yeah, yeah, uh, bounce, bounce, look, look

Screaming rest in peace to Chuck, uh, yeah

Saying rest in peace to Chuck, yeah, uh-huh

Saying rest in peace to Chuck, yeah, yeah

And in that city I'm the one, let's go, Scotty

E. Sreet, D. Sreet, Rosedale, Sursum Corda, Paradise, Carver Terrace, 1-5

Parkland, Garfield, Palmer Park, 2-5, Kentland, Benning Park, Simple City

Simple City (let's go)

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
clappers /ˈklæpərz/ C1	noun - people who clap
shawty /ˈʃɔːti/ C2	noun - young attractive woman (slang)
butt /bʌt/ A2	noun - the buttocks
bounce /baʊns/ A2	verb - to rebound or jump noun - a rebound; the act of bouncing
stadium /ˈsteɪdiəm/ B1	noun - large sports arena
pessimistic /ˌpɛsɪˈmɪstɪk/ C1	adjective - tending to see the worst aspect of things
pregnant /ˈprɛgnənt/ A2	adjective - carrying a developing baby
cellulite /ˈsɛljʊlaɪt/ C1	noun - dimpled skin under the skin, especially on thighs
gentrify /ˈdʒɛntrɪfaɪ/ C1	verb - to improve a neighbourhood so that it attracts wealthier residents
flood /flʌd/ B1	noun - an overwhelming amount of water covering land verb - to cover or submerge with water
skunk /skʌŋk/ B2	noun - a small mammal known for its strong smell; also slang for potent cannabis
Hail Mary /heɪl ˈmɛri/ C1	noun - a desperate last‑ditch effort
VIP /ˌviːaɪˈpiː/ B2	noun - very important person
dopeboy /ˈdoʊpˌbɔɪ/ C2	noun - a male drug dealer (slang)
kush /kʊʃ/ C2	noun - a strain of cannabis
split /splɪt/ B1	noun - a gymnastics move where the legs are extended in opposite directions verb - to divide or separate into parts
handstand /ˈhændstænd/ B2	noun - a position balancing on the hands
evaluate /ɪˈvæljuːeɪt/ C1	verb - to assess the value or significance of something
elaborate /ɪˈlæbəreɪt/ C1	verb - to add details or develop thoroughly
evaporate /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ C1	verb - to turn from liquid into vapor

Key Grammar Structures

• Don't mind me baby, heh

  ➔ Imperative Verb + Object

  ➔ The imperative form of the verb "mind" used to give a command or instruction (Don't **mind** me).

• We taking over summer

  ➔ Present Continuous tense with future meaning

  ➔ Using the present continuous tense ("taking") to express a planned future event.

• Shawty got a big ol' butt, oh yeah

  ➔ Subject + Verb (got) + Adjective + Noun phrase

  ➔ Structure describing a characteristic (Shawty - subject, got - verb, big ol' butt - adjective + noun phrase)

• Bounce, bounce, bounce, fool, I put the city on

  ➔ Imperative verb, emphatic repetition

  ➔ Use of the imperative verb "bounce" and repetition for emphasis.

• And I ain't hating mama, fact I wanna take your number

  ➔ Contraction + Compound Sentence + Informal Language

  ➔ Use of the contraction "ain't" (informal), and linking two independent clauses with a conjunction (fact).

• Said you save yo' bread from Magic something happened then went voilà

  ➔ Reported Speech + Informal language + Temporal Conjunction

  ➔ Uses reported speech ("Said you save..."), informal contractions ("yo'"), and the temporal conjunction "then".

• I'm high in the clouds I'm not coming down

  ➔ Multiple clauses linked by Coordinating Conjunction, emphatic repetition

  ➔ Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, emphasis through repetition of the state.

• Juicy got chips like Frito-Lay

  ➔ Subject + Verb + Object + Simile

  ➔ Using a simile ("like") to compare Juicy's possession of chips to Frito-Lay.

• I might throw this cash

  ➔ Modal Verb + Verb

  ➔ Use of the modal verb "might" to express possibility or a conditional action.