Cold Bwoy – English Lyrics

• By: B.o.B
• Album: WATER

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the raw, lyrical energy of B.o.B's "Cold Bwoy" and dive into the language of street narratives. This freestyle offers a glimpse into a world with its own set of rules and codes, making it a compelling piece for those interested in understanding the power of storytelling in hip-hop. The song's blend of unfiltered commentary and modern trap sounds makes it a unique and educational listening experience.

[English]

Cold boy

This beat cold boy

Greatest story ever told boy

30 million records sold boy

Must live by the code boy

Especially if you a dope boy

Where you get that Coogi sweater?

Your momma think you sellin' soap boy (Soap boy)

Watch out for them hoes boy (Hoes boy)

Make sure you crease and fold boys (Fold boy)

The streets out of control boy

This shit just like Game of Thrones boy (Thrones boy)

Ain't no new hoes, these hoes been hoeing'

Ain't no new grow that someone been showin'

In that two-door, that hoe tip-toein'

She heard my new song, she tryin' to feel on me

Where you get it? "I don't know" You a lie (You a lie)

You a THOT "No I'm not" You a lie (You lie)

First day at the job, you applied

At the desk, selling 2 for the 5

Play your role, you on parole boy

Quit talkin' on the phone boy

Don't ever let them see you slippin'

They catch you as a minor, they gon' try you as a grown boy

5 to 10 if you 10, that shit cold boy

They can't smell it when it's cold boy

Pharmacy the real dope boy

Come back later, kitchen closed boy

Cold boy

This beat cold boy

Greatest story ever told boy

30 million records sold boy

Must live by the code boy

Especially if you a dope boy

Where you get that Coogi sweater?

Your momma think you sellin' soap boy

Hopped up out the bed, got some head right before

Gassin' up the muscle, '67 steroid

Prescriptions in my backpack

I'm so high I'm having flashbacks

Got a half a pound on the way in the Uber

Cost a couple bands, plus I threw in a tuba

Cutie pie for me, a cutie pie for my shooter

Two Dominican bitches, that just flew in from Sosua

Ooh this loud, where you get it? "Parking lot."

How much is it? "I don't know, not a lot."

Uh, I got more, plenty more, at the spot

I can't walk with too much, them hoes is hot

Try and look sober for my mom and them

But I smoked it with my uncle them

Just lookin' for a come up

Yea, I was flexin' in them struggle Timbs'

Flexin' in them struggle Timbs'

Flexin' in them struggle Timbs'

Pharmacy the real dope boy

Come back later, kitchen closed boy

Cold boy

This beat cold boy

Greatest story ever told boy

30 million records sold boy

Must live by the code boy

Especially if you a dope boy

Where you get that Coogi sweater?

Your momma think you sellin' soap boy

Cold boy

Cold boy

Cold boy

Cold boy

Cold boy

Cold boy

Key Grammar Structures

• Must live by the code boy

  ➔ Modal verb + bare infinitive

  ➔ The modal verb "Must" expresses strong obligation and is followed directly by the bare infinitive "live".

• Where you get that Coogi sweater?

  ➔ Colloquial question with omitted auxiliary "do"

  ➔ The sentence drops the auxiliary "do" that would normally appear in standard English: "Where **do** you get..."

• Watch out for them hoes boy

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ "Watch out" is a command; the subject "you" is understood and omitted.

• Ain't no new hoes, these hoes been hoeing'

  ➔ Double negative + present perfect progressive (been + -ing)

  ➔ "Ain't" is a colloquial negative form; combined with "no" it creates a double negative. "Been hoeing" uses the auxiliary "been" plus the gerund to form a present perfect progressive.

• You a THOT "No I'm not" You a lie

  ➔ Zero copula (omission of "are")

  ➔ In colloquial speech the verb "are" is often dropped: "You **are** a THOT" → "You a THOT".

• Don't ever let them see you slippin'

  ➔ Negative imperative + gerund (slippin')

  ➔ "Don't" forms a negative command. The verb "slippin'" is a gerund (informal spelling of "slipping") used as a noun object of "see".

• They can't smell it when it's cold boy

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" + present simple; conditional clause with "when"

  ➔ "can't" (cannot) expresses inability. "When" introduces a temporal clause: "when **it's** cold".

• Play your role, you on parole boy

  ➔ Imperative + zero copula (omission of "are")

  ➔ "Play" is a command. In the second clause the verb "are" is omitted: "you **are** on parole" → "you on parole".

• Got a half a pound on the way in the Uber

  ➔ Past participle used as adjective; ellipsis of subject "I"

  ➔ "Got" is the past participle of "get" used adjectivally, meaning "I have". The subject "I" is omitted in informal speech.