Come Back Baby – English Lyrics

• By: Pusha T
• Album: DAYTONA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern American street slang and luxury terminology with 'Come Back Baby.' This track is a masterclass in rhythmic flow and precise diction, making it a great way to learn how metaphors and cultural references are used in contemporary hip-hop.

[English]

I wanna talk to all you addicts out there

That's got yourself a great big Joan

And you have tried all the methadone

And you just can't leave that heroin alone

I wonder

Have you tried

Dope just touched down

I'm so grateful

Numbers so low, bitch, be thankful

They say don't let the money change you

That's how we know money, ain't you

Bitch, I been had

Bitches been bad

We buy big boats

Bitch, I'm Sinbad

Downright sinful

Bitch, we been full

All my dopeboys

We like kinfolk

Be more burnt spoon

DC glass pipe

VA sent bales

About that trap life

Blew through thousands

We made millions

Cocaine soldiers

Once civilians

Bought hoes Hondas

Took care children

Let my pastor

Build out buildings

Rapped on classics

I been brilliant

Now we blendin'

We chameleons, ahh!

Never have I been locked up in a world of misery

I need you darling to set me free

Come back baby

Just find me one more time

Ooh baby, I'm 'bout to go out of my mind, I can't-

Who else got the luxury to drop when he want

'Cause nobody else can fuck with me?

What a show-off

Nigga wrist for wrist let's have a glow off

Fuck it, brick for brick let's have a blow off

If we go by connections made

I can still climb ladders when complexions fade (yugh)

White on white that's the tester

Black on black that's the Tesla

See these diamonds in this watch face?

All that shit came from pressure

They don't miss you 'til you gone with the wind

And they tired of dancing like a Ying Yang Twin

You can't have the Ying without the Yang my friend

Real niggas bring balance to the game I'm in (yugh)

Can't escape the scale if I tried

Interstate trafficking's alive (push)

Never have I been locked up in a world of misery

I need you darling to set me free

Come back baby, just find me one more time

Ooh baby, I'm 'bout to go out of my mind, I can't-

Still fresh off the boat niggas

Don't make me super soak niggas

Your life ends up a quote nigga

The good die young, all dogs go to heaven

It's really just momma's falling out on the reverend

I play musical chairs with these squares

Rich flair before they was Ric Flair's cocaine concierge

Longest running trapper of the year

Stood the test of time like Dapper Dan

Season my sauce like Zatarain's

Is he still in the caravan? (No)

It's a mill in in the caravan? (Whoa)

Richard Mille on a leather band (whoo)

Behind the wheel like an ambulance (go)

On my way up to Maryland (go)

Never have I been locked up in a world of misery

I need you darling to set me free

Come back baby, just find me one more time

Ooh baby, I'm 'bout to go out of my mind, I can't-

Come back baby, just find me one more time

Ooh baby, I'm 'bout to go out of my mind, I-I can't

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Key Grammar Structures

• That's got yourself a great big Joan

  ➔ Reflexive Pronoun

  ➔ The use of "yourself" indicates that the action is directed back to the subject.

• You have tried all the methadone

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "Have tried" expresses an experience or action that happened at an unspecified time in the past.

• They say don't let the money change you

  ➔ Causative Verb Construction

  ➔ The verb "let" + object + bare infinitive is used to express permission or allowance.

• Bitch, I been had

  ➔ AAVE/Non-standard Perfect Aspect

  ➔ "I been had" functions as a remote past or perfective aspect, indicating the action happened long ago.

• Never have I been locked up in a world of misery

  ➔ Negative Inversion

  ➔ Starting with "Never" causes the subject and auxiliary verb to invert for emphasis.

• Who else got the luxury to drop when he want

  ➔ Relative Clause (omitted 'that')

  ➔ The clause describes "the luxury," with the relative pronoun "that" being understood.

• They don't miss you 'til you gone

  ➔ Ellipsis (of 'are')

  ➔ The full phrase is "until you are gone"; the verb "are" is elided for rhythm.

• The good die young

  ➔ Adjective as Noun

  ➔ "The good" refers to "good people" collectively.