Cooped Up – English Lyrics

• By: Post Malone, Roddy Ricch

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the vibrant world of Post Malone and Roddy Ricch's "Cooped Up," a song that captures the spirit of freedom after confinement. This track offers a glimpse into contemporary American slang and cultural references, making it a fun way to improve your English and understand the nuances of modern music.

[English]

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♪ [POST MALONE] I’M ABOUT TO PULL UP ♪

♪ HIT SWITCH, PULL CURTAIN (HIT SWITCH, PULL CURTAIN ) ♪

♪ AND I’VE BEEN WAITIN’ SO LONG ♪

♪ NOW I GOTTA RESURFACE ♪

♪ AND YEAH WE 'BOUT TO TOAST UP ♪

♪ ALL THAT BREAD THAT WE BURNIN’ ♪

♪ CUZ I’VE BEEN FEELIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN FUCKIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪♪♪

♪ YEAH I’M OFF THE BUD LIGHT NOT THE BOURBON ♪

♪ I MIGHT CHOP THE ROOF OFF THE SUBURBAN ♪

♪ TRIED TO BE A NICE GUY, JOHN TERZIAN ♪

♪ TIL’ I STARTED THROWIN’ UP IN YOUR BIRKIN ♪

♪ THEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNIN’ ♪

♪ POLICE SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR WITH A WARRANT ♪

♪ I REMEMBER FLUSHIN’ SOMETHIN’ DOWN THE TOILET ♪

♪ GUESS YOU GOTTA LET ME OFF WITH A WARNING, RETURN OF MACK ♪

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♪ FEELIN’ LIKE AN OUTCAST I’M THE ONLY GUY IN SLACKS ♪

♪ THAT’LL COST YA THREE STACKS ♪

♪ NOW YOU SAVIN’ THAT CHECK WHY YOU TAKIN’ MY SWAG ♪

♪ CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT BACK ♪

♪ GUCCI MY PRADA, MIYAKE ♪

♪ LOUIS, BOTTEGA AND TOMMY ♪

♪ ALL OF THESE THINGS ON MY BODY ♪

♪ LET’S PARTY ♪

♪ I’M ABOUT TO PULL UP ♪

♪ HIT SWITCH, PULL CURTAIN (HIT SWITCH, PULL CURTAIN ) ♪

♪ AND I’VE BEEN WAITIN’ SO LONG ♪

♪ NOW I GOTTA RESURFACE ♪

♪ AND YEAH WE 'BOUT TO TOAST UP ♪

♪ ALL THAT BREAD THAT WE BURNIN’ ♪

♪ CUZ I’VE BEEN FEELIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN FUCKIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ [RODDY RICCH] SHIT ♪

♪ GOTTA PULL UP ♪

♪ PULL UP ♪

♪ IMA PULL UP ♪

♪ I PULL UP ♪

♪ EY ♪

♪ GOT BLACK MINX ALL ON THE RUG♪

♪ GOT HELLA HOES POPPING DRUGS ♪

♪ IN EVERY HOOD THEY SHOW US LOVE ♪

♪ PARTNER IN CRIME WITH ME WHILE WE WHIPPING IN THE SPACE SHIP ♪

♪ GOT OUT THE PAVEMENT, NOW WE GETTING PAYMENT ♪

♪ EVERYBODY AROUND ME GETTING MONEY, IT'S TOO CONTAGIOUS ♪

♪ KEPT IT SOLID NOW WE REAL RICH TO THEIR AMAZEMENT ♪

♪ I PULLED UP THE BLACK BADGE CAUSE IT WAS CLEANER ♪

♪ I REMEMBER I WAS JUST POSTED UP WITH THE DEMONS ♪

♪ AND POSTY TOOK ME ON MY FIRST DAMN TOUR DATES ♪

♪ HE HAD ME ROCKING EVERY NIGHT SOLD OUT ARENAS ♪

♪ A PROJECT NIGGA I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE SHIT ♪

♪ OR TRY TO TELL YOU, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN’T BELIEVE US ♪

♪ [POST MALONE] I’M ABOUT TO PULL UP ♪

♪ HIT SWITCH, PULL CURTAIN (HIT SWITCH, PULL CURTAIN) ♪

♪ AND I’VE BEEN WAITIN’ SO LONG ♪

♪ NOW I GOTTA RESURFACE ♪

♪ AND YEAH WE 'BOUT TO TOAST UP ♪

♪ ALL THAT BREAD THAT WE BURNIN’ ♪

♪ CUZ I’VE BEEN FEELIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN FUCKIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ TIL’ THE DAYLIGHT COME TIL’ THE DAYLIGHT COME ♪

♪ I GOT SAKÉ IN MY TUMMY, CIGARETTE IN MY LUNGS ♪

♪ IT’S ELEVEN IN THE MORNIN’ AND WE STILL AIN’T DONE ♪

♪ AND I’M STILL THAT BITCH, SO WHAT ♪

♪ YEAH WE 'BOUT TO TOAST UP ♪

♪ ALL THE BREAD THAT WE BURNIN’ ♪

♪ CUZ I’VE BEEN FEELIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN FUCKIN’ COOPED UP ♪

♪ (YEAH) ♪

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Key Grammar Structures

• AND I’VE BEEN WAITIN’ SO LONG

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ Indicates an action that started in the past and is still ongoing. Focus on the duration of the waiting.

• NOW I GOTTA RESURFACE

  ➔ Modal verb 'gotta' (contraction of 'got to') + infinitive

  ➔ 'Gotta' expresses obligation or necessity, similar to 'have to'.

• ALL THAT BREAD THAT WE BURNIN’

  ➔ Relative clause (reduced) using a participle

  ➔ The clause 'that we are burning' is reduced to 'that we burnin''

• CUZ I’VE BEEN FEELIN’ COOPED UP

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous and the idiom "cooped up"

  ➔ The present perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of feeling trapped and the idiom "cooped up" means to be confined or restricted.

• I’VE BEEN FUCKIN’ COOPED UP

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous, vulgar language

  ➔ The present perfect continuous again, and the use of the word "fuckin'" (a vulgarity) emphasizes the intensity of feeling trapped.

• GOT BLACK MINX ALL ON THE RUG

  ➔ Past Participle (Got) + Object + Complement

  ➔ The verb "got" is used to indicate having something or receiving something in a state.

• KEPT IT SOLID NOW WE REAL RICH

  ➔ Past Simple (Kept) + Subject + Adjective

  ➔ Describes a past action ('kept') and the resulting state ('real rich'). Uses a linking verb (implied) to connect the subject and adjective.

• I REMEMBER I WAS JUST POSTED UP WITH THE DEMONS

  ➔ Past Simple and a continuous construction: "was posted up"

  ➔ Uses 'remember' in the past simple and 'was posted up', an informal idiom meaning to be in a location, sometimes waiting or relaxing.

• AND POSTY TOOK ME ON MY FIRST DAMN TOUR DATES

  ➔ Past Simple tense + emphatic word 'damn'

  ➔ The past simple tense 'took' and the emphatic word 'damn' used for emphasis.