Giving Back – English Lyrics

• By: Yo Gotti
• Album: CM10: Free Game Deluxe

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Yo Gotti's "Giving Back," a powerful hip-hop track that offers a linguistic journey into Southern slang and authentic street narratives. This song provides a unique opportunity to learn English through its vivid storytelling about loyalty, success, and the spirit of Memphis, making it special for its raw honesty and regional flavor.

[English]

(I just want to make you my own) yeah

(I just want to make you my own) I forever love my city

House on the riverside, riding down Poplar

Niggas ain't seeing us (at all) 'less they got binoculars

I just left Prive, went to Love, I'm still popping out (what's happenin'?)

"Gotti left the city," I'm like, "What the fuck you talking 'bout?"

Gotti in the city, lowkey, still popping out

Bulletproof and AR, and nigga, I'll walk you down

Gotti drinking Ace of Spade, never drink Wocky down

All my niggas talk me up and they'll never talk me down

Love for the Northside, yeah, I'm sitting courtside

Demon with the sport ties, I don't need no allies

CMG the mafia and we do not franchise

We are not into saving you hoes, go get baptized

We don't do the back and forth, you niggas already know it

I probably done robbed your brother, I probably done shot your boys

I flew out your baby mama

I was in her DM, I don't got her number

Coldhearted nigga, but I sponsor the hot girl summer

(I just want to make you my own)

See, that's what I told her, even though I was lying to her

(I just want to make you my own) you know a ho, boo, you don't mean a thing

I know I'm a rich nigga, bitches wanna charge me

I'ma play the game with her, this shit make my heart beat

They like, "You a gentleman, didn't know you was so sweet"

I just might send the bitch flowers for like six weeks

You know how we play (how?), put her on a PJ

She never flew private

She doing shit with me in public she wouldn't even do private

I got her wide open, she don't need even know how to hide it

Let's go have a foursome, she said she ain't never tried it

I'ma post her booty, she be doing lashes

Head like she got no teeth, she should teach classes

Like me 'cause I'm so street, nah, I ain't cashing out

She know I ain't no sucker and I'ma fuck her 'til she passing out

She got a real one she be bragging 'bout

You bought her a bag, she don't respect you, I call that crashing out

Took a hood bitch out the city, called it giving back (giving back)

A Memphis bitch in Calabasas, she don't know how to act (she don't know to act)

(I just want to make you my own)

See, that's what I told her, even though I was lying to her

(I just want to make you my own) you know a ho, boo, you don't mean a thing

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
city /ˈsɪti/ A2	noun - a large town
riding /ˈraɪdɪŋ/ A2	verb - to sit on and control the movement of (a horse, bicycle, etc.)
bulletproof /ˈbʊlət.pruːf/ B2	adjective - able to withstand the impact of bullets
drinking /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/ A2	verb - to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel affection for
robbed /rɒbd/ B1	verb - to steal from
shot /ʃɒt/ B1	verb - to fire a gun
coldhearted /ˈkoʊldˌhɑːrtɪd/ B2	adjective - lacking empathy or compassion
sponsor /ˈspɒnsər/ B2	verb - to financially support
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - not telling the truth
rich /rɪtʃ/ A2	adjective - having a lot of money
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - an activity engaged in for amusement
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
gentleman /ˈdʒɛntlmən/ B2	noun - a polite, refined man
foursome /ˈfɔːrsəm/ C1	noun - a group of four people, often in a sexual context
booty /ˈbuːti/ B1	noun - buttocks
street /striːt/ A2	adjective - relating to urban life and culture
hood /hʊd/ A2	noun - neighborhood
act /ækt/ A2	verb - to do something