High School – English Lyrics

• By: Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of youthful love and rebellion with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne's "High School." This track offers a nostalgic look at teenage life, exploring themes of friendship, love, and overcoming insecurities. Discover the vivid storytelling and catchy hooks that make this song a memorable journey back to high school days .

[English]

( helicopter chopping )

♪

♪ He said he came from Jamaica ♪

♪ he owned a couple acres ♪

♪ A couple fake visas cause he never got his papers ♪

♪ Gave up on love -- with them heart breakers ♪

♪ But he was gettin' money with the movers and the shakers ♪

♪ He was mixed with a couple things ♪

♪ Ball like a couple rings ♪

♪ -- in the condo and -- to Sing Sing ♪

♪ Left arm, baby mother tatted ♪

♪ 5-year bid up north on they ratted ♪

♪ Anyway I felt him helped him ♪

♪ Put him on lock seat belt them ♪

♪ Took him out to Belgium ♪

♪ Welcome -- this pretty that's seldom ♪

♪ This -- better than the box he was held in ♪

♪ I'm Momma Dee in that order ♪

♪ I call him Daddy like daughters ♪

♪ He like it when I get drunk ♪

♪ but I like it when he be sober ♪

♪ That's top of the toppa I never -- with beginners ♪

♪ I let him play with my -- then -- it off of his fingers ♪

♪ I'm in the zone ♪

♪ You this ain't high school ♪

♪ Me and my crew we can slide through ♪

♪ Give it to you whenever you want ♪

♪ Put it wherever you want baby it's yours ♪

♪ Anywhere everywhere baby its your world ♪

♪ Ain't it ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ Baby it's your world ain't it ♪

♪ She got a -- at home and one on the side ♪

♪ Best friend is a -- they -- around a few times ♪

♪ Her and her momma alike so all they do is fight ♪

♪ I tell her "Make me some money" ♪

♪ She tell me "Make me a wife" ♪

♪ I tell her "-- you crazy -- wrong with you ♪

♪ And excuse my French but I'm a long kisser" ♪

♪ And then she try to tell me ♪

♪ I'm the only one that's hittin' ♪

♪ And I say "What about them --" ♪

♪ She say, "What about them --" ♪

♪ You right what you doing tonight ♪

♪ Put on something tight ♪

♪ Don't judge me I get life ♪

♪ She love me like a brother but -- me like a husband ♪

♪ -- like a oven too hot to put my tongue -- ♪

♪ All I had to do is -- it the genie out the bottle ♪

♪ -- so -- I'mma need goggles ♪

♪ She tell me that's it's mine I tell her stop lying ♪

♪ Mine and who else ♪

♪ She say "Worry 'bout yourself Lil Tune" ♪

♪ You this ain't high school ♪

♪ Me and my crew we can slide through ♪

♪ Give it to you whenever you want ♪

♪ Put it wherever you want baby it's yours ♪

♪ Anywhere everywhere baby its your world ♪

♪ Ain't it ♪

♪ Baby it's your world ♪

♪ Ain't it ♪

♪

♪ I know you want it boy I see you tryin' ♪

♪ Just keep on pushin' I'm a let you -- in ♪

♪ Just close your eyes and this horizon ♪

♪ It's ready come get you some ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
slide /slaɪd/ A2	verb - move along a surface while maintaining contact
money /ˈmʌni/ A2	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - take part in a physical fight noun - a physical fight
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged, extremely enthusiastic
husband /ˈhʌzbənd/ B1	noun - a married man
brother /ˈbrʌðər/ A1	noun - a male sibling
tight /taɪt/ B1	adjective - fitting closely
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
horizon /həˈraɪzən/ B2	noun - the line at which the earth and sky appear to meet
pushin' /ˈpʊʃɪn/ B1	verb - exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ B1	verb - not telling the truth
papers /ˈpeɪpərz/ B1	noun - official documents
bid /bɪd/ B2	noun - an offer of a price noun - a period of imprisonment
condo /ˈkɒndoʊ/ B2	noun - a privately owned apartment in a building with other apartments
sober /ˈsoʊbər/ B2	adjective - not affected by alcohol
zone /zoʊn/ B1	noun - an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use