High Thoughts – English Lyrics

• By: Fetty Wap
• Album: Bruce Wayne

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Fetty Wap's "High Thoughts," a vibrant track that offers a glimpse into his life of success and street loyalty. Through its catchy hooks and distinctive 'sing-rap' style, you can learn common slang and expressions used in contemporary hip-hop, along with insights into themes of ambition and navigating the challenges of fame from a unique perspective.

[English]

Yeah,yeah,yeah,emmmm,yeah,yeah,yeah…

Shawty says she dying to take a trip, yeah

Shawty says she dying to make a flip, yeah

Smoke 28 grams with my Zips, yeah

And this perky got me thinking I'm the shit, yeah

Talking to the shawty like this, yeah

Baby is you gonna let me hit, yeah

Baby is rolling up a splif, yeah

Hoping all your friends with the shits, yeah

Baby we could build, we could cruise, yeah

Fucking with a winner, never lose, yeah

Please don't let your nigga make the news, yeah

Niggas that be with me carry tools, yeah

Baby I'm the leader of the Zoo, yeah

Get into it making niggas move, yeah

Never known to follow nigga's rules, yeah

I'm an Itchy boy, I'm bangin' Ru, yeah

Come and take a walk up in my shoes, yeah

5 million went and blew on the crew, yeah

I was saving money like a Jew, yeah

When I spent 2 milli on my jewels, yeah

All my kids got more money than you, yeah

For my future I was busing maneuvers, yeah

I was walking they was taking the school bus, yeah

And my Ferrari I just parked where my school was, yeah

Niggas hating I don't really give two fucks, yeah

Six Mercedes and I got me a few trucks, yeah

7 Beamers and you know that they juiced up, yeah

Two Ferrari's and they practically useless, yeah

Love my Audi, see sliding with my bro, (with my bro)

See me smiling cuz I'm always counting dough, (counting dough)

I be counting money everywhere I go, (everywhere I go)

Imma throw it while she sliding down the pole, (sliding down the pole)

Yeah, she gon be there everywhere I go, yeah

She gon be like baby give me more, yeah

She fuck runnin' meet me through the door, yeah

Oh, I'm like no

Half a ticket on my watch and on my chain

From New Jersey to Japan they know my name

You can usually catch me with my gang

We're insane, that's what I bang, Yeah!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trip /trɪp/ A1	noun - a journey or voyage
flip /flɪp/ A2	verb - to turn over noun - a quick turn
smoke /smok/ A1	verb - to inhale and exhale smoke noun - the visible vapor from burning material
thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ A1	verb - to have thoughts or ideas
cruise /kruːz/ A2	verb - to travel in a leisurely manner
winner /ˈwɪnər/ A1	noun - a person who wins
leader /ˈliːdər/ A1	noun - a person who leads or commands
maneuvers /məˈnuːvərz/ B1	noun - a planned movement or procedure
hating /ˈheɪtɪŋ/ A2	verb - to dislike intensely
counting /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ A1	verb - to enumerate or tally
sliding /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/ A2	verb - to move smoothly along a surface
throw /θroʊ/ A1	verb - to project or cast with force
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B1	adjective - extremely foolish or irrational
bangin /ˈbæŋɪŋ/ B2	adjective - extremely good or impressive
parked /pɑːrkt/ A1	verb - to position a vehicle in a specific place

Key Grammar Structures

• Shawty says she dying to take a trip, yeah

  ➔ Idiomatic expression: 'dying to do something'

  ➔ The phrase "**dying to take**" is an idiomatic expression meaning to want to do something very much or to be extremely eager for something.

• And this perky got me thinking I'm the shit, yeah

  ➔ Causative verb 'get' + object + present participle (V-ing)

  ➔ The structure "**got me thinking**" uses the causative verb 'get' to indicate that the 'perky' (a drug) caused the speaker to start 'thinking' in a certain way.

• Baby is you gonna let me hit, yeah

  ➔ Informal question structure with 'is you' and 'gonna'

  ➔ The phrase "**is you gonna**" is a highly informal and non-standard way of asking 'Are you going to...'. It's common in some dialects and colloquial speech, demonstrating a relaxed approach to subject-verb agreement.

• Niggas that be with me carry tools, yeah

  ➔ Relative clause with informal habitual 'be'

  ➔ In the relative clause "**that be with me**," the use of 'be' instead of 'are' is characteristic of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), indicating a habitual or continuous state (those who are regularly with me).

• All my kids got more money than you, yeah

  ➔ Comparative structure: 'more...than'

  ➔ The phrase "**more money than**" is a standard comparative structure used to compare the quantity of something between two entities (my kids and 'you').

• I was walking they was taking the school bus, yeah

  ➔ Parallel past continuous actions with informal subject-verb agreement

  ➔ The sentence describes two parallel actions happening in the past using the past continuous tense. However, "**they was taking**" uses informal/non-standard subject-verb agreement instead of 'they were taking'.

• See me smiling cuz I'm always counting dough,

  ➔ Verb of perception + object + present participle (V-ing)

  ➔ The structure "**See me smiling**" uses a verb of perception ('see') followed by an object ('me') and a present participle ('smiling') to describe an ongoing action that is being observed.

• I be counting money everywhere I go,

  ➔ Habitual 'be' (AAVE/informal)

  ➔ The phrase "**I be counting**" uses the habitual 'be', a feature of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), to express an action that occurs regularly or repeatedly, similar to 'I usually count' or 'I am always counting'.

• Imma throw it while she sliding down the pole,

  ➔ Informal contraction 'Imma' and dropped auxiliary verb in a subordinate clause

  ➔ "**Imma throw**" is an informal contraction of 'I am going to throw'. In "**while she sliding**," the auxiliary verb 'is' is omitted, which is common in very informal speech, implying 'while she is sliding'.