Hollyweezy – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Wayne

Lyrics & Translation

Discover Lil Wayne's "Hollyweezy," a captivating hip-hop anthem that offers a unique linguistic journey into the heart of New Orleans street vernacular and modern rap slang. Through its intricate wordplay and vivid storytelling, listeners can explore how Lil Wayne masterfully blends his roots with global stardom. This song is special for its raw honesty, complex rhyme schemes, and its ability to paint a compelling picture of identity and resilience, making it an excellent piece for understanding contemporary American English and cultural expression in hip-hop.

[English]

(electronic music)

("Hollyweezy" by Lil Wayne)

(flickering lighter)

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ Uhh

♫ Hollygrove, Hollywood, Hollygrove, Hollywood

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ Find out where your parents stay

♫ Tell my goons to go straight to your momma room

♫ What's in your pockets

♫ What's in your pocketbook

♫ We think the Bible's a comic book

♫ Bitch this Hollygrove, too far from Hollywood

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ I got cocaine that's so good, need a name

♫ Call it milk, because milk does the body good

♫ I got this heat on my waist

♫ So somebody better monitor the thermometer

♫ I just eat pussy and pussy-ass niggas all day

♫ And I ain't even kinda full

♫ Hollygrove, Hollywoood, Hollygrove, Hollywood

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ Woo

♫ I went from Bourbon to Beverly Hills

♫ Show me your tits

♫ I'll show you my weapon and grill

♫ And heaven is real

♫ I get an actress into my bedroom

♫ She lay down and say let's make a film

♫ I be like action

♫ I hold her head down by her neck

♫ This how breathtaking feel

♫ Family first, you get your family killed

♫ That's if you squeal

♫ Pop-pop close range hold that gun

♫ Like the photographer hold the camera still

♫ Bad bitch ridin my dick

♫ She swerve cuz another bitch grabbin the wheel

♫ I ask 'em to chill

♫ They both look at me say shut up

♫ I say my lips are sealed

♫ Oooh

♫ I come from Hollygrove, I done went Hollywood

♫ I was a match made in heaven when hell was a pile of wood

♫ I run through hell with gasoline drawers on

♫ Stop tell the Devil that God is good

♫ Entrepreneur in a Bentley droptop Azure

♫ Vagina connoisseur out the hood

♫ I come from Hollygrove

♫ Everyday Halloween

♫ We shoot your block up

♫ And just say we shot a scene

♫ This is a robbery

♫ I let the chopper squeeze

♫ Turn you to cottage cheese

♫ Been on my beast

♫ Since I was wearing Wallabees

♫ Where paparazzi

♫ I need my privacy

♫ Fuck yo' photography

♫ I react violently

♫ Make sure your camera get my good side of me

♫ Lawwwd

♫ I come from Hollygrove

♫ Hollywood should make a movie 'bout Hollygrove

♫ Whoo

♫ Whoever play me should get a Oscar and a Golden Globe

♫ This ain’t no movie

♫ This is real shit

♫ I don’t need a script 'cause I know my role

♫ My Hollywood bitch just overdosed

♫ All she could snort more coke than Pinocchio

♫ I come from the streets

♫ But got superstar written all over my face

♫ That’s why these hoes in my face

♫ I come from Hollygrove

♫ I moved to Hollywood just to californicate

♫ Bapapapapapapapa

♫ I ain't finna shoot and tell 'em don’t check the gate

♫ Hollygrove, Hollywood, Hollygrove, Hollywood

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ Hollygrove, Hollywood, Hollygrove, Hollywood

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ Fall asleep to the gunshots

♫ Wake up and smell the embalming fluid

♫ I come from Hollygrove, my bitch from Hollywood

♫ When I fuck her she say hallelujah

♫ Hollygrove too far from Hollywood

♫ Ohh but I done went Hollywood

♫ Hollygrove, Hollywood, Hollygrove, Hollywood

♫ Hollygrove ain't far from H-Town

♫ We used to drive back and forth with the work prayin

♫ Lord please don’t let this car break down

(laughs)

♫ H-Town

♫ Lawwd

♫ I done went from Hollygrove to H-Town

♫ Hollygrove to Houston

♫ Got a bad 5th ward bitch that be boostin

♫ Sometimes she doze off that’s the lean I excuse it

♫ She said if it ain’t

♫ Chopped and screwed

♫ It ain’t music

♫ She say I never take her out we went to eat at Houston's

♫ Sometimes I doze off that’s the lean I'm just snoozin

♫ I still got Actavis nigga that's exclusive

♫ Kill you for a pint that’s a PT Cruiser

♫ I see way too many hoes in my future

♫ I'm gon' nail all them hoes

♫ I'm Freddy Krueger

♫ Grew up on Bun B, Pimp C was my tutor

♫ Pimp Squad for life had to do this for Houston

♫ Hollygrove ain’t far from H-town

♫ We used to drive back and forth with the work

♫ Praying the car don’t break down

♫ Ohhh

♫ Hollygrove ain’t far from H-town

♫ We used to drive back and forth with

♫ Codeine, cocaine, the pills, and pounds

♫ Yeah and we got back home safe and sound

♫ If you got pulled over you don’t give police no names

♫ Or get killed and never found

♫ Word

♫ But I kept some money to bail out

♫ Momma used to say if I ever get caught

♫ They gon' put me under the jailhouse

♫ Damn

♫ I'm too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ One to the chest with this chopper

♫ Leave you with just arms and a head like a octopus

♫ I got this chopper protecting my livelihood

♫ I'm so good

♫ I'm so straight

♫ I’m secure

♫ Hollygrove, Hollywood, Hollygrove

♫ Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

♫ Cut ♫

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Hollygrove /ˈhɑːliˌɡroʊv/ C2	noun - A neighborhood in New Orleans known for its rough environment
cocaine /koʊˈkeɪn/ C1	noun - An addictive stimulant drug derived from coca leaves
chopper /ˈtʃɑːpər/ C2	noun - Slang for an automatic rifle or machine gun
entrepreneur /ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːr/ B2	noun - A person who starts businesses and takes financial risks
beast /biːst/ B1	noun - Aggressive or dominant person; formidable force
overdosed /ˈoʊvərdoʊst/ C1	verb - Taken an excessive and dangerous amount of a drug
robbery /ˈrɑːbəri/ B1	noun - The crime of stealing from someone using violence/threats
superstar /ˈsuːpərstɑːr/ B1	noun - Extremely famous performer or celebrity
bail /beɪl/ B2	noun - Money paid to release someone from jail before trial verb - To secure someone's release from jail by paying money
jailhouse /ˈdʒeɪlhaʊs/ B2	noun - A prison or detention facility
monitor /ˈmɑːnɪtər/ B2	verb - To observe and check progress/quality over time
grill /ɡrɪl/ C2	noun - Slang for teeth, especially with dental jewelry
connoisseur /ˌkɑːnəˈsɜːr/ C1	noun - An expert judge in matters of taste
breathtaking /ˈbreθteɪkɪŋ/ B2	adjective - Extremely impressive or astonishing
lean /liːn/ C2	noun - Recreational drug mixture (codeine cough syrup + soda)
livelihood /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/ C1	noun - Means of securing life's necessities
actress /ˈæktrəs/ A2	noun - Female performer in films/plays
goons /ɡuːnz/ C2	noun - Thugs or hired enforcers

Key Grammar Structures

• Too Hollygrove to go Hollywood

  ➔ Comparative Adjective Structure

  ➔ Implied comparison meaning 'too authentic/street (Hollygrove) for artificial Hollywood culture'. 'Too' modifies the proper noun Hollygrove.

• Tell my goons to go straight to your momma room

  ➔ Imperative + Infinitive Phrase

  ➔ Imperative verb 'tell' followed by object ('my goons') + infinitive phrase ('to go'). Shows command structure.

• I run through hell with gasoline drawers on

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase Modifier

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'with gasoline drawers on' modifies 'run'. Describes dangerous action metaphorically.

• Whoever play me should get a Oscar

  ➔ Relative Pronoun Clause

  ➔ 'Whoever' introduces noun clause acting as subject. Verb 'play' is present tense for hypothetical casting.

• I don’t need a script 'cause I know my role

  ➔ Contraction + Reason Clause

  ➔ Informal contraction 'cause (because) introduces reason clause. Metaphor for life experience vs. acting.

• Momma used to say if I ever get caught

  ➔ Used to + Conditional

  ➔ 'Used to' describes past habitual action. 'If' introduces conditional clause about potential future event.

• They gon' put me under the jailhouse

  ➔ Informal Future Tense

  ➔ 'Gon'' (going to) expresses future tense colloquially. Preposition 'under' emphasizes extreme punishment.

• I come from Hollygrove, I done went Hollywood

  ➔ Past Participle Emphasis

  ➔ Informal 'done went' uses past participle 'done' for emphasis on completed action (AAVE feature).