IDGAF – English Lyrics

• By: Kevin Gates
• Album: Luca Brasi EP

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the unapologetic world of Kevin Gates with "IDGAF," a track that offers a lesson in resilience and self-reliance. Explore how the song's raw honesty and defiant attitude have made it a standout in understanding the artist's journey and connecting with listeners on a deeply personal level .

[English]

As a wise man that think if I possess the game in my mind

The reason I wear shades you can't see the pain in my eyes

In the rain storm in the blizzard, expressing all of my feelings

Pause, never took me serious, naw, mama never wanna listen

Stomach hurting my pockets empty how dare a nigga wanna tempt me

In the dark room all prayed out, I ain't never sat in no Bentley

Hustle hard in the alley way by Ms. Cita house I'm getting it

Wrecked my car Chris laughed at me, like I ain't supposed to remember

Wish Wig was still living, wish Shrimp was still living

Wish Joe was still living

Look at Chris how he tripping

Young troll just hit the phone

But he don't keep it a thousand

Ray Vicks just jacked him, and he ain't even see bout that

Now he telling me 'bout that

Seem to me he ain't 'bout that, nigga let me get a thrill juice

You don't have it now, but you gone have it later

My face card worth a hundred bands

Game recognize game baby, my lil brother lil Terrance Hines

I'd die for him and go to war behind him

Real niggas, all around me, bitch niggas ain't round me

Talkin Massachusetts exclusive, somebody bring it back

Cocaine made me smile but I cried

Ain't think my team a rat

Stroke know I love em

But nigga around could say fuck me

How that go when I fuck with nigga, ain't nobody gone fuck with em

In the neighborhood that I grew up in

They call it the southside, everybody house overcrowded

Forcing them to hang outside, my lil cousin Corey, hustle hard in fruits town

On the boulevard with the roof open like damn Ced what I do now

Me and Bees and Rodney, ice cup and it's muddy

You don't like me then fuck you

Probably dap me off and say fuck me

God forgive me next nigga play with me

I'll probably kill they mother

Make the funeral you in trouble

A lot of guns out and they bustin'

But out in public it's nothing

Discussion had and I bump em

If looks could kill, I would've been dead

Bitch I'm with give real head

But I don't trust her that much

Let me slip and go back to jail

Watch how many niggas she fuck

Let me slip and go back to jail

Watch how many niggas she fuck

Niggas all on my dick

Bitches all on my dick

Only God know my struggle

Had it hard so I hustle

Don't fuck with none of you niggas

Don't trust none of you niggas

Run up on me nigga I'm with it

Put a slug in one of you niggas

Key Grammar Structures

• If looks could kill, I would've been dead.

  ➔ Second conditional (unreal present/future) – if‑clause with past simple, main clause with would have + past participle.

  ➔ The phrase "would've" (= would have) shows a hypothetical result that did not actually happen.

• You don't have it now, but you're going to have it later.

  ➔ Future intention with "going to" + base verb; present simple for a current state.

  ➔ The phrase "going to have" expresses a planned future event: "you are going to have it later".

• I wish Wig was still living.

  ➔ Wish + past simple for an unreal present situation (subjunctive mood).

  ➔ "wish" introduces a wish about the present that is contrary to reality; "was" is the past form used for this unreal situation.

• I would die for him and go to war behind him.

  ➔ Conditional modal "would" + bare infinitive to express willingness or hypothetical action.

  ➔ "would die" shows a hypothetical willingness: "I would die for him" (not a real action, just a strong feeling).

• Don't trust any of you niggas.

  ➔ Imperative sentence with negative "don't" + base verb.

  ➔ "Don't" is the contraction of "do not" used to give a negative command: "Don't trust...".

• I probably will kill their mother.

  ➔ Future simple with adverb of probability "probably" placed before the auxiliary verb.

  ➔ "Probably" modifies the whole future clause, showing the speaker's uncertainty: "I probably will kill...".

• They call it the Southside, and everybody's house is overcrowded.

  ➔ Present simple for habitual actions ("call") and subject‑verb agreement with singular noun ("house is").

  ➔ "call" is in the present simple because it describes a regular naming; "house is" shows singular agreement (one house).

• I ain't never took me serious.

  ➔ Non‑standard double negative ("ain't never"); standard form uses simple past "never took" with reflexive pronoun "myself".

  ➔ "ain't never" is a colloquial double negative; in standard English it would be "I never took myself seriously".

• Game recognizes game, baby.

  ➔ Present simple third‑person singular verb ending in –s ("recognizes").

  ➔ "recognizes" shows the regular -s ending for a third‑person singular subject ("Game").