Look at Me Now – English Lyrics

• By: Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of hip-hop with Chris Brown's iconic track, "Look at Me Now," featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. This song is a perfect example of early 2010s rap, with its boastful lyrics and high-energy delivery. Learning the lyrics and understanding the cultural references can provide insight into the language of hip-hop and the themes of success and fame .

[English]

(faded police sirens)

(spray paint hissing)

(car wheels squealing)

(upbeat hip-hop music)

♪ I don't see how you can hate from outside of the club ♪

♪ You can't even get in ♪

(Chris Brown laughing)

♪ Leggo ♪

♪ Yellow model chick ♪

♪ Yellow bottle sipping ♪

♪ Yellow Lamborghini ♪

♪ Yellow top missing ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ That shit look like a toupée ♪

♪ I get what you get in ten years, in two days ♪

♪ Ladies love me, I'm on my Cool J ♪

♪ If you get what I get, what would you say ♪

♪ She wax it all off, Mister Miyagi ♪

♪ And them suicide doors, Hari-kari ♪

♪ Look at me now, look at me now, oh ♪

♪ I'm getting paper ♪

♪ Look at me now, oh ♪

♪ Look at me now, yeah ♪

♪ Fresher than a motherfucker ♪

♪ Lil nigga bigger than gorilla ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm killing every nigga ♪

♪ That can try to be on my shit ♪

♪ Better cuff your chick if you with her, I can get her ♪

♪ And she accidentally slip and fall on my dick ♪

♪ Oops, I said, on my dick ♪

♪ I ain't really mean to say, on my dick ♪

♪ But since we talking about my dick ♪

♪ All of you haters say hi to it ♪

♪ I'm done ♪

♪ Ayo, Breezy ♪

♪ Let me show you how to keep the dice rolling ♪

♪ When your doing that thing over there, homie ♪

♪ Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm feelin' like I'm running ♪

♪ And I'm feelin' like I gotta get away, get away, get away ♪

♪ Better know that I don't and I won't ever stop ♪

♪ 'Cause you know I gotta win every day, day, day, go ♪

♪ See, they really, really wanna pop me, blow ♪

♪ Just know that you will never flop me, oh ♪

♪ And I know that I can be a little cocky, no ♪

♪ You ain't never gonna stop me ♪

♪ Every time I come a nigga gotta set it ♪

♪ Then I gotta go, and then I gotta get it ♪

♪ Then I gotta blow and then I gotta shudder ♪

♪ Any little thing a nigga think that he be doing ♪

♪ 'Cause it doesn't matter 'cause I'm gonna da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Then I'm gonna murder every thing and anything ♪

♪ A badaboom, a badabing ♪

♪ I gotta do a lot of things ♪

♪ To make it clearer to a couple niggas ♪

♪ That I always win and then I gotta get it again ♪

♪ And again, and then again ♪

♪ And I be doing it to death and now I move a little foul ♪

♪ A nigga better call a ref, and everybody knows my style ♪

♪ And niggas know I'm the the best ♪

♪ When it come to doing this ♪

♪ And I be banging on my chest ♪

♪ And I bang in the east, and I'm banging in the west ♪

♪ And I come to give you more and I will never give you less ♪

♪ You will hear it in the street ♪

♪ Or you can read it in the press ♪

♪ Do you really wanna know what's next, let's go ♪

♪ See the way we on and then we all up in the race ♪

♪ And you know we gotta go ♪

♪ Don't try to keep up with the pace ♪

♪ And we struggling and hustling and sending in to get it ♪

♪ And we always gotta do it, take it to another place ♪

♪ Gotta taste it and I gotta grab it ♪

♪ And I gotta cut all through his traffic ♪

♪ Just to be at the top of the throne ♪

♪ Better know I gotta have it, have it ♪

♪ Look at me now, look at me now, oh ♪

♪ I'm getting paper ♪

♪ Look at me now, oh ♪

♪ Look at me now, yeah ♪

♪ Fresher than a motherfucker ♪

♪ Man fuck these bitch ass niggas, how y'all doin' ♪

♪ I'm Lil Tunechi, I'm a nuisance ♪

♪ I go stupid, I go dumb like the Three Stooges ♪

♪ I don't eat sushi, I'm the shit ♪

♪ No I'm pollution, no substitution ♪

♪ Got a bitch that play in movies in my Jacuzzi, pussy juicy ♪

♪ I never gave a fuck about a hater, got money on my radar ♪

♪ Dress like a skater ♪

♪ Got a big house, came with an elevator ♪

♪ You niggas ain't eatin', fuck it, tell a waiter ♪

♪ Marley said, shoot 'em, and i said, okay ♪

♪ If you on that bullshit then I'm like, olé ♪

♪ I don't care what you say, so don't even speak ♪

♪ Your girlfriend a freak like Cirque Du Soleil ♪

♪ That's word to my flag, and my flag red ♪

♪ I'm out of my head, bitch, I'm outta my mind ♪

♪ From the bottom I climb ♪

♪ You ain't hotter than mine, nope ♪

♪ Not on my time and I'm not even trying ♪

♪ What's poppin' Slime Nothin', five ♪

♪ And if they trippin' fuck 'em, five ♪

♪ I ain't got no time to shuck and jive ♪

♪ These niggas as sweet as pumpkin pie ♪

♪ Cîroc and Sprite on a private flight ♪

♪ Bitch, I been tight since Guiding Light ♪

♪ And my pockets white, and my diamonds white ♪

♪ And my mommas nice and my daddy's dead ♪

♪ You faggots scared 'cause I'm too wild ♪

♪ Been here for a while I was like, fuck trial ♪

♪ I puts it down, I'm so Young Money ♪

♪ If you got eyes look at me now, bitch ♪

♪ Look at me now, look at me now, oh, ha ♪

♪ I'm getting paper ♪

♪ Look at me now, oh, ha ♪

♪ Look at me now, yeah ♪

♪ Fresher than a motherfucker ♪

♪ Okay ♪

♪ Okay ♪

♪ Is that right ♪

♪ I'm fresher than a motherfucker ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hating /ˈheɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb (gerund) - to feel or express strong dislike or hatred
sipping /ˈsɪpɪŋ/ B2	verb (gerund) - to drink slowly in small amounts
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ B2	verb (gerund) - not present or not found
love /lʌv/ A2	noun / verb - a strong feeling of affection; to feel deep affection or attachment
get /ɡɛt/ A2	verb - to receive, obtain, or become
paper /ˈpeɪpər/ A2	noun - material made from thin sheets of cellulose used for writing or printing
struggling /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/ B2	verb (gerund) - trying hard to achieve something difficult
race /reɪs/ A2	noun - a competition to see who is the fastest runner
top /tɒp/ A2	noun / adjective - highest position; positioned at the highest point
paper /ˈpeɪpər/ A2	noun - material made from thin sheets of cellulose used for writing or printing
killer /ˈkɪlər/ B2	noun / adjective - one that kills; extremely effective or impressive
paper /ˈpeɪpər/ A2	noun - material made from thin sheets of cellulose used for writing or printing

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't see how you can hate from outside of the club

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'can' to express ability or possibility in a question

  ➔ 'Can' is used here to ask about someone's ability or possibility to hate from outside the club.

• Ladies love me, I'm on my Cool J

  ➔ Use of present simple with 'ladies love me' to express a habitual or general truth

  ➔ 'Love' in this context is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or general truth.

• And them suicide doors, Hari-kari

  ➔ Noun phrase 'suicide doors' used as a subject complement; 'Hari-kari' as a reference to a dramatic or extreme action

  ➔ 'Suicide doors' refers to car doors that open backwards, metaphorically extreme; 'Hari-kari' is a Japanese term for ritualistic suicide, used here figuratively for dramatic effect.

• Look at me now, look at me now, oh

  ➔ Imperative and declarative sentence structure with repeated phrases for emphasis

  ➔ The repetition of 'look at me now' serves to emphasize confidence and achievement.

• I'm getting paper

  ➔ Use of present continuous tense to describe ongoing action

  ➔ 'Getting paper' means earning money, expressed here in the present continuous to indicate the current, ongoing process.

• And I bang in the east, and I'm banging in the west

  ➔ Use of present continuous tense with 'banging' to describe repeated or ongoing actions across locations

  ➔ 'Banging' in this context is in the present continuous, indicating ongoing or repeated action across different regions.