Make It Work – English Lyrics

• By: Tyga

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Tyga's 'Make It Work' to explore contemporary hip-hop language through its direct and confrontational lyrics. This song offers an authentic glimpse into the artist's mindset during a period of professional conflict, making it a powerful way to learn expressive and informal English while understanding cultural references within rap music.

[English]

Aye, nigga, what that work like?

Aye, bitch, what that work like?

You know me I've been trappin' with it all night

Niggas wanna take it there, we can take it there, all night

Aye nigga, Raw with the drama

Then ride out on Yokohamas

And my fingernails dirty, I've been countin' straight 100's

Why these niggas wanna test me on the low though?

Got no mothafuckin' patience so I'm patient with the scope though

Put your potty mouth on the low

Sleepin' with the enemy, it's like hangin' on a rope

Jim Carrey, I ain't fuckin' with you liars

All black attire, if we match it fuel the fire

It's time and we aimin' for the body

I'm puttin' X's on the wall, if you resurrect, you Makiaveli

Sphinx, I'm a pharaoh, ain't a fairy

Potato on the barrel, watch your soul fly like a sparrow

All my niggas thorough about dinero

Nigga never was my homie, all these bitches know you're phony

Aye, nigga, what that work like?

Aye, bitch, what that work like?

You know me, I've been trappin' with it all night

Niggas wanna take it there, we can take it there all night

Aye, nigga, what that work like?

Aye, bitch, what that work like?

'Bout your money, you've been trappin' with it all night

Bitches wanna take it there, you gon' take it there all night

I make that money reappear

Hoppin' off the leer, ain't no passengers in here

I got Dusse poppin', no beer

Why you in my ear? I can hear the money clear

When I'm back in the city and it's clear

My name in the sky with the lights on the field

I'm a gold chain buyin' pioneer

Got that rikki in the trunk and I pop it if a nigga liar

Papa's got a brand new bag, baby, Goyard

Cash, baby, Maybach rag baby, yeah baby

LK frames on the dash, smashin' the fast lane

With a baddy, mane, ass, got a fatty, mane

Tattoos, Vera Wang, G5, hydroplane

Last Kings, everything (everything?) everything

Cartier love rings, but this ain't no love thing

Married to them green things, Franklins and money trees

Aye, nigga, what that work like?

Aye, bitch, what that work like?

You know me, I've been trappin' with it all night

Niggas wanna take it there, we can take it there all night

Aye, nigga, what that work like?

Aye, bitch, what that work like?

'Bout your money, you've been trappin' with it all night

Bitches wanna take it there, you gon' take it there all night

Take it there all night, nigga

We can take it there all night, nigga

Gettin' money all night, nigga

And your bitch with me all night, nigga

We can take it there all night, nigga

Take it there all night, nigga

I'll be on the first flight, nigga

You ain't on this jet flight, nigga

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Key Grammar Structures

• Aye, nigga, what that work like?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with subject-verb inversion

  ➔ The sentence structure is inverted for emphasis and informal tone, typical in colloquial English.

• You know me I've been trappin' with it all night

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'I've been trappin' with it all night' uses the present perfect continuous to emphasize ongoing action over a period.

• Niggas wanna take it there, we can take it there, all night

  ➔ Conditional sentence with modal verb 'can'

  ➔ The use of 'can' indicates ability or possibility in response to the condition stated.

• Why these niggas wanna test me on the low though?

  ➔ Indirect question with 'why'

  ➔ The sentence is an indirect question, expressing curiosity or frustration without direct interrogation.

• Got no mothafuckin' patience so I'm patient with the scope though

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction 'though'

  ➔ The word 'though' is used to contrast the lack of patience with the need to be patient in a specific situation.

• All black attire, if we match it fuel the fire

  ➔ Conditional sentence with 'if'

  ➔ The use of 'if' introduces a condition that, if met, will result in the action described.

• I'm puttin' X's on the wall, if you resurrect, you Makiaveli

  ➔ Future conditional with 'if'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'if' to describe a hypothetical future situation and its potential outcome.

• Married to them green things, Franklins and money trees

  ➔ Metaphorical expression

  ➔ The phrase uses metaphor to compare obsession with money to being married, emphasizing its importance.