March Madness – English Lyrics

• By: Future
• Album: 56 Nights

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Future's "March Madness" to not only experience a landmark in modern trap music but also to engage with the social and cultural conversations embedded in its lyrics. This song offers a unique opportunity to understand contemporary American slang and the language used to discuss complex issues like social justice and personal struggle, all within a compelling and energetic musical framework.

[English]

Dress it up and make it real for me

Hahaha

Whatever that fuckin' mean

(808 Mafia)

Dirty soda in a Styrofoam (yee)

Spend a day to get my mind blown (mind blown)

Dress it up and go to NASA (yeah)

200 miles on the dash (woo!)

Gotta roll a pound up and gas it (swear)

Switchin' lanes in a Grand Rapid (switch)

We the ones that kept it cool with all these niggas

'Til these niggas started actin' (we did it)

Shoot a nigga like a film, made a movie

Nigga, gon' let 'em have it (we did)

We ballin' like the March Madness (yeah)

All these cops shootin' a nigga, tragic (boom)

I'm the one that's livin' lavish (I'm the one)

Like I'm playin' for the Mavericks (ballin')

I didn't wanna fuck the bitch (woo!)

The molly made me fuck her even though she average

Dirty muddy in the cup (cup)

The .45 by my gut

My young nigga in the cut (swear)

Take you out for some Jordans (Pluto)

Let's count this money, no rushin' (Freebandz)

I'm on a one way flushin' (flushin')

Loud pack smellin' musty (musty)

These fuckin' police can't touch me (nah)

These bogus police can't touch me (nah)

These fuckin' niggas can't touch me (Freeband Gang)

Apply the pressure with the VVS (yeah, yeah)

I drive the foreign like it was a Chevy (woo!)

Drive the foreign like it was a Chevy (skrrt)

Lift it up and gon' and offset it (Pluto)

Fuck a cougar like she Halle Berry (Pluto)

Future Hendrix, Dirty Sprite, legendary (Dirty Sprite)

Dirty soda in a Styrofoam (yee)

Spend a day to get my mind blown (mind blown)

Dress it up and go to NASA (yeah)

200 miles on the dash (woo!)

Gotta roll a pound up and gas it (swear)

Switchin' lanes in a Grand Rapid (switch)

We the ones that kept it cool with all these niggas

'Til these niggas started actin' (we did it)

Shoot a nigga like a film, made a movie

Nigga, gon' let 'em have it (we did)

We ballin' like the March Madness (yeah)

All these cops shootin' a nigga, tragic (boom)

I'm the one that's livin' lavish (I'm the one)

Like I'm playin' for the Mavericks (ballin')

I didn't wanna fuck the bitch (woo!)

The molly made me fuck her even though she average

Fuck on a basic bitch

We gon' wake up and smoke us a blunt and fuck

She gon' keep it so real with a nigga that

I'ma come back and always gon' fuck with her

Bend the curve in a Spur like a MARTA bus

I was workin' and servin' in Nautica (yeah)

I get high 'til I'm higher than Mercury (high)

Fuck around, teach you that recipe (yeah, yeah)

Fuck around, you gon' be out of here (out of here)

Make her say, "Huh" like a nigga was Juvie

Soon as that work hit the city, we move it

Post up in Onyx and shoot us a movie

Post up in Onyx and shoot us a movie (movie)

Take the tool inside the club

And just in case a nigga ever gotta use it (Future)

Get a pint of codeine, pour it up, nigga (pour it up, nigga)

Dirty soda in a Styrofoam (yee)

Spend a day to get my mind blown (mind blown)

Dress it up and go to NASA (yeah)

200 miles on the dash (woo!)

Gotta roll a pound up and gas it (swear)

Switchin' lanes in a Grand Rapid (switch)

We the ones that kept it cool with all these niggas

'Til these niggas started actin' (we did it)

Shoot a nigga like a film, made a movie

Nigga, gon' let 'em have it (we did)

We ballin' like the March Madness (yeah)

All these cops shootin' a nigga, tragic (boom)

I'm the one that's livin' lavish (I'm the one)

Like I'm playin' for the Mavericks (ballin')

I didn't wanna fuck the bitch (woo!)

The molly made me fuck her even though she average

These bogus police can't touch me

These fuckin' niggas can't touch me

Apply the pressure with the VVS

I drive the foreign like it was a Chevy

Drive the foreign like it was a Chevy

Lift it up and gon' and offset it

Fuck a cougar like she Halle Berry

Future Hendrix, Dirty Sprite, legendary

Dirty soda in a Styrofoam (yee)

Spend a day to get my mind blown (mind blown)

Dress it up and go to NASA (yeah)

200 miles on the dash (woo!)

Gotta roll a pound up and gas it (swear)

Switchin' lanes in a Grand Rapid (switch)

We the ones that kept it cool with all these niggas

'Til these niggas started actin' (we did it)

Shoot a nigga like a film, made a movie

Nigga, gon' let 'em have it (we did)

We ballin' like the March Madness (yeah)

All these cops shootin' a nigga, tragic (boom)

I'm the one that's livin' lavish (I'm the one)

Like I'm playin' for the Mavericks (ballin')

I didn't wanna fuck the bitch (woo!)

The molly made me fuck her even though she average

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dress /dres/ A1	verb - to put on clothes
blow /bloʊ/ A2	verb - to expel air forcefully through the mouth or nose.
roll /roʊl/ A2	verb - move or cause to move in a particular direction by turning over and over
switch /swɪtʃ/ B1	verb - change something for something else.
shoot /ʃuːt/ B1	verb - to fire a bullet or missile from a weapon.
ball /bɔːl/ A1	verb - play (a sport) with a ball
tragic /ˈtrædʒɪk/ B2	adjective - causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to be alive
rush /rʌʃ/ B1	verb - move with urgent speed.
smell /smel/ A2	verb - perceive or detect the odor of something.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - come into or be in contact with (something).
drive /draɪv/ A1	verb - operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
lift /lɪft/ A2	verb - raise to a higher position or level.
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
move /muːv/ A1	verb - go in a specified direction or manner; change position.
bend /bend/ A2	verb - shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Key Grammar Structures

• Spend a day to get my mind blown

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to + verb)

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "to get my mind blown" explains the purpose of spending a day. It indicates the *reason* for spending the time.

• We the ones that kept it cool with all these niggas

  ➔ Relative Clause with "that"

  ➔ The phrase "that kept it cool with all these niggas" is a relative clause that modifies "the ones". It identifies *which ones* are being referred to.

• All these cops shootin' a nigga, tragic

  ➔ Present Participle used as an adjective (shootin')

  ➔ The word "shootin'" (shooting) acts as an adjective describing the cops. It indicates the *action* the cops are performing.

• The molly made me fuck her even though she average

  ➔ Causative "make" + bare infinitive and Subordinating conjunction 'even though'

  ➔ "make me fuck her" shows that the molly *caused* him to have sex. "even though she average" shows *contrast* or concession - he did it *despite* her being average.

• I get high 'til I'm higher than Mercury

  ➔ Comparative Adjective with "than" and contraction "'til"

  ➔ "higher than Mercury" compares his state of being high to the height of the planet Mercury. "'til" is a contracted form of "until".

• Soon as that work hit the city, we move it

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time introduced by "as soon as"

  ➔ "As soon as that work hit the city" indicates *when* they move it; immediately after the 'work' arrives in the city.

• And just in case a nigga ever gotta use it

  ➔ Conditional Clause with "in case" and Modal Verb "gotta"

  ➔ "In case a nigga ever gotta use it" creates a conditional scenario. "Gotta" is a colloquial contraction of "got to", expressing necessity.