Narcos – English Lyrics

• By: Migos

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Migos' "Narcos" and discover a vibrant tapestry of modern American English, especially contemporary slang rooted in hip-hop culture. Through its vivid storytelling of street life and ambition, you'll pick up colloquialisms and expressions that are central to understanding current English vernacular, making it a unique and engaging way to learn the language.

[English]

Magnífico

Arriba

Magnífico

Arriba, arriba

Trapping like a narco (Narco)

Got dope like Pablo (Pablo)

Cut your throat like Pablo (Cut throat)

Chop trees with the Draco (Draco)

On the Nawf, got Diego (Diego)

Say, Hasta luego (Luego)

Muy bien wrap a kilo

Snub nose with potato

Straight out the jungle (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

This real rap, no mumble (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

My skin black like mamba (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Got stash boxes in Hondas (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Straight out the jungle (Oh yeah)

Woo, bricks in the brick house

Use to hit licks and go to ma house (Momma)

Straight out the jungle (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Young nigga don't know nothin' now (Ya)

Young nigga know too much now (Woo)

Bow bow bow, that'll slow them down (Yeah, yeah)

We pick up the hundos (Hundos)

Then drop them off to Huncho (Huncho)

I came from the bando (Bando, beep beep)

Here go the wide load

Trapping like a narco (Narco)

Got dope like Pablo (Pablo)

Cut your throat like Pablo (Cut throat)

Chop trees with the Draco (Draco)

On the Nawf, got Diego (Diego)

Say, Hasta luego (Luego)

Muy bien wrap a kilo (Yeah)

Snub nose with potato

Straight out the jungle (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

This real rap, no mumble (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

My skin black like mamba (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Got stash boxes in Hondas (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Straight out the jungle

Magnifico

Ariba, Ariba

Hey, cold gang with the cocaine (Coke)

The more money make more rain (Rain)

Pouring up a pint while I'm baggin' propane (Bag)

Point blank range give a nigga nose rings

Skip to my lou with a pack in the cat (Cat)

Jiffy, Lube, where the bricks? Where they at? (Where)

Drippin' ooze the patek all wet (Ooh)

The birds in the trap they ain't leavin' out they nest (Brr)

Baguettes pavé set like meth, yeah (Yup)

Yup, runnin' with the pack got slapped (Yeah)

Hands in the cookie jar, cut his finger off (Ah)

Nigga bein' greedy, we gon' cut his tummy out (Huh)

Hundred bricks on the roads, took a couple routes (Bricks)

Plush momma's house Hermes and Fendi couch (Ayy)

Uh, I ain't really with the razzle dazzle (Nah)

Knock him off and then I throw him off the boat paddle (Brr)

Go to Tijuana, put a kilo on the saddle (Ooh)

Sack him, hit a lick and cop a pterodactyl (Sack)

Pap him, choppa bittin' down like an apple (Argh)

Mansion with the acres with the horses and the cattle

Trapping like a narco (Narco)

Got dope like Pablo (Pablo)

Cut your throat like Pablo (Cut throat)

Chop trees with the Draco (Draco)

On the Nawf, got Diego (Diego)

Say, Hasta luego (Luego)

Muy bien wrap a kilo

Snub nose with potato

Straight out the jungle (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

This real rap, no mumble (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

My skin black like mamba (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Got stash boxes in Hondas (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Straight out the jungle

Magnifico

Ariba, Ariba

Take-Takeoff

No monkey in the jungle, block hot like a sauna (Hah)

Bustas Knockin' on me tryna weave with anacondas (Fire)

Jumpin' in the water, trying to sneak across the Waterglass (Splash)

Gotta seek guards out, got me bit by a piranha (Ouch)

I'll bag it, bag a money, know I gotta have it

Savage, but I'm still a gentleman in Cali (Cali)

Static, nigga turn to me not 'bout the cabbage (Uh)

Kill his whole family if he run off with your package (Brrt)

I just put a pack on the way to Bogota (Pack)

Poke his eyes out, ain't no telling what he saw (Poke 'em out)

I'ma wire his jaw, I don't know if he will talk (Wire jaw)

Get the chainsaw and I'ma saw his legs off (Saw)

They knew that we was gang but they saying that we a ring

Investigating, taking pictures of the whole team (DEA)

Undercover, tryna do a sting

10 mil' on a plane, going straight to Medellín

Trapping like a narco (Narco)

Got dope like Pablo (Pablo)

Cut your throat like Pablo (Cut throat)

Chop trees with the Draco (Draco)

On the Nawf, got Diego (Diego)

Say, Hasta luego (Luego)

Muy bien wrap a kilo

Snub nose with potato

Straight out the jungle (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

This real rap, no mumble (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

My skin black like mamba (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Got stash boxes in Hondas (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Straight out the jungle

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
drug /drʌg/ B2	noun - substance used in medicine or taken for illegal effects
narco /ˈnarkoʊ/ B2	noun - drug trafficker or related to drug trafficking
trap /træp/ B1	noun - place where illegal activities happen, especially drug dealing
jungle /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/ B1	noun - tropical forest
dope /doʊp/ B2	noun - illegal drugs, especially narcotics
pablo /ˈpæbloʊ/ A2	noun - a personal name, often associated with Pablo Escobar
trap house /ˈtræp haʊs/ B2	noun - a place used for selling drugs illegally
bando /ˈbændoʊ/ B2	noun - slang for a drug house or stash house
cocaine /koʊˈkeɪn/ B2	noun - powerful illegal stimulant drug
gun /ɡʌn/ B1	noun - firearm used for shooting
money /ˈmʌni/ A2	noun - currency used to buy goods and services
cigar /səˈɡɑːr/ B2	noun - rolled tobacco for smoking

Key Grammar Structures

• Trapping like a narco (Narco)

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "Trapping like a narco" uses the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action.

• Got dope like Pablo (Pablo)

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The phrase "Got dope like Pablo" uses the simple past tense to indicate a completed action.

• Cut your throat like Pablo (Cut throat)

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "Cut your throat like Pablo" uses the imperative mood to give a command.

• Straight out the jungle (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

  ➔ Adverbial phrase

  ➔ The phrase "Straight out the jungle" functions as an adverbial phrase indicating origin.

• Young nigga don't know nothin' now (Ya)

  ➔ Negative form

  ➔ The phrase "Young nigga don't know nothin' now" uses the negative form to express a lack of knowledge.

• We pick up the hundos (Hundos)

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ The phrase "We pick up the hundos" uses the simple present tense to describe a habitual action.

• I came from the bando (Bando, beep beep)

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The phrase "I came from the bando" uses the simple past tense to indicate a completed action.