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[Kanye] Y'all ready to leave? 00:07
Ye not ready to leave. 00:10
And Jay not ready to leave. 00:13
There's only one thing left to do. 00:16
Fuck yeah! 00:19
♪ (Ball so hard, motherfuckers wanna fine me) ♪ 00:20
- Let's go! 00:23
Let's go, let's go! 00:26
♪ Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna find me ♪ 00:37
♪ But first niggas gotta find me ♪ 00:39
♪ What's fifty grand to a motherfucker like me ♪ 00:41
♪ Can you please remind me ♪ 00:43
♪ Ball so hard, this shit crazy ♪ 00:44
♪ Y'all don't know that don't shit faze me ♪ 00:45
♪ The Nets could go 0 for 82 ♪ 00:47
♪ And I look at you like this shit gravy ♪ 00:48
♪ Ball so hard, this shit weird ♪ 00:50
♪ We ain't even 'posed to be here ♪ 00:52
♪ Ball so hard, but since we here ♪ 00:54
♪ It's only right that we'd be fair ♪ 00:55
♪ I'm psycho, I'm liable ♪ 00:57
♪ To go Michael, take your pick ♪ 00:59
♪ Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6 ♪ 01:01
♪ Ball so hard, got a broke clock ♪ 01:04
♪ Rollies that don't tick-tock ♪ 01:06
♪ Audemars that's losing time ♪ 01:07
♪ Hidden behind all these sick rocks ♪ 01:09
♪ B-Ball so hard, I'm shocked too ♪ 01:11
♪ I'm supposed to be locked up too ♪ 01:13
♪ You escaped what I escaped ♪ 01:14
♪ You'd be in Paris getting fucked up too ♪ 01:16
♪ B-Ball so hard, let's get faded ♪ 01:18
♪ Le Meurice for like six days ♪ 01:19
♪ Gold bottles, scold models ♪ 01:21
♪ Spillin' Ace on my sick J's ♪ 01:23
♪ B-Ball so hard, bitch, behave ♪ 01:25
♪ Just might let you meet 'Ye ♪ 01:26
♪ Chi-Towns, D. Rose ♪ 01:28
♪ I'm moving the Nets, let's go ♪ 01:30
♪ Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪ 01:32
♪ That shit cray ♪ 01:33
♪ That shit cray ♪ 01:35
♪ That shit cray ♪ 01:37
♪ B-Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪ 01:38
♪ That shit cray ♪ 01:41
♪ That shit cray ♪ 01:43
♪ That shit cray ♪ 01:45
♪ She said, "Ye, can we get married at the mall?" ♪ 01:46
♪ I said, "Look, you need to crawl 'fore you ball ♪ 01:49
♪ Come and meet me in the bathroom stall ♪ 01:52
♪ And show me why you deserve to have it all" ♪ 01:55
- Let's go! 01:58
♪ Ball so hard ♪ 01:59
♪ That shit cray (that shit cray) ♪ 02:00
♪ Ain't it Jay ♪ 02:02
♪ B-Ball so hard ♪ 02:03
♪ What she order? (What she order?) ♪ 02:04
♪ Fish filet ♪ 02:05
♪ B-Ball so hard ♪ 02:06
♪ Yo' whip so cold (whip so cold) ♪ 02:07
♪ This old thing ♪ 02:09
♪ Ball so hard ♪ 02:10
♪ Act like you'll never be around motherfuckers ♪ 02:10
♪ Like this again ♪ 02:12
♪ Bougie girl, grab her hand ♪ 02:13
♪ Fuck that bitch, she 'on't wanna dance ♪ 02:14
♪ 'Scuse my French, but I'm in France ♪ 02:16
♪ Hehe, I'm just sayin' ♪ 02:19
♪ Prince William's ain't do it right if you ask me ♪ 02:20
♪ 'Cause I was him, I would've (married Kate and Ashley) ♪ 02:23
♪ What's Gucci, my nigga ♪ 02:26
♪ What's Louis, my killer ♪ 02:28
♪ What's drugs, my dealer ♪ 02:30
♪ What's that jacket, Margiela ♪ 02:31
♪ Doctors say I'm the illest ♪ 02:33
♪ 'Cause I'm suffering from realness ♪ 02:35
♪ Got my niggas in Paris and they going gorillas, huh ♪ 02:36
- I don't even know what that means. 02:41
- No one knows what it means, 02:42
but it's provocative! 02:43
- No, it's not, it's gross. 02:45
- Gets the people going. 02:47
♪ Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪ 02:54
♪ You are now watching the throne ♪ 03:14
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:16
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:18
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:19
♪ These other niggas is lyin' ♪ 03:21
♪ Actin' like the summer ain't mine ♪ 03:23
♪ I got that hot bitch in my home ♪ 03:24
♪ You know how many hot bitches I own ♪ 03:26
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:28
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:30
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:31
♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪ 03:33
♪ The Stars is in the building ♪ 03:35
♪ They hands is to the ceiling ♪ 03:36
♪ I know I'm 'bout to kill it ♪ 03:38
♪ How you know I got that feeling ♪ 03:40
♪ You are now watching the throne ♪ 03:42
♪ Don't let me into my zone ♪ 03:43
♪ Don't let me into my zone ♪ 03:45
♪ I'm definitely in my zone ♪ 03:47
- [Kanye] Rockefeller Records. 03:58
It's a glorious occasion. 04:02
Jay. 04:07

Ni**as In Paris – English Lyrics

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Jay-Z, Kanye West
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Watch The Throne
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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Kanye] Y'all ready to leave?

Ye not ready to leave.

And Jay not ready to leave.

There's only one thing left to do.

Fuck yeah!

♪ (Ball so hard, motherfuckers wanna fine me) ♪

- Let's go!

Let's go, let's go!

♪ Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna find me ♪

♪ But first niggas gotta find me ♪

♪ What's fifty grand to a motherfucker like me ♪

♪ Can you please remind me ♪

♪ Ball so hard, this shit crazy ♪

♪ Y'all don't know that don't shit faze me ♪

♪ The Nets could go 0 for 82 ♪

♪ And I look at you like this shit gravy ♪

♪ Ball so hard, this shit weird ♪

♪ We ain't even 'posed to be here ♪

♪ Ball so hard, but since we here ♪

♪ It's only right that we'd be fair ♪

♪ I'm psycho, I'm liable ♪

♪ To go Michael, take your pick ♪

♪ Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6 ♪

♪ Ball so hard, got a broke clock ♪

♪ Rollies that don't tick-tock ♪

♪ Audemars that's losing time ♪

♪ Hidden behind all these sick rocks ♪

♪ B-Ball so hard, I'm shocked too ♪

♪ I'm supposed to be locked up too ♪

♪ You escaped what I escaped ♪

♪ You'd be in Paris getting fucked up too ♪

♪ B-Ball so hard, let's get faded ♪

♪ Le Meurice for like six days ♪

♪ Gold bottles, scold models ♪

♪ Spillin' Ace on my sick J's ♪

♪ B-Ball so hard, bitch, behave ♪

♪ Just might let you meet 'Ye ♪

♪ Chi-Towns, D. Rose ♪

♪ I'm moving the Nets, let's go ♪

♪ Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪

♪ That shit cray ♪

♪ That shit cray ♪

♪ That shit cray ♪

♪ B-Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪

♪ That shit cray ♪

♪ That shit cray ♪

♪ That shit cray ♪

♪ She said, "Ye, can we get married at the mall?" ♪

♪ I said, "Look, you need to crawl 'fore you ball ♪

♪ Come and meet me in the bathroom stall ♪

♪ And show me why you deserve to have it all" ♪

- Let's go!

♪ Ball so hard ♪

♪ That shit cray (that shit cray) ♪

♪ Ain't it Jay ♪

♪ B-Ball so hard ♪

♪ What she order? (What she order?) ♪

♪ Fish filet ♪

♪ B-Ball so hard ♪

♪ Yo' whip so cold (whip so cold) ♪

♪ This old thing ♪

♪ Ball so hard ♪

♪ Act like you'll never be around motherfuckers ♪

♪ Like this again ♪

♪ Bougie girl, grab her hand ♪

♪ Fuck that bitch, she 'on't wanna dance ♪

♪ 'Scuse my French, but I'm in France ♪

♪ Hehe, I'm just sayin' ♪

♪ Prince William's ain't do it right if you ask me ♪

♪ 'Cause I was him, I would've (married Kate and Ashley) ♪

♪ What's Gucci, my nigga ♪

♪ What's Louis, my killer ♪

♪ What's drugs, my dealer ♪

♪ What's that jacket, Margiela ♪

♪ Doctors say I'm the illest ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm suffering from realness ♪

♪ Got my niggas in Paris and they going gorillas, huh ♪

- I don't even know what that means.

- No one knows what it means,

but it's provocative!

- No, it's not, it's gross.

- Gets the people going.

♪ Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪

♪ You are now watching the throne ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ These other niggas is lyin' ♪

♪ Actin' like the summer ain't mine ♪

♪ I got that hot bitch in my home ♪

♪ You know how many hot bitches I own ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ Don't let me get in my zone ♪

♪ The Stars is in the building ♪

♪ They hands is to the ceiling ♪

♪ I know I'm 'bout to kill it ♪

♪ How you know I got that feeling ♪

♪ You are now watching the throne ♪

♪ Don't let me into my zone ♪

♪ Don't let me into my zone ♪

♪ I'm definitely in my zone ♪

- [Kanye] Rockefeller Records.

It's a glorious occasion.

Jay.

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

ball

/bɔːl/

A1
  • noun
  • - a round object used in sports
  • verb
  • - to play ball; to live extravagantly

hard

/hɑːrd/

A2
  • adjective
  • - solid, firm, and difficult to break or penetrate

fine

/faɪn/

A2
  • verb
  • - to impose a penalty in money for an offense

crazy

/ˈkreɪzi/

A2
  • adjective
  • - mentally deranged

shit

/ʃɪt/

B1
  • noun
  • - excrement; something worthless or contemptible

gravy

/ˈɡreɪvi/

B2
  • noun
  • - an easy or advantageous situation or job

weird

/wɪərd/

B1
  • adjective
  • - suggesting something supernatural; uncanny

right

/raɪt/

A1
  • adjective
  • - morally good, justified, or acceptable

psycho

/ˈsaɪkoʊ/

B2
  • adjective
  • - informal for 'psychotic'

liable

/ˈlaɪəbəl/

B2
  • adjective
  • - legally responsible

broke

/broʊk/

A2
  • adjective
  • - having completely run out of money

sick

/sɪk/

A1
  • adjective
  • - affected by illness; very good (slang)

faded

/ˈfeɪdɪd/

B2
  • adjective
  • - having lost freshness or intensity of color; intoxicated

gold

/ɡoʊld/

A1
  • noun
  • - a yellow precious metal

cold

/koʊld/

A1
  • adjective
  • - of or at a low or relatively low temperature

bougie

/ˈbuːʒi/

C1
  • adjective
  • - characteristic of someone aspiring to be upper-class

illest

/ɪləst/

C2
  • adjective
  • - most awesome; the best (slang)

Key Grammar Structures

  • Y'all ready to leave?

    ➔ Contraction 'Y'all' and Informal 'ready to'

    "Y'all" is a contraction of "you all," common in Southern American English. "Ready to" is used instead of "Are you ready to leave?" demonstrating informal speech.

  • What's fifty grand to a motherfucker like me

    ➔ Rhetorical Question

    ➔ This is a rhetorical question implying that fifty thousand dollars is insignificant to the speaker. The purpose is to make a statement rather than to solicit an answer.

  • Y'all don't know that don't shit faze me

    ➔ Double Negative

    ➔ The use of "don't know" and "don't faze" creates a double negative. While grammatically incorrect in standard English (where it would imply something *does* faze the speaker), it's a common feature in some dialects to emphasize the negative meaning, meaning nothing affects him.

  • We ain't even 'posed to be here

    ➔ Informal Negative Contraction and Supposed To (Misspelled)

    "Ain't" is a non-standard contraction of "am not," "is not," or "are not." "'Posed to" is a colloquial shortening of "supposed to." This construction indicates that they are not expected or permitted to be in that location.

  • If I was him, I would've (married Kate and Ashley)

    ➔ Second Conditional (Irrealis Mood) and Conditional Perfect

    ➔ The phrase "If I was him" sets up a hypothetical situation, using the subjunctive mood. Although grammatically "If I were him" is more correct, "If I was him" is commonly used, especially in informal speech. "Would've" is a contraction of "would have," showing what *would have happened* in the past under this hypothetical condition. The unreal conditional shows an imaginary situation in the past.

  • Gets the people going.

    ➔ Causative 'Get'

    "Gets the people going" uses the causative "get," which can be used to describe causing an emotional reaction in someone. It means the phrase causes excitement or interest in people.