Pick Up the Phone – English Lyrics

• By: Young Thug, Travis Scott, Quavo
• Album: Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Young Thug, Travis Scott, and Quavo with "Pick Up the Phone," a high-energy trap anthem. This track is not just a catchy tune, but also a cultural artifact that will allow you to explore the language of modern hip-hop, learn about collaboration in music, and dissect the nuances of trap music culture .

[English]

Yah, oh, yah

...

Ooh, Thugger

Yeah, Travis Scott

Thugger, Thugger baby

Yah

I pour a four up (ooh, ooh)

I call your hoe up

Just to fuck her and show her

I just went got my dough up (I just went got my dough up)

Pullin' off and I'm gone (skrrt-skrrt)

Then I go and pour four up (then I go and pour four)

Then I roll up that roll-up (roll up, roll up)

Then I'm callin' your hoe up (callin' your hoe up)

(Like, "Brrt")

Pick up the phone, baby (yeah, ooh, like, "Brrt")

I know you're home, baby (ooh, it's lit)

I'm in the zone, baby (zoned out, straight up)

I just poured up a four baby (pour it up, yeah, yeah)

Never will I cheat on you (yeah)

Never will I commit treason

Blowin' a bag on you (yeah)

Do all of that for no reason

I'ma pull up and murk too (ooh, yeah)

Hittin' the block and I'm bleedin'

Throwing that Rollie on you (yeah)

I like the way it be freezin', yeah

(Like, "Brrt")

Pick up the phone, baby (ooh, like, "Brrt")

I know you're home, baby (ooh, it's lit)

I'm in the zone, baby (zoned out, straight up)

I just poured up a four, baby (pour it up, yeah, yeah)

Pour up a four of that Actavis

Lean like my muhfuckin' granny did (woo)

Super Bowl ring with big body Benz (hey)

I stack it up now I'm just better livin' (cash)

Got screws in my mouth, I'm just preppin' it (ha)

I'm fuckin' this cash up, I'm not celibate (ha)

I'm packin' it up like a reverend (whoa)

I need all this cash, I got hella kids (woo)

I'ma play dumb and get left in the middle (yeah, yeah)

Back the fuck up, you too little (whoa, whoa)

Hit 'em with three like I'm Miller (yeah, yeah)

I don't talk to no man in the middle (uh-uh)

I don't talk to no man, I'm just kiddin' (I swear)

But I did pay my sister's tuition (woo)

I feel lucky, I should play the lottery (yeah)

Walkin' off with it, like Sonny Liston (whoa)

Mama told me I'm her brightest star (yeah)

Mama told me don't hate on the law (ow)

Because everybody got a job (what?)

Because everybody wan' be a star (real shit, real shit)

Please believe every motherfucker 'round here wan' be a part

She gon' do anything in her power to be with ya boy

(Like, "Brrt")

Pick up the phone, baby (ooh, like, "Brrt")

I know you're home, baby (ooh, it's lit)

I'm in the zone, baby (zoned out, straight up)

I just poured up a four, baby (pour it up, yeah, yeah)

Never will I cheat on you

Never will I commit treason

Blowin' a bag on you

Do all of that for no reason

I'ma pull up and murk too

Hittin' the block and I'm bleedin'

Throwin' that Rollie on you

I like the way you be freezin' (Quavo)

Pick up the phone

Macaulay Culkin' baby, Home Alone (Home Alone)

I thought I was right

Then I had to man up, I was wrong (I was wrong)

I hate when we fight (hey)

She in love with the pipe (pipe)

I draped her up in ice, I pour my four on ice (hey, ice, woo)

Birds in the trap sing Brian McKnight

Percocet and Codeine please don't take my life

She had a dream with Céline

So I bought it twice (Céline)

Young nigga make it right back tonight

Girl, you're so cute and your ass is nice

Drinkin' on four and I'm shootin' dice

Wrist polar bear, Klondike (brr)

And I'm loving all races, hell nah don't discriminize

Drinkin' on clean, sanitize (drank)

Ostritch seats with the frog eyes (skrrt)

If I ever call your phone baby (brrt)

Best believe it's only one time (drrt)

(Like, "Brrt")

Pick up the phone, baby (ooh, like, "Brrt")

I know you're home, baby (ooh, it's lit)

I'm in the zone, baby (zoned out, straight up)

I just poured up a four, baby (pour it up, yeah, yeah)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pour /pɔːr/ A1	verb - to make a liquid flow from a container
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak to someone on the telephone
cheat /tʃiːt/ A2	verb - to act dishonestly or unfairly
commit /kəˈmɪt/ B1	verb - to do something wrong or illegal
treason /ˈtriːzən/ B2	noun - the crime of betraying one's country
bleed /bliːd/ A2	verb - to lose blood from the body
freeze /friːz/ A2	verb - to become hard and solid due to cold
pack /pæk/ A1	verb - to put things into a container
tuition /tuːˈɪʃən/ B1	noun - fee paid for teaching or instruction
bright /braɪt/ A2	adjective - giving out a lot of light; intelligent
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a large ball of gas in space; a famous person
drape /dreɪp/ B1	verb - to cover or decorate with cloth
discriminize /dɪˈskrɪmɪˌnaɪz/ C1	verb - to treat differently or unfairly based on race, gender, etc.
reverend /ˈrevərənd/ B2	noun - a title given to a Christian religious leader
sanitizing /ˈsænɪtaɪzɪŋ/ B2	verb - to clean something to make it free of dirt, germs, etc.
celibate /ˈsɛləbət/ B2	adjective - not having sex, especially for religious reasons
tuition /tuːˈɪʃən/ B1	noun - fee paid for teaching or instruction
lottery /ˈlɒtəri/ A2	noun - a game where people buy tickets with numbers to win prizes
zone /zoʊn/ A2	noun - an area or region
murmur /ˈmɜːrmər/ B1	verb - to speak or say something quietly