PROUD – English Lyrics

• By: 2 Chainz, YG, Offset

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the touching tribute to motherhood in "Proud" by 2 Chainz, YG, and Offset. This track offers a glimpse into the artists' personal stories and their deep appreciation for their mothers. Explore themes of family, respect, and the universal desire to make your parents proud, all while enjoying a catchy hip-hop beat.

[English]

♪♪♪

ITS TRU RADIO

WTRU 6 O'CLOCK, 6 O'CLOCK

TIME FOR GRAND STREET TO ROCK

AT THE HOME OF THE HELL WEAVE KILLER

2 CHAINS

PHONES ARE GOING CRAZY

EVERYBODY'S ON THE VIDEO SET

COUNTDOWN TO MOTHERS DAY 2018

TRYIN TO MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD

I AIN'T TRYIN TO LET MY MOMMA DOWN

LETS GO KID

♪ I'M JUST TRYIN TO MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T FUCK AROUND WITH YOU ♪

♪ TRU UNIVERSITY I PULL IT UP AND MURK A BEAT ♪

♪ MOMMA'S HOUSE WAS FILLED UP WITH BAGS OF HERCULES ♪

♪ AS SOON AS I FINISH PISSIN I PUT THE SEAT DOWN ♪

♪ OR MY MOMMA GONNA CURSE MY DAMN ASS OUT ♪

♪ ONLY CHILD NO SITTERS NO BESTIES ♪

♪ I COULDN'T DO NOTHING RIGHT LIKE A LEFTY ♪

♪ BOUGHT MY MOMMA'S FIRST HOUSE WITH THE JUGG MONEY ♪

♪ BOUGHT MY MOMMA'S SECOND HOUSE WITH THE CLUB MONEY ♪

♪ ME AND MOMMA USED TO TRAP OUT THE SAME HOUSE ♪

♪ USED TO EAT AND GO TO SLEEP ON THE SAME COUCH ♪

♪ ME AND MOMMA GOT BUSTED AT THE SAME TIME ♪

♪ WENT TO COURT AND TOLD JUDGE THE DAMN SAME LIES ♪

♪ I CAN TELL MOMMA PROUD OF HER ONLY SON ♪

♪ 2 CHAINZ I ALWAYS HAVE WORN MORE THAN 1 ♪

♪ YEAH I'M REAL, I'M ILL YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA FEEL ♪

♪ YOU POPPING PILLS ♪

♪ I'M RARER THAN 2 DOLLAR BILLS ♪

♪ I'M JUST TRYNA MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TRYNA LET MY MOMMA DOWN ♪

♪ I'M JUST TRYNA MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TRYNA LET MY MOMMA DOWN ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ CAUSE MY MOMMA AIN'T NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ DROP A PIN AND SEE ME AT YOUR DOOR NIGGA ♪

♪ HO BITCHES GETTING FUCKED ON THE FLOOR ♪

♪ THEY COLD HEARTED SO YOU GOTTA DO EM COLD ♪

♪ THESE HOES AND MY MOMMA CAN'T GET ALONG ♪

♪ CAUSE MY MOMMA AIN'T NO HO ♪

♪ I WAS RUNNING UP A CHECK ♪

♪ PUT THE HOMIES ON THE SET ♪

♪ I WAS FUCKING UP THE PORCH ♪

♪ I AIN'T NEVER DO THE FENCE ♪

♪ GOT SOME FROM THE GANG ♪

♪ THEY'LL DO YOU FOR THE CHECK ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW I'M GANG GANG ♪

♪ CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING I REP ♪

♪ MOMMA ♪

♪ WHEN I LEAVE THE HOUSE IT'S FOR THEM DOLLARS ♪

♪ YOU WAS THE REASON I BOUGHT THAT CHOPPER ♪

♪ CAUSE I KNOW YOU WANNA SEE ME COME UP PROPER ♪

♪ AS SOON AS I GET RIGHT I SAID I GOT YA ♪

♪ THEN I GOT YA. ♪

♪ I'M JUST TRYNA MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TRYNA LET MY MOMMA DOWN ♪

♪ I'M JUST TRYNA MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TRYNA LET MY MOMMA DOWN ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MOMMA TAUGHT ME HOW TO GET THAT BANK ROLL ♪

♪ BOUGHT UP IN MY LIFE IN CASE THE BANK CLOSE ♪

♪ MOMMA AIN'T HAVE IT ALL, WE WORE THE SAME CLOTHES ♪

♪ I KEEP THAT DOUGH I KEEP THAT DOUGH ♪

♪ I RISK IT ALL FOR DOUGH ♪

♪ I FOUND THAT FORTY-FOUR WOULD TURN ME TO AN ANIMAL ♪

♪ PACKIN WILD LIL NIGGAS WASN'T EVEN COMPATIBLE ♪

♪ CHOPPER FIRING SOUNDING JUST LIKE A RATTLER ♪

♪ 223 CALIBER YOU AIN'T IN MY CALIBER ♪

♪ MOMMA TOLD ME BREAK IT DOWN ♪

♪ KEEP GIVING ME THESE BUGS BUGS ♪

♪ SIT ON THAT G6 ♪

♪ I'M FLYING HIGHER LET THEM KNOW YOU ABOVE ♪

♪ MOMMA, I PUT GOYARD ON MY MOMMA ♪

♪ EVERY NIGGA NOT YOUR PARTNA SON WHEN YOU COME UP ♪

♪ ALL THEM BITCHES IN YOUR FACE SON THEY ALL PIRANHAS ♪

♪ STAY UP OUT THE WAY BUT BEAT EM IF YOU RUN UP ♪

♪ MIKE JACK IN HIS PRIME WITH MADONNA ♪

♪ I'M TRYNA BRING HER TO MY MOMMA ♪

♪ I'M JUST TRYNA MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TRYNA LET MY MOMMA DOWN ♪

♪ I'M JUST TRYNA MAKE MY MOMMA PROUD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TRYNA LET MY MOMMA DOWN ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪ MY MOMMA AIN'T RAISE NO HO ♪

♪♪♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
proud /praʊd/ B1	adjective - feeling pleased and satisfied because you or someone connected with you has done something well
momma /ˈmɑːmə/ A1	noun - mother
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation
child /tʃaɪld/ A1	noun - a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of adulthood
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; collectively, wealth
court /kɔːrt/ B1	noun - a place where legal cases are heard and decided
judge /dʒʌdʒ/ B1	noun - a public officer appointed to decide cases in a court of law verb - form an opinion or estimation of (something) after considering the evidence or arguments
son /sʌn/ A1	noun - a male child
real /rɪəl/ A2	adjective - actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or pretended
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
bills /bɪlz/ A1	noun - a piece of paper money
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard
bitch /bɪtʃ/ B2	noun - (offensive) a malicious or unpleasant woman
check /tʃek/ A2	noun - an examination of something to make sure it is correct or satisfactory verb - to examine something to make sure it is correct
gang /ɡæŋ/ B1	noun - an organized group of criminals
dollars /ˈdɑːlərz/ A1	noun - the basic monetary unit of the US, Canada, Australia, and certain other countries
bank /bæŋk/ A1	noun - an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds
clothes /kləʊðz/ A1	noun - items worn to cover the body
animal /ˈænɪməl/ A1	noun - a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to move about
bitch /bɪtʃ/ B2	noun - (offensive) a malicious or unpleasant woman

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm just tryin' to make my momma proud

  ➔ Present Continuous + infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The verb ""tryin'"" (present continuous) is followed by the infinitive "to make" to show purpose.

• I ain't tryin' to let my momma down

  ➔ Negative contraction "ain't" + infinitive

  ➔ ""ain't"" is a colloquial negative form of "am/is/are not"; it precedes the infinitive "to let".

• My momma ain't raise no ho

  ➔ Double negative in present simple

  ➔ ""ain't"" + "no"" creates a double negative; the verb "raise" is in the base form after "ain't".

• I could've done nothing right like a lefty

  ➔ Modal perfect "could have" + past participle

  ➔ ""could've"" is the contracted form of "could have"; it is followed by the past participle "done" to express an unrealized past possibility.

• When I leave the house it's for them dollars

  ➔ Zero conditional (present simple + present simple)

  ➔ ""When"" introduces a time clause with the present simple "leave"; the main clause also uses the present simple "is" to state a general result.

• I was running up a check

  ➔ Past continuous (was + -ing)

  ➔ ""was"" is the past form of "be"; combined with the gerund "running" it shows an ongoing action in the past.

• I keep that dough, I keep that dough

  ➔ Simple present for habitual action

  ➔ ""keep"" is in the simple present; repetition emphasizes a regular, ongoing habit.

• I found that forty‑four would turn me to an animal

  ➔ Conditional "would" + infinitive (future in the past)

  ➔ ""would"" expresses a hypothetical result in the past; it is followed by the infinitive "turn".

• But beat 'em if you run up

  ➔ Inverted conditional (imperative + if‑clause)

  ➔ ""beat"" is an imperative verb; the condition "if you run up" follows it, which is the reverse order of the usual "if …, beat" structure.