Redbone – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Baby, Glorilla
• Album: WHAM

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the confident world of Lil Baby and Glorilla's 'Redbone,' a track that celebrates self-assurance and individuality. By exploring the song's themes of empowerment and luxury, you can learn how language reflects confidence and self-expression in contemporary hip-hop.

[English]

Y'all know how cold it is in, like, Antarctica or, like, Alaska or, you know, like, like, an iceberg

You know how, how cold that is?

That's how cool I am on a bitch, for real, twin

Yeah, yeah, yeah (LeeBoy on the track)

They did not stop makin' bad bitches when they made you (on God)

Redbone, slim thick shit, she only 22 (true story)

Know she due for a lil' workout, pull up on me, Lululemon

Got a tan, I let her lay out by the pool, we got plenty

Soon as I lock in, I lock in, if I want it, I'm gon' get it

I'm so hood, nigga, so high-class, my 'Rari truck, I rent 'em

Like I'm paralyzed, and my spine broke, can't turn my back on my twin

I'm so D-boy and I stay fresh, I went Louis Vuitton on my Timb'

I'm so damn smooth, I snipe shit, I ain't never speakin' on her bidness (shh)

She know she mine when I'm in town, you can have her back when I'm finished

They did not stop makin' bad bitches when they made you (on God)

Redbone, slim thick shit, she only 22 (Glorilla, yeah, yeah)

They did not stop makin' bad bitches when they made you (on God)

Redbone, slim thick shit, she only 22 (huh, huh, on gang, gang)

Hol' up, stop the beat, Lil Baby (shh), let me talk my shit

Ay, my ex say I've been shittin' on him, I'm genuinely poppin' shit (ugh)

All my opps still broke as hell (damn), ain't that 'bout a bitch?

I don't do no young niggas, my youngest ho like 36 (on God)

Actin' stingy with the dick, he must don't think that I'm a whore (huh?)

They did not stop makin' good dick when they made yours (the fuck?)

Better be lucky that I like you 'cause these niggas gettin' ignored

Boy, don't play with me, I get niggas, you like one of four, duh

I don't think about you hos (no), I just think I'm the shit (on God)

Got no education, I walk in, I'm fresher than a bitch (stamp that)

Ain't beggin' no nigga to stay (the fuck?), I'm quick to let him leave

Yeah, it's a million more bad bitches, but ain't none of them bitches me (on gang)

They did not stop makin' bad bitches when they made you (on God)

Redbone, slim thick shit, she only 22 (true story)

They did not stop makin' bad bitches when they made you (on God)

Redbone, slim thick shit, she only 22

Get it, mama, have with fun with it

Get it, mama, have with fun with it

Get it, mama, have with fun with it

Get it, mama, have with fun with it

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Key Grammar Structures

• You know how cold that is?

  ➔ Interrogative clause with *how* + adjective

  ➔ The word "how" introduces a question about the degree of the adjective "cold".

• That's how cool I am on a bitch, for real, twin

  ➔ *How* + adjective as an intensifier

  ➔ "how" emphasizes the degree of "cool" – "that's *how* cool" = "that’s extremely cool".

• If I want it, I'm gon' get it

  ➔ First conditional: *if* + present simple, + will/going to

  ➔ "If" introduces a real future condition; "want" is in the present simple, and "I'm gon' get" expresses a decided future action.

• I'm so hood, nigga, so high‑class, my 'Rari truck, I rent 'em

  ➔ Intensifier *so* + adjective (result omitted)

  ➔ "so" intensifies the adjectives "hood" and "high‑class" – it means "very".

• I let her lay out by the pool

  ➔ Causative verb *let* + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ "let" is followed directly by the bare infinitive "lay" – it means I allow her to lie down.

• They did not stop makin' bad bitches when they made you

  ➔ Past simple negative with *did not* + base verb; temporal clause with *when*

  ➔ "did not" makes the verb "stop" negative in the past; "when" introduces the time of the second action.

• Hol' up, stop the beat, Lil Baby (shh), let me talk my shit

  ➔ Imperative verb + *let me* + infinitive

  ➔ "let me" is a polite way to ask permission; it is followed by the bare infinitive "talk".

• I don't do no young niggas

  ➔ Double negative (non‑standard) for emphasis

  ➔ "don't" and "no" together create a double negative, which in informal speech adds emphasis rather than cancelling each other.

• I'm so D‑boy and I stay fresh

  ➔ Simple present for habitual actions; conjunction *and* linking clauses

  ➔ "stay" is in the simple present, showing a regular state; "and" links the two statements about being a D‑boy and staying fresh.