Remember My Name – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Durk, King Popo

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Lil Durk's journey from the streets of Chicago to a Billboard-charting artist through "Remember My Name". This track encapsulates his desire for lasting recognition and offers a raw look into his life, making it a powerful introduction to the drill subgenre and its lyrical language.

[English]

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♪ DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME, ♪

♪ THIS BIGGER THAN MONEY. THIS BIGGER THAN FAME, ♪

♪ REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT I DID TO GET WHERE I'M AT ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME ♪

♪ SAY I WOULDN'T CHANGE, ♪

♪ I'M STILL THE SAME AND THEY LOVE IT ♪

♪ YOU CAN HATE ME OR LOVE ME ♪

♪ BUT I BEEN TRUE REMEMBER ♪

♪ I BEEN TRUE REMEMBER, REMEMBER MY NAME ♪

♪ THEY NEVER REMEMBER, ♪

♪ I DID TIME FOR A GUN THAT I'LL NEVER REMEMBER ♪

♪ DID TIME WHEN MY SON BEEN DELIVERED ♪

♪ I CRIED TEARS I COULDN'T SHOW MY POSITION ♪

♪ NO SLEEP THEM HALLWAYS ♪

♪ ME BEING ME SIPPIN LEAN WITH 30 LIKE ALWAYS ♪

♪ COULDN'T AFFORD TRU'S ♪

♪ NOW I SLEEP ON VERSACE AND BALMAIN ♪

♪ DADDY HAD THE STREETS ON LOCK SO ♪

♪ STILL SLEPT WITH RATS AND THE COCKROACH ♪

♪ LOST NIGGAS LOST BITCHES LOST TIME ♪

♪ BUT I'M BACK ON THE BLOCK THOUGH ♪

♪ POLICE GONNA BE SO ♪

♪ BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN MONEY AND COW SO VALONO ♪

♪ THEY SO I WONT MAKE IT NOW I'M THEY FAVORITE ♪

♪ I GOT 20 TO PLAY WIT, ♪

♪ GREW UP IN CHICAGO SOUTHSIDE ♪

♪ WHERE U KILLED IF U OUTSIDE ♪

♪ AND I MADE IT OUT AND I'M OUTSIDE ♪

♪ NAME HOLD WEIGHT LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA ♪

♪ AND I LOVE MY NIGGAS LIKE BLOOD BROTHAS ♪

♪ SAME NIGGA SAME GANG CANT CHANGE ON THEM, ♪

♪ WARTIME NO MOVIE ♪

♪ BUT I BET THAT CLIP DON'T HANG ON ♪

♪ DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME, ♪

♪ THIS BIGGER THAN MONEY, THIS BIGGER THAN FAME, ♪

♪ REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT I DID TO GET WHERE I'M AT ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME ♪

♪ SAY I WOULDN'T CHANGE, ♪

♪ I'M STILL THE SAME AND THEY LOVE IT ♪

♪ YOU CAN HATE ME OR LOVE ME ♪

♪ BUT I BEEN TRUE REMEMBER ♪

♪ I BEEN TRUE REMEMBER, REMEMBER MY NAME ♪

♪ REAL STREET NIGGA MADE IT FROM THE BOTTOM ♪

♪ COMING UP AS A KID NIGGAS GAVE HIM NOTHING ♪

♪ 12 YEARS OLD KNEW I WAS PROBLEM, ♪

♪ ALL I WANTED WAS MONEY AND THE FAME ♪

♪ CARS, CRIBS AND BITCHES WITH A NAME ♪

♪ I CAN'T CHANGE FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD ♪

♪ LORD BLESSED ME TWO BOYS AND A GIRL, ♪

♪ TWO DEAD CUZ I LOST TWO THIS WORLD ♪

♪ CROSSED OVER LIKE FLO RIDA ♪

♪ ONLY MY SQUAD THEY BOTH SLIDING ♪

♪ MONEY AND POWER THEY BOTH RIDING, ♪

♪ CALL HIM AND HIM AND THEY BOTH SLIDING ♪

♪ TRAPHOUSE BLOCK PARTY NIGGAS ♪

♪ DOING THE SAME SHIT AND GOT LOW ♪

♪ NIGGA U TRY ME AND THAT MACK BUST ♪

♪ AND THEY REMEMBER MY NAME ♪

♪ DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME, ♪

♪ THIS BIGGER THAN MONEY, THIS BIGGER THAN FAME, ♪

♪ REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT I DID TO GET WHERE I'M AT ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME ♪

♪ SAY I WOULDN'T CHANGE, ♪

♪ I'M STILL THE SAME AND THEY LOVE IT ♪

♪ YOU CAN HATE ME OR LOVE ME ♪

♪ BUT I BEEN TRUE REMEMBER ♪

♪ I BEEN TRUE REMEMBER, REMEMBER MY NAME ♪

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A2	verb - to have or keep an image or idea in your mind of something or someone seen, done, or experienced in the past
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different noun - a different state or form
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a medium of exchange for goods and services
fame /feɪm/ A2	noun - the state of being known by many people
true /truː/ A1	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest your body and mind by lying down and closing your eyes noun - a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a deep affection for someone or something noun - a deep affection for someone or something
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to dislike someone or something intensely noun - intense dislike
same /seɪm/ A1	adjective - identical; not different
street /striːt/ A1	noun - a public road in a city or town
lost /lɔːst/ A2	adjective - no longer in the possession, care, or control of someone verb - to be unable to find your way or know where you are
back /bæk/ A1	adverb - toward the rear noun - the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips
police /pəˈliːs/ A1	noun - a body of officers representing the civil authority of government
favorite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A2	noun - a person or thing that is most liked or preferred
kid /kɪd/ A1	noun - a child or young person
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features