Smurk Carter – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Durk

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(Banger)

What up, nephew? Man, you know what it is

I wanna start this joint up by sayin', man, I'm so proud of you, man

But after that, it's all about a second chance (The Melody)

And everybody, especially the real niggas

Real people from the hood, man

From the trenches, they deserve a second chance

'Cause a lot of us got caught up in the motherfuckin' math

(DJ on the beat, so it's a banger)

With these people, man

Just tryna lock us up for nothin', you hear me?

So here we are now, I remember back, back, not too long ago

Me and your daddy, was in the belly of the beast

And our paperwork, it said

As our outdate, it said, "Deceased, deceased"

They thought we was gon' die in there

But look at us now, we out here thrivin', livin'

Now you out here

It's your second chance too, nephew (bang, bang, bang)

You know, money and power, got the trenches united

Got some members indicted, over money and violence

I was raised in the jungle with snakes, rats, and some lions (yeah)

Left the Pellys for winters, dope boys and giants

Daddy took over the streets, Larry Hoover was my age

When weed was so cheap, sellin' drugs off MySpace

I'm a gangster at heart, could stop a war with my face

Mama, I said I'm sorry for puttin' you through the mind games, sorry

Only The Family the Navy (yeah)

3-double-0 is the army (yeah)

Tell 'em re-open Barneys (yeah)

A hundred fifty on Marni (yeah)

A double cup full of lean (yeah)

I need to drink some Dasani (yeah)

'Cause my piss back yellow (yeah)

But my President white (damn)

Plus my 'Rari was white, my Rollie face was just white

My uncle had his own crib, but he stay with Dwight

I'm in a phase of my life, I can't be praisin' the mice

My auntie prayed to the Christ

I made a way through the night (yeah)

We bred, I gave her a flight

My brother stayed with a pipe

He just ain't have it that night

I hate he played with his life

His killer paid for his price

I brought it straight from the dice (yeah)

Racketeering his charge, I wish he took my advice

Money is the root of all evil (yeah)

Smurk, I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people

Cursed, I mean hurt, that they just takin' all my people

Chh, baow-baow, ain't beat his case 'cause he ain't legal

Back in 2010, I went to school with a Desert Eagle

Sean John hoodie, with Shawn Carters in my Evisu's

Family treat me different, I had to walk 'round like I'm see through

Niggas treat me like family

I just told you what the streets do (damn)

Young age, I used to run the streets 'cause I'm a bad boy (damn)

Trap house my Waffle House, I trapped right off an Android (brr)

Never duck no niggas or no 12, just the landlord

Didn't have my rent, I left my bitch and she was payin' for it (bitch)

Love brodie to death, he hit that dope

But I can't stand for it

I took over the trenches for a century

I'm the man to 'em

Label said, "Don't make none for the streets

Just make some dance music" (cha, cha)

Said, "I can't, I gotta make shit for the streets

I'm the man to 'em'" (nah, nah)

Money over bitches, some reason I'll tend to 'em (yeah)

I ain't never listen, like fuck permission, I carry a Gen4

Family in the streets, my relationship, I got a handful (yeah)

Count a million cash, I swear to God, it had my hand sore (sss, ahh)

Fuck her from the back, I had her scratchin' up the headboard (yeah)

Nutted on her lashes, I ain't gotta ask her, what she mad for? (Smurk)

Baby, what you sad for? Baby, what you sad for? (Huh?)

The Brabus truck, the one that, hmm, I paid a bag for it (hmm)

I paid cash for it, a duffel bag, boy (yeah)

But too much cash'll have 'em paranoid

Money is the root of all evil (yeah)

Smurk, I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people

Cursed, I mean hurt that they just takin' all my people

Chh, baow-baow, ain't beat his case 'cause he ain't legal

Money is the root of all evil (trenches)

Smurk, I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people (yeah)

Cursed, I mean hurt that they just takin' all my people

Chh, baow-baow, ain't beat his case 'cause he ain't legal

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Key Grammar Structures

• I wanna start this joint up by sayin', man, I'm so proud of you, man

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase 'I wanna start' uses the present continuous tense with 'wanna' (want to) to express an action that is planned or intended in the near future.

• But after that, it's all about a second chance

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'it's all about'

  ➔ The phrase 'it's all about' uses the present simple tense to emphasize a general truth or focus, here highlighting the importance of a second chance.

• They thought we was gon' die in there

  ➔ Non-standard contraction 'was gon''

  ➔ The phrase 'was gon'' is a non-standard contraction of 'was going to', commonly used in informal or colloquial language.

• I'm a gangster at heart, could stop a war with my face

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with modal 'could'

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' is used to express ability or possibility in the present, here indicating the speaker's potential to stop a war.

• I hate he played with his life

  ➔ Non-standard use of 'hate' with past tense

  ➔ The verb 'hate' is typically followed by a gerund, but here it is used with a past tense verb, which is non-standard in formal English.

• Money is the root of all evil

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'is'

  ➔ The present simple tense with 'is' is used to state a general truth or fact, here emphasizing that money is the root of all evil.

• I mean Durk, be in the trenches with his people

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'be'

  ➔ The present simple tense with 'be' is used to describe a habitual action or state, here indicating that the speaker is consistently in the trenches with his people.

• Ain't beat his case 'cause he ain't legal

  ➔ Double negative with 'ain't'

  ➔ The use of 'ain't' in both parts of the sentence creates a double negative, which is non-standard in formal English but common in colloquial language.