The Ways – English Lyrics

• By: Jay Rock, Sir

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the provocative world of Jay Rock's "The Ways" featuring SiR, where you can dive into the nuances of West Coast hip-hop and decode the lyrical expressions of confidence and street life. This song offers a vivid snapshot of contemporary rap culture.

[English]

Wait, I understand the love, but I just wanted some freak shit. Like, I didn't want the... And the fingers don't count

Bitch, I know about you

Hanging with LaQuita brought the hoe up out you

And now you acting like you don't know about it

Look I ain't really tripping, want some more about you

Now wait a minute

Bitch, I know about you

Why you snitching when nobody know about it

That's the wrong way to try to go about it

They go take your ass out with no deposit

Now pay attention

And that's the way

Pussy on my hotline, that's the way

Plans on my trap phone that's the way

Numbers in my paper bag, that's the way

She gon' pop bottles, that's fo sho

When we roll up, she roll up, that's fo sho

She love ridin' high, sittin' low, that's fo sho

Don't matter where we go

Fo sho

I know you heard about me

Walk mellow talk mellow, plus I'm quiet as fuck

My exterior composed, but inside I'm a nut

And after drinks and a blunt, I'm redesigning your strut

Got you rewinding and take, wiling and smiling and such

Keep your vagina in touch, dialing my line in a cut

This hydrophonic and got you hot with the bottles and bubs

On top of that, this dick and dollars done got you in love

Now wait a minute

That's the way

Pussy on my hotline, that's the way

Plans on my trap phone, that's the way

Numbers in my paper bag, that's the way

She gon' pop bottles, that's fo sho

When we roll up, she roll up, that's fo sho

She love ridin' high, sittin' low, that's fo sho

Don't matter where we go

Fo sho

Big money, all hunnids

How you want it, we can run it

Ten boppers, they swing

Drop it low, do your thang, do your thang

Big money, all hunnids

How you want it, we can run it

Ten boppers, they swing

Drop it low, do your thang, do your thang

That's the way

Pussy on my hotline, that's the way

Plans on my trap phone that's the way

Numbers in my paper bag, that's the way

She gon' pop bottles, that's fo sho

When we roll up, she roll up, that's fo sho

She love ridin' high, sittin' low, that's fo sho

Don't matter where we go

Fo sho

Key Grammar Structures

• Wait, I understand the love, but I just **wanted** some freak shit.

  ➔ Simple Past

  ➔ The verb "wanted" is in the simple past, showing a completed desire in the past.

• Bitch, I **know** about you

  ➔ Simple Present

  ➔ "Know" is in the simple present, used for a factual, ongoing state.

• Why you **snitching** when nobody **know** about it

  ➔ Present Participle (gerund) after 'why'; Subject‑verb agreement error (slang)

  ➔ "snitching" is a present participle used as a verb after "why", and "know" should be "knows" for third‑person singular, but the slang drops the -s.

• **Now pay attention**

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ "Pay" is used in the imperative form, giving a direct command to the listener.

• I **ain't** really **tripping**

  ➔ Negative contraction (informal) + Present Participle

  ➔ "Ain't" is an informal negative contraction for "am not", and "tripping" is a present participle describing a continuous state.

• Got you **rewinding** and **smiling** and such

  ➔ Causative ‘got’ + object + verb‑ing

  ➔ "Got" + object + verb‑ing shows that the subject causes the object to perform the action ("rewinding", "smiling").

• **Don't matter** where we go

  ➔ Subject ellipsis in a negative clause

  ➔ The full form would be "It doesn't matter where we go"; the dummy subject "it" is omitted, a common colloquial device.

• **Drop** it low, **do** your thang, **do** your thang

  ➔ Imperative verbs (repetition for emphasis)

  ➔ "Drop" and "do" are imperative forms; repeating "do your thang" adds emphasis and rhythmic drive.

• **How** you want it, we can **run** it

  ➔ Embedded question + modal verb

  ➔ "How" introduces an embedded question; "can" is a modal verb expressing ability or permission for "run".

• She **love** ridin' high, sittin' low, that's fo sho

  ➔ Verb + gerund complement (colloquial present)

  ➔ "Love" is followed by the gerund "ridin'"; in slang the -ing is shortened, but the structure is verb + gerund to describe an ongoing preference.