Turnpike Ike – English Lyrics

• By: Rick Ross

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the language of luxury and ambition through Rick Ross's "Turnpike Ike." This song offers a glimpse into the mindset of a successful hustler, with vivid imagery and a smooth, confident flow. It's a great way to learn idiomatic expressions and cultural references related to success and power in modern American English.

[English]

(deep hip-hop music)

♪ I told her that she can't fuck me like a king no more ♪

♪ I told her she gotta make love to me ♪

♪ Like I'm a emperor, a emperor ♪

♪ Man, I done got money everywhere nigga ♪

♪ But particularly that Turnpike south ♪

♪ It's really a blessing to a young nigga like Renzel ♪

♪ Indictment on the way, I'll say that on the case ♪

♪ When you get your first kilo, it should be on your face ♪

♪ Nigga movin' like the mob, hundred thousand franks ♪

♪ Dry land when you wanna be out on the lake ♪

♪ Swish ♪

♪ Determined to be one of the fortunate men ♪

♪ Bitches come from everywhere, once the hustlin' commence ♪

♪ I see you prayin', testifying, forgotten the time ♪

♪ Bottom line, your car should get shot up like it were mine ♪

♪ 20 round but the voodoo, let no humbie allowed ♪

♪ Mafutu, they'll all know the spirit when I'll be aroused ♪

♪ Made it to Star Island, started with a nickel rock ♪

♪ Who thought a project nigga get to get a yacht ♪

♪ Two million dollars cash in the Range Rover ♪

♪ Opa Locka airport lets get the plane loaded ♪

♪ I put it on the turnpike ♪

♪ Gold rims, whip real, blue bills duckin' the termites ♪

♪ I'ma let one of my bad bitches tell y'all ♪

♪ How much paper I got ♪

♪ Baby, what we living like? ♪ ♪ Twenty houses ♪

♪ What else? ♪ ♪ Fifty cars ♪

♪ Yeah, what that make you feel like? ♪

♪ Priceless baby ♪

♪ Huh, you live for me? ♪ ♪ Everyday ♪

♪ You would die for me? ♪ ♪ Right now ♪

♪ Huh, Double MG ♪

♪ Turnpike, real earner, Ted Turner ♪

♪ Whip it in the kitchen that boy was a fast learner ♪

♪ Tryna live it up ♪

♪ Two millions tucked in that new Bentley truck ♪

♪ Ain't too many I can trust so shooters is a must ♪

♪ I reminisce when it was hit or miss ♪

♪ I was innocent 'till I hit a lick ♪

♪ Seven figures on a nigga mama couch ♪

♪ Don't want it here nobody talking 'bout their drought ♪

♪ I'm chilling in the yacht and my Mitchell & Ness ♪

♪ Stitches in my breaches, fifty-seveness ♪

♪ Swishers you can smell 'em on the internet ♪

♪ Ain't beefing with nobody 'cause I'm killing it ♪

♪ I toss the pistol on the car chase ♪

♪ Then walked into the church just like the boy Mase ♪

♪ I'm the man out in Barcelona, boss ♪

♪ Got a couple of bad bitches out in California ♪

♪ Real language, biggest ♪

♪ Tell these niggas some old shit bae ♪

♪ Baby, you're the biggest ♪ ♪ Huh, your fine ass ♪

♪ The biggest boss, you're my boss baby ♪

♪ How much money we gonna get ♪

♪ We gon' get all of it baby, huh ♪

♪ We gon' take it all honey ♪

♪ Turnpike Ike, uh, ha ♪

♪ You're the biggest baby ♪

(deep hip-hop music continues)

♪ There won't ever be a boss as big as you baby ♪

♪ You the biggest, the biggest boss ♪

♪ You the biggest ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hustlin' /ˈhʌslɪn/ B1	verb - to work hard or pushily to achieve something, often in a cunning or ambitious way
kilo /ˈkiːloʊ/ A2	noun - a unit of weight equal to 1,000 grams
mob /mɒb/ B1	noun - a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly or violent
fortunate /ˈfɔːrtʃənət/ A2	adjective - lucky or favored by chance
hustle /ˈhʌsəl/ B1	verb - to work aggressively or pushily to achieve success
yacht /jɒt/ B1	noun - a large, luxurious boat used for pleasure or sport
shooter /ˈʃuːtər/ A2	noun - someone who shoots a gun
reminisce /ˌrɛməˈnɪs/ B2	verb - to remember and talk about past experiences
innocent /ˈɪnəsənt/ A2	adjective - not guilty of a crime or offense
breach /briːtʃ/ B1	noun - a broken or violated rule or agreement
toss /tɒs/ A1	verb - to throw something with a light motion
pistol /ˈpɪstəl/ A1	noun - a small firearm designed to be held in one hand
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A1	noun - a building for Christian religious services
Barcelona /ˌbɑːrsəˈloʊnə/ A1	noun - a city in Spain
California /ˌkælɪˈfɔːrniə/ A1	noun - a state in the western United States

Key Grammar Structures

• I told her she **gotta** make love to me

  ➔ Informal Obligation (Gotta)

  ➔ `Gotta` is an informal contraction of "have got to" or "have to," expressing a necessity or obligation.

• Man, I **done got** money everywhere nigga

  ➔ Colloquial Perfect Tense (Done Got)

  ➔ `Done got` is a colloquialism, particularly in African American Vernacular English (AAVE), functioning similarly to the present perfect "have gotten" or "have acquired," indicating a completed action with present relevance.

• When you get your first kilo, it **should be** on your face

  ➔ Modal Verb `Should` (Recommendation/Advice)

  ➔ `Should be` uses the modal verb "should" to express a recommendation, advice, or what is expected or appropriate in a given situation.

• Bottom line, your car **should get shot up** like it were mine

  ➔ Modal Verb + Passive Voice (Should Get + Past Participle)

  ➔ `Should get shot up` combines the modal verb "should" (expressing recommendation or expectation) with the informal passive construction "get + past participle," indicating that the car is the recipient of the action.

• Opa Locka airport **lets get the plane loaded**

  ➔ Causative Verb `Let` with Passive Construction

  ➔ `Lets get the plane loaded` uses the causative verb "let" (meaning to allow or permit) followed by a base verb "get" and a passive construction "the plane loaded." This means to allow or arrange for the plane to be loaded by someone else.

• **I'ma** let one of my bad bitches tell y'all

  ➔ Informal Future Intention (I'ma = I am going to)

  ➔ `I'ma` is an informal contraction of "I am going to," used to express a future intention or plan.

• **Ain't** too many I can trust so shooters is a must

  ➔ Informal Negative Contraction (Ain't)

  ➔ `Ain't` is an informal and non-standard contraction that can replace "am not," "is not," "are not," "has not," and "have not." Here, it functions as "there aren't."

• I was innocent 'till I **hit a lick**

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression (Hit a Lick)

  ➔ `Hit a lick` is an idiomatic expression, often slang, meaning to commit a robbery, theft, or to make a quick profit from an illegal activity.

• Baby, you're **the biggest**

  ➔ Superlative Adjective

  ➔ `The biggest` is the superlative form of the adjective "big," used to describe something that possesses a quality to the highest degree among three or more items or in a group.

• There won't ever be a boss **as big as** you baby

  ➔ Comparison of Equality (As... As)

  ➔ `As big as` is a comparative structure used to show that two things are equal in a certain quality, in this case, "big."