We Paid – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Baby, 42 Dugg
• Album: My Turn - Deluxe

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and authentic world of trap music with Lil Baby and 42 Dugg's hit "We Paid." This track is a masterclass in modern street narratives, showcasing dynamic flows, unique slang, and powerful declarations of success. Learning the lyrics offers insight into contemporary hip-hop culture, the artists' personal journeys, and the compelling storytelling that makes this song a standout banger.

[English]

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♪ IF I GO BROKE LIKE JOC ♪

♪ FUCK WITH THAT DOG LIKE VIC ♪

♪ NOT THAT ROTT THAT PITT ♪

♪ POMADE DOWN IN MY SOCK ♪

♪ CAN'T HOLD MY GLOCK ♪

♪ I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT SHIT ♪

♪ DUGG TURNT AND CAN'T WIFE NO BITCH ♪

♪ SCUSE MY FRENCH I DON'T LIKE NO BITCH ♪

♪ LIMO TINTED WON'T FIND MY CAR YEAH I HAD IT HARD ♪

♪ SEE MY BITCH BROKE BUT I AIN'T HAD A HEART ♪

♪ SCURT, YEAH THAT'S US ♪

♪ TWO-TONE AP YEAH I'M BUST ♪

♪ GOT THE HEAD FROM HER AIN'T EVEN WANNA FUCK ♪

♪ WHY, SLUT BYE ♪

♪ NOTHING ON ME FROM SEX EVERYTHING REVIVE ♪

♪ HOE NIGGA TELLING ON BRO SHOULD A DIED ♪

♪ NO HE AIN'T KILL HIM DOG HE AIN'T EVEN TRY ♪

♪ STILL I SPENT MY LAST FEW NIGHTS IN THE HOOD ♪

♪ TAKE WHO CHAIN NO A BITCH NOT GOOD ♪

♪ PROLLY IN SOMETHING FAST ♪

♪ WITH THE GLOCK IN THE HOOD ♪

♪ COURSE HAD TO TAKE ♪

♪ THE SMELL OF WOCK ON THE WOOD ♪

♪ FIRST TURNT NIGGA FROM THE HOOD THEY CURIOUS ♪

♪ FOE INCURRED BOUT 5 IN JEWELRY ♪

♪ I GET THE COMMAS ♪

♪ WITH NUMBERS THAT'S PERIOD ♪

♪ I GOT YA B I WANNA PUT ON AMIRI'S ♪

♪ FIRST YOUNG NIGGA IN THE A TOO LAND ♪

♪ RUN UP 14 MILL START 14 GRAMS ♪

♪ DOPE BOY DICKIES, AND DIAMONDS, AND TIMBS ♪

♪ YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH THAT BOY ♪

♪ HE IS NOT ONE OF THEM ♪

♪ BOY I KEPT TAKING L'S ♪

♪ FINALLY GOT ME A M ♪

♪ STILL MAKING DOUBLE ♪

♪ I DON'T COUNT WHEN I SPEND ♪

♪ S550 2018 ♪

♪ GOTTA COME 20 IF YOU HOPPING IN THE BENZ ♪

♪ YOUNG TURNT NIGGAS FROM THE D TO THE A ♪

♪ I'M ROCKING WITH THE LIONS ♪

♪ YEAH I'M ROCKING WITH THE BRAVES ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH WE PAID ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH WE PAID ♪

♪ I'M A TURN UP A LITTLE MORE THIS TIME ♪

♪ USED TO DREAM ABOUT GETTING IT ♪

♪ NOW I GOT IT I DON'T DRIVE ♪

♪ I HAD A SPORT LIKE A VARSITY WHAT'LL YOU HAVE? ♪

♪ YOU BUY 20 I'LL FRONT WHAT YOU BUY ♪

♪ I PUT ON DRIP I BELIEVE I CAN FLY ♪

♪ NIGGAS KNOW THAT I RICH ♪

♪ BUT THEY KNOW NOT TO TRY ♪

♪ I HAD A SHOW IN DETROIT ♪

♪ AND I START TO REVIVE ♪

♪ AND SPENT 50 ON ALL OF THE GUYS ♪

♪ ALL OF THESE HOES IN THE STORES MAKE COMMISSION ♪

♪ AND PLUS I'M A TIP 'EM THEY HOLDING MY SIDE ♪

♪ GET IN YOUR CAR AND JUST PUT ON YOUR FLASHERS ♪

♪ AND FOLLOW THE HEARTS SINCE YOU SAY YOU GONE RIDE ♪

♪ CUS SOMEBODY GONE DIE IF THEY FUCK WITH US ♪

♪ TURN A FIVE TO A DIME THAT'S A DOUBLE UP ♪

♪ FUCK A ROUND WOCK IN CHURCH WITH MY DOUBLE CUP ♪

♪ THIS DONE HAPPENED I'M PRAYING LIKE GIVE IT UP ♪

♪ TYPE TO STAY WITH A WOOD MAKE EM GIVE IT UP ♪

♪ KNOW I RAN THROUGH A MILL EVERY WEEK OFF OF WEED ♪

♪ PURP BEAT THE TRIAL I CAN GET ME SOME STEAD ♪

♪ GOT IT BACK IN THE PICKUP I WON'T EVEN LEAVE ♪

♪ RUN IT UP FUCK AROUND GET THE VET AND DT ♪

♪ .KEEP A HOT BOY WITH ME I GOT LOVE FOR BG ♪

♪ CHASING THIS PAPER SINCE 12 OR 13 ♪

♪ RUNNING AROUND IN THESE STREETS IT WAS ME AND MARQUIS ♪

♪ FIRST TURNT NIGGA FROM THE HOOD THEY CURIOUS ♪

♪ FOE INCURRED BOUT 5 IN JEWELRY ♪

♪ I GET THE COMMAS WITH NUMBERS THAT'S PERIOD ♪

♪ I GOT YA B I WANNA PUT ON AMIRI'S ♪

♪ FIRST YOUNG NIGGA IN THE A TOO LAND ♪

♪ RUN UP 14 MILL START 14 GRAMS ♪

♪ DOPE BOY DICKIES, AND DIAMONDS, AND TIMBS ♪

♪ YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH THAT BOY ♪

♪ HE IS NOT ONE OF THEM ♪

♪ BOY I KEPT TAKING L'S FINALLY GOT ME A M ♪

♪ STILL MAKING DOUBLE I DON'T COUNT WHEN I SPEND ♪

♪ S550 2018 ♪

♪ GOTTA COME 20 IF YOU HOPPING IN THE BENZ ♪

♪ YOUNG TURNT NIGGAS FROM THE D TO THE A ♪

♪ I'M ROCKING WITH THE LIONS ♪

♪ YEAH I'M ROCKING WITH THE BRAVES ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH WE PAID ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH WE PAID ♪

♪ FIRST TURNT NIGGA FROM THE HOOD THEY CURIOUS ♪

♪ FOE INCURRED BOUT 5 IN JEWELRY ♪

♪ I GET THE COMMAS WITH NUMBERS THAT'S PERIOD ♪

♪ I GOT YA B I WANNA PUT ON AMIRI'S ♪

♪ FIRST YOUNG NIGGA IN THE A TOO LAND ♪

♪ RUN UP 14 MILL START AT 14 GRAMS ♪

♪ DOPE BOY DICKIES, AND DIAMONDS, AND TIMBS ♪

♪ YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH THAT BOY ♪

♪ HE IS NOT ONE OF THEM ♪

♪ BOY I KEPT TAKING L'S FINALLY GOT ME A M ♪

♪ STILL MAKING DOUBLE I DON'T COUNT WHEN I SPEND ♪

♪ S550 2018 ♪

♪ GOTTA COME 20 IF YOU HOPPING IN THE BENZ ♪

♪ YOUNG TURNT NIGGAS FROM THE D TO THE A ♪

♪ I'M ROCKING WITH THE LIONS ♪

♪ YEAH I'M ROCKING WITH THE BRAVES ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH WE PAID ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH WE PAID ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
broke /broʊk/ B1	adjective - having no money
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
paid /peɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of pay; to give money for goods or services
hood /hʊd/ B2	noun - a neighborhood or area, often referring to a poorer or more dangerous part of a city
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
diamonds /ˈdaɪməndz/ B1	noun - precious stones consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance
nigga /ˈnɪɡə/ N/A	noun - a term sometimes used to refer to a black person (often considered offensive)
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived or existed for only a short time
turnt /tɜːrnt/ N/A	adjective - excited, hyped up, or intoxicated
spend /spɛnd/ A2	verb - to pay out money in buying or hiring goods or services
dream /driːm/ A2	verb - to indulge in a succession of pleasant thoughts or memories while one is awake
rich /rɪtʃ/ A2	adjective - having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy
streets /striːts/ A1	noun - a public road in a city or town
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
weed /wiːd/ B1	noun - marijuana

Key Grammar Structures

• IF I GO BROKE LIKE JOC

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ Uses "If + present simple, future simple". Expresses a real possibility in the present or future. "If" + the condition happening, then a specific outcome.

• DUGG TURNT AND CAN'T WIFE NO BITCH

  ➔ Double Negative

  ➔ Use of "can't" and "no" creates a double negative, which, strictly grammatically, should be a positive. In colloquial speech, it emphasizes the negative intention. "Can't wife no bitch" means he definitely doesn't want to marry any woman.

• SEE MY BITCH BROKE BUT I AIN'T HAD A HEART

  ➔ Past Tense, Contractions, Slang/Colloquialism

  ➔ "Saw" is past tense. "Ain't" is a contraction/colloquialism for "am not/is not/are not/have not/has not". "Had" is past tense. The line uses non-standard grammar common in hip-hop to convey a specific attitude.

• HOE NIGGA TELLING ON BRO SHOULD A DIED

  ➔ Modal Verb (Should have)

  ➔ "Should a died" is a shortened form of "should have died". "Should have + past participle" expresses regret or criticism about something that did or didn't happen in the past.

• COURSE HAD TO TAKE THE SMELL OF WOCK ON THE WOOD

  ➔ Ellipsis, Past Tense, Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ There's ellipsis, meaning words are omitted but understood. "Of course, (I) had to take the smell..." "Had to take" indicates necessity in the past. "Wock on the wood" is slang related to drug use.

• I GET YA B I WANNA PUT ON AMIRI'S

  ➔ Informal language; Contraction

  ➔ "Get ya" is informal and means "I understand you". "Wanna" is a contraction of "want to."

• USED TO DREAM ABOUT GETTING IT

  ➔ Used to (Past Habit)

  ➔ "Used to + verb" expresses a past habit or state that is no longer true in the present. He doesn't just "dream," he "used to dream", indicating this was a regular activity in the past that has now stopped. "Getting it" refers to getting money or success.

• CUS SOMEBODY GONE DIE IF THEY FUCK WITH US

  ➔ Future Tense (Slang/Colloquialism), Conditional Sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ "Gone" is slang for "going to," indicating the future. This also uses a Type 1 Conditional: If they mess with us, someone *will* die. (Present Simple + Future Simple)