We Paid

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

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

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

Grammar:

• 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)