Welcome To My Hood – English Lyrics

• By: DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne, T-Pain

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(dark music)

- Yeah man, so we just out here doing our thing today.

I see you, welcome to my hood.

Where them people riding hard, you feel me?

I'm gon' get ready to get up outta here.

- You ready?

- I'm ready baby.

- Let's go.

- All right homie I'm outta here, we got some money to get.

(camera shutters)

(dark music)

(mumbles)

(dark music)

- No, well if you got the clothes to pay for her rise

then I'm cool.

(camera shutters)

Hold up, I got 5-0 rolling up, let me call you back.

(dark music)

(sirens)

(hip hop music)

- DJ Khaled.

Cash Money, Young Money, we the best.

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Where the hood at? ♪

♪ Where the hood at? ♪

♪ YMCMB ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Everybody know everybody ♪

♪ And if I got it, everybody got it. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Look at all these old school Chevy's ♪

♪ Twenty-Four's so you know we roll heavy. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ They outside playing hopscotch ♪

♪ And everybody know this is the hotspot. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Them boys will put you down on your knees. ♪

♪ Woop, woop, that's the sound of the police in the hood. ♪

♪ Audemar on my wrist, diamonds look like they glowing. ♪

♪ Fifty stacks, all singles, ♪

♪ I make it look like it's snowing. ♪

♪ Black unmarked cars, gotta peep how they playing. ♪

♪ Treat them like jack boys, ♪

♪ Catch them slipping then slay them. ♪

♪ Lord forgive me for my sins, that's my confession. ♪

♪ If they put me in this Benz, ♪

♪ I got possession of a federal offense. ♪

♪ I'm talking pressure in my criminal intent. ♪

♪ So wear your vests and I'm still gon' stunt ♪

♪ Like it ain't no tomorrow. ♪

♪ Fuck your house note nigga, blow that bitch on a bottle. ♪

♪ The Ferrari just a front, got the Lambo in the back. ♪

♪ Tell you, we the best forever, DJ Khaled handle that. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Everybody know everybody ♪

♪ And if I got it, everybody got it. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Look at all these old school Chevy's, ♪

♪ Twenty-Four's so you know we roll heavy. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ They outside playing hopscotch ♪

♪ And everybody know this is the hotspot. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Them boys will put you down on your knees. ♪

♪ Woop, woop, that's the sound of the police in the hood. ♪

♪ I know some nigga's from my hood ♪

♪ That would rob Noriega. ♪

♪ I'm talking Noriega, nigga, the real Noriega. ♪

♪ If you ain't from the hood, bitch, ♪

♪ Then stop impersonating us ♪

♪ And tell congress when you see them bitch ♪

♪ I'm stealing cable. ♪

♪ And leave the D-boys alone 'cause they motivate us. ♪

♪ And why is the half of my whole hood on papers? ♪

♪ Some of them on house arrest, some on that child support, ♪

♪ Some of them did they bid, ♪

♪ The other half waiting to go to court. ♪

♪ Mr Landlord, we gon bust yo ass for that eviction note. ♪

♪ Better have the police with you dog, if you came to repo. ♪

♪ I'm talking strip clubs, I'm talking liquor stores, ♪

♪ We throw our money right, yeah we talking cash money. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Everybody know everybody ♪

♪ And if I got it, everybody got it. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Look at all these old school Chevy's, ♪

♪ Twenty-Four's so you know we roll heavy. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ They outside playing hopscotch ♪

♪ And everybody know this is the hotspot. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Them boys will put you down on your knees. ♪

♪ Woop, woop, that's the sound of the police in the hood. ♪

♪ Bitch, I'm on probation, so my nerves bad ♪

♪ And they say time flies, but mine's first class. ♪

♪ I landed in the sky, I fell from the streets. ♪

♪ I talk a lot of shit and practice what I preach. ♪

♪ Back from hell. ♪

♪ Cell 23, tell the warden, kiss my ass. ♪

♪ Pockets on Monique, bitch, I'm from the murder capital. ♪

♪ Hoe I'm far from practical. ♪

♪ Shit happens and since I'm the shit, ♪

♪ I'm who it happened to. ♪

♪ Young Money, Cash Money, blood bitch, I'm red hot. ♪

♪ I don't see, nobody see, nobody like a headshot. ♪

♪ All that bullshit is for the birds, throw some bread out. ♪

♪ Got it sewn up, check the thread count. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Everybody know everybody, ♪

♪ And if I got it, everybody got it. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Look at all these old school Chevy's, ♪

♪ Twenty-Four's so you know we roll heavy. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ They outside playing hopscotch ♪

♪ And everybody know this is the hotspot. ♪

♪ Welcome to my hood. ♪

♪ Them boys will put you down on your knees. ♪

♪ Woop, woop, I say fuck the police in the hood. ♪

(bells chiming)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hood /hʊd/ A2	noun - a poor urban area
roll /roʊl/ A2	verb - to move on wheels verb - to move or travel
heavy /ˈhɛvi/ A1	adjective - of great weight
police /pəˈliːs/ A1	noun - law enforcement officers
glowing /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/ A2	adjective - emitting a steady radiance
slay /sleɪ/ B1	verb - to kill violently
confession /kənˈfɛʃən/ B1	noun - acknowledgment of a fault
stunt /stʌnt/ B2	verb - to perform a feat to attract attention
repo /ˈriːpoʊ/ B2	noun - repossession of property
eviction /ɪˈvɪkʃən/ B2	noun - expulsion from property
probation /proʊˈbeɪʃən/ B2	noun - a period of testing or observation
capital /ˈkæpɪtl/ A2	noun - a city that is the seat of government adjective - involving the punishment of death
hotspot /ˈhɒtspɒt/ B1	noun - a place of significant activity
unmarked /ʌnˈmɑːrkt/ B1	adjective - not labeled or identified
possession /pəˈzɛʃən/ B1	noun - ownership or control
intent /ɪnˈtɛnt/ B2	noun - determined or purposeful
motivate /ˈmoʊtɪveɪt/ B1	verb - to provide with a motive
practical /ˈpræktɪkəl/ B1	adjective - concerned with the actual doing
sew /soʊ/ A2	verb - to join or attach by stitches
thread /θrɛd/ A2	noun - a thin strand of material