Whisper My Name – English Lyrics

• By: Drake
• Album: ICEMAN

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth, rhythmic world of Drake's house-inspired tracks. 'Whisper My Name' offers a great opportunity to learn conversational English through its repetitive, catchy phrasing and atmospheric lyrical style, making it perfect for practicing rhythm and flow.

[English]

Yeah

Hey, hey

Yeah

Ash to ashes, dust to dust

The dustiest niggas been fuckin' with us

Am I a GOAT? Well, probably not

I probably was, but you probably forgot

My white label had to go white label shit

When he stepped out his body and finally got hot

Hand me the tools like I'm pickin' a lock

Me and white bitches been kissin' a lot

My honor comes from the shit that I do for the ones that I love

It's between 'em and I

Your honor comes to the court and he offers a plea deal

So that you could cut off some time

Nowadays, y'all don't wan' put in no work

Y'all just wan' jump to the front of the line

And hurry and run out the nine

Baby boy, plеase

I heard what you said to lil' bro about me

Yеah, and when you run into the Iceman

What you gon' do except freeze?

You not 'bout to squeeze, you not in the streets

I'm cuttin' niggas off at the knees

They ain't on standin' on business with me

If I'm lyin', I'm flyin' economy, give me a motherfuckin' seat

If I'm lyin', I'm flyin' economy, I bet I know who I see

You know how I fly 'cause I land at the beach

When you land, you can see me

You whisper my name 'cause the way that it carry

You can't even speak

Yeah, you can't even speak

Whisper my name and don't say it too loud

'Cause you gotta come here and you know I pop out

We turnt up Coachella, had boys backin' down

And we might do the same if we touch Rolling Loud

If you my nigga, then say that, my nigga

Like, "What's up, my crodie? Come hug me right now"

Come up to me and get one of them out

'Cause you know all these niggas been countin' me out

Okay, okay

You gotta whisper my name

Yeah, hey

You gotta whisper my name

Yeah, hey

Yeah (Whisper my name)

Yeah

Ayy, ayy

I'm doing my big one, you doing a little one

What kinda man are you? A middle one

Yeah, my brother said he want a blue Bim', I'ma get him one

My new ting don't know how I live, she shoppin' at Erewhon

My brother got no fuck to give, he poppin' at everyone

This ain't fixable smoke when you see us

I'll sit in with Farrakhan, nigga

This shit like the bag that you bring on the plane

It's gon' carry on

These boys dress up and think that they somebody

Shit is like Comic-Con

My YGs are fastin' and prayin', you lucky it's Ramadan

Otherwise, they would be posted outside like the Pentagon

You niggas be hittin' the 'net for some love

You a tennis ball

I take 500K down to dinner

I never could learn shit from none of y'all

Whisper my name and don't say it too loud

'Cause you gotta come here and you know I pop out

We turned up Coachella, had boys backin' down

And we might do the same if we touch Rolling Loud

If you my nigga, then say that, my nigga

Like, "What's up, my crodie? Come hug me right now"

Come up to me and get one of them out

'Cause you know all these niggas been countin' me out

Okay, okay (Whisper my name like the ghost of me)

(Counted me out)

Okay, you gotta whisper my name

Yeah, hey (Counted me out)

Okay, you gotta whisper my name

(Counted me out)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Whisper /ˈwɪspər/ B2	verb - to speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat
Honor /ˈɒnər/ B2	noun - high respect; esteem
Freeze /friːz/ A2	verb - to become paralyzed with fear or shock
Economy /ɪˈkɒnəmi/ B1	noun - the cheapest class of travel
Carry /ˈkæri/ A1	verb - to support and move someone or something
Ghost /ɡoʊst/ A2	noun - the soul of a dead person
Fixable /ˈfɪksəbl/ B2	adjective - capable of being repaired
Lucky /ˈlʌki/ A1	adjective - having good fortune
Fastin /ˈfæstɪn/ B2	verb - abstaining from all or some kinds of food or drink
Tennis /ˈtenɪs/ A1	noun - a game played with rackets and a ball
Dinner /ˈdɪnər/ A1	noun - the main meal of the day
Handle /ˈhændl/ A2	verb - to manage or deal with a situation
Middle /ˈmɪdl/ A1	adjective - at an equal distance from the extremities
Count /kaʊnt/ A1	verb - to determine the total number of
Brother /ˈbrʌðər/ A1	noun - a male sibling

Key Grammar Structures

• Am I a GOAT? Well, probably not

  ➔ Interrogative sentence and adverb of probability

  ➔ The speaker uses an interrogative structure to pose a rhetorical question, followed by 'probably not' to express low certainty.

• My honor comes from the shit that I do for the ones that I love

  ➔ Relative clauses ('that I do', 'that I love')

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'that' introduces descriptive clauses to modify the nouns 'shit' and 'ones'.

• Nowadays, y'all don't wan' put in no work

  ➔ Double negative / Non-standard syntax

  ➔ The use of 'don't' (do not) and 'no work' creates a double negative, common in AAVE (African American Vernacular English) for emphasis.

• What you gon' do except freeze?

  ➔ Future intention using 'gonna' (gon')

  ➔ 'Gon'' is a colloquial contraction of 'going to', used here to ask about future actions in a hypothetical situation.

• If I'm lyin', I'm flyin' economy

  ➔ First Conditional (Condition/Result)

  ➔ This uses 'If + present simple' for the condition and 'present continuous/simple' to express a future consequence or a hypothetical truth.

• You whisper my name 'cause the way that it carry

  ➔ Causal clause with 'because' (contracted as 'cause')

  ➔ The conjunction 'cause' links the action 'whisper my name' to the reason 'the way that it carry'.

• If you my nigga, then say that, my nigga

  ➔ Imperative sentence / Conditional structure

  ➔ The structure uses an 'If' clause to set a premise, followed by the imperative 'say that' to give a command.

• You doing a little one

  ➔ Present Continuous for current status

  ➔ The present continuous is used here to describe an ongoing action or the current level of performance compared to the speaker.