Favourite In The Slums – English Lyrics

• By: Fredo, Marnz Malone
• Album: MOTION SICKNESS

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy of the London streets with 'Favourite In The Slums'. This track is a perfect gateway for those wanting to learn Multicultural London English (MLE), offering a glimpse into the slang, cadence, and urban storytelling that define the modern UK Drill scene.

[English]

I been paying for them pumps, I'm the favorite in the slums

But I learnt my mind's ten times more dangerous than a gun

I ain't saying that they're dumb, played the game and then I won

And the beef so hot, right now the ops can't stay in with their mum (look)

Nigga you don't want this smoke, I'll leave him in the street

Before I ever leave a comment on the rizz post

Disclosed, Freddy didn't die but he got hit though

How you know? Heard him say, "Ah"

Bisto, I'm pissed though, Feds just took pistol

'Cause he took a patty off another patty's wrist bro

Glock with the camo print, but it ain't got a switch though

I swear all I think about is all the different ways I can get rich, bro

And you should know I'm comfy when I cruise in the B

Fuck a spa, the Bentley comes with a masseuse in the seat

I got some dangerous little yutes in the street

That's doing bootings, it's peak

Some want a fee, the rest just do it for free

They say that they can hear this pain in my voice

All this money that I made, I just wish pain was a choice

I was just with Lil Woo in Dubai screamin', we was racin' the Royce

Now I'm at your funeral

In the same wraith with no bass in my voice

I been paying for them pumps, I'm the favorite in the slums

But I learnt my mind's ten times more dangerous than a gun

I ain't saying that they're dumb, played the game and then I won

And the beef so hot, right now the ops can't stay in with their mum

I got street problems, like where I'm storing these guns

Tried to tell him it was written for, my story was done

You catch a case and go to jail you'll see how quick they'll be gone

I'm talking faster than they change tyres on Formula 1

Hit the station, I get one call, I'm callin' my mum

I tried to tell her not to worry 'bout me though I'm a thug

My pocket fat but, so is the corn in this pump

Run up where I'm at with T, you'll get it all in your mug

The whole city knows, if you done a lot of clippin's

Now its got me on my tippy toes

But that won't stop me livin', wearin' drippy clothes

Can't change the way I live, my nigga already pick and chose

Boogers in my white pressie, I call that Roley pick your nose

I hardly talk but best believe I listen loads

And once I heard enough, I'm just like Trump and let a missile go

I heard your interview, heartbroken and missing bro

You thought it was a game, his game was over once them whistles blow

I been paying for them pumps, I'm the favorite in the slums

But I learnt my mind's ten times more dangerous than a gun

I ain't saying that they're dumb, played the game and then I won

And the beef so hot, right now the ops can't stay in with their mum

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
slums /slʌmz/ B2	noun - poor, crowded, and run-down urban neighborhoods
dangerous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/ A2	adjective - likely to cause harm or injury
beef /biːf/ B2	noun - a grudge, argument, or long-standing conflict
ops /ɒps/ C1	noun - short for 'oppositions'; enemies or rivals
disclosed /dɪsˈkləʊzd/ B2	verb - to make secret information known
comfy /ˈkʌmfi/ B1	adjective - comfortable
masseuse /maˈsɜːz/ C1	noun - a person who provides massage
yutes /juːts/ C1	noun - slang for youths/young people
peak /piːk/ B2	adjective - slang for unfortunate, bad, or difficult
funeral /ˈfjuːnərəl/ B1	noun - a ceremony held for a person who has died
thug /θʌɡ/ C1	noun - a violent criminal
missile /ˈmɪsaɪl/ B2	noun - a weapon propelled at a target
heartbroken /ˈhɑːtˌbrəʊkən/ B2	adjective - suffering from overwhelming distress