Neighborhood Starz – English Lyrics

• By: Rylo Rodriguez, Lil Baby, Kevin Gates
• Album: S.K.A.T.E

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Southern Hip Hop with 'Neighborhood Starz.' This track is a perfect way to learn contemporary American street slang and the unique melodic cadence of modern trap music, offering a raw look at cultural storytelling through rhyme.

[English]

作词 : Ryan Adams/Dominique Jones/Kevin Gilyard/Adil Shingaliyev/Louie Lewis

作曲 : Ryan Adams/Dominique Jones/Kevin Gilyard/Adil Shingaliyev/Louie Lewis

[Verse 1: Rylo Rodriguez]

You goin' on hits for a mice 'cause he's M's up

I'm sneakin' pictures when we link, I won't film her

You shot lil' bro and paralyzed 'em, but he slimmed up

These green rocks, took a pink one like Nicki Minaj

You thirty plus hangin' with some teens, heard you beefin' with some lil' boys

They be shootin' from all the way down the street, you really got to be on they cars

They can spin like every five months, literally

Phone bill a hundred, but I got millions right here in my notes

Hurt me so much, I ain't cut 'em off, you know he DM my ho'

They tryna link, 'fore hе got merked, shawty dropped my lo'

I standin' for еverybody problems, heart go through the most shit

You be hatin' on the niggas from the same team, who your coach is?

**** what the city, I share a nigga music, help promote them

I know lil' bruh and them have real smoke when I posted

Rapper turn rat, I can hear the squealin' in his vocals

He sayin' that then you make bro, [?] tellin'

Six feet, but the P90 5'7

[Bridge: Rylo Rodriguez]

I miss your voice, baby

I miss your voice

I still got those gifts you gave me

I knew you got choice

...

[Verse 2: Rylo Rodriguez]

She ain't even keep it

She had a kid when we was beefin', broke me to pieces

I liked my brother girl picture, all of 'em my nieces

You was out single when my foot shoulders could head tapped 'em

You shootin' guns, but tellin' guys that they shed a hat

Right now I can't go to Mobile, I still do charity

I knew I was rap my junior year, put me on [?]

I still won't know where a nigga be if it wasn't for Dominique

From the blood [?], only time when you on both sides of beef

Bruh said you wasn't, but you're in it like Bunna B

Told 'em open the door, can't let down the window 'cause this a BP

I [?] 'bout a freak, man, you is me

...

[Interlude: Lil Baby]

You know money don't make you, you 'post to make the money

It don't cost a dime to keep it real

So many died in the field

So many got countless years

But it is what it is

Shit all Gs when it need to be

What matter the most?

[Verse 3: Rylo Rodriguez]

Bruh have a ticket and mama count just for the medicine

Bruh had laced, now he Twitch Streamer University

I won't be in the same with no snitch, I'm gon' get nervous

I shed no feelin' when Lulu die, even though that hurt me

...

[Verse 4: Kevin Gates]

Thirteen-hundred hours help a man get a reception to come and see

Went through a lot of losses when showin' love to the wrong people

Finally found out you're alone or you figure out you ain't lonely

Makin' no excuses, you're proven that you don't want me

This go out to everybody suffferin' in silence

I was taught the gansta way, we deal with that with violence

Thinkin' 'bout it make you aggravated when you been misguided

I just the told the business, wish I was attendin' college

Taught up in the trenches, dealin' with narcotics

Caught up in the system, tryna be a provider

Caught a stash to work, I jumped the fence, I hear the sirens (Here they go)

On supervised release, I can't get caught, I got a few price

Love will do you wrong like this, whenever done get behind you

Supernatural power, ain't no one to hide behind, uh huh

Fightin' for my life out here, don't know how to acknowledge

Control my breathin', back to the basics, got it from property

On the rock with the real, but your partners prolly on politics

No shirt, middle of the project, you know what time it is

And I'm up in rank, made it safe, and ain't get nobody blitz

Niggas rockin' bulletproof vest, tryna protect their temples

Off the strain and compin' this pain, let pull up and press their pimples

Raise hell, and tap this computer, why not protect your mental?

Bookers ring us, book you for shows, just show you just how simple

I stand tall in this bitch, blackball in this bitch

Won't even stand on side and started causin', started they careers

Then they let the internet come tear my name up

They solute the shit that wasn't silent, tore game up

You softer than I stay down, til' I came up

Aye, wussup with you? I hope you know I just ain't rappin' with you

I had my back against the ropes, you started actin' different

Huh, I can't say that enough

I still relevant, and all, and y'all ain't matter much (Don't matter much)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
paralyzed /ˈpærəlaɪzd/ C1	adjective - unable to move part or all of the body
literally /ˈlɪtərəli/ B2	adverb - in a literal manner or sense; exactly
charity /ˈtʃærəti/ B2	noun - the voluntary giving of help to those in need
countless /ˈkaʊntləs/ B2	adjective - too many to be counted; very many
suffering /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/ B2	noun/verb - the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship
violence /ˈvaɪələns/ B2	noun - behavior involving physical force intended to hurt
narcotics /nɑːrˈkɒtɪks/ C1	noun - drugs that in moderate doses dull the senses
provider /prəˈvaɪdər/ B2	noun - a person or thing that provides something
sirens /ˈsaɪrənz/ B2	noun - a device that makes a loud, prolonged signal or warning sound
acknowledge /əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/ B2	verb - to accept or admit the existence or truth of
property /ˈprɒpərti/ B1	noun - a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions
politics /ˈpɒlətɪks/ B1	noun - the activities associated with the governance of a country
protect /prəˈtekt/ A2	verb - to keep safe from harm or injury
mental /ˈmentl/ B1	adjective - relating to the mind
relevant /ˈreləvənt/ B2	adjective - closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

Key Grammar Structures

• I won't film her.

  ➔ Future tense with modal verb 'will'

  ➔ The negative form 'won't' (will not) expresses a refusal or a decision not to perform an action in the future.

• You thirty plus hangin' with some teens.

  ➔ Ellipsis of the verb 'to be'

  ➔ In informal speech, the verb 'are' is often omitted: 'You [are] thirty plus'.

• If it wasn't for Dominique.

  ➔ Second conditional structure (hypothetical)

  ➔ Used to describe an unreal or hypothetical situation. 'Wasn't' follows the 'if' clause rules for hypothetical past outcomes.

• You 'post to make the money.

  ➔ Informal contraction of 'supposed to'

  ➔ 'Post to' is a colloquial reduction of 'supposed to', indicating duty or expectation.

• It don't cost a dime.

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement (Non-standard usage)

  ➔ In many dialects (AAVE), 'don't' is used instead of 'doesn't' with third-person singular subjects ('it').

• I was taught the gangsta way.

  ➔ Passive voice (Past simple)

  ➔ The subject ('I') receives the action ('was taught'), focusing on the experience rather than the teacher.

• I wish I was attendin' college.

  ➔ Wish + past tense for regret

  ➔ The use of 'wish' followed by the past tense indicates a desire for a different reality in the present.

• I stand tall in this.

  ➔ Present simple for habitual/permanent state

  ➔ The present simple 'stand' describes the speaker's general, enduring stance or character.