Swimming Pools (Drank) – English Lyrics

• By: Kendrick Lamar
• Album: good kid, m.A.A.d city

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth of Kendrick Lamar's storytelling. By studying 'Swimming Pools (Drank),' learners can improve their grasp of English slang, metaphors, and the nuances of internal dialogue in modern hip-hop poetry.

[English]

Playas always trying to pop bottles

Niggas love to pop bottles then get you a table my nigga

Get you a table my nigga

...

Pour up (drank)

Head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank)

Stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank)

Wake up (drank)

Faded (drank)

Faded (drank)

No syrup in this cup but this that po' up

When you see me po' up, turn up til you throw up

Like a bulemic fiending, for hurl over them toilets

If I run out of liquor in your city, yo where the store at?

One bottle, two bottles I'm a soldier, never sober

Cup runneth over, don't give a fuck about cirrhosis

One life, that's all we have, okay, let's toast to that

Then dive in a pool full of liquor

Swim laps like Michael Phelps

Nigga why you babysittin' only two or three shots?

I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch

First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock

All the girls wanna play Baywatch

I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it

Pool full of liquor I'ma dive in it

Pour up (drank)

Head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank)

Stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank)

Wake up (drank)

Faded (drank)

Faded (drank)

Used to wake up every morning to a glass of Alize

Hope this dollar shot of E&J will take the pain away

Aim and shoot, shots of Ciroc will make the girls get loose

With it we all trippin' off the hen like a female chicken

You with it? (Soulo)

Spread your wings, you probably won't get far

I honestly wouldn't advise operating a car (nah)

Try not to let the peer pressure get the best of ya

And end up giving it up in a restroom like the rest of us

Nigga why you babysittin' only two or three shots?

I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch

First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock

All the girls wanna play Baywatch

I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it

Pool full of liquor I'ma dive in it

Pour up (drank)

Head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank)

Stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank)

Wake up (drank)

Faded (drank)

Faded (drank)

So it's that groovy little nigga

Known for popping them bottles

Under my pants be a golden dick

Bitch, everything about me solid

Burberry nigga, them be my draws

Alexander McQueen in closets

Swagged out king, yeah nigga I'm Puff, uh

Have that pussy throbbing

Someone tell me where the drugs at, I'm into that

Twisting off them molly caps

Ciroc too don't fuck with Goose

Can I get a shot, swim in your juice

Worth a stack a minute, everyday that shit repeat

I ain't tryna sweep you off your feet

Bitch did you see your tab receipt?

Nigga why you babysittin' only two or three shots?

I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch

First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock

All the girls wanna play Baywatch

I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it

Pool full of liquor I'ma dive in it

Pour up (drank)

Head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank)

Stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank)

Wake up (drank)

Faded (drank)

Faded (drank)

(Sherane)

(Pull full of liquor dive, in-in...)

(Wa-watch 'em all flock)

Aw man (Sherane), where is she taking me?

Where is she taking me?

All I, all I, all I, all I

All I have in life is my new appetite for failure

And I got hunger pain that grow insane

Tell me do that sound familiar?

If it do then you're like me

Making excuse that your relief

Is in the bottom of the bottle

And the greenest indo leaf

As the window open I release

Everything that corrode inside of me

I see you joking, why you laugh?

Don't you feel bad?

I probably sleep, and never ever wake up

Never ever wake up, never ever wake up

In God I trust

But just when I thought I had enough

More, more, bless me more

We gon' drink this motherfucker down, more

Bottoms up then we pass it round, more

Fill it up more, not enough, more

Bless me more

We gon' drink this motherfucker down, more

Bottoms up then we pass it round, more

Fill it up more, not enough, more

Fill it up more, not enough, more

...

Fill it up more, not enough, more

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
liquor /ˈlɪkər/ B2	noun - Strong alcoholic drink
faded /ˈfeɪdɪd/ B1	adjective - Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs/alcohol
cirrhosis /sɪˈroʊsɪs/ C2	noun - A chronic liver disease
flock /flɒk/ B2	verb - To congregate or go in a large number
sober /ˈsoʊbər/ B2	adjective - Not intoxicated
peer pressure /pɪər ˈprɛʃər/ B2	noun - Influence from members of one's peer group
appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ B2	noun - A strong desire or liking for something
failure /ˈfeɪljər/ A2	noun - Lack of success
corrode /kəˈroʊd/ C1	verb - To destroy or wear away gradually
babysitting /ˈbeɪbisɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - To tend to something slowly or cautiously
solid /ˈsɒlɪd/ A2	adjective - Reliable, genuine, or of high quality
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2	adjective - Mentally deranged or extremely foolish
advise /ədˈvaɪz/ B1	verb - To offer suggestions about the best course of action
toast /toʊst/ B1	verb - To drink to the health or honor of someone
furious /ˈfjʊəriəs/ B2	adjective - Extremely angry