Ex Calling – English Lyrics

• By: 6LACK
• Album: FREE 6LACK

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of 6lack with his breakout single, "Ex Calling." This atmospheric Alternative R&B track is a masterclass in modern relationship storytelling, where the language of resistance and self-respect cuts through the melody. By exploring lyrics about setting boundaries with past lovers, users can connect with a modern sound that perfectly articulates the emotional complexity of letting go.

[English]

"Ex Calling" was literally a collage of all my exes.

I just combined them into one mega ex and just made a song about all of them.

“Ex Calling” is inspired by Future’s “Perkys Calling.”

I remember I heard maybe the first minute and a half or just the first half of the song,

and I immediately loved the beat.

Loved the melody that he did.

And I stopped in the middle of the song, and was like "Cool."

That's all I need to...

I know I want to remake it, so let me just not listen all the way.

Let me keep fresh ears, so I can put my own spin on it.

And I just downloaded the beat and got into it.

I think the point of me saying that so many times is because I have no idea why the fuck

she's calling.

I literally don't know why she's calling.

It's nothing I can do for you.

That line isn't even tied to money.

It's just like, I can't afford to pay you a thousand hours of time when I got shit I

need to be doing.

I've gotten some crazy text messages.

If I tell you, you won't even understand why somebody would say something like that.

I've gotten regular insults before, but I've gotten, "You're a spawn of the blah blah blah

sent from the depths of..."

I'm just reading it like, "Why would you say that?”

Quick lil’ shoutout.

That's where the song came from.

Bottom line.

Because I see people on the internet all the time like, "He stole Future's beat!"

And it's like, bro do you know how long people have been doing remixes of songs and flips

and covers?

But that's the internet.

I know I'm obviously not perfect.

Obviously I can't do everything that you want me to do when you want me to do it.

If you gotta think about it and decide and ponder on

the shit, just go ahead and choose somebody else.

Don't choose me.

I do R&B music for the most part, but I started off battle rapping.

At any time I could just pull a wildcard verse out and just be like...don’t forget.

I keep bars tucked.

I keep them on tuck.

"Run It", Chris Brown.

If you don't know what that is, I would say you're too young, but that don't even mean

you're old.

That just means you my age.

I've been able to be in different rooms in different streets and different hoods and

see things and kind of know what's for me and what's not for me.

Or kind of know where I should be and where I shouldn't be.

I've lived in that and been able to be like, "Alright this is cool, but there's more stuff

out there for me, so let me get up out of here."

So, "Been about that bird talk" is basically me saying, "I don't have to talk chickens.

Ain't gotta talk coke.

Ain't gotta talk drugs.

I'm going to put niggas in their feelings."

That's just my thing right now.

You know how you have, not your first heartbreak, but that first thing where you're just like,

"Damn.

I thought this was going to work."

For that one time in my life, I kind of felt like I fell back from everything.

I stopped writing as much and I wasn't doing as much to further myself because I was trying

to figure that shit out.

That's unless she got nice brown skin good credit man and long hair."

Then I might have to make an exception.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
collage kəˈlɑːʒ B1	noun - a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric to a backing
combined kəmˈbaɪnd A2	verb - to join or merge two or more things together
inspired ɪnˈspaɪərd A2	verb - to be stimulated to action or creativity
melody ˈmelədi A2	noun - a sequence of notes that is musically pleasing to the ear
downloaded ˌdaʊnˈloʊdɪd A2	verb - to transfer data from a remote system to a local one
afford əˈfɔːrd A2	verb - to have enough money to pay for something
insults ˈɪnsʌlts A2	noun - a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark
shoutout ˈʃaʊtˌaʊt A2	noun - a public greeting or acknowledgment
remixes riˈmɪksɪz B1	noun - a modified or rearranged version of a recorded song
flips flɪps A2	verb - to turn something over, typically quickly or with a sudden movement
ponder ˈpɒndər B1	verb - to think carefully about something
wildcard ˈwaɪldˌkɑːrd B1	noun - a unpredictable or unconventional person or thing
tucked tʌkt A2	verb - to put something into a safe or convenient place
hoods hʊdz A2	noun - a neighborhood or area, often with a negative connotation
exception ɪkˈsepʃən A2	noun - a person or thing that is not included in a general statement or rule