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(UPBEAT MUSIC) 00:08
♪ OOH YEAH ♪ 00:10
♪ IT'S 50 A.K.A FERRARI ♪ 00:13
♪ F50 BREAK IT DOWN ♪ 00:16
♪ I GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO FOR A DIME ♪ 00:19
♪ AND I AINT GOT TIME TO WASTE ♪ 00:22
♪ LETS MAKE IT ♪ 00:24
♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪ 00:25
♪ BUT YOU NEVER POP NUTHIN' ♪ 00:27
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪ 00:28
♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 00:30
♪ YOU AIN'T A FRIEND OF MINE, HUH ♪ 00:31
♪ YOU AIN'T A KIN OF MINE, NAH ♪ 00:33
♪ WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IMA RUN UP ON YOU WITH A UH HUH ♪ 00:34
♪ WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME ♪ 00:37
♪ RIGHT NOW WE ON THE GRIND ♪ 00:39
♪ SO HURRY UP AND COP AND WE GO SELLING ♪ 00:40
♪ SHORTY SHE SO FINE ♪ 00:43
♪ I GOTTA MAKE HER MINE ♪ 00:45
♪ A LIKE THAT GOTTA BE ONE OF A KIND ♪ 00:46
♪ I CRUSH EM' EVERY TIME ♪ 00:49
♪ PUSH EM' WITH EVERY NINE ♪ 00:51
♪ I'M WIT' THEIR MIND ♪ 00:52
♪ I MAKE EM' PRESS REWIND ♪ 00:54
♪ THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T SHINE IF I'M AROUND THE RHYME ♪ 00:55
♪ BEEN ON PAROLE SINCE '94 CAUSE I COMMIT ♪ 00:58
♪ I SAY THEM MY LINE, I DID IT THREE TO NINE ♪ 01:01
♪ THE D'S RAN UP IN MY CRIB ♪ 01:04
♪ YOU KNOW WHO DROPPIN' DIMES ♪ 01:05
♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪ 01:07
♪ BUT YOU NEVER NUTHIN' ♪ 01:08
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪ 01:10
♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 01:11
♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP ♪ 01:13
♪ BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪ 01:14
♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪ 01:16
♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪ 01:19
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA AND YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 01:22
♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪ 01:25
♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪ 01:28
♪ DAMN HOMIE, IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU WAS THE MAN HOMIE ♪ 01:31
♪ WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ♪ 01:35
♪ I GOT THE SICKEST VENDETTA WHEN IT COME TO THE CHEDDAR ♪ 01:37
♪ AND IF YOU PLAY WITH MY PAPER, YOU GONNA MEET MY ♪ 01:39
♪ NOW SHORTY THINK IMA SWEAT HER, SIPPIN' ON AMARETTO ♪ 01:42
♪ I'M MAKE IT ONE STILLETA, I KNOW I COULD DO BETTA ♪ 01:45
♪ SHE LOOK GOOD BUT I KNOW SHE AFTER MY CHEDDAR ♪ 01:48
♪ SHE TRYMA GET IN MY POCKETS ♪ 01:51
♪ HOMIE AND I AIN'T GONNA LET HER ♪ 01:52
♪ BE EASY, STOP ♪ 01:54
♪ YOU GET YOUR WHOLE CREW ♪ 01:56
♪ WE IN THE CLUB DOIN THE SAME OL' TWO STEP ♪ 01:58
♪ GORILLA UNIT 'CAUSE, THEY SAY WE BUGGED OUT ♪ 02:00
♪ 'CAUSE WE DON'T GO NOWHERE WITHOUT WE THUGGED OUT ♪ 02:03
♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪ 02:06
♪ BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪ 02:07
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪ 02:09
♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 02:10
♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP ♪ 02:12
♪ BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪ 02:13
♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪ 02:15
♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪ 02:18
♪ BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪ 02:19
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪ 02:21
♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 02:22
♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP ♪ 02:24
♪ BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪ 02:25
♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪ 02:27
♪ ME I'M NO MOBSTER ♪ 02:30
♪ ME I'M NO GANGSTER ♪ 02:31
♪ ME I'M NO HITMAN ME I'M JUST ME, ME ♪ 02:33
♪ ME I'M NO WANKSTA, ME I'M NO ACTOR ♪ 02:36
♪ BUT IT'S ME YOU SEE ON YOUR TV ♪ 02:38
♪ 'CAUSE I HUSTLE BABY ♪ 02:41
♪ THIS SPANISH IS SO EASY ♪ 02:43
♪ I'M GETTING WHAT YOU GET FOR TO TALK GREASY ♪ 02:44
♪ BY ANY MEANS, PARTNER, I GOT TO EAT ON THESE STREETS ♪ 02:47
♪ IF YOU PLAY ME CLOSE, FOR SURE I'M GONNA MY ♪ 02:50
♪ SAYIN' THEY GOING 50 HOW ♪ 02:54
♪ WE RIDIN' ROUND WITH THE SIZE OF LITTLE BOW WOW ♪ 02:56
♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ♪ 02:59
♪ EQUIPPED, WITH VISION ♪ 03:02
♪ HUH YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA, BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪ 03:05
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA, THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 03:08
♪ YOU GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪ 03:11
♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLIN' A LONG TIME, AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪ 03:14
♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA, BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪ 03:17
♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA, THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪ 03:20
♪ YOU GO TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪ 03:23
♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLIN' A LONG TIME, AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪ 03:26
- UH HUH. 03:29
♪ DAMN HOMIE ♪ 03:31
(UPBEAT MUSIC) 03:33
- WHAT YOU DOIN'? - NOTHIN'. 03:37
- MXM, LET ME SEE. 03:40
- DIDN'T I TELL YOU NOT TO PLAY WITH THESE WANKSTAS? 03:43
COME ON, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 03:45

Wanksta

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[English]

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

♪ OOH YEAH ♪

♪ IT'S 50 A.K.A FERRARI ♪

♪ F50 BREAK IT DOWN ♪

♪ I GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO FOR A DIME ♪

♪ AND I AINT GOT TIME TO WASTE ♪

♪ LETS MAKE IT ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER POP NUTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪

♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T A FRIEND OF MINE, HUH ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T A KIN OF MINE, NAH ♪

♪ WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IMA RUN UP ON YOU WITH A UH HUH ♪

♪ WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME ♪

♪ RIGHT NOW WE ON THE GRIND ♪

♪ SO HURRY UP AND COP AND WE GO SELLING ♪

♪ SHORTY SHE SO FINE ♪

♪ I GOTTA MAKE HER MINE ♪

♪ A LIKE THAT GOTTA BE ONE OF A KIND ♪

♪ I CRUSH EM' EVERY TIME ♪

♪ PUSH EM' WITH EVERY NINE ♪

♪ I'M WIT' THEIR MIND ♪

♪ I MAKE EM' PRESS REWIND ♪

♪ THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T SHINE IF I'M AROUND THE RHYME ♪

♪ BEEN ON PAROLE SINCE '94 CAUSE I COMMIT ♪

♪ I SAY THEM MY LINE, I DID IT THREE TO NINE ♪

♪ THE D'S RAN UP IN MY CRIB ♪

♪ YOU KNOW WHO DROPPIN' DIMES ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER NUTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪

♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA AND YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪

♪ DAMN HOMIE, IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU WAS THE MAN HOMIE ♪

♪ WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ♪

♪ I GOT THE SICKEST VENDETTA WHEN IT COME TO THE CHEDDAR ♪

♪ AND IF YOU PLAY WITH MY PAPER, YOU GONNA MEET MY ♪

♪ NOW SHORTY THINK IMA SWEAT HER, SIPPIN' ON AMARETTO ♪

♪ I'M MAKE IT ONE STILLETA, I KNOW I COULD DO BETTA ♪

♪ SHE LOOK GOOD BUT I KNOW SHE AFTER MY CHEDDAR ♪

♪ SHE TRYMA GET IN MY POCKETS ♪

♪ HOMIE AND I AIN'T GONNA LET HER ♪

♪ BE EASY, STOP ♪

♪ YOU GET YOUR WHOLE CREW ♪

♪ WE IN THE CLUB DOIN THE SAME OL' TWO STEP ♪

♪ GORILLA UNIT 'CAUSE, THEY SAY WE BUGGED OUT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE WE DON'T GO NOWHERE WITHOUT WE THUGGED OUT ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪

♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA ♪

♪ THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU GO TO TO THE DEALERSHIP ♪

♪ BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪

♪ ME I'M NO MOBSTER ♪

♪ ME I'M NO GANGSTER ♪

♪ ME I'M NO HITMAN ME I'M JUST ME, ME ♪

♪ ME I'M NO WANKSTA, ME I'M NO ACTOR ♪

♪ BUT IT'S ME YOU SEE ON YOUR TV ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I HUSTLE BABY ♪

♪ THIS SPANISH IS SO EASY ♪

♪ I'M GETTING WHAT YOU GET FOR TO TALK GREASY ♪

♪ BY ANY MEANS, PARTNER, I GOT TO EAT ON THESE STREETS ♪

♪ IF YOU PLAY ME CLOSE, FOR SURE I'M GONNA MY ♪

♪ SAYIN' THEY GOING 50 HOW ♪

♪ WE RIDIN' ROUND WITH THE SIZE OF LITTLE BOW WOW ♪

♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ♪

♪ EQUIPPED, WITH VISION ♪

♪ HUH YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA, BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA, THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLIN' A LONG TIME, AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA, BUT YOU NEVER NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU A WANKSTA, THEN YOU NEED TO STOP FRONTIN' ♪

♪ YOU GO TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT YOU NEVER COP NOTHIN' ♪

♪ YOU BEEN HUSTLIN' A LONG TIME, AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ♪

- UH HUH.

♪ DAMN HOMIE ♪

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

- WHAT YOU DOIN'? - NOTHIN'.

- MXM, LET ME SEE.

- DIDN'T I TELL YOU NOT TO PLAY WITH THESE WANKSTAS?

COME ON, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

gangsta

/ˈɡæŋstə/

B2
  • noun
  • - a member of a gang, especially one involved in criminal activities

wanksta

/ˈwæŋkstə/

B2
  • noun
  • - a person who pretends to be a gangster but is not

hustling

/ˈhʌslɪŋ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to work hard or make a great effort, often in a business context

fine

/faɪn/

B1
  • adjective
  • - of high quality; good

time

/taɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a point of time as measured in hours and minutes

crib

/krɪb/

B2
  • noun
  • - a person's home or living space

shine

/ʃaɪn/

B1
  • verb
  • - to give off or reflect light

commit

/kəˈmɪt/

B2
  • verb
  • - to carry out or perpetrate (a crime)

frontin'

/ˈfrʌntɪn/

B2
  • verb
  • - to pretend or act in a way that is not genuine

make

/meɪk/

A1
  • verb
  • - to create or form something

kind

/kaɪnd/

A2
  • noun
  • - a type or category of something

sell

/sɛl/

A1
  • verb
  • - to exchange something for money

press

/prɛs/

B1
  • verb
  • - to apply pressure to something

Grammar:

  • YOU SAY YOU A GANGSTA BUT YOU NEVER POP NUTHIN'

    ➔ Present Simple tense for habitual actions.

    ➔ The phrase "YOU SAY" indicates a habitual action, suggesting that the person often claims to be a gangster.

  • YOU AIN'T A FRIEND OF MINE, HUH

    ➔ Negative form of the verb 'to be'.

    ➔ The phrase "YOU AIN'T" is a colloquial way of saying "YOU ARE NOT", indicating a lack of friendship.

  • YOU BEEN HUSTLING A LONG TIME AND YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN'

    ➔ Present Perfect Continuous tense.

    ➔ The phrase "YOU BEEN HUSTLING" indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

  • I GOTTA MAKE HER MINE

    ➔ Informal contraction of 'I have got to'.

    ➔ The phrase "I GOTTA" means 'I have to', indicating a strong intention or necessity.

  • WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU

    ➔ Past Simple tense for completed actions.

    ➔ The phrase "WHAT HAPPENED" refers to an event that has already occurred in the past.

  • I'M WIT' THEIR MIND

    ➔ Colloquial contraction of 'I am with'.

    ➔ The phrase "I'M WIT'" indicates support or agreement with someone's mindset or actions.

  • ME I'M NO MOBSTER

    ➔ Informal structure for emphasis.

    ➔ The phrase "ME I'M NO" emphasizes the speaker's identity, denying association with mobsters.