Slap The City – English Lyrics

• By: Drake, Qendresa

Lyrics & Translation

Explore modern English slang and rhythmic flow through this track by Drake and Qendresa, perfect for learners wanting to understand the cadence of current urban music.

[English]

Yeah

Your waist so nice to grip, didn't cost a grip

Natural on the hips, waitin' for a hint

Stare into your eyes, lost in abyss

Didn't say your name, should I call you "Miss"?

Should I call you "Twizz"? Should I call you "Twin"?

Put your number in, I'll call you soon

Take you on a jet, there's plenty room

Even bedrooms, case you wanna snooze

Or just get loose, fly you to wherever, even to the moon

Girl, I like you, but you know exactly what I really wanna do

Before I met you, I was alone

I feel like I'm always alone just thinkin', like

Big crib, but I feel like no one's home

Will I find love or will I stay alone?

Damn, come on, must be someone in my phone

That loves me just for me, I don't know

And before that, we've been movin' like dawgs, I can't even lie

Before I met you

200 girls filled the crib, who summoned 'em?

Spade or Astro, it must be one of them

Better find love 'fore we slap the whole city in and there ain't nothin' left

I

I don't wanna play around

Baby, oh, no (ooh)

I don't wanna play around (I don't wanna play around), baby (ooh)

I don't wanna play around (loyalty is everythin' where I'm from)

Baby, oh, no (ooh)

I don't wanna play around (that's why I don't play around)

I don't play around (I'm either in or I'm out), baby (ooh), so baby, show me some

Yeah, you treat Clase Azul like it's apple juice

You say, "Smokin' weed good for you, natural"

You expect men you fuckin' to buy you nice things, but you wouldn't call it transactional

You say you downloaded Hinge, but no one's compatible, nothin' was magical

There's no one you matchin' with

You say I slapped the whole city, you slapped up like half of it, let's not get accurate

There ain't no point in pullin' out my record and trackin' it, preach what you practicin'

Yeah, I did what I did and I've done what I've done, and girl, nothin's an accident

You went to Queen's University, now you a graduate, shout-out your family them

You say you need someone passionate, girl, you know we in a city of savages

Yeah, most girls in the city will come to my house and they know where the bathroom is

I know some girls for directors that's castin' if they out here lookin' for actresses

The same ones that say they don't care about looks, but they know what attractive is

Don't try and tell your man good things come in no small ass packages, you need a daggerin'

I'm finally ready to see you, I promise I'm burnin' my candles and flippin' my mattresses

You want to try somethin' different with me, I can set up the camera and make you an amateur

She want the fit off the mannequin, she want a reason to get outta Canada

I don't wanna play around (I don't wanna play around), baby (ooh)

I don't wanna play around (loyalty is everything where I'm from)

Baby, oh, no (ooh)

I don't wanna play around (that's why I don't play around)

I don't play around (I'm either in or I'm out), baby (ooh), so baby, show me some

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Key Grammar Structures

• Before I met you, I was alone

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ The verb "met" is the past tense of "meet", describing a completed action at a specific time in the past.

• Will I find love or will I stay alone?

  ➔ Future Simple (Interrogative)

  ➔ The use of "will" before the subject indicates a question about future possibilities or predictions.

• I don't wanna play around

  ➔ Contraction (Informal Modal)

  ➔ "Wanna" is a contraction of "want to", commonly used in informal English speech and songwriting.

• I feel like I'm always alone just thinkin'

  ➔ Present Continuous (Participle phrase)

  ➔ "Thinkin'" is the present participle "thinking" used to show an action happening simultaneously with the main clause.

• That loves me just for me

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ "That" functions as a relative pronoun, introducing a clause that modifies the noun "someone".

• Loyalty is everything

  ➔ Abstract Noun / Subject-Verb agreement

  ➔ "Loyalty" is an uncountable abstract noun requiring the singular verb "is".

• You say you need someone passionate

  ➔ Reporting Verb

  ➔ "Say" is a reporting verb used to relay what someone has stated. The word "that" is often omitted after it.

• If they out here lookin' for actresses

  ➔ Zero Conditional (implied)

  ➔ The structure uses "If" to state a condition, commonly used here to describe a recurring behavior or reality.