Videoclip
Rica
My niggas be smokin’ on something loud, head to the clouds
– Mi negronan lo ta huma algu fuerte, bai den nubia
I ain’t been steppin’ out, tired of stickin’ out in the crowd
– Mi no tabata sali, kansá di keda den e multitut
This world is changin’ right in front of me
– E mundu aki ta kambia mesora dilanti di mi
Gray hairs, I’m agin’ quicker than I thought I’d be
– Mi ta bira bieu mas lihé ku mi a pensa ku lo ta
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Please believe these flows teach egos
– Por fabor, kere ku e fluho aki ta siña ego
To freeze and then recede, I’m C4
– Pa mi fria i despues bai bèk, mi Ta C4
Beneath your Jeep, the second you turn that keyhole
– Bou di bo Jeep, e momento ku bo ta bira e wowo di e serradura
Then heat blows your weak flows right out the water
– E calor ta saka bo fluho débil direktamente for di awa.
The father, boy, I work smarter and harder
– Tata, mucha, mi ta traha mas inteligente i mas duru
My style got a restraining order, don’t bother
– Mi estilo tin un orden di restriccion, no molestia bo
I charter unseen territories in order
– Mi a karga teritorionan invisibel den ordo
To push it farther than you niggas had ever thought of
– Pa hinca e homber mas leu cu loke e negronan nunca a pensa
I caught a lotta murder charges, turned artists to martyrs
– Mi a haya hopi acusacion di asesinato, mi a converti e artistanan den martirio
When I rock, thot turns to goddess
– Ora rockeo, Thot ta bira un dios
Fiends turn to kings, dreams turn to things tangible
– E demoñonan ta bira rei, soño ta bira kosnan tangibel
My hands are full with grands I pulled
– Mi mannan ta yen di grands ku mi a saka
From stanzas, no, I can’t go slow, I’m Sandra Bull’
– Di e strofenan, no, mi no por bai lentamente, mi Ta Sandra Bull’
Either proceed with speed or don’t breathe
– Hasi esaki rápido òf no respirá
There’s no creed or color that won’t heed to the warning
– No tin credo ni color cu no ta presta atencion na e advertencia
The planet’ll shake when I’m performing
– E planeta lo tembla ora e ta actuando
Tectonic plates from a place where TECs on they waist
– Placa tectonico di un luga unda E Tec ta na cintura
So stay safe or get left with chest on your face
– Pues tene bo mes sigur òf keda ku bo pecho na kara
As death waits for your last of breath
– Mientras morto ta warda bo último rosea
I’ma pass the test, yes, I’m a master chef
– Mi ta bai pasa e tèst, sí, mi ta un maestro di kushina
Want a taste, then pay for it
– E ke prob’é, despues paga pa esei
They claim they’re real, but they’re seldom straightforward
– Nan ta bisa ku nan ta real, pero no ta fásil.
The pain I feel on my frame gets transmuted to a dangerous flame
– E doló ku mi ta sinti den mi kurpa ta transmutá den un kandela peligroso
I spit fire at the devil while the angels sing
– Mi ta spuit kandela riba diabel mientras angelnan ta kanta
The flow changed, but Jermaine’s the same, I’m plain jane
– E fluho a kambia, pero Jermaine ta meskos, mi ta Jane normal
Not a chain on my neck, but shine like baguettes
– E no ta un kadena den mi kara, pero e ta bria manera baguettes
A shame, not a flex to rhyme like the rest
– Un pena, no un flexion pa rima manera e resto
My mind’s quite depressed if I don’t write these
– Mi mente ta hopi deprimí si Mi no skirbi esaki
I’m Spike Lee of the audio, back in my barrio
– Mi Ta Spike Lee di audio, bèk den mi barrio
Parties got shot up, so I built up on my cardio
– E fiesta a dispará, p’esei mi a krese mi kardio
Dodge shells, collect coins like I’m Mario
– E ta evitá proyectonan, e ta kolektá moneda manera Si Fuera Mario
But this is not a gaming experience, I’m serious, nigga
– Pero esaki no ta un eksperensia di wega, mi ta bisa esaki na serio, pretu.
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba, na ariba)
Straight up (Straight up, straight up, yeah)
– Na ariba (na ariba, na ariba, sí)
My niggas be smokin’ on something loud, head to the clouds
– Mi negronan lo ta huma algu fuerte, bai den nubia
I ain’t been steppin’ out, tired of stickin’ out in the crowd
– Mi no tabata sali, kansá di keda den e multitut
This world is changin’ right in front of me
– E mundu aki ta kambia mesora dilanti di mi
Gray hairs, I’m agin’ quicker than I thought I’d be
– Mi ta bira bieu mas lihé ku mi a pensa ku lo ta
I’m that bass in your trunk, the bullet that missed Trump
– Mi ta e bas den bo trùk, E bala ku A faya Trump
The gun that jammed ’cause it seemed God had other plans
– E arma ku A keda pega pasobra Tabata parse Ku Dios tabatin otro plannan
The Son of Man extendin’ his hand to Son of Sam
– E Yu Di Hende ta ekstendé su man na E Yu di Sam
In forgiveness for all of the homicides we witnessed
– Pordon pa tur e homicidionan cu nos a mira
The overdramatized, the traumatized with sickness
– Sobredramatizá, traumatizá pa e malesa
Thrown in the pan and caramelized for richness
– E ta wòrdu tirá den e pan i karamelizá pa duna e rikesa
And served on a plate with sirloin steak
– I sirbí den un plato ku solomillo
To billionaires who don’t care the world’s gon’ break
– E multimillonario ku no ta preokupá ku mundu ta kibra
Long as they make money off it, pain brings profit
– Mientras nan ta gana plaka ku esaki, e doló ta generá ganashi
One man gains it soon as the next man lost it
– Un hòmber ta gana pronto ora e siguiente ta pèrdè
There’s a bridge you can walk to hear God talk
– Tin un brug ku bo Por kana pa Skucha Dios papia
But there are real slim odds a rich man crosses
– Pero tin tiki chèns real ku un hòmber riku lo krusa
‘Cause greed is a poisonous seed, indeed
– Pasobra ganashi ta un simia venenoso, en realidat
As it spreads like weeds through the mind’s apple trees
– Mientras e ta plama manera un mata di yerba dor di e manzananan di mente
I proceed with caution, and I’m not flossin’
– Mi ta sigui ku preokupashon, i mi no ta flossin’
Unlike some, I’m not defined by my fortune
– Diferente di algun, mi no ta definí mi fortuna
I’m defined by rhymes, though I’m in my prime
– Mi ta definí dor di rima, maske mi ta den mi mihó momentu
There was times that I was down ’cause I’d thought I’d lost it
– Tin momentunan ku mi tabata deprimí pasobra mi a kere ku mi a pèrdè e
But no, lo and behold, as my poetry grows
– Pero no, ata, mi poesia ta krese
I give all glory to God as the story unfolds
– Mi ta duna Dios tur gloria manera historia ta desaroyá
And the gray hairs that grow on my head will show
– I e gritanan ku ta krese riba mi kabes lo mustra
Ain’t no time limit to get it, you ain’t never too old
– No tin límite di tempu pa logra esaki, bo no ta muchu bieu nunka
So keep hold of your dream, no matter how it seems
– Pues tene bo soño, no ta importá kon e ta parse
If you don’t water your lawn, well, then it won’t stay green
– Si bo no awa bo yerba, bon, e ora ei e no ta keda berde.
I seen babies turn fiends, addicted to the screen
– Mi a mira baby bira demoño, adicto na e pantaya
That dad shares, cashiers replaced by machines
– Cu tata ta comparti, cashieronan reemplasa pa maquinanan
Don’t buy, subscribe so you can just stream
– No kumpra, firma pa bo por transmiti
Your content like rent, you won’t own a thing
– Bo kontenido, manera e huur, lo no ta di bo
Before long, all the songs the whole world sings
– Den poco tempo, tur e canticanan cu henter mundo ta canta
Will be generated by latest of AI regimes
– E lo ser generá dor di e último regimennan DI AI
As all of our favorite artists erased by it scream
– Mientras cu tur nos artista faborito ta grita
From the wayside, “Ayy, whatever happened to human beings?”
– For di banda di kaminda, “Ayy, kiko a pasa ku sernan humano?”
Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up
– Riba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba
Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up
– Riba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba
Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up
– Riba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba
Straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up, straight up
– Riba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba, ariba
My niggas be smokin’ on something loud
– Mi negronan lo ta huma den algu barulento
