Ballin
Descrição
“Ballin”, de Lil Uzi Vert, é uma explosão de autoconfiança e ostentação, características marcantes do trap. A faixa mergulha no universo de um artista que ascendeu ao topo, celebrando sua riqueza e sucesso com um estilo de vida hedonista e sem limites. A letra descreve carros de luxo, joias deslumbrantes ("diamonds in my teeth") e o desfrute de prazeres materiais, enquanto a figura do artista se posiciona como invencível, "matando a concorrência como Rogue". Há uma forte corrente de lealdade e solidariedade, expressa no desejo de que seus "niggas to ball" e "eat", compartilhando a prosperidade conquistada. A música irradia uma sensação de poder e invencibilidade, com o artista vivendo a vida sem preocupações financeiras ("I don't know how to spell broke") e imerso na energia de seus shows, reiterando o mantra "LUV is rage". A faixa pinta um quadro vívido de triunfo e a celebração de uma vida sem restrições.
Letra
Aye, I just was telling Keisha
Like, I'ma have dolphins and shit in my crib
Waking up livin' life with no outcome (with no outcome)
Fucked that bitch outside gave her out cum (gave her out cum)
By any means just like Malcolm (just like Malcolm)
Live by any means just like Malcolm (just like Malcolm)
Yeah, I be outside all the way from the mornin' to dark (mornin' to dark)
All these diamonds in my teeth, yeah I barely can talk (barely can talk)
I be ballin' like I am Derrick Rose (skrrt)
Killin' my competition like I'm Rogue
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my shows
I just want all of my niggas to ball
I just want all of my niggas to see
All the shit that I might not get to see
I just want all of my niggas to eat
I might just pull out that lean, that's a four
I might just jump in a 'Rari with two doors
I might just pull up and fuck on two hoes (yeah)
I might just pull up and stunt like a boss (boss, aye, aye)
I spent seven thousand right on the coat (coat)
On the real I don't know how to spell broke
If she talk too much I put dick in her throat (yeah)
Yeah, I be ballin' like I am Derrick Rose
Killin' my competition like I'm Rogue
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my shows
Aye, counting money 'til I'm blue in the face (blue in the face)
Yeah, count money and they blue in the face
Yeah, I fucked that bitch 'til she blue in the face
Wearin' Balmain, extra skinny, skinny
Skinny all the way 'til I'm blue in the waist
Yeah, mixin' lean, everywhere soda
Aye, unlike my heart, my cup way colder (way colder)
Yeah, Xanny bars got me way bolder (way bolder, yeah)
Aye, I just be countin' the bank (whoa)
I ball like I am Durant
Aye, your bitch I swear she a fan
Aye, I put that money on you
Yeah, lil' nigga you'll get fanned
Yeah, livin' life like I'm a rock star
I do this shit for my fans (for my fans)
My brother, he is a block star
He amazing with the pans
I just want all of my niggas to ball
I just want all of my niggas to see
All the shit that I might not get to see
I just want all of my niggas to eat
I might just pull out that lean, that's a four (haha)
I might just jump in a 'Rari (skrrt-skrrt) with two doors
I might just pull up and fuck on two hoes (yeah)
I might just pull up and stunt like a boss (boss, aye, aye)
I spent seven thousand right on the coat (coat)
On the real I don't know how to spell broke
If she talk too much I put dick in her throat (yeah, skrrt)
I be ballin' like I am Derrick Rose (skrrt)
Killin' my competition like I'm Rogue
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my shows
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my sh-
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my show, aye
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my show
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my show
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my show, yeah (LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my show)
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my show
Yeah, paid a lot of money for this ice (for this ice)
On the real I think I found my wife (I found my wife, Brittany)
Always in my hair just like some lice, when I miss a call you know I hit her twice (hit her twice times two)
Put it on my life, higher than a kite
Living life like I can't die, they live for me and that's the reason why
I just want all of my niggas to ball
I just want all of my niggas to see
All the shit that I might not get to see
I just want all of my niggas to eat
I might just pull out that lean, that's a four
I might just jump in a 'Rari with two doors
I might just pull up and fuck on two hoes
I might just pull up and stunt like a boss, aye
I spent seven thousand right on the coat
On the real I don't know how to spell broke
If she talk too much I put dick in her throat, yeah
I be ballin' like I am Derrick Rose
Killin' my competition like I'm Rogue
LUV is rage, I'm in the crowd at my shows (woo)
Gírias
"Ballin'" significa viver uma vida de luxo, sucesso e riqueza, comumente associado a ter muito dinheiro. A referência "just like Malcolm" alude a Malcolm X e seu lema "by any means necessary", significando alcançar objetivos por todos os meios possíveis. "LUV is rage" é uma marca e um título de mixtape de Lil Uzi Vert, representando sua identidade artística e a intensidade de sua música. "Lean, that's a four" refere-se à bebida recreativa "lean" (xarope para tosse com codeína) e "four" indica a quantidade, tipicamente quatro onças. Por fim, "block star" descreve alguém muito conhecido e respeitado em sua vizinhança ou comunidade ("block"), frequentemente associado a atividades que lhe dão notoriedade local.