n.h.i.e. - slowed down
Descrição
A faixa n.h.i.e. - slowed down de 21 Savage mergulha em uma declaração intransigente de autenticidade, poder e sucesso. O artista estabelece um código de conduta pessoal, delineando rigidamente o que "não faria", em contraste com aqueles que considera falsos ou inferiores. A música transborda autoconfiança, destacando sua ascensão financeira ("plaques on plaques", "new money like I got a printer") e sua credibilidade nas ruas, onde a violência é uma realidade. Há um tom de desafio e desprezo por rivais, reforçando a mensagem de que 21 Savage opera sob suas próprias regras, inabalável e fiel às suas origens, rejeitando qualquer fraqueza ou engano. É uma afirmação clara de domínio e lealdade a um estilo de vida sem concessões.
Letra
Ahem (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, sheesh)
That ain't something I
Would do (That ain't
Something, that ain't something)
Hell nah, let you slide like it's
Cool (That ain't something, that ain't)
Nigga, hell nah, fake the
Truth (Yeah, yeah)
Play by rules (Yeah, yeah)
Play with you (Yeah, yeah)
That ain't something I would do
I'm havin' plaques on
Plaques (Okay)
You niggas' streams
Ain't that (Okay)
I done seen a hater get
Whacked (Okay)
Hit him nine times, he
A cat (Okay)
I grew up on the East
No cap (Okay)
Green Card, green tips
In the strap (Okay)
Keep talkin' 'bout where
I was born (Okay)
Likе a nigga wanna still
Get clapped (Okay)
She sit on thе wood
No splinter (Facts)
New money like
I got a printer (Facts)
I ain't buyin' these bitches
I rent 'em (Facts)
These porcelain teeth
They not dentures (Facts)
Big VVS stones and
They twinkle (21)
I'm at Waffle House
Rollin' up Sprinkle (21)
Let her ex call her
Phone 'til he wrinkle (21)
I'll pop at his ass, he a pimple
That ain't something I
Would do (That ain't
Something, that ain't
Something, that ain't something I
Would do)
Hell nah, let you slide like
It's cool (That ain't)
Nigga, hell nah, fake the
Truth (Yeah, yeah)
Play by rules (Yeah, yeah)
Play with you (Yeah, yeah)
That ain't something I would do
Yeah, I would never lie (Ad-lib)
I would never try (Ad-lib)
I would never holler at you
I would never cry
I would never start no petty
Beef, that do not fly (Ad-lib)
I would never put myself
Beneath one of my idols
I wouldn't submit (Money)
I'd make you submissive
I can't fuck nobody man
But old girl need that assistance
I don't beeline to no D, like
I don't be like none these bitches
If I feel like havin' free time
Hit the seaside with them fishes
Yeah, yeah
That ain't something I
Would do (That ain't something
That ain't something
That ain't something I would do)
Hell nah, let you
Slide like it's cool (That ain't
Something
That
Ain't something I would do)
Nigga, hell nah
Fake the truth (Yeah, yeah)
Play by rules
(Yeah, yeah, play by rules)
Play with you
(Yeah, yeah, play with you)
That ain't something I would do
(Bitch, it's okay)
Something I would do
Gírias
A faixa apresenta gírias como 'no cap', que significa 'sem mentira' ou 'com certeza', reforçando a autenticidade das declarações. 'Green tips in the strap' refere-se a balas com pontas verdes em uma arma, geralmente indicando munição de alto impacto. Quando o artista diz que 'rent 'em' em vez de comprar, ele se refere a não se comprometer em relacionamentos com mulheres, apenas as utilizando de forma temporária. 'Rollin' up Sprinkle' sugere o ato de enrolar um cigarro de maconha ou outra substância, possivelmente uma cepa chamada Sprinkle. Já 'get clapped' é uma expressão de rua para ser baleado ou morto.