Tangerine
Big Boi Ft. Rick Ross T.I. & Bun B Lyrics

She said her name was Tangerine, damn the American dream
The girl introduced herself as Tangerine, but she is disillusioned with the idea of the American dream.

She all about her fuckin' cream, so shake it like a tambourine
Tangerine is focused on making money and suggests shaking it like a tambourine to make more money.

She said her was Billie Jean, said she wanna show me things
Tangerine started calling herself Billie Jean and expresses the desire to show the singer various things.

I pulled out a stack of green, shake it like a tambourine
The artist pulled out a wad of cash to impress Tangerine and remind her to shake it like a tambourine for money.

Now, let's set it straight, B-I-G don't cuff or cake
The artist clarifies that he doesn't commit or spend money on women.

I, put her on a plate until she's no longer awake
The singer has sex with women until they pass out.

They just lay, fast asleep, when I hit 'em with the snake
Once they are unconscious, the singer has sex with them.

Put that venom up in 'em until I leave 'em with the shakes
The artist is likening his sexual prowess to a snake and says that he leaves his partners shaking.

On display, she's a model but she only model shoes
Tangerine is a model who only models shoes, not clothes or anything else.

Not fake like a prosthetic leg or prostitute
Tangerine is real and not like a prosthetic limb or a prostitute.

How she choose? She just whispers in my ear ('I'm with you')
Tangerine doesn't reveal how she chooses her partners, but just whispers to the singer that she's with him.

I'm the type of dude that sends your baby mama out for food
The artist is the kind of person who would send someone's baby mama out to buy him food.

And I also like her throat action, with a passion
The singer enjoys when Tangerine performs oral sex on him.

Love in her mou-outh, for dental satisfaction
The singer likes how Tangerine loves to perform oral sex and shows great care to make sure his teeth are also being looked after.

That means I hit the head like Greg Louganis then I'm splashin'
The singer means to say that he is so good at sex that he finishes quickly - much like diver Greg Louganis.

Ughhh, bust one back of the 'llac, stabbin (hootie hoo!)
The artist ejaculated into Tangerine's mouth and is celebrating with a 'hootie hoo!' as he drives away.

She know what's happenin, there's no reason to doubt it
Tangerine knows what she's doing, and there's no reason to doubt her.

If you ask her how I got it she say ('How he had went about it was')
If someone asks Tangerine about how she got involved with the singer, she would answer with something like 'How he went about it was...'

And then you wake up from a bad dream, a nightmare
The singer is saying that the events up to now only seem real in a dream or a nightmare.

Settle down cause she right there
The artist urges the listener to calm down because Tangerine is nearby.

Okay, midnight, fit like, four or five chicks
The artist is with four or five women at midnight.

In the drop '66 bumpin 'Southernplayalistic'
They are riding in a car from 1966, playing 'Southernplayalistic.'

As we ride through the city lights, Monday Magic City night
The singer and the women are driving through the city lights, possibly to the strip club called Magic City.

Pass these around, momentarily they feelin like
The artist is asking for drugs to be passed around to make everyone feel good.

Gettin right, good girls, got 'em gettin busy like
The drugs are making the good girls act like bad girls.

Big dykes, eatin so much pussy they forget pipe
The singer and the women have sex with so many women that they forget about heterosexual sex.

All got boyfriends, tell me they don't hit it right
All of the women claim to have boyfriends who don't satisfy them sexually.

They come see me so they can come be freaks
The women come to see the artist so that they can fulfill their desire to be promiscuous.

In the back seat, everything's fast like a track meet
The sexual activity in the back seat is fast-paced and furious like a track event.

All I can see is titties, pussy lips and ass cheeks
The singer can only see the women's breasts, genitals, and buttocks in the rearview mirror.

Actually, no exaggeration, no imaginin'
The singer is not exaggerating or imagining anything.

Real talk, my reality is yo' fantasy
The artist's actual experience is the listener's fantasy.

Keisha, Kim, Tamika, Shay, Alicia and Gloria
The artist lists the women he's slept with in the past.

Chasin' this broad tryin' to find euphoria
The artist is trying to find happiness in his relationship with Tangerine.

Name notorious, dick game glorious
The singer has a reputation for being a good lover.

Find me shawty when ya boyfriend borin' ya
Women should come and find the artist when their boyfriends are boring them.

Shake it like some Texas Pete droppin' on your collard greens
The singer wants Tangerine to shake her butt and dance like she's adding hot sauce to collard greens.

Make it hotter when she want a dollar, do you follow me?
The singer wants Tangerine to dance sexier when he pays her.

Smellin' like some tangerines, rollin' like she on some beans
Tangerine smells like tangerines and looks like she's on drugs.

Garter belt full of greens, booty bustin' out the seams
Tangerine's underwear has lots of money in it, and her butt is stretching the fabric.

Shake it like a tambourine - she shake it like a tambourine
The artist asks Tangerine to shake her butt like a tambourine, and she does.

Shake it like a tambourine - watch her shake it like a tambourine
The singer repeats his request to have Tangerine shake her butt like a tambourine.

Once upon a rhyme I knew this girl and she was fine
The singer introduces a new story about a girl he used to know.

As everything outdo's, the kind of girl I describe her like-like-like
The girl is very special and hard to describe.

Michael Jordan when he's froze in a pose of a jumpman
The way the girl looks is as iconic as Michael Jordan's famous 'jumpman' pose.

Top flight security on these hoes man
The artist has good protection against these women that he's involved with.

She drop it low only for me to pick her up
The girl dances seductively and the singer lifts her up.

When she's liquored up I'm leavin' my fingerprints on her butt
The artist leaves his mark on the girl's butt when she's drunk.

A ten-hut, at attention as we stand for this woman
The singer and his friends stand at attention to show their respect for the woman.

General Patton, boy stop, we think she cummin'
The singer likens himself to General Patton and is sure that the woman is enjoying herself.

Lovin' the way that I'm dickin her down, Boi you bluffin'
The singer is confident that he's pleasing the woman and dismisses anyone who doubts him.

Nothin' but a nigga like me be straight up royal flushin'
A person like the artist is very confident, like having a royal flush in a card game

But this ain't 'bout playin' no cards dummy
The artist is saying that this situation isn't a card game.

Her give me open mouth sugar and she go hard for me
The woman performs oral sex on the singer with enthusiasm.

Even take a charge for me, if the coppers caught us ridin'
The woman would take the blame if the police caught them in a compromising situation.

To get a tray of fruit, and a pack of 1-point-5's and
The woman is willing to take the risk to buy fruit and cigarettes for the artist.

I'm all the way on them papers, she all the way on my team
The artist is focused on making money while the woman is focused on him.

We burn it down like California trees in the breeze
The artist and the woman are having such a good time that they're 'burning things down' like wildfires.

Shake shake it, shake shake it, shake shake it, shake shake it
The singer repeats his request for Tangerine to shake her butt.

Shake shake it, shake shake that ass
The artist is emphasizing the shaking of Tangerine's butt.

Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work (and all my ladies go to)
The singer is urging women to work and shake their butts.