Ballin'
Lil Wayne ft Young Jeezy Lyrics

Ballin', ballin', ballin' (turn the music up), ballin'
Celebrating the act of balling out and living luxuriously by turning up the music and repeating the phrase.

You think you're ballin' cause you got a block?
Questioning someone's claims of being rich and successful just because they own a city block.

He think he ballin' cause he got a block?
Posing the same question as in the previous line, but using different grammatical structure.

You know these hoes came to see me ball
Acknowledging that women are attracted to him because of his flashy lifestyle.

You know these hoes love to see me ball
Reiterating the concept of women being drawn to him for his wealth and extravagance.

Hopped up out the bed, I think my roof gone
Getting out of bed to realize he left the roof of his car down.

Think I forgot to put my roof on
Admitting his own forgetfulness and carelessness.

Said 'Fuck it, buy another car'
Indicating that he is wealthy enough to simply buy another car to replace the one he left the roof off of.

Hopped out the Lamb'
Stepping out of a Lamborghini, a high-end luxury sports car.

I bought the Phantom just to say it's black
Purchasing a Rolls-Royce Phantom simply to show off its black color.

I bought the Phantom just to take a nap
Humorously suggesting that he bought the Rolls-Royce Phantom for the sole purpose of taking a nap in it.

I'm getting head in the backseat
Having sexual activity in the backseat of his car.

I'm iced out, I'm standin' tall like a athlete
Wearing a lot of jewelry and feeling powerful and confident.

I'm ballin' hard, I need a jersey on
Playing the game of life so successfully that he feels like he should be wearing a jersey.

So much bread on me, I can buy a Jersey home
Having so much money that he could purchase a home in the state of New Jersey.

I'm on them Diddy's, spendin' Dirty Money
Drinking Ciroc, a vodka brand owned by Sean 'Diddy' Combs, and celebrating his extravagant spending.

I'm on that Jizzle, spendin' birdie money
Drinking the brand of tequila owned by Young Jeezy, called Avión, and continuing to spend a lot of money.

Still ballin' like a muthafucker, tell 'em that
Asserting that he is still living an extravagant lifestyle and has not slowed down.

Three platinum chains to match my platinum plaques
Wearing expensive jewelry to match the awards he has won.

Ain't got nothin' gold but some gold chains
Not having any actual gold possessions besides his gold jewelry.

Say 'Jizzle, what's the goal?' Move the whole thang
Encouraging the listener to aim for the highest level of success and wealth possible.

My celly bumpin' like a chat line
Receiving many phone calls and texts, possibly from women who are attracted to his success and wealth.

He bought a five hundred, need he, need a halftime
Spending enough money to purchase a Mercedes-Benz S 550, and jokingly suggesting he needs a halftime break to recover from such exorbitant spending.

If yo job ain't ballin' hard, then you need to quit
Suggesting that if someone's job is not making them wealthy and successful, they should move on and find a different opportunity.

You need a A T hard, then you need to split
Saying that if someone does not have an AT&T phone, they should leave or be considered inferior.

Summer's mine, winter too
Claiming that he has ownership over both seasons and will continue to be successful regardless of the time of year.

I'm poppin' bottles in the club, that's what winners do
Drinking expensive champagne and celebrating his success, as winners are expected to do.

They claiming bitches, them my old hoes
Acknowledging that other men may claim to have relationships with the women he has been involved with in the past.

They claim they ballin' in my old flows
Suggesting that other rappers are still attempting to use the same style and lyrics he used in his earlier music.

These hoes call me Tunechi baby
Referring to himself as 'Tunechi' and acknowledging that women are attracted to him.

Niggas think they seeing me, they hallucinating
Asserting that his success is so great that others cannot comprehend it.

Bitch, I'm ballin', ballin' like a mothafucka'
Proudly repeating the act of 'balling', or living luxuriously and extravagantly.

Twelve gauge, bitch, I got a dozen of them
Having twelve shotguns and using them as a symbol of his success and power.

Nigga broke, acting like they got it though
Observing that some people are pretending to be wealthy even though they do not have the means.

I'm with a Spanish bitch, if she ain't fucking, adios!
Indicating that he is with a woman of Spanish descent, but will leave her if she does not engage in sexual activity with him.

So many cars I'm like eenie meenie minie moe
Comically suggesting that he has so many cars that he has to randomly choose which one to drive.

So many colors in the diamonds, Kaleidoscope
Describing his jewelry as having many different colors, like the patterns seen through a kaleidoscope.

Last year I made a hundred million dollars flat
Stating that he made one hundred million dollars in the previous year alone.

Run in ya house, and get to poppin' at your shower cap
Threatening violence towards those who try to stand in the way of his success.

My homies got them firebirds like Pontiac
His friends also have expensive cars, similar to the Pontiac Firebird.

And if them bitches don't sell, we buy em back
Proudly claiming that he can afford to repurchase items that other people cannot afford to keep.

Ballin', ballin', ballin', ballin'
Repeating the phrase 'ballin'' to emphasize the concept of living a lavish lifestyle.