Cover art for Bodak Yellow (Clean) by Cardi B

Bodak Yellow (Clean)

Jun. 16, 20171 viewer

Bodak Yellow (Clean) Lyrics

[Intro]
KSR
It's Cardi, ayy
Said I'm the, they can't mess with me if they wanted to
I don't gotta dance

[Chorus]
Said lil' kid, you can't mess with me if you wanted to
These expensive, these is red bottoms, these is bloody shoes
Hit the store, I can get 'em both, I don't wanna choose
And I'm quick, cut a off, so don't get comfortable, look
I don't dance now, I make money moves (Ayy, ayy)
Say I don't gotta dance, I make money move
If I see you and I don't speak, that means I don't mess with you
I'm a boss, you a worker, I make bloody moves

[Verse 1]
Now shе say she gon' do what to who? Let's find out and see
Cardi B, you know wherе I'm at, you know where I be
You in the club just to party, I'm there, I get paid a fee
I be in and out them banks so much, I know they're tired of me
Honestly, don't give a care 'bout who ain't fond of me
Dropped two mixtapes in six months
What kid working as hard as me?
I don't bother with these hoes, don't let these hoes bother me
They see pictures, they say, "Goals, "I'm who they tryna be
Look, I might just chill in some BAPE
I might just chill with your boo, I might just feel on your babe
My feel like a lake
He wanna swim with his face, I'm like, "Okay"
I'll let him get what he want, he buy me Yves Saint Laurent
And the new whip, when I go fast as a horse
I got the trunk in the front (Vroom, vroom)
I'm the hottest in the street, know you prolly heard of me
Got a bag and fixed my teeth, hope you hoes know it ain't cheap
And I pay my mama bills, I ain't got no time to chill
Think these be mad at me, their baby father run a bill
[Chorus]
Said lil' kid, you can't mess with me if you wanted to
These expensive, these is red bottoms, these is bloody shoes
Hit the store, I can get 'em both, I don't wanna choose
And I'm quick, cut a off, so don't get comfortable, look
I don't dance now, I make money moves
Say I don't gotta dance, I make money moves
If I see you and I don't speak, that means I don't mess with you
I'm a boss, you a worker, I make bloody moves

[Verse 2]
If you a , you get popped, you a goofy, you a opp
Don't you come around my way, you can't hang around my block
And I just checked my accounts, turns out, I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich
I put my hand above my hip, I bet you dip, he dip, she dip
I say I get the money and go, this is hot like a stove
My glitter is gold, tell that lil' play her role
I just arrive in a Rolls, I just came up in a Wraith
I need to fill up the tank, no, I need to fill up the safe
I need to let all these hoes know that none of their is safe
I go to dinner and steak, only the real can relate
I used to live in the P's, now it's a crib with a gate
Rollie got charms, look like Frosted Flakes
Had to let these girls know, just in case these forgot
I just run and check the mail, another check from Mona Scott
[Chorus]
Said lil' kid, you can't mess with me if you wanted to
These expensive, these is red bottoms, these is bloody shoes
Hit the store, I can get 'em both, I don't wanna choose
And I'm quick, cut a off, so don't get comfortable, look
I don't dance now, I make money moves
Say I don't gotta dance, I make money move
If I see you and I don't speak, that means I don't mess with you
I'm a boss, you a worker, I make bloody moves

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On “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi brings up her past as a stripper and how she has cemented her legitimacy in the rap game with her peerless work ethic. It’s the first single she released with Atlantic Records since signing to the label in 2017.

The chorus and Cardi’s flow throughout the song is reminiscent of Kodak Black’s August 2014 song, “No Flockin.” The title’s also a play on Kodak’s name as “Bodak” alludes the “B” in “Bloods” as Cardi is a member of the Bloods gang, and “Black” is changed to “Yellow” as she’s a yellow bone or light-skinned.

In an August 2017 Billboard interview, Cardi revealed that she wrote the lyrics to the song while listening to the beat on an airplane:

I heard the beat […] on the airplane, I kept writing to it.

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June 16, 2017
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