MONEY MO Lyrics in English by SQWOZ BAB
SQWOZ BAB opens in English, and it is pure club bragging: "Money, money, money more", a "Mami dancing in dior" and an "Icy mami" who "breaks the law". Then he switches to Russian with "Hey boy, hey girl! помни, это день студента" (remember, it's Student Day), and the song turns into a pile of jokes, flexes and pop-culture name-drops.
He'd pick gambling if it's really how Bender said (Ostap Bender, the smooth con man from the Soviet novels The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf). The only major he respects is "майор пэйна" (Major Payne, the comedy drill sergeant from the 1995 film). He's "милый, как бишон" (cute as a bichon, a fluffy little dog) now, though he used to roam the block "и с баллоном, и с ножом" (with a spray can and a knife). The best line for me: "Детка, я стобалльник уличного егэ" (baby, I got a perfect 100 on the street version of the state exam). The ЕГЭ is the exam every Russian school-leaver sweats over, so it is a very local brag. He also laughs at kids who are "только 15" and "пушат тг" (only 15 and hyping their Telegram channels), while at 15 he was thinking about putting together an ОПГ, an organized crime gang.
The hook is the cheeky part. "Она снимет кимоно" (she'll take off her kimono), and "Этим лэймам не дают" (these lames don't get any), where лэйм is just the English "lame". A lot of the slang is borrowed English too: сваг (swag), флоу (flow), хейтер (hater), бэнгер (banger). He brags that his swag is so big he has to move it offshore, and that he spins "как tony hawk" (like Tony Hawk, the skateboarder). Some lines get pretty crude, so this one is a silly, filthy party track rather than a deep one. It is very funny if you catch the references.
