Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Clipse
Performer
N.O.R.E.
Performer
Baby
Performer
Lil Wayne
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Terrence Thornton
Songwriter
Gene Thornton
Songwriter
Pharrell Williams
Songwriter
Chad Hugo
Songwriter
Bryan Christopher Williams
Songwriter
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.
Songwriter
Brian Williams
Songwriter
Victor Santiago Jr.
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Neptunes
Producer
Andrew Coleman
Recording Engineer
Phil Tan
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Backyard to yard (Oh), yeah
What's the size of them rims on that car playa, huh? (Grindin')
Can they see that chain from afar, playa, huh? (Grindin')
What ya game be like? (Grindin')
What ya chain be like? (Grindin')
So what ya name be like? (Grindin')
Ma, it don't get more ghetto than this
[Verse 1]
You see I'm grimy-minded, you've been blinded
Lookin' for a beat like mine, you can't find it
You hear the Clipse and N.O.R.E., gotta rewind it
Nowadays you get on the run and get finded
(Grindin') You know I got guns
Why you actin like my daughters when you know I got sons?
(Grindin') Nah, we won't speak fam
Aiming at your collarbone, hit you in your cheek, fam
Grindin'
[Verse 2]
From ghetto to ghetto to backyard to yard
I sell it whipped, un-whipped, it's soft or hard
Stand on that table, playa, spit that Cris, playa
Throw that chair, make 'em recognize this raw
Homie, looka here
I'm great in the kitchen like Corning cookware
Uncle Jemima with my braids wrapped
And three-minute recipes for cookin' flapjacks
Coke price through the roof, SL, blew the coupe
My niece askin' how my rims bigger than a hula-hoop
Cuzzo, I make the block holla
Take it back to childhood how the scale teeter-totter
As I evolve, weight grew heavy
It was kinda like my buddy just fell off the see-saw
Bricks in the muffler, MAC-11 touch ya
Virgina's hustler, I'm here mother****
[Chorus]
What's the size of them rims on that car playa, huh?
New car (New car), new car
Can they see that chain from afar playa, huh? (Step it up, step it up, grindin')
What ya game be like? (Money, grindin')
What ya chains be like? (Money, grindin')
Say, what ya name be like? (Stunna, grindin')
Ma, it don't get more ghetto than this
[Verse 3]
I'm Big Tymin'
In a bubble-eye Lex, so fly and (So fly, so fly)
I cook, cut crack, that's besides me
Them big, big rims on tires and
We shinin', me and Weezy (Holla, holla)
Gold rims, can't see me (Holla, holla)
New Benz on tweezies (Holla, holla)
Cadillac truck beam me, for sheezy (Brr)
[Verse 4]
From hood to hood, **** ****, yard to yard
Hey, I'm your hero 'cause I've got that hero— and that raw
Check the rims on my car
Nah, don't check 'em though 'cause they stuffed with ****
Weezy Baby, still in the kitchen
Just put a little curve on the **** I'm pitchin'
You need a hit like Mark McGwire, come holla
I watch the base at home, I'm umpire
[Refrain]
Grindin'
You know what I keep in the lining
**** better stay in line when
You see a **** like me shinin' (Grindin')
Grindin'
You know what I keep in the lining
**** better stay in line when
You see a **** like me shinin' (Grindin')
[Verse 5]
Took 13 South, cross the Bay Bridge with it
Ring the triangle, dinner bell, come and get it
The time in the kitchen, I dare not mention
Way my cell phone echo, I swear they listening
'89 was my beginning, y'all
Young snot-nosed, stashed yams in a tennis ball
Cops swore we was playing catch, no
We was adding stretch, no shorts, bag 'til you outta breath
I ducked the feds, they seeing my weight grow
Streets love Malice for his comeback ratio
If they got popped, we made sure they made bail
'Cause if not, we be scared they gon' tell
Patty cake, that's me, bake the pies
Pyrex, mixed that, scrape the sides
Grindin', Glock-9 in the lining
May God strike a **** dead if he lying
[Chorus]
What's the size of them rims on that car playa, huh? (Grindin')
Can they see that chain from afar playa, huh? (Grindin')
What ya game be like? (Grindin')
What ya chain be like? (Grindin')
So what ya name be like? (Grindin')
Ma, it don't get more ghetto than this
[Verse 6]
What's the size of them rims on that car playa, huh? (Grindin')
Can they see that chain from afar playa, huh? (Grindin')
What ya game be like? (Grindin')
What ya chain be like? (Grindin')
So what ya name be like? (Grindin')
Ma, it don't get more ghetto than this
Written by: Bryan Christopher Williams, Chad Hugo, Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., Gene Thornton, Pharrell Williams, Terrence Thornton, Victor Santiago