In this track, Eric Bellinger encapsulates the transformative experience of financial success and its impact on identity and relationships. The repeated refrain about spending his first significant paycheck symbolizes a rite of passage from modest beginnings to affluent prominence. Bellinger uses his wealth as both a tool for personal fulfillment and a means to navigate social interactions, highlighting how money invites both genuine and superficial engagements. His lyrical emphasis on luxury cars, fashion, and accolades serves not just as a display of wealth but as markers of his changed status and the isolation that can accompany success. Ultimately, "Ball" is an exploration of the dual nature of prosperity—its power to liberate and isolate, making it a reflective anthem on the complexities of newfound wealth.
Ball
Lyrics
First check I ever got I had to ball on it (jeez, ballin'), yeah
First check I ever got I had to
Yeah
First check I ever got I had to
Yeah
This gon' be your favorite song
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em
Drive stick so this shit don't never stall
When I'm lonely, yeah, I let the money talk to me
Ain't about the paper, I don't get involved (don't get involved)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em, uh
(First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em, aye
(First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em
All the dollars, you know who you are (aye)
Fake "Thank you's" tryna take a spark (jeez)
Yeah, I see 'em, 'specially when I park (skrrt, skrrt, skrrt)
Pull up in that blue Rari, it ain't got no top
Run up a check, yeah, run up a check (run it)
Run up the charge, yeah, run up the charge (count it)
Beautiful face, yeah, beautiful face (jeeze)
They know I'm a star, yeah, they know I'm a star
They know I'm a star (star)
So they play they part (part)
I been breakin' hearts (hearts)
Since my money got large
Now
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em (whoa)
Drive stick so this shit don't ever stall (stall)
When I'm lonely, yeah, I let the money talk to me (aye)
Ain't about the paper, I don't get involved (aye)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em, uh
(First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em, aye
(First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em
Oh my God, that's a hundred thou (hundred thou)
That shit is a deal, that must be on sale (be on sale)
Book so many deals, I lost track of count (track of count)
Now I'm rockin' shit I can't even pronounce (can't even pronounce)
And my team, them my homies (them my homies), aye, aye
Yo, she Phil Jack and I'm Kobe (and I'm Kobe)
Got a living room full of trophies (full of trophies)
I was chosen way before they told me (yeah)
They know I'm a star (star)
So they play they part (part)
I been breakin' hearts (hearts)
Since my money got large (large)
Now
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em (whoa)
Drive stick so this shit don't ever stall (stall)
When I'm lonely, yeah, I let the money talk to me (aye)
Ain't about the paper, I don't get involved (aye)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em, uh
(First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em, aye
(First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em)
First check I ever got I had to ball on 'em
Writer(s): Eric A. Bellinger
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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