Don't ever fuckin' play with me
Y'all niggas know, y'all bitches know I'm the fucking queen
You ho bitches know, you dirty bum bitches know (Grrr)
Pooh, you a fool for this one
Drop the strings on 'em
[Verse 1]
Woke up, the price of coke up (Woo, woo)
I just hit 'em with the low cut, then call my folks up (Folks)
Somebody 'bout to get poked up, go call a tow truck (Tow)
All that talkin' out your neck, might just get your throat cut (Ooh, ooh)
This a Makk truck, not a black truck (Woo)
When we move, tell ‘em, "Back up," click click, clack, duck
Hella bands, pull up, stashed up, super facts up
All you bitches Rosa Parks, uh-oh, get your ass up, uh
[Chorus]
Yikes, I play tag and you it for life (Woo, life)
Yikes (Yikes), you a clown, you do it for likes
Yikes (Yikes), yes, it's tight, but it doesn't bite
Grip it right, he be like (Woo)
Yikes, what's the hype? This is something light (Light, light, woo)
Yikes, outta town on consistent flights
Yikes, work hard, this a different white (White)
Get your life, you bitches ain't livin' right (Woo)
Yeah (Sheesh, go), I keep two nines, yeah (Sheesh)
You see my face all over that Fendi design, yeah
Soon as niggas press you, boy, you throw up peace signs, yeah
You don't want that action, pull your cards, you decline, yeah
Uh (Woo, woo), I keep two dimes, yeah (Woo, woo)
Walk up to a bad bitch, be like, "I think you fine," yeah
I don't play with demons, Satan, get thee behind, yeah
'Bout to get fucked up on margarita with two limes, yeah
Ooh, I've been the same, ain't shit changed, this ain't nothin' new (Woo)
That pretty frame, diamond chain, what the fuck it do?
Yo, clear the way, it's some bad bitches comin' through (Sheesh)
I give two F's like the letters that are on my shoe
[Chorus]
Yikes, I play tag and you it for life (Woo, life)
Yikes (Yikes), you a clown, you do it for likes
Yikes (Yikes), yes, it's tight, but it doesn't bite
Grip it right, he be like (Woo)
Yikes, what's the hype? This is something light (Light, light, woo)
Yikes, outta town on consistent flights
Yikes, work hard, this a different white (White)
Get your life, you bitches ain't livin' right (Ooh)
[Outro]
Bag talk
But ain't got no mouth when money bag talk, hmm
It's quiet, ain't no back talk (Grrr)
Quiet, ain't no back talk
About
“Yikes” is Nicki Minaj’s first track since her retirement announcement. The trap banger was first teased on February 3, 2020, following a three-month-long hiatus from social media and from the public.
On February 5, Nicki clarified that “Yikes” would not serve as the lead single to her highly-anticipated fifth studio album but that it would instead be released as a promotional single on February 7.
The release of the track was delayed by three hours, presumably because Nicki rewrote parts of the song to include jabs at ex-boyfriend Meek Mill with whom she had two public fights leading up to the song’s release.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
More than a day after the track’s release, Nicki took to Twitter to answer some of her fans' questions. In the following tweet, she jokingly says that her fans and label “bullied” her to put the song out:
She also talked about the writing process:
On February 4, 2020, Nicki took to Twitter to share a snippet of the track with fans:
Nicki had also updated her Twitter layout to a fan-made profile picture and banner:
About a day after the first teaser was posted, Nicki took to Instagram to share with fans a second teaser of the track:
- 1.bad guy
- 2.Yikes
- 3.21
- 4.LoveGame
- 6.Confident
- 7.Who Says
- 8.Bad Girls
- 9.Bad Romance
- 10.Wolves
- 11.Most Girls
- 13.Party for One
- 14.London Bridge
- 15.Sex (With My Ex)
- 16.Seven
- 17.W.A.Y.S
- 18.The Hardest Part
- 19.What a Time
- 20.The Sweet Escape
