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Swalla

Swalla is a track by Jason Derulo with a diss section by Nicki Minaj targeting Remy Ma. The recording also credits Ty Dolla $ign and Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma's 2017 exchange escalated after verses on ‘Make Love’ and ‘Swalla,’ followed by Remy's ‘ShETHER’ and ‘Another One.’ Nicki answered across hit records by focusing on sales, chart power, imprisonment, alliances and the claim that Remy required Nicki's name for attention.

Released2017
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: Nicki Minaj]

    02

    Drank

    03

    Young Money

  2. 04

    [Verse 1: Jason Derulo]

    05

    Love in a thousand different flavors

    06

    I wish that I could taste them all tonight

    07

    No, I ain't got no dinner plans

    08

    So you should bring all your friends

  3. 09

    I swear that-a all y'all my type

  4. 10

    [Pre-Chorus: Jason Derulo]

    11

    All you girls in here

    12

    If you're feelin' thirsty

    13

    Come on, take a sip

    14

    'Cause you know what I'm servin', ooh

  5. 15

    [Chorus: Jason Derulo]

    16

    Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya (Drank)

    17

    Swalla-la-la (Drank)

    18

    Swalla-la-la (Swalla-la-la)

    19

    Swalla-la-la

  6. 20

    Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya (Drank)

    21

    Swalla-la-la (Drank)

    22

    Swalla-la-la (Swalla-la-la)

    23

    Swalla-la-la

  7. 24

    [Post-Chorus: Jason Derulo]

    25

    Freaky, freaky gyal

    26

    My freaky, freaky gyal

  8. 27

    [Verse 2: Ty Dolla $ign]

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    Shimmy shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yah

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    Bad girls gon' swalla-la-la

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    Bust down on my wrist in this bitch

    31

    My pinky-ring bigger than his

  9. 32

    Met her out in Beverly Hills, ayy

    33

    Dolla got too many girls, ayy

    34

    Met her out in Beverly Hills

    35

    All she wear is red-bottom heels

  10. 36

    When she back it up, put it on the Snap

    37

    When she drop it low, put it on the Gram

    38

    DJ poppin', she gon' swallow that

    39

    Champagne poppin', she gon' swallow that

  11. 40

    [Pre-Chorus: Jason Derulo]

    41

    All you girls in here

    42

    If you're feelin' thirsty

    43

    Come on, take a sip

    44

    'Cause you know what I'm servin', ooh

  12. 45

    [Chorus: Jason Derulo]

    46

    Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya (Drank)

    47

    Swalla-la-la (Drank)

    48

    Swalla-la-la (Swalla-la-la)

    49

    Swalla-la-la

  13. 50

    Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya (Drank)

    51

    Swalla-la-la (Drank)

    52

    Swalla-la-la (Swalla-la-la)

    53

    Swalla-la-la

  14. 54

    [Post-Chorus: Jason Derulo & Nicki Minaj]

    55

    Freaky, freaky gyal

    56

    My freaky, freaky gyal (Yo, yo, ayo)

  15. 57

    [Verse 3: Nicki Minaj]

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    Bad gyal no swalla nuttin, word to the Dalai Lama

    59

    He know I'm a fashion killa, word to John Galliano

    60

    He copping that Valentino, ain't no telling me "no"

    61

    I'm that bitch, and he know (He know)

  16. 62

    How y'all wifing these thots? You don't get wins for that

    63

    I'm having another good year, we don't get blimps for that

    64

    Pussy game still cold, we don't get minks for that

    65

    When I'm poppin' them bananas, we don't link chimps for that

  17. 66

    I gave these bitches two years, now your time's up

    Multi-line diss block
    67

    Bless her heart, she throwing shots, but every line sucks

    68

    I'm in that cherry-red foreign with the brown guts

    69

    My shit slappin' like dude did LeBron's nuts

    Block noteAnswers Remy's shots by declaring her window closed

    TargetRemy Ma

    MeaningWhat it means: Nicki says she allowed rival women two years to advance, but that the opportunity has expired; she then dismisses the incoming shots because ‘every line sucks.’ Why it was said: Released as tension with Remy Ma became explicit, the bar reframes Remy's return from prison and renewed chart presence as time Nicki generously permitted—not a comeback powerful enough to threaten her position. Because Remy is not named, the identification remains a documented contemporary reading rather than a literal name-check.

    ContextNicki Minaj and Remy Ma's 2017 exchange escalated after verses on ‘Make Love’ and ‘Swalla,’ followed by Remy's ‘ShETHER’ and ‘Another One.’ Nicki answered across hit records by focusing on sales, chart power, imprisonment, alliances and the claim that Remy required Nicki's name for attention.

  18. 70

    [Pre-Chorus: Jason Derulo & Nicki Minaj]

    71

    All you girls in here

    72

    If you're feelin' thirsty

    73

    Come on, take a sip

    74

    'Cause you know what I'm servin' (Uh)

  19. 75

    [Chorus: Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj & Both]

    76

    Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya (My love, drank)

    77

    Swalla-la-la (My love, drank)

    78

    Swalla-la-la (Swalla-la-la)

    79

    Swalla-la-la

  20. 80

    Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya (Kyuh, drank)

    81

    Swalla-la-la (Drank)

    82

    Swalla-la-la (Swalla-la-la)

    83

    Swalla-la-la

  21. 84

    [Post-Chorus: Jason Derulo & Nicki Minaj]

    85

    Young Money

    86

    Swalla-la-la

    87

    JD

    88

    Freaky, freaky gyal (Uh-huh, let's go)

  22. 89

    Swalla-la-la

    90

    My freaky, freaky gyal

    91

    Swalla-la-la

    92

    My freaky, freaky gyal

  23. 93

    Swalla-la-la

    94

    My freaky, freaky gyal

  24. 95

    [Outro: Jason Derulo]

    96

    Derulo