Uh (Damn James)
(Bluey, why you do it to 'em?)
Rrrrrr, Dolla $ign, Dolla $ign (Dolla $ign)
[Chorus: Ty Dolla $ign]
She so expensive, okay ('Kay)
She's so expensive, okay ('Kay)
Beamers or the Benzes, okay (Yeah)
Diamond tennis necklace, okay
Lambo or the double R truck, yeah, yeah (Skrrt)
She gon' let a superstar fuck, yeah, yeah (Ooh)
She so expensive, okay (Skrrt)
She's so expensive, okay
[Verse 1: Ty Dolla $ign]
She got expensive taste (Taste), ayy
She got a slim thick waist (Waist), ayy
Girl, it's not your face, it’s your ass, uh-huh
I mean, girl, it’s not your ass, it’s your face, ayy
Your bitch in the nosebleeds (Bleeds)
My girl in the courtside floor seats (Seats)
Your bitch a four to me
I'ma take my girl to Dior this week
All my bitches slim-thick and athletic (‘Letic)
She ain’t my girl if she ain’t got a Patek (Patek)
All my bitches gotta fit my aesthetic ('Sthetic)
She ain’t your girl, she right here in my section (Let’s go)
She so expensive, okay ('Kay)
She's so expensive, okay ('Kay)
Beamers or the Benzes, okay (Yeah)
Diamond tennis necklace, okay
Lambo or the double R truck, yeah, yeah (Skrrt)
She gon' let a superstar fuck, yeah, yeah (Ooh)
She so expensive, okay (Skrrt)
She's so expensive, okay
[Verse 2: Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign]
I got a shopping problem, got expensive taste
Bustdown Patek with the expensive face (Expensive, okay)
Gotta get me ice if he tryna skate
Gotta swipe the AmEx if we go on a date (Uh)
If we go on a date (Date), gotta blow on my cake
But don't hit me if it's tiny, girl from Xscape
Need studs for my ears (Ears), Louis scarf for my hairs
Latest bag from Chanel and I ain't tryin' to wait (Tryin' to wait, uh)
Uh, I'm tryna meet the plug, no sockets
Uh, pussy deep, so is my pockets
Uh, Tom Ford heels with the locket
Uh, a nigga get me, he better lock it, uh (Lock it, uh)
[Chorus: Ty Dolla $ign]
She so expensive, okay ('Kay)
She's so expensive, okay ('Kay)
Beamers or the Benzes, okay (Yeah)
Diamond tennis necklace, okay
Lambo or the double R truck, yeah, yeah (Skrrt)
She gon' let a superstar fuck, yeah, yeah (Ooh)
She so expensive, okay (Skrrt)
She's so expensive, okay
About
Two months after releasing his star-studded first Featuring Ty Dolla $ign single “Ego Death,” Ty Dolla $ign recruits another superstar on “Expensive,” the Nicki Minaj-assisted second single from his upcoming album.
“Expensive” focuses on the purchases that Ty Dolla makes to satisfy his significant other, while Nicki raps from the opposite perspective and makes it clear that she expects to be spoiled by her partner.
Ty Dolla $ign first played a short snippet of Nicki Minaj’s vocals on Instagram Live on March 3, 2020, before revealing the hook and the beginning of Nicki’s verse on April 13, 2020. A leak of the song included a verse from California rapper G-Eazy.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Yes! This song marks the third officially-released collaboration between the two, following Jason Derulo’s February 2017 song “Swalla” and Megan Thee Stallion’s August 2019 song “Hot Girl Summer,” two international hits.
Me and Nicki been working since back when we first worked. When we did the beat for “Expensive,” and the song of course, she was the first person I thought of. I’m like, “This needs Nicki. I need her frequency on here.” She hit me back right away. She knocked a verse out, killed it. One of my favorite verses that I’ve heard from her recently. You know, thank you [Nicki]. Straight up, and congrats on the baby.
—Ty Dolla $ign via Genius' “For The Record”
- 1.Intro
- 2.Status
- 3.Temptations
- 5.Spicy
- 6.Track 6
- 7.Freak
- 8.Double R
- 9.Expensive
- 11.Tyrone 2021
- 13.Real Life
- 15.By Yourself
- 16.Universe
- 17.Lift Me Up
- 18.Time Will Tell
- 19.Dr. Sebi
- 20.Powder Blue
- 21.Everywhere
- 22.Slow It Down
- 23.Your Turn
- 24.Return
- 25.Ego Death
