‘Little Birdie’ Lyrics: Drake Raps About a Failed Relationship on ‘ICEMAN’ Song

Drake is reflecting on a bad relationship.

The 39-year-old rapper looks back on a relationship that fell apart and plays on the popular idiom “a little birdie told me,” which is a reference to the media and gossip. He raps about feeling betrayed by people he was closed to.

“Girl, you know that shit would hurt me, girl, you know it’s working,” he raps at one point, followed by, “I’m back outside in here, flirting with the thirty on me.”

“A littl? birdie said you did me dirty / And the story keep on g?ttin’ worse, I’m gettin’ worried / Yeah, I’m goin’ up, I’m goin’ vertically / 2009, I’m lit, I told them, ‘Hurry up and book me,’” Drake continues.

At one point, he also says he doesn’t like “goin’ to Vegas,” as he starts “missin’ Virgil.”

“He’d be sick if he was witnessing this shit in person,” the Toronto-born rapper declares.

The Virgil reference seems to be a nod to his close friend Virgil Abloh, an influential fashion designer who sadly passed away at the age of 41 in November 2021.

Listen to “Little Birdie” …

Read the lyrics to “Little Birdie” …

[Intro]
Ayy, ayy
Ayy, what? Yeah, his-and-hers it
I don’t like goin’ to Vegas, I start missin’ Virgil
He’d be sick if he was witnessing this shit in person
All these pussy niggas trippin’ like they clipped the hurdle
All these pussy niggas actin’ like they Mr. Murder
All these Arab women treat me like the Prince of Persia
Speak on me and gain a lot, just like the dish detergent
I put CC’s on that ho just like a titty surgeon
Yeah, ayy (D-D-DJ Frisco954, yeah)
What? What? Damn
Damn, yeah, ayy, look

[Chorus]
A little birdie said you did me dirty
And the story keep on gettin’ worse, I’m gettin’ worried
Yeah, I’m goin’ up, I’m goin’ vertically
2009, I’m lit, I told them, “Hurry up and book me”

[Verse]
Yeah, hurry up and book me ‘fore I charge a fortune
Lauryn, why you actin’ like I’m not important to you?
You was there in ’24 when niggas shot the door in
See you outside again, I thought your ass went corporate
You put the ex in expensive, girl, you so annoyin’
I used to fuck you slow, I used to leave it in
I used to hate to tour, I ain’t wanna leave again
Now I know the truth about you and I’m free again
Until your new man cop them tickets, you won’t see me ‘gain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what?
Yeah, a little birdie said you did me dirty
I be tellin’ Alex Moss, “Fuck it, “his-and-hers” it”
Ayy, what? Yeah, “his-and-hers” it
I don’t like goin’ to Vegas, I start missin’ Virgil
He’d be sick if he was witnessing this shit in person
All these pussy-niggas trippin’ like they clipped the hurdle
All these pussy-niggas actin’ like they Mr. Murder
All these Arab women treat me like the Prince of Persia
Speak on me and gain a lot, just like the dish detergent
I put CC’s on that ho just like a titty surgeon
Yeah, damn, for real
A little birdie said you did me dirty
How you fix your mouth to ask me if that shit would hurt me?
Girl, you know that shit would hurt me, girl, you know it’s working
Yeah, girl, I’m goin’ up, I’m goin’ vertically
You tryna bring me down, actin’ like you worried ‘bout me
You know you did me wrong, askin’ how I heard about it
I said a birdie told me, damn, you did me dirty, homie
Yeah, it’s over for us, I can see the curtain closing
Put a hurting on me, put a lot of burden on me
I’m in the strip club, all these hoes converging on me
I’m back outside in here, flirting with the thirty on me, damn
Ayy, yeah, uh

[Chorus]
A little birdie said you did me dirty
And the story keep on gettin’ worse, I’m gettin’ worried
Yeah, I’m goin’ up, I’m goin’ vertically
2009, I’m lit, I told them, “Hurry up and book me”

[Outro]
(D-D-DJ Frisco954, yeah)

Via: Just Jared