'Lollipop' lyrics: Lil Wayne's biggest song, explained

"Lollipop" might not be your favorite Lil Wayne song. It might not even be your favorite Tha Carter III song. That being said, "Lollipop" was a watershed moment for the rapper, hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and solidifying him as one of the biggest artists of the 2000s.

Part of the appeal of "Lollipop" lies in its earworm hook, which was provided by the late, great Static Major, but most of the people claiming they know Wayne's verses are kidding themselves. It's kind of like the Shaggy song "It Wasn't Me" -- we know the chorus, but we're kind of just fumbling around with the rapping until Static comes back.

Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop' lyrics are often misheard

In an effort to dispel the confusion over "Lollipop", we decided to include the lyrics to the song below. Some of them might surprise you (we know they surprised us):

Ow, uh-huh, no homo (Young Mula, baby)
I said, "He's so sweet, make her wanna lick the wrapper"
So I let her lick the rapper
She-she-she lick me like a lollipop (yeah)
She-she lick me like a lollipop, lollipop (yeah)
Sh-sh-she lick me like a lollipop, lollipop (yeah)
She-she lick me like a lollipop
Shawty want a thug
Bottles in the club
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps
(She lick me like a lollipop)
Shawty want a thug
Bottles in the club
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps
(C'mon, yeah)

Okay, lil' mama had a swag like mine (yeah)
She even wear her hair down her back like mine (yeah)
I make her feel right when it's wrong like lyin'
Man, she ain't never had a love like mine (yeah)
But man, I ain't never seen an a*s like hers
That p***y in my mouth had me lost for words
So I told her to back it up, like berp berp
And I made that a*s jump, like jerp jerp
And that's when she

She-she-she lick me like a lollipop (oh yeah, I like that)
She-she lick me like a lollipop, lollipop (oh yeah, I like that)
Sh-sh-she lick me like a lollipop, lollipop (yeah)
She-she lick me like a lollipop
Shawty want a thug (shawty want a thug)
Bottles in the club (bottles in the club)
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps
Shawty want a thug (I like that)
Bottles in the club (hey, I like that)
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps

Okay, after you back it up, then stop
Drop it, shawty
Drop it like it's hot
Drop-drop it like its hot
Do-do-do it shawty, don't stop
Shawty said the n***a that she with ain't s**t (yeah)
Shawty said the n***a that she with ain't this (yeah)
Shawty said the n***a that she with can't hit (yeah)
But, shawty, I'ma hit it, hit it, like I can't miss
And he can't do this and he don't do that
Shawty need a refund, need to bring that n***a back
Just like a refund I make her bring that a*s back
And she bring that a*s back, because I like that

Shawty want a thug (yeah, I like that)
Bottles in the club (yeah, I like that)
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps (yeah)
Shawty wanna lick, lick, lick, lick, lick me like a lollipop
I said, shawty wanna lick, lick, lick, lick, lick me like a lollipop
Shawty wanna lick me like a lollipop
(So I let her lick the rapper) she-she lick me like a lollipop
Shawty want a thug (shawty want a thug)
Bottles in the club (bottles in the club)
Shawty wanna hump (shawty wanna hump)
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps, stat

Call me, so I can make it juicy for ya
Call-ca-call me, s-so I can get it juicy for you
Call-ca-call me, s-so I can make it juicy for ya
Call-call me, s-so I can get it juicy for ya
Call-call me, so I can make it juicy for ya
Call-ca-call me, s-so I can get it juicy for you
Call-ca-call me, s-so I can make it juicy for ya
Call-call me, s-so I can get it juicy for ya

Shawty want a thug (I like that)
Bottles in the club (yeah, I like that)
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps
I say, shawty want a thug
Bottles in the club
Shawty wanna hump
You know I like to touch your lovely lady lumps

I get her on top, she drop it like it's hot
And when I'm at the bottom, she Hilary Rodham
Middle of the bed, give and gettin' head
Give and gettin' head, give and gettin' head
I said hmm, mmm (I like that)
Said hmm, mmm, mmm (yeah, I like that)
I said hmm, mmm, mmm (yeah, I like that)
Mm-hm
Call me, so I can come and do it for you
Call me, so I can come and prove it for you
Call me, so I can make it juicy for you
Call me, so I can get it juicy for you
Shawty wanna lick, lick, lick, lick, lick me like a lollipop
She-she lick me like a lollipop, l-lollipop
I said he's so sweet, make her wanna lick the wrapper
(What you do?) So I let her lick the rapper

Lil Wayne forgot the lyrics to 'Lollipop' Remix

The wrapper/rapper double entendre is definitely more clear when you read the lyrics as opposed to hearing them, and the "Shawty Say" refrain that Lil Wayne used proved to be so catchy that he recycled it for the chorus of the 2009 David Banner hit "Shawty Say" (shocking title, we know).

"Lollipop" was such a massive deal that Wayne included a remix of the song on Tha Carter III. The remix featured a verse from Kanye West and new bars from Wayne that were so good that he was impressed by them during a 2021 interview with Fox Sports anchor Darnell Smith.

The clip, which can be watched below, sees Smith quote the lines:

""Safe sex is great sex / better wear a latex / 'Cause you don't want that late text / That 'I think I'm late' text.""

The anchor cited it as one of his favorite couplets of all time, and Wayne was so taken aback by the wordplay that he forget he wrote it! "Oh, f**k," he said. "I said that? I'm a dog. I don't know when I said it, or why I said it or where I said it. I said it, though."

Moral of the story: don't feel bad if you don't know all the lyrics to your favorite Lil Wayne song. The chances are, he probably doesn't know all the lyrics at this point, either (to his credit, he has, um, a lot of music).