Errtime

Album

Am I the Drama?

Label

Atlantic Records

Genre

Southern Hip Hop

Composer(s)

Belcalis Almánzar;Jordan Thorpe;Javaan Anderson;James Steed’Matthew Allen

Entered Chart

May 28, 2005

Peak Date

Jun 4, 2005

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Derrty/Universal

"ErrTime" is Cardi B in full sass mode. She raps about stealing men, sipping champagne with her beautiful friends, and doing it all with the kind of self-assured sparkle that makes you remember why "I Like It" wasn't just a song title, but a lifestyle. The title, "ErrTime," might look like a typo, but this is Cardi, so nothing is accidental. The spelling is her phonetic take on "every time," following a long hip-hop tradition of spelling words the way they sound in the mouths of the people who coined them. Think Nelly's "Errtime" from 2005 or "Hot In Herre," which caused middle school English teachers to weep quietly into their red pens. It's a way of saying: language belongs to the streets first, and the dictionary second. Placed 16th on her second album, Am I the Drama?, "ErrTime" arrives once the record has lifted from introspection into full-throttle bravado. The album, sprawling across 23 tracks, is half heartbreak confessional, half diamond-studded vengeance. "ErrTime" lands firmly in the latter category - it's Cardi's way of saying: "Yes, I'm the drama - and I look amazing doing it." Cardi co-wrote the song with her longtime collaborator Pardison Fontaine, the New York-born partner-in-rhyme who helped pen "Bodak Yellow" and "WAP," and "Up." Also on the writing team is Javaan Anderson, whose credits include GloRilla and Cardi B's "Tomorrow 2" and GloRilla and Sexyy Red's "Whatchu Kno About Me." Production duties went to DJ SwanQo and Sean Island, two names that practically define the Am I the Drama sound. They handled more than half the album's beats. Five days after the release of Am I the Drama?, Latto posted an Instagram Story that read, "Latto is the drama," teasing what fans correctly guessed was a remix. That same day, Cardi released Am I the Drama? (ErrTime Edition), including a new version of "ErrTime" with Latto stepping in for the second verse. Cardi B and Latto previously worked together on the remix of Latto's 2023 song "Put It On Da Floor Again," which was certified Platinum in the US.

huh
(Ooh-ooh)
Somebody better get her 'cause she out here lookin' fine (ooh-ooh)
Better pop your - because I'm out here poppin' mine (ooh-ooh)
The way these diamonds hittin', - damn near goin' blind (ooh-ooh)
Look, 'cause Don Julio gon' do the trick e'ry time (yeah, ooh-ooh)
- Lose me, you know that - out his mind (ooh-ooh)
Tell her make a hit, she in the stu' just wastin' time (ooh-ooh)
If I take your -, I don't wanna hear no cryin' (ooh-ooh)
'Cause I ain't say sh- when - was out here - mine, huh (look)
Outside grindin', I'ma shine all summer
Bad-, I know that every - want her
Real fine -, man, I get it from my mother
I'm a demon, I'll - your opp and f- your brother (ooh-ooh)
Bottle after bottle after bottles in this mo-
All my friends tens, look like models in this mo-
- Throwin' -, need some dollars in this mo-
Bad yellow -, look like Latto in this mo- (ooh-ooh)
Somebody better get her 'cause she out here lookin' fine (ooh-ooh)
Better pop your - because I'm out here poppin' mine (ooh-ooh)
The way these diamonds hittin', - damn near goin' blind (ooh-ooh)
Look, 'cause Don Julio gon' do the trick e'ry time (yeah, ooh-ooh)
- Lose me, you know that - out his mind (yeah, ooh-ooh)
Tell her make a hit, she in the stu' just wastin' time (yeah, ooh-ooh)
If I take your -, I don't wanna hear no cryin' (no, ooh-ooh)
'Cause I ain't say sh- when - was out here - mine, huh (ooh-ooh)
New bag (bag), new ice (ice)
- On these - whole life (life)
Fat -, want a bite? (Huh?)
For a bad -, I'm a whole dyke (rr)
If I hit the club, I'm goin' home with a stripper (stripper)
Got a bangin' body, then I'm on it like some glitter, huh (yes)
Maybe I'm buggin' (buggin'), maybe I'm trippin' (trippin')
I let you have the -, how come you ain't with him? (Ah)
I'm somewhere on the Amalfi Coast, tannin' somewhere naked (naked)
You somewhere on the water broke, - must be pregnant (ay)
Y'all - on my ex now, damn, y'all must be desperate (what?)
RIP to OG Maco, who the baddest? -, you guessed it, brr (yes, ooh-ooh)
Bottle after bottle after bottles in this mo- (ooh-ooh)
All my friends bad, look like models in this mo- (ooh-ooh)
- Throwin' -, need some dollars in this mo- (yeah, ooh-ooh)
Bad yellow -, look like Latto in this mo- (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh-ooh)
It's the baddest - (Bardi)
Grim Reaper (ya heard?)
Bardi (brr)
Not your girl