Itty Bitty Piggy Lyrics

[Intro: Seven Up]
(The Aphilliates, nigga, pay attention)
Yo, yo, yo
What's up, what's the deal?
(Trap-a-holics)
It's your boy, Seven Up, man
You already know if it's up, then it's stuck, and all that
But you already know how it is, man
Shout out to Nicki Minaj, man
I just wanted to share, man, you already know
Free makeup, mixtapes, and all that, you know how we give it up
Got me yellin' on a plane, man, listen up, man
(Holiday Season)

[Verse 1 (False Start): Nicki Minaj]
Uh-huh, uh-huh, yo, ayo
I was on the plane with Dwayne
You can call me Whitley, I go to Hillman

Listen, I'm the baddest in the school, the baddest in the game
Excuse me, honey, but nobody's in my lane
When you was in New York, you was fuckin' a Yankee
I was fuckin' with base, I was pitchin' to Franky
These bitches so cranky, get 'em a hanky
M-mommy, I'm cold, gimme my bla-

[DJ Drop: Nicki Minaj & DJ Holiday]
Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!
Okay, okay, woah, woah, Holiday
Wait, hold on, hold on, Holiday!
You can't give it to 'em dry like that
You gotta get that shit wet first, nigga
Like, come on now!
You gotta prep them for shit like that (I got you!)
They can't just get that shit right off the top
Like, you gotta bring that shit back
Bring that shit the fuck back! (Let's go! Holiday Season, ayy!)
I think we got y'all's attention now, right?
(Holiday Season)
Nicki Minaj, DJ Holiday, (Holiday Season, nigga) Mizay Entertainment
Shouts out Trap-a-holics (Trap-a-holics, biatch), we run this!
Let's go, Nicki!

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About

Genius Annotation

Originally released in 2009, “Itty Bitty Piggy,” the third track off of Nicki’s mixtape “Beam Me Up Scotty,” remained a staple throughout the 2010s decade. The song is a remix of “Donk” by Soulja Boy, which was self-produced. “Itty Bitty Piggy” received such acclaim and praise from fans that Nicki released a music video for it.

The song also features a phoned-in intro from Seven Up of The Hood$tars, Nicki Minaj’s old rap group. Nicki also shouts out Seven Up later on the mixtape in “Gotta Go Hard.”

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What's the inspiration behind the title?
Genius Answer

The title plays off of “This Little Piggy”, which is given a New-Yorkian twist. She also uses the poem’s opening line as a refrain for the verse. The story itself is often told by mothers whom count their babies’s toes to teach basic math. This is alluded to with:

These bitches so cranky, give ‘em a hanky
M-mommy I’m cold, gimme my blanky

Due to her love on rephrasing Nursery Rhyme tales in the subject matter of some of her lines (Ex. The Intro to “Dark Fantasy” written around this year), this should be analyzed further in the context of Rap. It’s mostly Braggadocious and a bit of a Battle Rap, for the lyrical content in the approach of writing. “Itty Bitty” is added to the phrase for good reason, being related to size – extremely tiny and insignificant in stature.
Pigs have pork – fat, dirty and the unhealthiest of all meats. When the plot of the piglets is referenced, this makes sense.

  • Minaj on occasion will refer to come-up, hating females as “bum bitches” on their image, rapping and overall career status.
    Though regarded as an animal on the mic, she’s “slaughtering” ugly, inexperienced females who have “beef” with her.
    It’s so easy to the point where they are basically nursery rhymers, and she’d rather dismiss them as “pork” instead.

Hence, the last quatrain with the puns italicized:

And if you see a itty-bitty piggy in the market Give that bitch a quarter and a car, tell her ‘Park it!
I don’t fuck with pigs, like As-salamu alaykum
I put ‘em in a field, I let Oscar Mayer bake 'em

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How did this track perform on the charts?
Genius Answer

“Itty Bitty Piggy” debuted and peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the charting week ending May 29, 2021.

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