34 Degrees – English Lyrics

• By: Slim

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

yeah I was the man as well.

I told my bro let's grind but he had a girl.

He went a worked a 9 to 5 me I went to jail.

A man sold me a dream that I couldn't sell.

I'll bring dinners to the party it ain't bagless tell.

Since a little man I've always had them packs for sell.

I ain't sitting talking shit that I cannot tell on interviews and podcast like yeah I was the man as well.

I told my bro let's grind but he had a girl.

He went a worked a 9 to 5 me I went to jail.

A man sold me a dream that I couldn't sell.

I doubled back for my cash and yeah I kept the packs as well.

Where I'm from you gotta watch what you say.

One wrong look in here I get you chopped in your face.

Thought he was my dog we weren't locked into place.

You can't sit on no fence G it's not for debate.

I got a bro I ain't spoke to in time over change.

Can forget about the P's but you can't violate.

I came home feeling like my mind's not the same.

I had a realization that I've been grinding for days, yeah.

I live a life that they try to portray.

I got stress to my girl there's no time to debate.

I only get peace when I'm flying on a plane.

But my biggest issue right now is trying to exchange all the cash that I'm getting.

I take a risk, I ain't betting.

You gotta save your money, give you leverage.

You see I had to put in work for a beverage.

Had me outside with testers, putting work in my denims, yeah.

It's 34 degrees off the plane now I'm sweating.

And I ain't buying postcards, it's packs that I'm sending.

I don't speak on socials they wouldn't get a message.

Nah I see a man in person I'm the type to go and check him.

People take the piss everyday when you let them.

I don't care about the ends or what gang that you're repping.

I'm on a beach just somewhere refreshing.

With a vibe and she's squeezing fresh lime on a melon.

I never held a stop for 12 months I was blending.

A 100 down the motorway with money in the venting.

Everything I say is past tense not the present.

Cuz I can see how they're giving out a sentence.

I can see from a mile away their negative intentions.

It's us round here that's been causing all the tension.

It's them kinda guys that want a mention.

You can't mix the two type of people cuz I'm separate.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
grind /ɡrɪnd/ B2	verb - to work hard, especially at a repetitive task
cash /kæʃ/ B1	noun - money in the form of bills and coins
risk /rɪsk/ B2	noun - possibility of loss, injury, or other adverse outcome verb - to expose to danger, harm, or loss
stress /strɛs/ B2	noun - mental or emotional strain resulting from demanding circumstances
peace /piːs/ B1	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility
plane /pleɪn/ B1	noun - a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings
jail /dʒeɪl/ B1	noun - a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of crimes
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep; an aspiration verb - to experience thoughts, images, or emotions while sleeping; to imagine something desirable
pack /pæk/ A2	noun - a bundle of items wrapped together verb - to place items into a container or bag
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	noun - coins given back after a purchase; the act of becoming different verb - to make or become different
realization /ˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ C1	noun - the act of becoming fully aware of something as a fact
tension /ˈtɛnʃən/ B2	noun - mental strain; a state of being stretched tight
vibe /vaɪb/ B2	noun - the atmosphere or feeling that a place or person gives off
degrees /dɪˈɡriːz/ A2	noun - units of measurement for temperature
beach /biːtʃ/ A2	noun - the shore of a body of water, especially a sea or ocean

Key Grammar Structures

• I told my bro let's grind but he had a girl.

  ➔ Reported speech with contraction and coordinating conjunction.

  ➔ In 'I told my bro let's grind', 'let's' is a contraction of 'let us' and introduces indirect speech.

• He went and worked a 9 to 5 me I went to jail.

  ➔ Parallel structure contrasting two actions.

  ➔ The repetition of 'He went... I went...' creates a parallel structure emphasizing contrast.

• Where I'm from you gotta watch what you say.

  ➔ Informal reduced modal 'gotta' and relative clause 'where I'm from'.

  ➔ 'Gotta' means 'have got to', showing necessity, while 'where I'm from' describes the speaker’s origin.

• You can't sit on no fence G it's not for debate.

  ➔ Double negative and idiom 'sit on the fence'.

  ➔ Using 'can't' and 'no' together emphasizes strong negation, and 'sit on the fence' means to avoid taking sides.

• I came home feeling like my mind's not the same.

  ➔ Present participle phrase showing simultaneous action.

  ➔ 'Feeling like my mind's not the same' modifies 'I came home', showing what happened at the same time.

• I only get peace when I'm flying on a plane.

  ➔ Adverb clause of time using 'when'.

  ➔ The clause 'when I'm flying on a plane' tells when the main action 'I only get peace' happens.

• I take a risk, I ain't betting.

  ➔ Contrastive simple present clauses and negative contraction.

  ➔ The speaker contrasts 'I take a risk' (real action) with 'I ain't betting' (negation of gambling), using informal 'ain’t' for 'am not'.

• It's 34 degrees off the plane now I'm sweating.

  ➔ Elliptical compound sentence without conjunction.

  ➔ Two independent ideas 'It's 34 degrees...' and 'I'm sweating' are joined without a linking word, a common spoken shortcut.

• I don't speak on socials they wouldn't get a message.

  ➔ Zero relative and conditional implication without 'if'.

  ➔ The sentence omits 'if' but implies 'If I did, they wouldn't get a message'—a mixed conditional idea.

• Everything I say is past tense not the present.

  ➔ Contrast with nominal relative clause 'Everything I say'.

  ➔ 'Everything I say' functions as the subject, and the contrast between 'past tense' and 'present' expresses reflection.