54-46 Was My Number
Lyrics:
[English]
Stick it up, mister!
Hear what I say sir, yeah yeah
Get your hands in the air, sir!
Then you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
I said yeah (I said yeah)
What they say (listen what they say)
Don't you hear? I say, yeah (yeah yeah)
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
And give it to a police man?
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
And if I do that, I would say "Sir
Come on and put the charge on me"
I wouldn't do that, no (ooh, ooh)
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
I'm not a fool to hurt myself
So I was innocent of what they done to me
They was wrong
They were wrong (ooh, ooh)
Give it to me one time (huh)
Give it to me two times (huh-huh)
Give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)
Give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)
54-46 was my number
Right now, someone else has that number
54-46 was my number, was my number
Right now, someone else has that number
I said yeah (I said yeah)
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
Oh I say hear me now (yeah yeah)
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
Give it to me one time (huh)
Give it to me two times (huh-huh)
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
No, no, no, no
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Vocabulary in this song:
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say /seɪ/ A1 |
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hear /hɪər/ A1 |
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get /ɡet/ A1 |
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hands /hændz/ A1 |
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air /eər/ A1 |
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hurt /hɜːrt/ A2 |
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believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2 |
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take /teɪk/ A1 |
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give /ɡɪv/ A1 |
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police /pəˈliːs/ A2 |
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charge /tʃɑːrdʒ/ B1 |
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fool /fuːl/ B1 |
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innocent /ˈɪnəsnt/ B1 |
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wrong /rɔːŋ/ A2 |
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number /ˈnʌmbər/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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Hear what I say sir, yeah yeah
➔ Imperative verb + object clause: "Hear what I say..."
➔ Using the imperative form "Hear" to give a direct command. The phrase "what I say" acts as the object of the verb "Hear".
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Then you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
➔ Future simple with "will": "you will get no hurt". Use of "no" to negate the verb
➔ Expresses a future consequence. Note: grammatically "get no hurt" is less common than "not get hurt" but conveys the same meaning in this context.
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Don't you hear? I say, yeah (yeah yeah)
➔ Negative interrogative with "Don't you hear?": Forming a question with negative polarity.
➔ This structure is often used to express surprise or disbelief. It implies the speaker expects the listener to be hearing something.
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Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
➔ Conditional "would" in indirect question: expressing a hypothetical action or intention within a question.
➔ The "would" implies the speaker is questioning whether the listener thinks they *are capable* of doing such a thing. It is not a question about a factual action in the past but a hypothetical possibility.
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And give it to a police man?
➔ Ellipsis in questions: missing verb and subject, common in informal speech.
➔ This is a shortened form of "And (would I) give it to a police man?". The missing parts are understood from the context.
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And if I do that, I would say "Sir Come on and put the charge on me"
➔ Second conditional: "If I do that, I would say..." Expressing a hypothetical situation and its likely consequence.
➔ This describes an unlikely future scenario. "If I do that" refers to taking something and giving it to the police, which the speaker says they wouldn't do. The result would be saying "Sir Come on and put the charge on me."
