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 without 'to'
➔ The sentence starts with the base form of the verb "hear", which functions as an imperative. It's a direct command to the listener. The full form could be 'You should Hear'
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Get your hands in the air, sir!
➔ Imperative without 'to'
➔ Again, starts with the base form of the verb "Get", creating a direct command.
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Then you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
➔ Future Simple with 'will'
➔ "will get" indicates a future action or state. The "no" emphasizes the negative outcome: no harm will come to you.
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Don't you hear? I say, yeah (yeah yeah)
➔ Negative Interrogative (Auxiliary verb + subject + main verb)
➔ "Don't you hear?" uses the auxiliary verb "do" in its negative form to create a question expressing surprise or disbelief that someone isn't hearing.
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Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 2 Implied)
➔ This sentence implies an if-clause: 'If you knew me well, do you believe I *would* take...'. The use of 'would' indicates a hypothetical or unlikely situation. The if-clause is unstated, but understood.
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And if I do that, I would say "Sir Come on and put the charge on me"
➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 2)
➔ This is a type 2 conditional sentence. 'If I *did* that (unlikely condition), I *would say*...' It expresses a hypothetical situation and its probable result.
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I'm not a fool to hurt myself
➔ Infinitive of Purpose
➔ The infinitive phrase "to hurt myself" explains the purpose or reason why the speaker isn't a fool. It implies: 'I'm not such a fool *in order to* hurt myself'.
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So I was innocent of what they done to me
➔ Relative Clause with 'what'
➔ "what they done to me" is a relative clause acting as a noun. 'What' encompasses both the antecedent (the thing) and the relative pronoun. More formal: 'So I was innocent of *that which* they did to me.'
