– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I've been running this reef since before

you was born and if you thought a guy

like me can't get to a guy like you

guess what you're thought wrong man you

don't want who's wrong I barely even

know that girl what's your name miss oh

yeah well I say he's bluffing pretty

lady Lola we meet again

you know sharkslayer there's only one

thing I like better than money well then

oh I love your shark slaying days are

over and there ain't nothing you can do

about it what's so fun you got nothing

nothing it's the best take around

dan dan dan dan oh okay

new rules nobody I repeat nobody makes a

move without my okay

I am the Panama Canal baby from now on

everything flows through me hey what are

you do what do you do I can't see it you

don't lose the two you don't go one back

without my okay okay okay

if you don't wipe that boogy without my

okay okay okay all right and you don't

say okay without my okay okay oh okay

thank you all for coming good meeting we

gotta go

and one more thing what is wit all y'all

living in the Love Boat Oscar you're

supposed to be the mob get yourselves a

real hideout Oscar and take a good look

lino it's over your old school Oscar

what excuse me ang are you okay I

couldn't take it taste was killing me

Lenny is that you

you're alive folk I thought I lost you

what are you wearing

huh what is that

oh hey boys it's Lenny he was wearing a

disguise so we wouldn't recognize him

but now he's not wearing a disguise so

we do recognize them hi pop

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
running ˈrʌnɪŋ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
reef riːf B1	noun - a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of the water
thought θɔːt A1	noun - an idea or opinion produced by thinking
bluffing ˈblʌfɪŋ B1	verb - to deceive someone by making them believe something that is not true
sharkslayer ˈʃɑːrksleɪər C1	noun - a person who kills sharks
slaying ˈsleɪɪŋ B2	verb - to kill in a violent way
rules ruːlz A1	noun - a statement that tells people what they should do
Panama pəˈnɑːmə A2	noun - a country in Central America
Canal kəˈnæl B1	noun - a long, narrow section of water that connects two larger bodies of water
disguise dɪsˈɡaɪz B1	noun - a change in someone's appearance to hide their identity
recognize ˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪz A2	verb - to identify someone or something from having seen or known them before
mob mɑːb B1	noun - a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly or riotous
hideout ˈhaɪdaʊt B1	noun - a place where someone can hide, especially from the police
excuse ɪkˈskjuːz A2	noun - a reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
alive əˈlaɪv A1	adjective - living; not dead or inanimate

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been running this reef since before you was born

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase 'I've been running' uses the Present Perfect Continuous to emphasize an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• if you thought a guy like me can't get to a guy like you

  ➔ Past Tense in Conditional Sentence

  ➔ 'Thought' is the past tense verb in a conditional sentence, indicating a hypothetical situation in the past.

• what's your name miss oh yeah

  ➔ Contraction and Interjection

  ➔ 'What's' is a contraction of 'what is,' and 'oh yeah' is an interjection expressing acknowledgment.

• you know sharkslayer there's only one thing I like better than money

  ➔ There is / There are

  ➔ 'There's' is a contraction of 'there is,' used to introduce the existence of something.

• new rules nobody I repeat nobody makes a move without my okay

  ➔ Emphasis with 'I repeat'

  ➔ 'I repeat' is used to emphasize the importance of the statement 'nobody makes a move without my okay.'

• I am the Panama Canal baby from now on everything flows through me

  ➔ Present Simple for Future

  ➔ The Present Simple 'everything flows through me' is used to indicate a future action with certainty.

• if you don't wipe that boogy without my okay

  ➔ Negative Conditional Sentence

  ➔ The sentence uses 'if' to introduce a condition, followed by a negative consequence 'without my okay.'