A LOT TO LOSE – English Lyrics

• By: 24kGoldn
• Album: Dropped Outta College

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Ayy, yo, Jaasu, this a hit

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose

Got a lot for me to prove

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose

Ain't always in the right like right now

A lot for me to prove

Say you love me, but you hate me at the same time

Said I like you, but you told me that you ain't mine

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose

You say you don't know me anymore, what we fighting for?

I thought you were tripping when you asked me

Do you even love me anymore?

Now I do not know

'Cause you've acting different since the last week

No time to fight now

Barely got time for me

Can't afford to lose right now

I'm just chasing my dreams

Ups and downs, get me off this rollercoster

You can't see that I love you even if I told ya

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose

Ain't always in the right like right now

A lot for me to prove

Say you love me, but you hate me at the same time

Said I like you, but you told me that you ain't mine

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose

When it all falls apart in the dark

Who you coming crying to?

If you are who you say who you are

You would know I'm trying to

Take a look at my lifestyle right now, a lot for me to lose

Ain't always in the right like right now, a lot for me to prove

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose

Ain't always in the right like right now

A lot for me to prove

Say you love me, but you hate me at the same time

Said I like you, but you told me that you ain't mine

Take a look at my lifestyle right now

A lot for me to lose (a lot for me to lose)

That boy Jaasu, he a fool

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Key Grammar Structures

• Take a look at my lifestyle right now

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ Direct command using base verb form "Take" to instruct the listener

• Got a lot for me to prove

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ "to prove" explains the purpose/reason for having "a lot"

• Say you love me, but you hate me at the same time

  ➔ Contrasting Conjunctions

  ➔ "but" connects two opposing ideas showing contradiction

• Do you even love me anymore?

  ➔ Adverb Placement

  ➔ "even" intensifies the question between auxiliary "Do" and main verb "love"

• Can't afford to lose right now

  ➔ Semi-Modal Expression

  ➔ "afford to" functions like a modal verb meaning 'have the ability/resources to'

• Ups and downs, get me off this rollercoaster

  ➔ Phrasal Verb + Idiom

  ➔ "get off" (phrasal verb) + "rollercoaster" (idiom for emotional instability)

• If you are who you say you are

  ➔ Double Relative Clause

  ➔ Nested clauses: "who you say [you are]" functions as object of "are"

• Who you coming crying to?

  ➔ Ellipsis + Gerund

  ➔ Omitted auxiliary "are" (Who are you...) + "crying" (gerund showing simultaneous action)

• I'm just chasing my dreams

  ➔ Present Continuous for Current Focus

  ➔ "chasing" emphasizes ongoing effort at this life stage