Anything – English Lyrics

• By: JAY-Z

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(upbeat hip-hop music)

♪ Uh-huh, yeah yeah ♪

♪ Duro! You gotta let it bump ♪

♪ Uh, uh, uh, like that, yeah ♪

♪ Come on, bring the chorus in ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I'd do a bid, loose a rib ♪

♪ Bust a (censored), trust in that ♪

♪ Run up to heaven doors, exchange my life for yours ♪

♪ Leave a steak out the door, mi casa, su casa ♪

♪ Just remember to turn the lights off in the hall ♪

♪ My brother from another pop, minus one shot ♪

♪ We Nino and Gee Money, man, we all we got ♪

♪ From the stoop to the big dudes ♪

♪ Stoppin' us from playin' hoops ♪

♪ And us getting mad, throwing rocks off the roof ♪

♪ Straight thuggin' man, I thought we would never progress ♪

♪ But look at us now man, we're young execs ♪

♪ My (censored) Dame, my (censored) Biggs ♪

♪ My (censored) Ty ♪

♪ My (censored) High, my (censored) Gotti ♪

♪ We embody all that's right with the world ♪

♪ No matter how pretty she is, you never liking my girl ♪

♪ That's how we run, when you ain't around ♪

♪ I'll spank ya son, keep him in line ♪

♪ If you should die, I'll keep him like mine ♪

♪ God forbid, keep this in mind, my (censored) ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I know Momma, your little baby ♪

♪ But these streets raised me crazy ♪

♪ Product of my environment, nothing can save me ♪

♪ Thanks for letting me bloom ♪

♪ For your wisdom, for your womb ♪

♪ For the roof over my head, for my shoes, for my bed ♪

♪ For the most important lesson in life was when you said ♪

♪ "Strive for what you believe in ♪

♪ Set goals and you can achieve them" ♪

♪ Thanks for the days you kept me breathing ♪

♪ When my asthma was bad and my chest was wheezin' ♪

♪ Thanks for the look of love just as I was leaving ♪

♪ On nights you thought that I wouldn't come back ♪

♪ That left you grieving ♪

♪ Thanks for holdin' down the household when times was bad ♪

♪ As a man, I apologize for my dad ♪

♪ When the rent was due ♪

♪ You would hustle like a pimp would do ♪

♪ That wasn't the life meant for you ♪

♪ You're a queen, you deserve the cream ♪

♪ Everything that gleamed ♪

♪ Everything that shines, everything that's mine ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything ♪ ♪ Check it out ♪

♪ Uh, uh ♪ ♪ (Anything) anything for you ♪

♪ Dear nephews, I'm writing' this with no pen or a pad ♪

♪ And I'm signing it, ya uncle, ya best friend, and ya dad ♪

♪ Don't look back if you fall and you're feeling bad ♪

♪ I'm right there from your cut to when you peelin' the scab ♪

♪ If it comes a time when you ain't feelin' your real dad ♪

♪ Put my face on his body don't wait for nobody ♪

♪ Don't follow no (censored), that's ho (censored) man ♪

♪ Stand on your own two, do your (censored) man ♪

♪ The world is yours ♪

♪ Some girls are nice, some girls are (censored) ♪

♪ Don't listen to your crew, do what works for you ♪

♪ Standing back from situations gives you the perfect view ♪

♪ You see the snakes in the grass ♪

♪ And you wait on their (censored) ♪

♪ Bite your tongue for no one and whatever is said ♪

♪ Take it how they want, a closed mouth don't get fed ♪

♪ You know my number when it's code red ♪

♪ If you're wrong, my (censored) ♪

♪ You're my nephew, we get it on my lil' (censored) ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

♪ I'd risk everything ♪

♪ For one kiss, everything ♪

♪ Yes I'd do anything (anything) ♪

♪ Anything for you ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I'd **risk** everything

  ➔ Modal verb + base form

  ➔ The modal verb "would" expresses a hypothetical situation or willingness. It is followed by the base form of the verb "risk".

• I'd **do** anything (anything)

  ➔ Modal verb + base form

  ➔ Similar to the previous example, “would” introduces a conditional statement, and “do” is the base form of the verb.

• Run **up to** heaven doors

  ➔ Phrasal verb

  ➔ "Run up to" is a phrasal verb. It means to go towards something quickly or to approach.

• My brother **from** another pop

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "From" introduces a prepositional phrase that describes the relationship between the brother and something else.

• We **Nino and Gee Money**, man, we all we got

  ➔ Appositive

  ➔ "Nino and Gee Money" is an appositive, renaming or further identifying the subject "We".

• Product **of** my environment

  ➔ Preposition

  ➔ The preposition "of" indicates the relationship between the product and the environment. It shows possession or origin.

• Strive **for** what you believe **in**

  ➔ Preposition

  ➔ The prepositions "for" and "in" are used to show what the person strives for (goals) and what they believe in (ideals).

• You're a queen, you **deserve** the cream

  ➔ Present Simple

  ➔ The present simple is used to express general truths or habits. "Deserve" shows a fact about the subject.

• Don't look **back** if you fall and you're feeling bad

  ➔ Phrasal verb

  ➔ "Look back" is a phrasal verb, meaning to consider the past or to reflect on something that has already happened.

• Stand **on** your own two, do your (censored) man

  ➔ Preposition

  ➔ The preposition 'on' is used in this context to indicate support or reliance on something, in this case your own two feet (meaning self-reliance).