ay! – English Lyrics

• By: Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Wayne
• Album: mainstream sellout (life in pink deluxe)

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the raw emotion of Machine Gun Kelly's 'ay!' featuring Lil Wayne, a track that offers a candid look into the struggles of mental health. The song's blend of emo rap and trap provides a unique soundscape for its honest lyrics. For language learners, the song offers a glimpse into contemporary slang and the narrative style of modern hip-hop.

[English]

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

I wrote a letter to myself

In the form of a song I can play when the sun shines

I know better than to trust

Anything that I say to myself when I'm this high

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

I just did a interview with my eyes closed (motherf-)

I just sparked a blunt, it looked like pyro (pyro)

Only comments I see are the bad ones (yeah, yeah)

Only playlists I like are the sad ones

Yeah, I let the medicine in

I know it don't help in the end

But I got depression again

I had a meeting at seven

I skipped it and slept in

And woke up at 7 p.m.

I cut my hair off like Britney

Sprinkled dust like a pixie

Wiped my nose like it's itchy

I'm tatted up, I don't give a f- (yeah)

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

When I'm this high, when I'm this high

I just looked in the mirror, who is this guy?

It's a full moon, where the good shrooms?

I'm too f- high, sound like a good school

Higher than Jehova

High with the Heavens

You know, I'ma get pulled over

I might need a chauffeur

L- in my soda

So I'ma need a shoulder

Why you got your nose up?

I smell like Guns N' Roses

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high (Tunechi)

Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy

I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

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I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

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Key Grammar Structures

• I don't ever wanna fall when I'm this high

  ➔ Contraction 'wanna' (want to + infinitive) & Adverbial clause of time

  ➔ "wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to". It is followed by the base form of a verb ("fall"). "when I'm this high" is a dependent clause that indicates the time an action occurs.

• I know better than to trust

  ➔ Comparative structure 'better than to + infinitive'

  ➔ This structure compares one action as being preferable or more advisable than another. "to trust" is an infinitive.

• I just did a interview with my eyes closed

  ➔ Participial phrase as an adverbial modifier

  ➔ The phrase "with my eyes closed" uses the past participle "closed" to describe the state or manner in which the interview was done. It functions similarly to an adverbial clause.

• Yeah, I let the medicine in

  ➔ Causative verb 'let' + object + base form of verb

  ➔ The verb "let" means to permit or allow something to happen. The structure is "let + object (the medicine) + base form of verb (in, implying 'come in')."

• I know it don't help in the end

  ➔ Non-standard subject-verb agreement (colloquial 'don't' with third-person singular subject)

  ➔ In standard English grammar, the third-person singular subject "it" should be followed by "doesn't" (does not). "don't" is an informal and non-standard usage often found in colloquial speech and song lyrics.

• I skipped it and slept in

  ➔ Phrasal verb 'to sleep in'

  ➔ "To sleep in" is a phrasal verb meaning to sleep longer than usual in the morning. "slept" is the past simple form.

• Wiped my nose like it's itchy

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction 'like' introducing a clause of comparison

  ➔ In informal English, "like" can be used as a subordinating conjunction to mean "as if" or "as though," introducing a clause that describes the manner or appearance of an action.

• You know, I'ma get pulled over

  ➔ Passive voice with 'get' + past participle & Contraction 'I'ma'

  ➔ "get pulled over" uses the passive voice to describe an action happening to the subject (the driver). It implies someone else (the police) will pull them over. "I'ma" is an informal contraction of "I am going to".