BACK TO THE BASICS – English Lyrics

• By: Future
• Album: I NEVER LIKED YOU

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the English language through Future's "BACK TO THE BASICS," a song that masterfully blends colloquialisms and vivid imagery to paint a picture of a luxurious and emotionally complex world. This track offers a unique opportunity to learn modern slang and understand nuanced expressions related to success, relationships, and materialism in contemporary culture. The juxtaposition of bravado and vulnerability in the lyrics makes it a compelling song for language learners to dissect and appreciate.

[English]

(soft violin music)

♪ Plenty ♪

♪ Cry ♪

♪ This life without you ♪

(upbeat hip-hop music)

♪ You don't want, you don't want, you don't want ♪

♪ You don't want ♪

♪ You don't want to go back to the basics, yeah ♪

♪ Checked the velocity ♪

♪ Hope you can weather through the storm ♪

♪ Peep out the carpet, it's custom stitched up in yarn ♪

♪ Hottest commodity covered in Italian velour ♪

♪ Hold on to your faith when I need you to be there ♪

♪ Askin' for your heart, if it's real then it's rare ♪

♪ Ocean in the sea, G-I-A I see ♪

♪ Lunch time in Cheetah with snow bunny divas ♪

♪ Only for me, this just ain't for the relapse ♪

♪ Bubble eye Benz came with goggles, yeah ♪

♪ Gang of Korean, talk to me proper, yeah ♪

♪ Translator friend, European model, yeah ♪

♪ They cover my trend, top story, ESPN ♪

♪ So many chains like a turtleneck under my chin ♪

♪ I'll learn to speak another language if it makes sense ♪

♪ Princess cut clarity VVSs ♪

♪ Military money out the gutter, ducked the po-po ♪

♪ Three strips skrrted goin' solo, goin' solo ♪

♪ Havin' the time of my life with no four-door ♪

♪ Can't show every gift you get to IG ♪

♪ When you fuck on a mogul ♪

♪ I D.C sniped it and I hit it listenin' to go-go ♪

♪ I'ma make 'em lose count if they addin' up the total ♪

♪ After I fuck you, let me cry on your shoulder ♪

♪ This is a chance of a lifetime ♪

♪ After we make love, let me cry on your shoulder ♪

♪ You don't want, you don't want, you don't want ♪

♪ You don't want to go back to the basics ♪

♪ You don't want, you don't want, you don't want ♪

♪ You don't want, you don't want to go back to the basics ♪

(upbeat hip-hop music continues)

♪ Get a room key, check-in sayin' two-o-four ♪

♪ After we make love, let me cry on your shoulder ♪

♪ You don't want, you don't want, you don't want ♪

♪ You don't want to go back to the basics ♪

♪ You don't want to go back to the basics ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ You don't want, you don't want, you don't want ♪

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase "you don't want" is repeated three times to emphasize the speaker's point.

• ♪ Hope you can weather through the storm ♪

  ➔ Phrasal verb: weather through

  ➔ "Weather through" means to endure or survive a difficult situation.

• ♪ Peep out the carpet, it's custom stitched up in yarn ♪

  ➔ Present simple passive voice

  ➔ "It's custom stitched up in yarn" uses the passive voice to emphasize the action done to the carpet.

• ♪ Hold on to your faith when I need you to be there ♪

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction: when

  ➔ "When" introduces a subordinate clause indicating time.

• ♪ Only for me, this just ain't for the relapse ♪

  ➔ Contraction: ain't

  ➔ "Ain't" is a contraction of "am not," "is not," or "are not," often used in informal contexts.

• ♪ I'll learn to speak another language if it makes sense ♪

  ➔ Conditional sentence: if clause

  ➔ The sentence expresses a condition using "if," indicating that the action depends on a certain circumstance.

• ♪ After I fuck you, let me cry on your shoulder ♪

  ➔ Sequential conjunction: after

  ➔ "After" indicates the sequence of events, showing that one action follows another.

• ♪ You don't want to go back to the basics ♪

  ➔ Infinitive after 'want to'

  ➔ The infinitive "to go" follows "want to," expressing desire or intention.