BANK & GOD – English Lyrics

• By: Popcaan
• Album: FIXTAPE

Lyrics & Translation

Popcaan’s “BANK & GOD” offers an authentic look into modern Jamaican Dancehall language, Patois, providing a rich vocabulary of street vernacular alongside introspective themes. By learning the lyrics, users can grasp expressions related to self-reliance, navigating betrayal, and the culture's unique blend of spiritual faith and material ambition, all set to a smooth, pop-influenced rhythm. This song is special because it takes a personal, universal theme—trust issues—and frames it within the specific, vibrant linguistic and cultural context of the Unruly Boss.

[English]

- (Popcaan) Yeah man, yeah I know the boss.

See me? Merci. Oh the Unruly.

Represent for the Viva tho.

Kick it off like a record

max the same speed.

[Energetic Piano Music]

- Yo. Fully fully.

On the Viva tho.

Yo Josh.

Life teach me something

Made me no trust a lot.

Me no trust me 'cause if he got trust a shot?

y'all find someone me friend you know what I

Believe me say it was a lot.

I don't trust friend.

I don't trust family.

I am chosen.

Me no love life like similile.

Me only trust the bank and God

People only trust the bank and God.

Me only trust the bank and God.

Jobs, only trust the bank and God.

Me just trust the bank and God.

Hmm, only trust the bank and God.

Only trust the bank and God

Ay Y G.

Them people worser than shark.

Ya that tell them your business

Because them love talk.

Instigator them, so watch your head back

them set up them friend to kill in the bus park.

From them we no seem right.

Them Father move them from out of my life

We set up your life

So me walk with my gun every day, every night.

I don't trust friend

I don't trust family

I am chosen

Me no trust no body.

Me only trust the bank and God.

Oh, Only trust the bank and God

Only trust the bank and God

Oh, Only trust the bank and God.

You see them drive wheel in a Jesus hand

Me see man kill him brother for a piece of land

Judah not afraid of a evil man

[Inaudible Lyric]

Jah Jah watch over me

You know say me firm, me born to fight

Me full up an enemy.

Me no leave me gun no day, no night

Dawg, man ah real OG me no frighten for the lime light

Pagan love spy like them working fly ah

Tell them run up if them want gun and bright light

Man future so bright, Jamaican sunlight

And me got me weed, and the same thing so high

8 7 6 GAD, the great, the Judah

Like Kalonji we taking over

Dawg, me don't even trust me neighbor

From me young me trust the savior

I don't trust friend

I don't trust family

I am chosen

Right I don't trust nobody.

Me only trust the bank and God.

Yeah, only trust the bank and God.

Me only trust the bank and God.

Only trust the bank and God.

Me only trust the bank and God.

Only trust the bank and God.

Only trust the bank and God.

Only trust the bank and God.

[Inaudible Lyrics]

Foolish Foolish, Crazy Crazy

Y G, Y G!

Bombaclat

Only trust the bank and God

[Upbeat Outro Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb - to believe that someone is honest and reliable noun - belief in the reliability of someone or something
bank /bæŋk/ A2	noun - a financial institution where people keep or borrow money
God /ɡɒd/ A2	noun - the supreme being worshiped in monotheistic religions
money /ˈmʌni/ A2	noun - a medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
peace /piːs/ B1	noun - a state of tranquility or quiet
enemy /ˈɛn.ə.mi/ B2	noun - a person who is actively unfriendly or opposed
kill /kɪl/ B1	verb - to cause the death of someone or something
land /lænd/ B1	noun - the solid surface of the earth
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to combat or struggle against someone or something
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the period between birth and death
full /fʊl/ A2	adjective - containing as much as possible
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - electromagnetic radiation that makes things visible
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving off a lot of light

Key Grammar Structures

• Me no trust nobody.

  ➔ Double negation to emphasize a negative statement.

  ➔ The phrase "no trust nobody" uses double negation, which is common in Caribbean dialects, to intensify the negative meaning.

• People only trust the bank and God.

  ➔ Use of "only" to specify that trust is limited to certain entities.

  ➔ The word "only" emphasizes exclusivity, showing that trust is limited to 'the bank' and 'God'.

• Made me no trust a lot.

  ➔ Incorrect but common dialectal structure meaning "made me not trust many".

  ➔ This phrase reflects dialectal grammar, omitting auxiliary verbs, meaning "made me not trust a lot of people".

• Me only trust the bank and God.

  ➔ Simplicity of subject-verb-object sentence structure.

  ➔ This line employs straightforward sentence order, emphasizing the key objects of trust.

• You see them drive wheel in a Jesus hand.

  ➔ Use of verb 'see' to describe observation.

  ➔ The verb "see" introduces a visual observation, framing what is happening as an act of witnessing.