Barn Fire – English Lyrics

• By: Yelawolf
• Album: War Story

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Oh, shit

Oh, shit (Yeah)

Get buzzed

Harder than barbed wire, car tires (Car tires)

Hotter than your granddaddy's barn fire

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Catfish)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Billy, bitch)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Yeah, yeah)

That's that dude

Yeah, I jump on your Cadillac and James Dean it

So fresh, I wish Palmolive could've seen it

Tip-toe like Riff Raff with a big bag

Do you like my real dad and sit back?

These big trucks make big noise

But that lift kit'll never see the mud, boy

Go Travis Barker, drop a hundred on a K5

Park it next to something else

That I have and I never drive

I'm in my heyday with my melee

I'm eating steaks, yeah, I'm eatin' grade A

I'm in this place, bitch, I own this place, ayy

The trailer park just got another upgrade

I'm fuckin' stupid with this shit

I'm talkin' hillbilly, pill-poppin', West Virginian

Coal miner, stupid with it

Dig it? Y'all don't even get it

But I get it, it's been a minute

But I'm 'bout to drop a minnow in it, yeah

Oh, shit

Oh, shit (Yeah)

Get buzzed

Harder than barbed wire, car tires (Car tires)

Hotter than your granddaddy's barn fire

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Catfish)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Billy, bitch)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Yeah, yeah)

That's that dude

Yeah, fall out the box like some powdered eggs

Drippin' like a showerhead

Pipes crackin' like a powder keg

Wet paint, need a towel, yeah

Another WLPWR beat comes alive, but now it's dead

Uh, I had to kill it

Said he was cookin' up, uh, I had to steal it

She got an onion on her, uh, I had to peel it

Then I put a pickle to it and ate a salad with it

I don't give a fuck, make 'em mad, make 'em a madder critic

I'm the Mad Hatter over this platter, you Alice with it

Cataclysmic, I crash right into your old dad's Civic

In a tricycle spacecraft, crackin' up, laughin' at it

Crackers had it with all of my fans packin' in like some addicts

Wanna package up this calendar's average, I can't have it

I'm the baddest motherfucker since bad became the baddest

Just wait 'til they get that Michael Wayne classic

They gon' be like

Oh, shit

Oh, shit (Yeah)

Get buzzed

Harder than barbed wire, car tires (Car tires)

Hotter than your granddaddy's barn fire

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Catfish)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Billy, bitch)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Yeah, yeah)

(Catfish Billy, bitch)

Ayy, when it comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes, it comes around (Catfish Billy, bitch)

Ayy, when it comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes, it comes around (Catfish Billy, bitch)

Ayy, when it comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes, it comes around (Catfish Billy, bitch)

Ayy, when it comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes around (Let's go)

Comes around, comes, it— (Catfish Billy, bitch)

Oh, shit

Oh, shit (Yeah, oh, shit)

Get buzzed

Harder than barbed wire, car tires (Car tires)

Hotter than your granddaddy's barn fire

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (That's that dude, Catfish)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (Bitch, I'm that dude, Billy, bitch)

Ooh, ooh, that's that dude (I'm that dude, yeah, yeah)

(Catfish Billy, bitch)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
barn /bɑːrn/ A2	noun - A large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or livestock.
fire /faɪər/ A1	noun - Combustion that produces heat, light, and flame.
barbed /ˈbɑːrbd/ B2	adjective - Having sharp points or projections, as in barbed wire.
wire /waɪər/ A2	noun - A thin, flexible metal strand used for conducting electricity or tying things.
Cadillac /ˈkædəlæk/ C1	noun - A brand of luxury automobiles made in the United States.
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - To push oneself off the ground and into the air by using the legs.
buzzed /bʌzd/ B1	verb - To feel a mild intoxication or stimulant effect. verb - To make a continuous humming sound.
trailer /ˈtreɪlər/ B1	noun - A vehicle pulled behind another vehicle, used for transporting goods or as a mobile dwelling.
upgrade /ˈʌpɡreɪd/ B2	verb - To improve something to a higher standard or more advanced version.
hillbilly /ˈhɪlbɪli/ C1	noun - A person from a rural, mountainous region of the United States, especially the Appalachians; often used pejoratively.
coal /koʊl/ A2	noun - A black or brownish combustible mineral used as fuel.
miner /ˈmaɪnər/ B1	noun - A person who works underground extracting minerals or coal.
powder /ˈpaʊdər/ B1	noun - A dry, fine substance composed of tiny particles.
keg /kɛɡ/ B2	noun - A small barrel, typically used for storing and serving beer.
crash /kræʃ/ B1	verb - To collide violently with something; to cause a sudden failure.
spacecraft /ˈspeɪsˌkræft/ C1	noun - A vehicle designed for travel or operation in outer space.
cataclysmic /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/ C2	adjective - Relating to a violent upheaval or disaster that causes great change.
critic /ˈkrɪtɪk/ B2	noun - A person who evaluates and judges artistic, literary, or cultural works.
Mad Hatter /mæd ˈhætər/ C1	noun - A fictional character from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" known for eccentric behavior; used figuratively to describe a crazy person.
classic /ˈklæsɪk/ B2	adjective - Having lasting value or being a typical example of its kind.

Key Grammar Structures

• Yeah, I **jump on** your Cadillac and James Dean it

  ➔ Phrasal verb

  ➔ The phrasal verb "jump on" means to get on something quickly or eagerly, often with enthusiasm.

• So fresh, I wish Palmolive **could've seen** it

  ➔ Conditional verb (past)

  ➔ Uses "could've" (could + have) to express a past unreal or hypothetical situation. The speaker wishes Palmolive had seen the scene.

• These big trucks **make** big noise

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ Describes a general truth or a habitual action. The trucks regularly produce noise.

• But that lift kit'll **never see** the mud, boy

  ➔ Future tense with adverb of negation

  ➔ "Never" is an adverb of negation. This sentence predicts something will not happen in the future.

• I'm **eating** steaks, yeah, I'm **eatin'** grade A

  ➔ Present continuous tense / informal contraction

  ➔ The present continuous ("I'm eating") describes an action happening now. "Eatin'" is a colloquial contraction of "eating".

• I'm fuckin' stupid **with this shit**

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The prepositional phrase "with this shit" modifies "stupid", indicating the subject's association or relationship to the thing mentioned ("this shit").

• I'm 'bout **to drop** a minnow in it, yeah

  ➔ Near future (be about to)

  ➔ "Be about to" indicates an action that is going to happen very soon.

• Said he **was cookin' up**, uh, I had to steal it

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ Describes an action that was in progress at a time in the past.

• I'm the Mad Hatter **over** this platter, you Alice with it

  ➔ Preposition of Position/Location and Metaphor

  ➔ "Over" is used metaphorically here. It means "in charge of" or "dominating" the platter, comparing himself to the Mad Hatter and the situation to the tea party.

• Just **wait 'til** they get that Michael Wayne classic

  ➔ Contraction with future tense

  ➔ "Wait 'til" is a contraction of "wait until", and is used with a future event in mind. "They get..." is the future event.