Be Quiet – English Lyrics

• By: Pitbull
• Album: El Mariel

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Pitbull's world with "Be Quiet," a high-energy track that offers a glimpse into Miami club culture and a lesson in keeping the peace. This song is an excellent way to pick up slang and understand the nuances of quick-paced, rhythmic speech.

Key Grammar Structures

• This is to them boys that **be** in the club that talk a whole lot of nothing

  ➔ Emphatic 'be'

  ➔ The use of "be" here emphasizes a habitual action or characteristic. Instead of "are," it highlights that these boys *always* talk a lot of nothing.

• Keep **it** cool, you don't wanna start a riot

  ➔ Object pronoun "it"

  ➔ "It" refers to a previously mentioned or implied concept, typically behavior or the situation.

• **I'm rolling**

  ➔ Present Continuous tense

  ➔ Describes an action that is happening at the moment of speaking or in the present time frame.

• Them boys **don't applaud**

  ➔ Simple present tense (negative)

  ➔ Uses the auxiliary verb "do" + "not" to express a negative action in the present.

• Imma **snatch about** two or three

  ➔ Informal contraction "Imma" and phrasal verb "snatch about"

  ➔ "Imma" is a contraction of "I am going to". "Snatch about" here likely means to quickly take or grab a few of something.

• It's a Dade thing **when** you speak cocaine

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "when"

  ➔ "When" introduces a subordinate clause, indicating a time or condition related to the main clause.

• So **show** some respect

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ A direct command or request is given, with the verb in its base form (without a subject).

• I got my game **from** Jose Antonio Armando Perez Torrez

  ➔ Preposition "from"

  ➔ "From" indicates the origin or source of something.

• Now what they **do**, what it is, what it ain't

  ➔ Auxiliary verb 'do'

  ➔ Used as an auxiliary verb, here emphasizing the action.

• Ready or not, **here I come**

  ➔ Inverted word order

  ➔ The subject "I" follows the adverb "here" for emphasis.