Blue Gangsta – English Lyrics

• By: Michael Jackson
• Album: XSCAPE

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the nuances of betrayal and storytelling in English through Michael Jackson's 'Blue Gangsta.' This track offers a masterclass in emotional vocal phrasing and rhythmic delivery, making it a captivating way to practice identifying tone and dramatic narrative in contemporary English songwriting.

[English]

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine

The Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do, 'cause I'm gonna get you

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

All the things you said and the things you done to me

You can no longer make me cry

Look what you done to me, baby

I can no longer smile, baby

And I've waited so long, just to carry on

I'm the Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (Gangster)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta (I'm the Blue Gangsta)

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (I could never fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (what you're gonna do?)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do

You ain't no friend of mine (I can never fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

You tricked me nine to five, lovin' you's a crime

People telling me, you got another guy

I've been abused, watch me light the fuse

Said you'd be my wife, nothing but big lies

Don't know what I've done, everything you've got

Things you've done to me, are coming back to you

You know just what I've done, the things you've done to me

I'm the Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (oh no)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta (I'm the Blue Gangsta)

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (I can never fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do? (What you're gonna do?)

You ain't no friend of mine (what you're gonna do?)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta (look what you've put me through, girl)

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (I can never fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

See, I am so amused to the things you said

And the things you done done to me

There is nothing in this world to make me change

You make me wanna sing

Naah

Naah

The Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (what you gonna do?)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta (look what you put me through, baby)

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (I never wanna fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

What you gonna do? (What you gonna do?)

You ain't no friend of mine (what you gonna do?)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta (look what you've put me through, girl)

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (I never thought I fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (you ain't a friend of mine)

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do? (Oh no)

You ain't no friend of mine (I never wanna fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine

Look what you've put me through

Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta (what you gonna do?)

What you're gonna do?

You ain't no friend of mine (I'm never gonna fall in love)

The Blue Gangsta

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Gangsta /ˈɡæŋstə/ B2	noun - A slang term for a gangster, often associated with street culture.
tricked /trɪkt/ A2	verb - To deceive or fool someone.
crime /kraɪm/ A2	noun - An action or omission which constitutes an offense.
abused /əˈbjuːzd/ B1	verb - Treated with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.
fuse /fjuːz/ B2	noun - A cord or wick used to ignite an explosive device.
amused /əˈmjuːzd/ B1	adjective - Finding something funny or entertaining.
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - To shed tears, typically as an expression of pain or sorrow.
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - To form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression.
waited /weɪtɪd/ A1	verb - To stay where one is or delay action until a particular time.
friend /frend/ A1	noun - A person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.

Key Grammar Structures

• What you're gonna do?

  ➔ Informal contraction (Going to future)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a common contraction of "going to," used here to ask about future intentions.

• You ain't no friend of mine

  ➔ Double negative / Non-standard negation

  ➔ "Ain't" acts as a slang replacement for "are not," and the extra "no" adds emphatic, non-standard emphasis.

• Look what you've put me through

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "Have put" indicates actions that started in the past and have current consequences in the present.

• Now that I'm the Blue Gangsta

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction (Now that)

  ➔ "Now that" establishes a causal relationship: because the transformation has occurred, the situation has changed.

• I've waited so long, just to carry on

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (To carry on)

  ➔ "To carry on" explains the reason for the waiting, indicating the goal or intention.

• You tricked me nine to five

  ➔ Simple Past Tense / Idiomatic phrase

  ➔ "Tricked" is the past tense of trick; "nine to five" represents a standard workday or constant cycle.

• Things you've done to me, are coming back to you

  ➔ Relative Clause (Things [that] you've done)

  ➔ The relative clause modifies "things," with the relative pronoun "that" omitted for flow.

• You make me wanna sing

  ➔ Causative verb structure (Make + object + bare infinitive)

  ➔ "Make" is used here to mean "cause someone to do something," followed by the bare infinitive "wanna sing."