Born To Get Wild – English Lyrics

• By: Steve Aoki, will.i.am
• Album: Neon Future I

Lyrics & Translation

Key Grammar Structures

• We were born to get wild

  ➔ Passive voice (past simple) + infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The phrase "**were born**" is a passive construction, and "**to get**" is an infinitive expressing purpose.

• Hey, turn up the sound

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ "**turn** up the sound" is a direct command using the base verb form.

• And bring it loud so that everyone comes around

  ➔ Imperative + purpose clause with "so that"

  ➔ "**bring** it loud" is an imperative; "**so that** everyone **comes** around" explains the purpose.

• Cause we getting crazy

  ➔ Present progressive with omitted auxiliary (colloquial)

  ➔ "we **getting** crazy" drops the auxiliary "are" that would normally appear in "we are getting".

• Burning down the town

  ➔ Present participle used as a gerund phrase (noun‑like)

  ➔ "**Burning** down the town" functions as a noun phrase describing an ongoing action.

• We burn it down so that everyone comes around.

  ➔ Simple present + purpose clause with "so that"

  ➔ The verb "**burn**" is in simple present; "**so that** everyone **comes** around" expresses the intended result.

• We were born

  ➔ Passive voice (past simple)

  ➔ "**were born**" uses the past form of the verb "be" plus the past participle "born" to form a passive construction.

• Get's wild, get's wild, get's wild

  ➔ Third‑person singular present simple (contraction "gets")

  ➔ "**Get's**" is a colloquial contraction of "gets", the third‑person singular form of the verb "get".