California – English Lyrics

• By: Jack & Jack
• Album: Calibraska EP

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the empowering message behind Jack & Jack's hit song "California." This track offers a blend of catchy beats and inspirational lyrics, ideal for anyone learning English and seeking motivation. Explore themes of ambition, resilience, and turning dreams into reality through music.

[English]

I can't stop, never let a hater

Kill your dreams, nineteen, I got paper

Katniss Everdeen, odds always in my favor

I pull up on the scene, black tee and a blazer

Won't chase a woman, I'll re-place her

Make ya have deja vu when I walk by

Like, "Hey it's that guy! Yeah aren't you from Vine?"

Hell nah I'm from Nebraska, get your facts aligned

But I ain't gonna lie, Jack and Jack

Did blow up on the app but we're more than that

The best duo in LA since Kobe-Shaq

They need a whole demolition just to hold us back

Run circles around the competition, cul-de-sacs

Legs keep burnin' but it's so worth it

When you're young and earning, money like a surgeon

Yeah it's cool and all but spreadin' love's my purpose

So who's gone tell me I can't do

Anything I put my mind to

Now I ain't tryna hear it

Bitch get up out my ear

I'm just a...

Midwest kid dreamin' California

One way ticket cause I had to show yah

Flow so sick, make you catch pneumonia

I'm never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way, no way

Never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way, no way

Never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way

I'm fresh up in the game and I'm here to stay

Don't really got my shit together, just appear this way

And I'm like everybody else, I got fears to face

Nowadays even the real are just the realist fakes

And nobody's really what they seem

Learned that the hard way, cuts run deep

And these millions of people put their trust in me

Man I got a lot of pressure but I must succeed

So I'ma keep grindin' and workin', I'm finally certain

My life is not meant to be wasted

The line of success all these people be tracin'

That shit, it ain't me, I'ma pay my own way

And I'm a little unorthodox, I can't lie

No I ain't gonna conform I rock, my own style

Shout out to the fans and everybody by our side

Yo we're headed to the top and you should keep a close eye out for us

So who's gone tell me I can't do

Anything I put my mind to

Now I ain't tryna hear it

Bitch get up out my ear

I'm just a...

Midwest kid dreamin' California

One way ticket cause I had to show yah

Flow so sick, make you catch pneumonia

I'm never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way, no way

Never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way, no way

Never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way

Before I touched down, thought I had it all

Now it's midnight sessions, playin' basketball

My friends and my family, I'ma have to call

And tell 'em I'm never goin' home,

Yeah I'm never goin' home

No way

Midwest kid dreamin' California

One way ticket cause I had to show yah

Flow so sick, make you catch pneumonia

I'm never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way, no way

Never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way (no way), no way (no way)

Never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home

No way

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - to cease movement or action
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to imagine or hope for something
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
pressure /ˈprɛʃər/ B2	noun - the use of persuasion or influence
success /səkˈsɛs/ B1	noun - the accomplishment of an aim or purpose
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ B1	verb - the act of experiencing dreams
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived or existed for a short time
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - a form of play or sport
flow /floʊ/ B2	noun - the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream verb - to move steadily and continuously in a current
catch /kæʧ/ A2	verb - to capture or seize
sick /sɪk/ B1	adjective - affected by physical or mental illness adjective - cool or awesome (slang)
real /rɪəl/ B1	adjective - actually existing as a thing
face /feɪs/ A2	verb - to confront or deal with
kid /kɪd/ A1	noun - a child or young person
way /weɪ/ A1	noun - a method, style, or manner of doing something

Key Grammar Structures

• I can't stop, never let a hater kill your dreams.

  ➔ Negative form of modal verbs (can't).

  ➔ The phrase "I can't stop" indicates inability or refusal.

• Make ya have deja vu when I walk by.

  ➔ Use of informal language (ya).

  ➔ The word "ya" is a casual way to say 'you'.

• I'm just a Midwest kid dreamin' California.

  ➔ Present continuous tense (I'm dreaming).

  ➔ The phrase "I'm dreaming" indicates an ongoing action.

• So who's gone tell me I can't do anything?

  ➔ Use of future perfect (who's gone).

  ➔ The phrase "who's gone" suggests a future action.

• I'm fresh up in the game and I'm here to stay.

  ➔ Use of idiomatic expressions (fresh up in the game).

  ➔ The phrase "fresh up in the game" means new to a situation.

• Legs keep burnin' but it's so worth it.

  ➔ Use of conjunctions (but).

  ➔ The conjunction "but" introduces a contrast.

• I'm never goin' home, n-n-never goin' home.

  ➔ Use of repetition for emphasis (never).

  ➔ The repetition of "never" emphasizes the speaker's determination.