CAN'T FEEL MY FACE – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Look, uh, good time don't never last forever.
Sometimes I feel like praying to the devil.
Sometimes I feel like laying down but that'll never help me.
Sometimes I feel like I ain't been rewarded for my efforts.
This street shit done dried up, we living in a desert.
They be shit done died down, we tryin' get richer.
I would've put my man down, but he ain't in the picture.
All the other niggas mad now that they ain't in the picture.
Look, I can't walk around with my pole, but I gotta deal with it.
Came out of jail on parole, but look, I'm still lit.
I got a thick red bone that I might still hit.
I got a couple old hoes that I might still hit.
I got my face on some Wayne shit.
The glock got a switch so I don't miss when I'm aiming.
On the type to pull the drop out when it raining.
Misunderstood but you won't even understand it.
You couldn't even stand it.
All problems only equal to one ounce.
A lot of robbers, some hustlers, we all scammers.
Every time I walk in the hole like you handsome.
Every time I walk in the booth, that's a new anthem.
Okay, look, every other week in my yard, a new phantom.
I say every other week I'm a narc with a new dancer.
If I ever meet Nicki Minaj, I'm trying to blend her.
Hey nigga, you don't want no smoke with us, we like cancer.
When I don't post my young bitch, she get to throwing tantrums.
And I only want the head if she ain't natural.
You can't name a nigga play that we ain't bless them.
We might have the same car, but they ain't faster.
Look, bitch, you ain't no Eve and I ain't Adam.
I can't do no verse for free, bitch, I hate rappers.
If you got that shit for cheat and we trying to snatch them.
We tryin' to snatch them.
Look, a whole lot of gold bottles.
You know Benjamin Franklin, my only role model.
Grant, Jackson, Franklin, my only role models.
Two G's, two glizzys in my four choppers.
Four choppers.
Two G's, two glizzys in my four choppers.
Two G's, two glizzys in my four choppers.
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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shit /ʃɪt/ C1 |
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devil /ˈdɛvəl/ B1 |
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desert /ˈdɛzərt/ A2 |
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rich /rɪtʃ/ A2 |
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picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A1 |
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pole /poʊl/ C1 |
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parole /pəˈroʊl/ B2 |
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lit /lɪt/ C1 |
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hit /hɪt/ A1 |
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hoe /hoʊ/ C1 |
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glock /ɡlɑːk/ C1 |
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switch /swɪtʃ/ C1 |
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ounce /aʊns/ B2 |
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hustler /ˈhʌslər/ B2 |
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scammer /ˈskæmər/ B2 |
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phantom /ˈfæntəm/ C1 |
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narc /nɑːrk/ C1 |
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cancer /ˈkænsər/ B1 |
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tantrum /ˈtæntrəm/ B2 |
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chopper /ˈtʃɒpər/ C1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Good time don't never last forever.
➔ Double Negative / Negative Concord
➔ The use of two negative elements, "don't" and "never", to express a single negative meaning. While common in informal speech and some dialects, it is grammatically redundant in standard English.
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Sometimes I feel like praying to the devil.
➔ "Feel like + Gerund"
➔ The phrase "feel like" followed by a "gerund" (-ing form of a verb) expresses an inclination, desire, or an urge to do something.
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Sometimes I feel like I ain't been rewarded for my efforts.
➔ Present Perfect Passive with "ain't"
➔ "ain't been rewarded" is an informal/non-standard contraction of "haven't been rewarded". It's in the "Present Perfect Passive" tense, indicating an action that started in the past and has a result or continues in the present, with the subject receiving the action.
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I would've put my man down, but he ain't in the picture.
➔ Conditional Perfect (Implied Third Conditional)
➔ "would've put" (a contraction of "would have put") is the "conditional perfect" tense. It expresses an action that would have happened in the past if a certain (often unstated) condition had been met, implying regret or a missed opportunity.
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I got a thick red bone that I might still hit.
➔ Relative Clause + Modal Verb "might"
➔ "that I might still hit" is a "relative clause" that provides more information about "a thick red bone". "might" is a "modal verb" expressing possibility or a weak probability.
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The glock got a switch so I don't miss when I'm aiming.
➔ Clause of Result/Purpose ("so") + Present Continuous
➔ "so" introduces a "clause of result or purpose", explaining why the glock has a switch. "I'm aiming" is in the "Present Continuous" tense, describing an action in progress.
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If I ever meet Nicki Minaj, I'm trying to blend her.
➔ First Conditional (Type 1) + "Be trying to" (Present Continuous for Intention)
➔ "If I ever meet Nicki Minaj" sets up a possible future condition, typical of the "First Conditional". "I'm trying to blend her" uses the "Present Continuous" to express an intention or plan that would follow if the condition is met.
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Benjamin Franklin, my only role model.
➔ Appositive Phrase / Elliptical Sentence
➔ This is an "elliptical sentence" where the verb "is" is omitted. "my only role model" is an "appositive phrase" that renames or identifies "Benjamin Franklin", providing additional information without a linking verb.