cobain – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Peep, Lil Tracy
• Album: EVERYBODY'S EVERYTHING

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of emo rap with 'cobain' by Lil Peep and Lil Tracy. This song offers a window into themes of love, pain, and self-medication, making it a compelling piece for language learners to explore raw, contemporary English expression and cultural references that define a generation of music.

[English]

I just fell in love with a bad bitch

Told me that she love me too, baby, I'm not havin' it

Sniffin' cocaine 'cause I didn't have no Actavis

Smokin' propane with my clique and the bad bitches

Call me Cobain, she can see the pain

Look me in the eyes, girl, we are not the same

Bitch, I'll make it rain on my side bitch, shout-out to my main

Fell in love once and I never been the same

Lil Tracy, I used to rob, boy, I shop now

Comin' up, I might get recognized when I walk around

Coolin' with Lil Peep, let's hit the mall tomorrow

I'ma mix American Eagle with some Ralph Lauren

I got a bad bitch who is good to me

Baby, I see passion in your eyes when you look at me

I'ma show you off like some Louis V

Coke lines on the mirror, snort that line for me

...

I just fell in love with a bad bitch

Told me that she love me, too, baby, I'm not havin' it

Sniffin' cocaine 'cause I didn't have no Actavis

Smokin' propane with my clique and the bad bitches

Call me Cobain, she can see the pain

Look me in the eyes, girl, we are not the same

Bitch, I'll make it rain on my side bitch, shout-out to my main

Fell in love once and I never been the same

...

Key Grammar Structures

• I just fell in love with a bad bitch

  ➔ Present Perfect with "just"

  ➔ The phrase "just fell in love" uses the present perfect tense with the adverb "just" to indicate an action that happened a very short time ago.

• Told me that she love me too, baby, I'm not havin' it

  ➔ Present Continuous for refusal (idiomatic)

  ➔ "I'm not havin' it" (an informal contraction of "I am not having it") is an idiomatic expression using the present continuous to convey a strong refusal or unwillingness to accept a situation or idea.

• Sniffin' cocaine 'cause I didn't have no Actavis

  ➔ Gerund as an activity/noun + Informal double negative

  ➔ "Sniffin'" (sniffing) is a gerund acting as a noun, referring to the activity. The phrase "didn't have no" is an informal double negative, meaning "didn't have any," common in some non-standard English dialects.

• Call me Cobain, she can see the pain

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for ability/perception

  ➔ The modal verb "can" in "can see" indicates the subject's ability or capacity to perceive something, in this case, "the pain."

• Fell in love once and I never been the same

  ➔ Past Simple + Informal Present Perfect with "never" (omission of "have")

  ➔ "Fell in love" is in the past simple, describing a completed action. "I never been the same" is an informal construction for "I have never been the same," using the present perfect to describe a state that began in the past and continues to the present.

• Lil Tracy, I used to rob, boy, I shop now

  ➔ "Used to" for past habits or states

  ➔ The phrase "used to rob" describes an action that was a regular habit or a true state in the past but is no longer true or happening in the present.

• Comin' up, I might get recognized when I walk around

  ➔ Modal verb "might" for possibility + Get-passive

  ➔ "Might get recognized" uses the modal verb "might" to express a possibility (less certain than "may") and the "get-passive" construction (get + past participle) to indicate that something happens to the subject, often implying an external action.

• I got a bad bitch who is good to me

  ➔ Relative pronoun "who" (defining relative clause)

  ➔ The relative pronoun "who" introduces a defining relative clause ("who is good to me") that provides essential information about the noun "a bad bitch," specifying which one is being referred to.

• I'ma mix American Eagle with some Ralph Lauren

  ➔ Informal contraction "I'ma" (I am going to) for future intention

  ➔ "I'ma" is a colloquial and informal contraction of "I am going to," used to express a future plan, intention, or prediction.