Damaged – English Lyrics

• By: Kid Cudi
• Album: Man On The Moon III: The Chosen

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Ayo

Ayo

Ayo

Handle this likewise, do it live or not nigga, ride by, clash rank

See him in a hot flash at night

Know niggas can't be him, and I'm on 'cause I'm young, bright

Insane, on a trip in the meantime

And I'm tellin' baby, "Don't try, this is a trip that I gotta do alone," mm

Here we are no shit, tell the boys we get ripped, rage on

This the cops' world problem, hangin' all in my whip, yee-haw

Just to bond with my fam, this is all about pace, days long

Cancel my nigga, no bitch, nah, king but you know you ain't hit, yeah (yeah)

Hear they tryna stop me, hate on my growth (yeah)

Cudder on a roll (hey-hey), he won't slow (no)

You seen the bull ragin' 'round, don't mean to be mean

But I'm on a high peak level (yes)

Rollin' with no ice in the bezel, clean (yeah)

How it goes when you're a damaged man

This is how it goes when you're a damaged man

Servin' heat up, meaner than your team, since out the gate (yeah)

Oh man, yeah I been strugglin' dodgin' these niggas that love to go hate

Boom-boom, you can't overlook him, 'bout to go postal, tell me who relate

And then I'm lost on the freeway, buck ten, thinkin' 'bout the life I made

Hey, hey (ha)

Doomed since I left the womb, where I run to?

And it's like I'm in a battle, leakin' from a wound (yeah)

Praise God, thank you, never left me on my own (no)

Shades locked over my eyes, my disguise is on (gone)

Damn, he found it, that pure bliss, I'm wildin' (wildin')

Tryna stay grounded, keep my niggas around me (yeah)

Sometimes on my dolo, all I pull up with is smooth toke, lift up pronto

I'm rubbin' on her body

With my eyes on the road, them tokes is hotty (yeah)

We off, we slide, we ain't scared to die (let's go)

Speak less, more sex, yeah, we goin' live (nigga)

Yeah, I figured that I'm empty, but I'm on a ride (yeah)

Take it slow, hell no, aimin' for the light (woo)

How it goes when you're a damaged man

This is how it goes when you're a damaged man

How it goes when you're a damaged man

This is how it goes when you're a damaged man

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving off a lot of light
damaged /ˈdæmɪdʒd/ B2	adjective - hurt or broken
heat /hiːt/ B2	noun - high temperature verb - to apply heat or become hot
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to take part in a violent struggle noun - a physical or verbal confrontation
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a person
escape /ɛsˈkeɪp/ B2	verb - to get away from a place or situation
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical sensation of distress or suffering
peace /piːs/ B2	noun - a state of tranquility or quiet
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the existence of a person or thing
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen

Key Grammar Structures

• Handle this likewise, do it live or not nigga, ride by, clash rank

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood with verbs like 'handle' and 'do' to give commands or instructions.

• Know niggas can't be him, and I'm on 'cause I'm young, bright

  ➔ Contractions

  ➔ The phrase uses contractions like 'I'm' (I am) and 'can't' (cannot) for informal and conversational tone.

• And I'm tellin' baby, 'Don't try, this is a trip that I gotta do alone,'

  ➔ Quotation marks and reported speech

  ➔ The phrase uses quotation marks to directly quote speech and reported speech ('I gotta do alone') to convey a message.

• Hear they tryna stop me, hate on my growth (yeah)

  ➔ Present continuous with 'tryna' (trying to)

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous ('tryna stop me') to describe an ongoing action, with 'tryna' as a colloquial form of 'trying to'.

• How it goes when you're a damaged man

  ➔ Present tense in conditional context

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense ('goes') in a conditional context to describe a general truth or recurring situation.