Dead Man Walking – English Lyrics

• By: Yungeen Ace
• Album: I Am What They Dont See

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

When this beef shit got real it was nobody but us

In them cars every night, it was nobody but us

Anywhere I can go down, in my gun I trust

I ain't just rapping 'bout this shit, I really made my chopper bust

You ain't gotta choose or pick a side it's already y'all against us

You ain't never caught a soul, you ain't never felt that rush

You ain't never got hit with that fire, you don't feel it either

The only thing go through your mind is how you finna get even

All I hear is a double in my head, it created a reaper

I don't give a fuck 'bout what they saying, I'm killing for my people

He know when block to block tryna catch him loafing and catch a hat

You ain't never been on the drill knowing it's time you might not make it back

Man be careful how you drive wrong move, I'm on that car

You can try to run from me last nigga ain't make it far

You can see in my eyes inside of them to the streets took me apart

I wasn't playing at the playground, I was letting them guns spark

The beef so real if I wanted to block then they had my gun in school

I was ready to die or go to jail, I can't got nothing to lose

You can't play me like no bitch, I got blood on my boots

You ever thought a nigga died then checked the news and he pulled through

Menace scrape next time, I'mma get 'em when I catch him then he through

When that last nigga died, I knew way before the news

I ain't bragging like this cool, this my real life

Knowing one day I gotta go, this shit real life

I lost my dogs to the streets, don't expect me to fuck with you

He gotta understand before this time, that shit was nothing new

It's okay when you hit the streets, I got a surprise for you

I know some niggas wasn't getting that call when I was ready to die for you

Walk alone in the streets they say I'm a dead man walking

I don't want nobody crying and bury me in a coffin

My girl praying she trying to help me fight these demons off me

Before I ever found love I found it in my glock

Everything I ever needed to know, I learned it from the block

Seen so much shit at a young age in the back seat booted up

We ain't cry when it was war, nigga we suited up

Unkwan died they said "Fuck him", I told them "Bust it up!"

Bro called him lacking, I responded add 'em up

They tried to pick him up and I seen a nigga face rip

Wanted the nigga dead so bad, I did a whole clip

Bitch catch my drip, you see me coming don't fall or trip

He think he seen something but he ain't seen nothing till he seen me

The opps is already down way before they went up three

They ain't lying 'bout me you thinking it's sweet then a nigga come and see

Walk alone in the streets they say I'm a dead man walking

I don't want nobody crying and bury me in a coffin

My girl praying she trying to help me fight these demons off me

No I ain't bragging 'bout this shit, this my real life

I know one day I gotta leave this shit real life

This shit real life

Key Grammar Structures

• When this beef shit got real it was nobody but us

  ➔ Subordinate Clause (Time Clause)

  ➔ The use of "When" sets the temporal context for the state of affairs described in the main clause.

• I ain't just rapping 'bout this shit, I really made my chopper bust

  ➔ Non-standard contraction (Negative auxiliary)

  ➔ "Ain't" is used here as a multifunctional negative auxiliary replacing "am not".

• You ain't never caught a soul, you ain't never felt that rush

  ➔ Double negative / Emphatic negation

  ➔ Using "ain't" with "never" creates an emphatic negative construction common in vernacular English.

• The only thing go through your mind is how you finna get even

  ➔ Slang/Future construction (Gonna/Finna)

  ➔ "Finna" is a contraction of "fixing to," used to indicate intention or the near future.

• I don't give a fuck 'bout what they saying, I'm killing for my people

  ➔ Present Continuous for current actions

  ➔ "What they saying" acts as a noun clause functioning as the object of the preposition.

• You ain't never been on the drill knowing it's time you might not make it back

  ➔ Modal of probability (might) + Present Participle

  ➔ "Might" expresses uncertainty, while "knowing" functions as an adverbial participle describing the subject.

• My girl praying she trying to help me fight these demons off me

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of verb 'is')

  ➔ The speaker omits the auxiliary verb 'is' before 'praying' and 'trying', common in casual speech.

• Before I ever found love I found it in my glock

  ➔ Temporal Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "Before I ever found love" functions as a temporal clause establishing a sequence of events.