Drop Top Sleigh Ride – English Lyrics

• By: Cher, Tyga

Lyrics & Translation

Ready to learn a different kind of English? "Drop Top Sleigh Ride" is a highly unusual collaboration that showcases how modern American slang and party culture are blended into the holiday theme. You'll learn contemporary phrases like 'drop top' and 'tearin' up the town' alongside traditional Christmas vocabulary, all set to an irresistible, bass-heavy hip-hop beat that's perfect for a non-traditional Christmas vocabulary lesson.

[English]

hey are you ready to roll from LA to the

North Pole are you ready I'm a jingle

bell away and these reindeer just won't

wait honey I can't let this party start

without you are you ready for some sugar

and some spice dripping diamonds on on

the ice if you've never touched the sky

then you're about

to hey are you ready to roll there won't

be no sunight it's Christmas turn it up

it's a VI it's Christmas tear it up the

town on a candy High going up tonight on

a drop top slave ride ride ride ride

ride

ride ride ride ride getting louder feel

the base with every bounce there's a

crowd in every house singing Let It sow

to

celebrate the

season hey are you ready to roll from LA

to the North Pole there won't be no sign

in

it's Christmas turn it up it's a it's

Christmas tear it up the town on a candy

hi out on a drop top SL ride ride ride

ride ride ride ride

ride ride ride

ride r r r

r hey are you ready to roll from Oakland

to the North Pole everyone drop top L

shake it up like a

glob it's jingling baby spot a tree in

the living room baby feeling like a kid

in the candy store baby got to open one

that's driving me crazy sit on my lap

your Santa is here red suit no beard

throwing money to the chandelier yeah I

make it reindeer blitzing PR girl keep

dancing dashing fixing feeling Roman

will you ride my sleigh tonight make

sure the kids is all right okay okay

let's go let's go kiss me under

mistletoe we can make angels in the snow

now shake that thing like a snow globe

won't be no night it's Christmas turn it

up it's a VI it's Christmas tearing up

the town on the can can hide going out

night on a drop top slave right ride R

ride it's Christmas R ride R ride it's

Christmas R ride ride ride it's

Christmas ride ride ride ride it's

[Music]

Christmas

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
roll ɹoʊl A1	verb - to move forward by turning over and over
jingle dʒɪŋɡl A2	noun - a light, ringing sound
reindeer ˈɹeɪnˌdɪɹ A2	noun - a deer species associated with Santa Claus
spice spaɪs A1	noun - a substance used to flavor food
diamonds ˈdaɪəməndz A1	noun - a precious stone made of crystallized carbon
sky skaɪ A1	noun - the area above the earth where clouds and celestial bodies are visible
bounce baʊns A2	verb - to rebound after hitting a surface
crowd kɹaʊd A1	noun - a large number of people gathered together
candy ˈkændi A1	noun - a sweet food made from sugar or syrup
sleigh slεɪ B1	noun - a vehicle on runners for traveling over snow
blitzing blɪtsɪŋ B2	verb - to attack or move suddenly and forcefully
chandelier ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪər B1	noun - a decorative light fixture suspended from the ceiling
mistletoe ˈmɪsəlˌtoʊ B1	noun - a plant traditionally used in Christmas decorations
snow globe snoʊ ɡloʊb A2	noun - a transparent sphere containing a miniature scene with artificial snow
celebrate ˈsɛləbrɛɪt A2	verb - to observe a special day or event with festivities

Key Grammar Structures

• are you ready to roll from LA to the North Pole

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense with 'are you ready' to express an action happening now or in the near future.

• I'm a jingle bell away

  ➔ Present simple tense with contraction

  ➔ The contraction 'I'm' is used for 'I am', demonstrating informal speech in the present simple tense.

• if you've never touched the sky then you're about to

  ➔ Present perfect and future simple

  ➔ 'You've never touched' uses the present perfect, while 'you're about to' indicates a future action.

• there won't be no sunlight

  ➔ Double negative (informal)

  ➔ The phrase uses a double negative ('won't be no'), which is informal and common in colloquial speech.

• it's Christmas turn it up

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ 'Turn it up' is in the imperative mood, used to give a direct command or instruction.

• going up tonight on a drop top sleigh ride

  ➔ Present continuous for future action

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous ('going up tonight') to describe a future action planned for a specific time.

• with every bounce there's a crowd in every house

  ➔ Present simple with 'there's'

  ➔ 'There's' is a contraction of 'there is', used here to indicate existence in the present simple tense.

• shake it up like a snow globe

  ➔ Imperative mood with simile

  ➔ The imperative 'shake it up' is combined with a simile ('like a snow globe') to create a vivid image.