DTLA – English Lyrics

• By: Kim Petras
• Album: Detour

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of 'DTLA' to master modern English slang and casual conversational expressions used in social settings. This song is perfect for learners wanting to grasp the fast-paced, energetic vocabulary of contemporary pop culture and nightlife descriptions.

[English]

Be very, very

interesting.

>> [music]

[music]

>> 101 [music] when I'm on my way.

Just to see [music] your face, it's

going get lit.

>> [music]

>> Oh my god,

all [music] you [ __ ] went through.

Made it to his bedroom.

Only ones up here. All night long, now

my innocence gone. [music]

You going to lay that pipe down.

Why you play that Drake song?

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Pick up with the fur.

>> [music]

>> Cuz my [ __ ] all up.

In my low rise jeans.

Pull [music] up to your high rise.

My shawty tall, supermodel, like I walk

for Dior. Elevator, take it [music] up

to your floor.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Yeah.

>> [music]

>> Play a GTA, play a

GTA, play a

GTA. Pick up the bag

cuz my [ __ ] all that.

My [ __ ]

Gs.

Pull up to your high rise.

My shot [music] is tall, supermodel like

a walk in Dior.

Elevator ticket up to your floor.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music and singing]

[music]

>> Screaming at the penthouse.

Nobody [clears throat] can hear

That's only [music] clouds.

That's only clouds.

Screaming from my high rise.

I don't

even know your

GTA, [music] GTA, GTA, GTA, GTA, GTA.

Such a

long way down.

Oh,

it's such a

long way down.

Yeah.

>> [music]

>> My tears

don't touch the

clouds.

Such a

>> [music]

>> long way down.

Such a

long way down.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
interesting /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/ A2	adjective - arousing curiosity or interest
bedroom /ˈbɛdruːm/ A1	noun - a room for sleeping in
innocence /ˈɪnəsns/ B2	noun - lack of guile or corruption; purity
jeans /dʒiːnz/ A1	noun - hard-wearing casual trousers made of denim
supermodel /ˈsuːpərmɒdl/ B2	noun - a famous and highly paid fashion model
elevator /ˈɛlɪveɪtər/ A2	noun - a platform or enclosure for raising and lowering people or things
penthouse /ˈpɛnthaʊs/ B2	noun - a luxurious flat at the top of a building
clouds /klaʊdz/ A2	noun - visible masses of condensed water vapor floating in the sky
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from the eye
screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - giving a long, loud, piercing cry

Key Grammar Structures

• When I'm on my way.

  ➔ Temporal Clause with 'When'

  ➔ Used to describe an action occurring simultaneously with another. The structure "When + subject + verb" establishes the context of the journey.

• All night long, now my innocence gone.

  ➔ Ellipsis (Omission of 'is')

  ➔ In informal or poetic speech, the verb 'is' is often omitted. The full sentence would be "now my innocence is gone".

• You going to lay that pipe down.

  ➔ Future intention using 'going to'

  ➔ Colloquial structure "You going to" (dropping the auxiliary 'are') expresses a prediction or future intent.

• My shawty tall, supermodel, like I walk for Dior.

  ➔ Comparative 'like' (Prepositional phrase)

  ➔ 'Like' is used here as a preposition to mean 'as if' or 'similarly to', comparing the subject's walk to a runway model.

• Elevator, take it up to your floor.

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ Used to give a direct command or request to the elevator (personified) to move upwards.

• Nobody can hear, that's only clouds.

  ➔ Demonstrative Pronoun 'that'

  ➔ 'That' refers back to the distance or the cause of the silence (the clouds being the only things nearby).

• My tears don't touch the clouds.

  ➔ Negative Present Simple

  ➔ Used with 'do not' (don't) to describe a general fact or state of being in the present.

• Such a long way down.

  ➔ Exclamatory structure with 'Such a'

  ➔ "Such a" is used before a noun phrase to emphasize the intensity or degree of the distance.