E85 – English Lyrics

• By: Don Toliver
• Album: OCTANE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the melodic world of Don Toliver with 'E85'! This song is perfect for learners looking to master modern English slang, rhythmic flow, and the atmospheric vocabulary of contemporary hip-hop. Its unique cadence makes it an engaging way to practice listening to nuanced vocal textures.

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[music]

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[music]

>> On a highway and I'm thinking [singing]

that I love her.

On a highway and I'm thinking ain't no

rubber.

On a highway with my sneaky leather.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> On [music] a highway and I'm thinking

that I love her.

On a highway and I'm drinking ain't no

rubber.

On [music] a highway with my sneaky

leather.

>> [music]

[music]

>> You'll be running in the summer. You got

a brand [singing] new Hummer. We laugh

all day like Dumb and Dumber. I'm about

to shoot my shot. [music] She love my

jumper. My favorite outfit is her

see-through romper. No worry, I got you.

I promise I won't hurt her. She talk

like a snapping turtle. [music] She

squirt like that [singing] fighter.

>> [music and singing]

[music]

>> Cuz this and she was supposed to be

on the highway and I'm thinking that I

love her.

>> [music]

>> On the highway and I'm thinking ain't no

rubber.

On the highway with my CD skipping

lover.

>> [music]

>> You've been running in the summer. You

[music] got a brand new Hummer. We laugh

all day like dummer [music] and dummer.

I'm about to shoot my shot. She loving

my jumper. My favorite outfit [music] is

a see through rubber.

>> [music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
highway /ˈhaɪweɪ/ A2	noun - a main public road
sneaky /ˈsniːki/ B2	adjective - furtive, sly, or underhanded
leather /ˈlɛðər/ A2	noun - material made from the skin of an animal
hummer /ˈhʌmər/ C2	noun - a brand of large, heavy-duty off-road vehicle
jumper /ˈdʒʌmpər/ B1	noun - a knitted garment worn on the upper body
romper /ˈrɒmpər/ B2	noun - a one-piece garment combining a shirt and shorts
snapping /ˈsnæpɪŋ/ B1	adjective - causing something to break suddenly with a sharp noise
turtle /ˈtɜːrtl/ A1	noun - a reptile with a hard shell
fighter /ˈfaɪtər/ A2	noun - a person or animal that fights
skipping /ˈskɪpɪŋ/ B1	verb - missing parts or causing a jump in sequence

Key Grammar Structures

• On a highway and I'm thinking that I love her.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The structure "I'm thinking" indicates an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• You'll be running in the summer.

  ➔ Future Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase "You'll be running" describes an action that will be in progress during a future period (summer).

• You got a brand new Hummer.

  ➔ Simple Past (Informal usage for Present Perfect)

  ➔ In colloquial English, "got" is frequently used to mean "have got" or "have" (possession).

• I'm about to shoot my shot.

  ➔ "Be about to" structure

  ➔ This structure indicates that an action is going to happen in the very near future.

• She love my jumper.

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement (Colloquial/Dialectal variation)

  ➔ In African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and many dialects, the 's' is often omitted in the third-person singular.

• I promise I won't hurt her.

  ➔ Future Simple (Negative)

  ➔ "Won't" is the contraction of "will not", used to express a promise or intention not to do something.

• She was supposed to be on the highway.

  ➔ "Be supposed to" construction

  ➔ This expresses an expectation or an arrangement that was intended to happen in the past.

• We laugh all day like Dumb and Dumber.

  ➔ Simile using "like"

  ➔ A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things using the words "like" or "as".