EPIKISM – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: EPIK HIGH, Crush

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'EPIKISM' by Epik High and Crush to experience modern Korean hip-hop and soulful R&B. By exploring this track, listeners can learn poetic Korean phrasing, contemporary slang, and expressive conversational metaphors used in South Korea's vibrant music scene.

[English]

Lyrics by: TABLO/MITHRA JIN/Crush/Bang Chan/Seo Chang-bin/Han Ji-sung

Composed by: TABLO/MITHRA JIN/Bang Chan/Seo Chang-bin/Han Ji-sung/Crush/Groovy Room/badtree

Yo

**** what you heard

Livin' like sheep but you pounce like a wolf pack

Your love is a curse

Here for a sec then you bounce like a dead cat

Want me stuck in the dirt

Karma is real you take and you get back

What u deserve

Epik thinking

If you can't feel it

It's probably because you're ignorant

Yeah

It's probably because you're uneducated

Yessir

Life is a third-rate movie even without looking

And why we shining like Kubrick

Eyes wide shut, please pay attention

You're so jealous, if you open your mouth you'll starve

We stay FED, our results are our stock

We're too big to fail

It never cools down, we go overboard

Move aside, big shots, no one is above me

Poems born from my madness for creation

Always driven to the point of madness, they became songs

Permanently, there is no winter

Passion burns like 100 degrees

Rolling up my sleeves, even my commute is a workday

Workaholic, I'm the fiend and dealer

Blo

I have no intention of changing my attitude

No matter what the world says

Say less say less

I'm officially a born hater

That's how I ride

Goin' high

What do you know?

I'm officially officially

Officially officially

Instead of being salt and light, I'm blood and pus

짜내 인생을 걸고 신과 노름

50:50, since even God doesn't know

Straight ahead, straight ahead, my heart rate rises

From a killer bee to a killer beast

Growing bigger, Godzilla shit

This is evolution for survival

A clue found in the middle of the ice age

All day

Saying "I can't, I can't" leads to being left behind

No way

No pain no gain, whether it works or not, go, go

If you don't want your bed to become a coffin

Let sweat fall instead of tears

Let self-reflection grow instead of jealousy

EPIKISM is what raised me

The relative deprivation you feel

The days and nights of my youth

The satisfaction of filling yourself by tearing others down

Is just the weakness you want to hide

Like a three-year-old's toy

뺏긴 듯이 떼쓰지 말란 말

My prime that you envy

Is rated 18 and over

That's how I ride

Goin' high

What do you know?

I'm officially officially

Officially officially

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I mix it

Wooh shake up the world, get it shake it

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I spin it

J-E-O-N-G-S-I-K, Kim Jung-sik

Listen closely to this beatmaker's rap

I'm good at everything I do, this & that

Not just a background screen standing behind

Now it's my time to be the main

I'm 44, so what?

My hair is still thick and lush

Until you guys lose all your teeth

Go by the book, go my way

I've written all the masterpieces

Jung-sik, the key contributor to Epik High

I don't want to lose my livelihood, so I dug into the tracks

I paved a new path, the unofficial leader every time

That's me

Who says I'm nothing without the beat?

When I grab the mic, anyone else turns into gas

Kim Jung-sik's boom is coming

비켜 눈앞에 티몬이랑 품바

Simba

If you don't like me, you leave

Even if I don't like you, you leave

If I'm the one who dislikes it, I'm fine

You're the one with the problem

Troublemaker, get in position

Two-cut, two-cut, just a clip on TV

A grumbler and a whiner, but

Two-cut, two-cut, a true alpha

One-two, jab, hook, uppercut

I have no intention of changing my attitude

No matter what the world says

Say less say less

I'm officially a born hater

That's how I ride

Goin' high

What do you know?

I'm officially officially

Officially officially

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I mix it

Wooh shake up the world, get it shake it

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I spin it

Wooh we officially EPIK HIGH

[Korean]

作词 : TABLO/MITHRA JIN/Crush/方灿/徐彰彬/韩知城

作曲 : TABLO/MITHRA JIN/方灿/徐彰彬/韩知城/Crush/Groovy Room/badtree

야

**** what you heard

Livin' like sheep but you pounce like a wolf pack

Your love is a curse

Here for a sec then you bounce like a dead cat

Want me stuck in the dirt

Karma is real you take and you get back

What u deserve

에픽적 사고

날 못 느끼면

그건 아마 네가 무지

해서

그건 아마 네가 무식

Yessir

삶이 안 봐도 삼류 movie

And why we shining like kubrick

Eyes wide shut 제발 봐 눈치

네가 배아파 입 벌리면 다 굶지

We stay FED 성과가 주식

우린 fail 하기엔 too big

절대 안 식어 도를 넘지

큰손은 치워 no one 내 위

창작에 미쳐 뽑아낸 시

늘 눈이 뒤집혀 곡이 됐지

Permanently 겨울 없지

열정 burn like 100 degrees

팔을 걷지 난 퇴근길도 출근길이야

일중독 I'm the fiend and dealer

Blo

바꿀 생각없는 내 태도

세상이 뭐라고 말해도

Say less say less

I'm officially a born hater

That's how I ride

Goin' high

네가 뭘 알아?

I'm officially officially

Officially officially

빛과 소금 되려 피와 고름

짜내 인생을 걸고 신과 노름

50:50 신도 모르니

직진 직진 심박 오름

Killa bee에서 Killa beast

몸집 키워 Godzilla shit

이건 생존을 위한 진화

빙하기 속에 찾은 실마리

All day

못 해 못 해 하다 결국 도태 도태

No way

No pain no gain 되던 말던 go해 go해

너의 침대가 관 되기 싫음

눈물보다 땀 맺히기를

시기질투보다 자기반성이

나를 키워냈던 EPIKISM

네가 느낀 상대적 박탈감

내 젊은 날의 낮과 밤

남을 깎아 채우던 만족감은

네가 감추고픈 나약함

세살배기 애 장난감

뺏긴 듯이 떼쓰지 말란 말

넘보고 싶은 나의 전성기는

18세 이상 관람가

That's how I ride

Goin' high

네가 뭘 알아?

I'm officially officially

Officially officially

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I mix it

Wooh 세상을 흔들어 버려 get it shake it

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I spin it

J-E-O-N-G-S-I-K 김정식

잘들어 비트쟁이 rap

뭐든 하면 잘해 this & that

뒤에만 서 있는 병풍 말고

이젠 내가 main 할때

내 나이 44 어쩌라고

아직 내 머리숱 풍성하고

너네들 이 뽑힐때까지도

정식대로 go 내식대로 go

명곡이란 명곡은 다 썼지

정식 에픽하이의 1등 공신

랩은 밥그릇 뺏기 싫어 트랙을 팠지

새로운길을 텄지 매번 비공식적 leader

That's me

누가 그래 비트 빼면 시체

내가 mic 잡음 누구든 사라져버릴 기체

김정식의 붐은 온다

비켜 눈앞에 티몬이랑 품바

심바

내가 싫으면 너가 꺼져

내가 너가 싫다해도 너가 꺼져

내가 싫다면은 나는 문제없어

너가 문제 있는거야

문제아 엎드려 뻗쳐

투컷투컷 방송엔 두컷

투덜 투덜 쟁이지만

투컷투컷 진정한 수컷

원투 쨉 훅 어퍼컷

바꿀 생각없는 내 태도

세상이 뭐라고 말해도

Say less say less

I'm officially a born hater

That's how I ride

Goin' high

네가 뭘 알아?

I'm officially officially

Officially officially

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I mix it

Wooh 세상을 흔들어 버려 get it shake it

Wooh turn the tables yeah you know I spin it

Wooh we officially EPIK HIGH

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
무지 muji Level 5	noun - ignorance, lack of knowledge
무식 musik Level 5	noun - ignorance, lack of education
삼류 samnyu Level 5	noun - third-rate
성과 seonggwa Level 3	noun - result, outcome, achievement
주식 jusik Level 4	noun - stock, share (also staple food)
창작 changjak Level 4	noun - creation, authorship
열정 yeoljeong Level 3	noun - passion, enthusiasm
태도 taedo Level 2	noun - attitude, posture
생존 saengjon Level 4	noun - survival
진화 jinhwa Level 4	noun - evolution
실마리 silmari Level 5	noun - clue, hint
도태 dotae Level 6	noun - elimination, culling, being left behind
눈물 nunmul Level 1	noun - tear
자기반성 jagibanseong Level 5	noun - self-reflection
박탈감 baktalgam Level 6	noun - sense of deprivation
전성기 jeonseonggi Level 5	noun - glory days, prime
머리숱 meorisut Level 4	noun - amount of hair