Lyrics & Translation
Explore the depths of emotional healing with Kevin Gates' "Factory Reset." This track offers a unique lens into overcoming heartbreak and personal struggles, providing listeners with an opportunity to connect with themes of resilience and the journey toward finding inner peace. Through its raw honesty and compelling narrative, this song not only showcases Kevin Gates' artistry but also encourages listeners to reflect on their own paths to emotional recovery.
[English]
I'm destroyed on the insideI'm dying inside
Say I'm hard to love, but I love hard
Casualties I lost in war, I suffer without cause
My children needed me, the system won't accept they calls
Supposed to be tourin' out the country, I'm behind a wall
Every man must search his own soul, but God for us all
Ran it back to M's right in front of him when I lost it all
Eulogy and funeral came out of nowhere, still I hold it down
Jail wouldn't even let me leave to see him put her in the ground
Tellin' Jay it don't even make sense to even come in town
Private jets and Lear strips to pull up, cash deposit out
My partner say they tryna give him life, but he gon' ride it out
Pick your best 12, your skin not white, you got to fight it out
My mother's health decreasing, we barely speakin', tryna build a bond
Vision depletin', difficult to see her oldest son
Pray the Lord blessed me every season with a holy run
I'll check off, swingin', maybe this'll be a hole-in-one
Million dollar stream next week, I'm thinkin', "Hole-in-one"
Say you love me, yeah, know I'm not the only one
We hit ATL, buyin' candy while I purchase flowers
Mucho and Mozzy grave, I pray we sit and talk for hours
Showin' off all of my diamonds and my latest watches
Reminiscin' 'bout the times when you was right on side me
Keep that other business tucked, I know you know I got it
Got all the cake been baked, I dressed it with the nicest icing
Soon as I get that business clear, I lay it right on side you
Bulletproof vest, two dead fishes, silly Luca Brasi
Ferrari yellow Bumblebee, get AMG coupe, I'm ridin'
Clean my image up, they know that I'm still out my body
Got away from everybody, tryna renew my peace
Ninety days and countin', me and big brother still ain't speakin'
Dealin' with a lot, afraid to let 'em see me weaken
No surrender, no retreat
But I'm dying inside
Accepted every win same as I did defeat
On the internet complainin', why you playin' with me?
Not on social media, not entertainin' beef
Parked 'em with the pop out on feet and put that bitch to sleep
Exercised discretion, movin' real discreet
These niggas pure pussy, tell 'em how they keep it P
Who I love, I don't discuss, prefer to keep it G
I'm dying inside
Nobody's perfect, I've been healin', I've been through some things
Learnin' how to fly again, I regrew my wings
Actin' out of self-love, learnin' how to do for me
Two-point-two million purple diamond pinky ring
Eleven-point-twenty-eight carats diamond on the other ring
Genuine, when I used to pray to God, sayin', "You for me?"
Now I'm a new creature, everything ain't how it used to be
I reciprocate the energy that you produce for me
Learned how to take it on the chin and view it as a lesson
Heaven made my heart too big, and I think it's the fact prayin'
Praying God, "Please set it back to the factory settings"
I don't want love again
'Cause I'm dying inside
Please set it back to the factory settings
I don't want love again
'Cause I'm dying inside
Don't be mad at me, bro, I'm just healin', boy, you heard me?
I'm just healin', boy
I deal with a lot
I'm dying inside
Please set it back to the factory settings
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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I'm destroyed on the inside
➔ Present Simple Passive
➔ Uses the past participle "destroyed" to express a state of being. "**I'm** **destroyed**" indicates the speaker is in a destroyed state.
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Casualties I lost in war, I suffer without cause
➔ Elliptical Clause and Active Voice
➔ The sentence is structured to omit the repeated subject. The active voice is used in "I suffer".
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My children needed me, the system won't accept they calls
➔ Past Tense (needed), Future Simple (won't accept)
➔ The use of "needed" indicates a past requirement, contrasted with the future denial "won't accept".
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Supposed to be tourin' out the country, I'm behind a wall
➔ Passive Voice (supposed to be), Prepositional Phrase (behind a wall)
➔ "Supposed to be" indicates a planned action, using passive voice. "Behind a wall" is a prepositional phrase showing location.
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Every man must search his own soul, but God for us all
➔ Modal Verb (must), Conjunction (but), Prepositional Phrase (for us all)
➔ "Must" expresses obligation. "But" connects contrasting ideas. "For us all" indicates a purpose or benefit.
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Ran it back to M's right in front of him when I lost it all
➔ Past Simple (ran, lost), Prepositional Phrase (in front of him)
➔ "Ran" and "lost" are past simple verbs, describing past actions. "In front of him" describes location.
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Pray the Lord blessed me every season with a holy run
➔ Imperative (Pray), Past Participle (blessed), Prepositional Phrase (with a holy run)
➔ "Pray" starts the sentence in the imperative mood. "Blessed" is used as a past participle, functioning as an adjective. "With a holy run" describes how he was blessed.
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I'll check off, swingin', maybe this'll be a hole-in-one
➔ Future Simple (I'll check off), Present Participle (swingin'), Modal Verb (maybe)
➔ "I'll check off" uses the future simple. "Swingin'" is a present participle, used here as an adjective or part of a continuous action. "Maybe" expresses possibility.
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Learnin' how to fly again, I regrew my wings
➔ Present Continuous (Learnin'), Past Simple (regrew)
➔ "Learnin'" uses the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action. "Regrew" is past simple, indicating a completed action.
