Finally – English Lyrics

• By: M.I.A.

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into M.I.A.'s "Finally," a track brimming with empowering messages set to a unique electronic and dancehall beat. Its clear, repetitive phrases make it an excellent song for English language learners to pick up vocabulary related to self-assurance and resilience. The song's blend of global sounds and M.I.A.'s distinctive style offer a captivating listening experience that encourages a deeper connection with the language through music.

[English]

(upbeat music)

(drums drumming)

♪ I'm a freak ♪

(gun cocks) (gunshot fires)

♪ What haters say about me don't worry me ♪

♪ I keep it moving forward to what's ahead of me ♪

♪ You gonna see ♪

♪ I'm not gonna waste energy ♪

♪ Cause I'm free and I'm a freak ♪

♪ All the people I love I try to keep ♪

♪ We get deep ♪

♪ Keep it street ♪

♪ And were never gonna stay asleep ♪

♪ Finally ♪

♪ What haters say about me don't worry me ♪

♪ I keep it moving forward to ♪

♪ What's ahead of me ♪

♪ You gonna see I'm gonna be ♪

♪ And you're gonna remember me ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ I'm someone's shot of whiskey ♪

♪ Not everyone's tea ♪

♪ Cause I'm free and I'm a freak ♪

♪ All the people I love I try to keep ♪

♪ We get deep ♪

♪ Keep it street ♪

♪ And were never gonna stay asleep ♪

♪ Finally ♪

♪ What haters say about me don't worry me ♪

♪ I keep it moving forward to what's ahead of me ♪

♪ You gonna see I'm gonna be ♪

♪ And you're gonna remember me ♪

(kazoos playing)

♪ Underneath my trouble ♪

♪ I'm gonna find me the treble ♪

♪ And underneath my case ♪

♪ I'm gonna find me the bass ♪

♪ You get through ♪

♪ You get truth ♪

♪ And that's how it's gonna be ♪

♪ Cause I'm free I'm a freak ♪

♪ I can see what's real and fantasy ♪

♪ What you believe ♪

♪ You gotta see ♪

♪ Life on the planet's university ♪

♪ Underneath my trouble ♪

♪ I'm gonna find me the treble ♪

♪ And underneath my case ♪

♪ I'm gonna find me the bass ♪

♪ You get through ♪

♪ You get truth ♪

♪ And that's how it's gonna be ♪

♪ Finally ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ I'm free and I'm a freak ♪

♪ All the people I love I try to keep ♪

♪ We get deep ♪

♪ Keep it street ♪

♪ And were never gonna stay asleep ♪

♪ Finally ♪

♪ What haters say about me don't worry me ♪

♪ I keep it moving forward to what's ahead of me ♪

♪ You gonna see I'm gonna be ♪

♪ And you're gonna remember me ♪

(kazoos playing)

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ There's nothing in this life that's guaranteed ♪

♪ That's why we get high on reality ♪

♪ Memories and families ♪

♪ Work and money and stay happy ♪

♪ Finally ♪

♪ Life on the planets university ♪

♪ You get stronger in adversity ♪

♪ What you mean it's easy ♪ (kazoos playing)

♪ Life's just a bitter sweet symphony ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ I'm a freak of it ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ I'm a freak of it ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ I'm a freak of it ♪

♪ Yee ♪

♪ I'm a freak of it ♪

♪ I'm a freak ♪

(music fades)

Key Grammar Structures

• What haters say about me don't worry me.

  ➔ negative present simple (don't + base verb)

  ➔ The word "don't" forms a negative command meaning "do not cause me worry".

• I keep it moving forward to what's ahead of me.

  ➔ keep + object + present participle (causative)

  ➔ "keep" followed by "it moving" shows continuous action: "continue to cause it to move".

• You gonna see I'm gonna be.

  ➔ going to future (gonna) – informal contraction

  ➔ "gonna" is the informal short form of "going to", used for future intention: "You are going to see...".

• I'm someone's shot of whiskey, not everyone's tea.

  ➔ possessive noun phrase (someone's / everyone's)

  ➔ "someone's" and "everyone's" show ownership: "a shot that belongs to someone" vs. "tea that belongs to everyone".

• Underneath my trouble, I'm gonna find me the treble.

  ➔ double object construction (find me the treble)

  ➔ "find me the treble" has two objects: "me" (indirect) and "the treble" (direct). It means "locate the treble for me".

• There's nothing in this life that's guaranteed.

  ➔ there + be + indefinite pronoun + relative clause

  ➔ "There's" = "there is"; "nothing" is the subject, followed by the relative clause "that's guaranteed" describing it.

• That's why we get high on reality.

  ➔ "that's why" + clause (causal connective)

  ➔ "that's why" introduces a reason: "for that reason, we get high on reality".

• Life's just a bitter sweet symphony.

  ➔ contraction of "is" (Life's = Life is)

  ➔ "Life's" merges "Life" and "is", forming the verb phrase "Life is just a...".

• You get stronger in adversity.

  ➔ comparative adjective (stronger)

  ➔ "stronger" is the comparative form of "strong", used with "get" to mean "become more strong".