Flatline Pt 2 – English Lyrics

• By: B.o.B
• Album: EARTH Mixtape

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Tesla shit on Edison, food should be your medicine

Started dropping elements, shit been crazy ever since

Food should be your medicine, Tesla shit on Edison

Started dropping elements, shit been crazy ever since

Don't ask me who I'm voting for, Donkey or a Elephant

I do not have a preference,

Now miss me with that extra shit

I am not a pessimist, I'm just too intelligent

I learned to see the world the way

It is and make the best of it

A leader to a state is like a God to a Reverend

One hell of a interest even better when I'm exiting

Brand new affinity, ain't got time for questioning

Shooting through the rhetoric,

I think I need an extra clip

I ain't got a ghost writer, this is not a reference

I switch the style up, Eddy Gordo on some Tekken shit

Whoo!

Evidence, plus I got the evidence

Mother Earth, eh, what's up bitch?

What's your measurements?

What if Donald Trump was really Mexican?

What if a Black Man never was President?

Flatline

Navigating the field of landmines

Black crime, Black minds

There's no superior bloodline, Yeah up!

Fuck award shows, we need justice in the courtroom

When I get to talking real shit,

They say: You bugging dude

It's gonna take more than getting some trending on Twitter

It's gonna take more than fucking COEXIST bumper stickers!

The question, I always hear this question,

How did you get into the music business, were you let in?

Or blessed in?"

I'm guessing, I never signed my name in blood or sacrificed

My best friend

I got as far as I could go before I hit a dead end

Sit back and let it set in

Hollywood loves making niggas wear dresses

This is where I step in

And I know you don't wanna hear it

Nigga's writing conscious lyrics, just to sell out concert tickets

Nigga's buy or bought a Polo, Polo never sponsor niggas

Tommy never one of the niggas rocking Hilfiger

Niggas doing charity to be a real nigga

But when the camera's off they don't wanna deal with you

When I had cured these people, sick as hell,

And lupus, and herpes, and blindness, I was happy!

I said: Now, I can go to all the leaders,

I could go to Minister Farrakhan, I could go to Jesse Jackson

I could go to Al Sharpton, I could go to Oprah Winfrey

But what I found out, I was mistaken

I was wrong.

They are not interested in the healing of any black people

That's an explosive claim

That is not an explosive statement!

That is a reality!

There isn't a black leader in America,

That is interested in the health of the black race

You say that because they refused to interact with you?

They are not in the position to respond

If they were, my first case of Aids was cured in 1984

And since then, we've been curing people of lupus

And herpes and cancer and blindness

Not one black leader ever said

Well let us help the brother

BANDZ!

Flatline

Fooled us for the last time

Flatline, Flatline

There's no superior bloodline, dead

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
evidence /ˈɛvɪdəns/ B1	noun - proof or signs indicating something
medicine /ˈmɛdəsən/ A2	noun - a substance used to treat illness
elements /ˈɛləmənts/ B1	noun - essential or particular parts of something
rhetoric /ˈrɛtərɪk/ C1	noun - the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
conscious /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ B2	adjective - aware of and responding to one's surroundings
justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/ B1	noun - fairness in the way people are treated
trending /ˈtrɛndɪŋ/ B1	adjective - becoming popular or fashionable
sacrifice /ˈsækərfaɪs/ B2	noun - an act of giving up something valued verb - to give up something valued
explosive /ɪkˈsploʊsɪv/ B2	adjective - capable of exploding or causing a sudden release of energy
reality /riˈælɪti/ B1	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
cured /kɜːrd/ B1	verb - to relieve someone from a disease or problem
blindness /ˈblaɪndnɪs/ B2	noun - the state of being unable to see
interest /ˈɪntrəst/ A2	noun - a feeling of wanting to know or learn about something
questioning /ˈkwɛstʃəniŋ/ B1	noun - the act of asking questions
superior /suˈpɪriər/ B2	adjective - higher in rank, skill, or quality
navigating /ˈnævɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - to plan and follow a route or course

Key Grammar Structures

• Don't ask me who I'm voting for, Donkey or a Elephant

  ➔ Negative imperative + embedded question with present continuous

  ➔ Don't ask me "who I'm voting for", Donkey or a Elephant

• I am not a pessimist, I'm just too intelligent

  ➔ Present simple negative + contrast with "just"

  ➔ I'm "just" too intelligent

• I think I need an extra clip

  ➔ Verb of cognition + omitted that‑clause (object clause)

  ➔ "I think" I need an extra clip

• What if Donald Trump was really Mexican?

  ➔ Second conditional (hypothetical) using past simple in the if‑clause

  ➔ What if Donald Trump "was" really Mexican?

• When I get to talking real shit, they say: You bugging dude

  ➔ Temporal clause with "when" + present simple; reporting speech

  ➔ "When" I get to talking real shit, they say: You bugging dude

• I'm guessing, I never signed my name in blood or sacrificed

  ➔ Present continuous + past simple negative; contrast of actions

  ➔ I "never" signed my name in blood or sacrificed

• There isn't a black leader in America, that is interested in the health of the black race

  ➔ Existential "there" + negative; relative clause with "that"

  ➔ There isn't a black leader in America, "that" is interested in the health of the black race

• If they were, my first case of Aids was cured in 1984

  ➔ Second conditional (if + past simple) + past simple passive in result clause

  ➔ "If" they were, my first case of Aids was cured in 1984

• I could go to Minister Farrakhan, I could go to Jesse Jackson

  ➔ Modal "could" for hypothetical ability/potential

  ➔ I "could" go to Minister Farrakhan, I "could" go to Jesse Jackson

• Flatline, Flatline, There's no superior bloodline, dead

  ➔ Existential "there's no" + noun phrase; zero copula in listing

  ➔ There's "no" superior bloodline, dead