Food Fight – English Lyrics

• By: B.o.B
• Album: The Upside Down

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into B.o.B's "Food Fight" to explore unique English vocabulary related to social commentary and metaphorical expressions. This song stands out for its intriguing take on 'food conspiracy' theories and an upbeat, danceable hip-hop style that makes its thought-provoking lyrics accessible and engaging.

[English]

Mind control

Tryna hit me with the mind control

When you know where your mind really is, you can't be mind control

Too many fallacies, what's the analysis since you were snoozing

I light up the islands, sheep will be

Sheep will be, sheep will be sleeping, they got sleep paralysis

Food pyramid ain't hiding no shit

Food pyramid that shilly ain't shit

Food pyramid that shilly ain't shit

Toxic waste, toxic waste

Food pyramid man really ain't shit

Food pyramid ain't hitting no shit

That shilly ain't shit, that's shilly ain't shit

Toxic waste, toxic waste, toxic, toxic

Toxic waste, toxic waste, toxic toxic

Radioactive, radioactive, radioactive

Toxic, ah, toxic waste, toxic

Food of the WiFi, food the WiFi, nigga I'm food for the WiFi

Cooking like food for the WiFi

Fuckin' wit, fuckin' with the right one, ay, (ay)

Sendin' with the right one, ay, (ay)

Fuck it if feel like ay, (ay)

Let me get a barn with a Hay, (ay)

Better make clap like ay, (ay)

Standing ovation ay, (ay)

Too many fallacies, what's the analysis since you were snoozing

I light up the islands, sheep will be

Sheep will be, sheep will be sleeping they got sleep paralysis

Food pyramid ain't hiding no shit

Food pyramid that's shilly ain't shit

Food pyramid that's shilly ain't shit

Toxic waste, toxic waste

Food pyramid man really ain't shit

Food pyramid ain't hitting no shit

That shilly ain't shit, that's shilly ain't shit

Toxic waste, toxic waste, toxic, toxic (ah ah ah)

Toxic waste, toxic waste, toxic toxic

Radioactive, radioactive, radioactive

Toxic, ah, toxic waste, toxic

Hey don't even get me started with this garbage

It don't matter what you eat if you're dead carcass

Might as well eating starches

If it's coming out your mouth is more toxic

Fucking with, fucking with the wrong shit ay (ay)

Fucking with my old shit ay (ay)

Well here is what I don't share ay (ay)

I ain't fucking with the clone shit ay (ay)

'Cause it's heading to another life ay (ay)

She gonna have to let me cut a slice ay (ay)

She, she fucking with my musicality

We fucking with more than anatomy

Tryna escape this reality

Fucking with my net neutrality

Food pyramid ain't hiding no shit

Food pyramid that's shilly ain't shit

Food pyramid that's shilly ain't shit

Toxic waste, toxic waste

Food pyramid man really ain't shit

Food pyramid ain't hitting no shit

That shilly ain't shit, that's shilly ain't shit

Toxic waste, toxic waste, toxic, toxic

Toxic waste, toxic waste, toxic toxic

Radioactive, radioactive, radioactive

Toxic, ah, toxic waste, toxic

Food the WiFi, food the WiFi, food the WiFi

Food food food food, food the WiFi

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
control /kənˈtroʊl/ A2	noun - the power to influence or direct people's behavior or events verb - to exercise power or influence over someone or something
toxic /ˈtɑksɪk/ B1	adjective - poisonous; harmful to living organisms
pyramid /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ B1	noun - a structure with a square base and four triangular sides meeting at a point
waste /weɪst/ A2	noun - unwanted or unusable material verb - to use or expend carelessly
radioactive /ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv/ B2	adjective - emitting radiation, especially alpha, beta, or gamma rays
analysis /əˈnælɪsɪs/ B2	noun - detailed examination of the elements or structure of something
fallacies /fəˈlæsiz/ C1	noun - a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments
paralysis /pəˈrælɪsɪs/ C1	noun - a condition in which one cannot move or act temporarily
sheep /ʃiːp/ A1	noun - a domesticated ruminant animal with a thick woolly coat
WiFi /ˈwaɪfaɪ/ B1	noun - a technology that allows devices to connect to the internet wirelessly
neutrality /njuːˈtræləti/ C1	noun - the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ A2	verb - to break free from confinement or control
anatomy /əˈnætəmi/ B2	noun - the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms
reality /riˈæləti/ A2	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
clone /kloʊn/ B1	noun - an identical copy of something verb - to make an identical copy of something

Key Grammar Structures

• Tryna hit me with the mind control

  ➔ Informal Contraction & Verb + Infinitive

  ➔ The word "Tryna" is an informal contraction of "trying to". This structure "try + to-infinitive" indicates an attempt to do something.

• When you know where your mind really is, you can't be mind control

  ➔ Conditional Clause & Modal Verb of Prohibition

  ➔ The sentence starts with a "When" clause (a type of conditional) and uses the modal verb "can't" to express prohibition or impossibility.

• what's the analysis since you were snoozing

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction 'since' & Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ The word "since" here acts as a subordinating conjunction, introducing a clause that provides a reason or a time reference, and "were snoozing" is in the past continuous tense.

• Sheep will be sleeping, they got sleep paralysis

  ➔ Future Continuous Tense & Informal Past Tense 'got'

  ➔ "will be sleeping" uses the future continuous tense to describe an action that will be in progress at a future time. "got" is an informal past tense of "have got" (meaning "experienced" or "suffered from").

• Food pyramid ain't hiding no shit

  ➔ Colloquial Negative Auxiliary 'ain't' & Double Negative for Emphasis

  ➔ "ain't" is an informal contraction for "is not", "are not", "has not", or "have not". In combination with "no shit", it forms an emphatic double negative, common in informal speech, meaning "is definitely not hiding anything".

• Cooking like food for the WiFi

  ➔ Present Participle as an Adverbial Phrase (Ellipsis)

  ➔ "Cooking" is a present participle used here to describe an action, likely implying an ellipsis of the subject and auxiliary verb (e.g., "I am cooking" or "It is cooking"), followed by a comparison "like food for the WiFi."

• Let me get a barn with a Hay

  ➔ Imperative with 'let' & Colloquial 'get'

  ➔ "Let me get" is an informal way to express a request or a desire, where "let" introduces a command/permission and "get" means "have" or "obtain."

• It don't matter what you eat if you're dead carcass

  ➔ Informal Negative Auxiliary 'don't' & Conditional Clause

  ➔ "don't" is used informally instead of "doesn't" for a third-person singular subject ("It"). The "if" clause introduces a condition.

• Might as well eating starches

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression 'might as well' & Gerund (Informal Usage)

  ➔ "Might as well" is an idiom suggesting that since there are no better alternatives, one should do something. While typically followed by a bare infinitive (e.g., "eat"), "eating" (a gerund) is used here in an informal or dialectal construction, possibly an ellipsis of "be" (might as well "be eating").

• She gonna have to let me cut a slice

  ➔ Informal Contraction 'gonna' & Modal Verb 'have to' & Causative Verb 'let'

  ➔ "gonna" is an informal contraction of "going to," indicating future intention or certainty. "have to" expresses obligation. "let me cut" uses the causative verb "let" followed by a bare infinitive.