Genie – English Lyrics

• By: YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Album: Until Death Call My Name Reloaded

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Genie." This emotionally charged hip-hop track offers an authentic glimpse into the artist's life, filled with reflections on pain, trust, and resilience. Through its poignant lyrics, you can explore contemporary American English, particularly within the context of personal storytelling and street vernacular, making it a powerful and relevant song for language learners.

[English]

This a pain song, but I'm letting everything go

I promise when I speak specifically about anything

'Cause that's my way of showing I don't care no more

I'ma just go with my life

Until death call my name

Playboy on this bitch, but he ain't playing though

Too many problems, yeah

Thinking how I'm gon' solve it, yeah

So much pain in my body, yeah

They selling lies and I bought it, yeah

Don't tell me that you love me if you ain't gon' die for me, yeah

You can stay the fuck from 'round me if you ain't gon' ride for me, yeah

Told me you would never leave, how can you just lie to me? Yeah

Get from off your knees, you ain't got to cry to me, yeah

I been giving all my love, tell me, do you feel it?

Never learned how to trust sittin' in penitentiary

All for you, I'll take a slug, baby, who the realest?

Had to tell her I'm a genie, I can answer wishes, yeah

I got my static when you ride with me

We get pulled over, no, you ain't going to do no time for me

I put my hands up, police drew down on me

So many charges make me wanna go away overseas, yeah

Reminiscing 'bout them days I was sittin' up in that cage

I was begging you to stay, and you hung up in my face

Free Kodak, everything gettin' slayed

They keep begging me to change

Talked to Future the other day and

He say I need to change lanes, yeah

'Cause they gon' try to count you out

'Til you make them count you in, yeah

Stimulate my brain, yeah, yeah

Had to tell 'em I ain't leaving out the

Same way I came in, yeah, oh, fuck what I sayin'

Whole lotta heroin, I sell that shit right in front of my momma

Swear I would never run, just like a man I'ma face my problems

Even when my voice fucked up

I'ma spit in the booth, I'ma go in like a goblin

Nigga got me fucked up

I'ma spin on his block, I admit that I had shot him

VVS' in my chain, tell that ho Young Thug everything

Hearing voices in my brain hoping everything change

I been rolling through the streets and I been clutching on my heat

I put blood all on my feet and I put cameras in my trees, baby

Said I changed on you

But I feel that you changed on me, changed on me

I said my prayers and you gon' sow just what you reap, yeah

I been taking Adderall mixing it with lean, mixing' it with lean

Hope I don't wake up out my sleep

Too many problems, yeah, too many problems

Thinking how I'm gon' solve it, yeah, solve 'em, gon' solve 'em

So much pain in my body, yeah, so much pain in my body

They selling lies and I bought it, yeah, selling lies and I bought it

Don't tell me that you love me if you ain't gon' die for me, yeah, oh

You can stay the fuck from 'round me

If you ain't gon' ride for me, yeah, oh

Told me you would never leave, how can you just lie to me? Yeah, oh

Get from off your knees, you ain't got to cry to me, yeah

I been giving all my love, tell me, do you feel it?

Never learned how to trust sittin' in penitentiary

All for you, I'll take a slug, baby, who the realest?

Had to tell her I'm a genie

I can answer wishes, yeah, can answer wishes, slime

Being in love never help me solve my problems, solve my problems

I wish that I could find a girl just like my mama

I don't wanna hurt nobody

But still ride around with that chopper, yeah

Zoe life to the end

Tell them free the main sniper, tell 'em free Kodak

Yeah, I call that

Slatt, slatt, slatt

That's all life

Sla-sla-slatt

Slatt, slatt, slatt

Yeah, that slatt

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
problems /ˈprɒbləmz/ B1	noun - difficulties or challenges that need to be dealt with
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
trust /trʌst/ B2	noun - confidence in the reliability or honesty of someone verb - to rely on someone or something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual person or organism
death /dɛθ/ B1	noun - the end of a person's life
genie /ˈdʒiːni/ C1	noun - mythical spirit that grants wishes when summoned
wishes /ˈwɪʃɪz/ B1	noun - desires or hopes for something to happen
solve /sɒlv/ B2	verb - to find an answer to a problem or puzzle
lie /laɪ/ A2	verb - to say something that is not true noun - a false statement
penitentiary /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəri/ C1	noun - a prison for people convicted of serious crimes
slug /slʌɡ/ C1	noun - slang for a bullet or a projectile fired from a gun
heroin /ˈhɛr.ə.wɪn/ C1	noun - a highly addictive opioid drug
police /pəˈliːs/ A2	noun - the civil force responsible for maintaining public order and safety
brain /breɪn/ B1	noun - the organ inside the skull that controls thought and behavior
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to make something different; to alter noun - the act or result of making something different
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced by a person when speaking or singing
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
ride /raɪd/ A2	verb - to sit on and travel on a vehicle or animal

Key Grammar Structures

• I been giving all my love, tell me, do you feel it?

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (Informal "I been...")

  ➔ This is an informal contraction of "I have been giving". The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to talk about actions that started in the past and are still continuing up to the present, or actions that have recently stopped but have a clear connection to the present. It emphasizes the duration or ongoing nature of the action.

• Don't tell me that you love me if you ain't gon' die for me, yeah

  ➔ Conditional Type 1 (First Conditional) with informal negative

  ➔ This sentence uses the First Conditional structure to talk about a real and possible situation in the future. The "if" clause ("if you ain't gon' die for me") uses a present tense (or informal future like "ain't gon'"), and the main clause ("Don't tell me that you love me") uses an imperative. The informal "ain't gon'" is a contraction of "are not going to".

• So many charges make me wanna go away overseas, yeah

  ➔ Causative Verb "make"

  ➔ The causative verb "make" is used when one person or thing causes another person or thing to do something. The structure is "make + object + base form of the verb (infinitive without 'to')". In this line, "charges" cause "me" to "wanna go away".

• Told me you would never leave, how can you just lie to me? Yeah

  ➔ Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) with 'that' omitted

  ➔ This line reports a past statement or promise without using direct quotes. The original statement might have been "You will never leave." In reported speech, "will" often changes to "would" when the reporting verb ("Told") is in the past. The conjunction "that" is often omitted in informal speech.

• 'Cause that's my way of showing I don't care no more

  ➔ Gerund after Preposition

  ➔ A gerund (the -ing form of a verb used as a noun) often follows a preposition. In this sentence, "showing" is a gerund that comes after the preposition "of". This structure describes the method or manner of something.

• I wish that I could find a girl just like my mama

  ➔ Wish Clause (Hypothetical Wish about Present/Future)

  ➔ The structure "I wish + past simple/could + base verb" is used to express a desire for a situation in the present or future to be different from what it actually is or what is likely. It conveys regret or a longing for something that is currently not true or seems impossible.

• We get pulled over, no, you ain't going to do no time for me

  ➔ Passive Voice (Informal "get-passive")

  ➔ The "get-passive" is an informal way to form the passive voice, often used to describe actions or events that happen to the subject, sometimes implying something unexpected or unfortunate. The structure is "get + past participle". Here, "we" are the recipients of the action "pulled over".

• I admit that I had shot him

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense

  ➔ The Past Perfect tense ("had + past participle") is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past. In this line, the act of "shooting him" occurred before the act of "admitting" it, both of which are in the past.

• They keep begging me to change

  ➔ Verb + Gerund (specifically "keep + -ing" for continuous action)

  ➔ The verb "keep" followed by a gerund (-ing form of the verb) is used to express that an action continues or is repeated over a period of time. It emphasizes the persistence or repetition of the action.

• Being in love never help me solve my problems

  ➔ Gerund as Subject

  ➔ A gerund (the -ing form of a verb) can function as the subject of a sentence, acting like a noun. In this line, "Being in love" is the subject, representing the state or action itself, and the verb "help" (informally, "helps" would be standard) refers to this state.