Genie – English Lyrics

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

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotions of YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Genie." This song offers an authentic glimpse into the artist's struggles with trust and legal challenges, making it an excellent track for language learners to connect with deeply felt experiences and modern hip-hop vocabulary. Its straightforward yet poignant lyrics provide a unique window into personal resilience and the complexities of human relationships.

[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/ A1	noun - a strongly unpleasant bodily sensation
solve /sɒlv/ A2	verb - to find an answer or explanation for a problem
trust /trʌst/ A2	noun - firm belief in the reliability of someone or something
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different
genie /ˈdʒiːni/ B1	noun - a spirit in stories that can give people what they wish for
ride /raɪd/ A1	verb - to sit on and travel on an animal, vehicle, etc.
problem /ˈprɒbləm/ A1	noun - a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful
lie /laɪ/ A1	verb - to say something that is not true
real /rɪəl/ A1	adjective - actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact
wish /wɪʃ/ A1	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen
static /ˈstætɪk/ B1	adjective - lacking in movement, development, or change
reap /riːp/ B1	verb - to get something as a result of your actions
clutch /klʌtʃ/ B2	verb - to hold something tightly
penitentiary /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəˌɛri/ C1	noun - a prison, especially one for serious offenders
stimulate /ˈstɪmjʊleɪt/ B2	verb - to encourage something to develop or become more active

Key Grammar Structures

• I'ma just go with my life

  ➔ Future intention expressed with the informal contraction "I'ma" (I am going to).

  ➔ The word "I'ma" shows a colloquial way of saying "I am going to" and indicates a planned future action.

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

  ➔ Zero conditional with "if" + present simple, plus colloquial negatives "ain't" and "gon'" (going to).

  ➔ The phrase "if you ain't gon' die for me" uses the zero conditional to state a general truth, with "ain't" as a colloquial negative and "gon'" for "going to".

• I have been giving all my love

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (have/has + been + -ing) to describe an action that started in the past and continues now.

  ➔ The verb phrase "have been giving" combines "have" + "been" + the gerund "giving" to show ongoing action from the past up to the present.

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

  ➔ Wish + past simple (could) to express an unreal or unlikely desire in the present.

  ➔ The word "could" is the past form of "can" used after "wish" to show that the speaker’s desire is unlikely to be fulfilled now.

• They keep begging me to change

  ➔ "keep" + gerund to express a continuous or repeated action.

  ➔ The verb "keep" is followed by the gerund "begging" to show that the begging is ongoing.

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

  ➔ Past progressive (was + -ing) for an ongoing past action, followed by simple past for a completed action.

  ➔ The phrase "was begging" uses the past progressive to stress that the begging was happening over a period of time, while "hung up" is simple past indicating a single completed action.

• I’ve been taking Adderall mixing it with lean

  ➔ Present perfect continuous with a gerund phrase "mixing it with lean" as a complement.

  ➔ The verb "have been taking" is followed by the gerund "mixing" which functions as an additional activity performed while taking Adderall.

• I can answer wishes

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + base verb to express ability or possibility.

  ➔ The word "can" shows that the speaker has the ability to "answer" wishes, indicating potential or permission.