Hard Piano – English Lyrics

• By: Pusha T
• Album: DAYTONA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of luxury rap with 'Hard Piano'. This track is a masterclass in English street slang, rhythmic cadence, and wordplay, making it a perfect study for those wanting to understand the nuance of modern hip-hop vernacular and the 'coke rap' subgenre.

[English]

Never trust a bitch who finds love in a camera

She will fuck you, then turn around and fuck a janitor

Set the parameters

You either with the pro ballers or the amateurs

I won't let you ruin my dreams or Harvey Weinstein the kid

Good morning, Matt Lauer, can I live?

Look at my new digs

The rooftop can host a paint and sip for like 40

The Warhols on my wall paint a war story

Had to find other ways to invest

Cause you rappers found every way to ruin Pateks

It's a nightmare, yeah

I'm too rare amongst all of this pink hair, ooh

Still do the Fred Astaire on a brick

Tap tap, throw the phone if you hear it click

Art Basel in the bezel

Your bustdown is bust down and don't match the metal

Lower level's where you settle at

I'm the pot callin' the kettle black

Where there's no brick peddles at

Between God and where the Devil's at

Had to double dutch and double back

Then hopscotch through where the trouble's at

Exactly what the game's been missin'

This fire burns hot as Hell's Kitchen

Push

Now that's how the team go

I'm back from Santo Domingo

That's where the kings go

Down in Santo Domingo

Now that's how the team go

Back from Santo Domingo

This for the sneaker hoarders and coke snorters

Cause that's where the kings go

Down in Santo Domingo

From Honda Accords to Grammy awards

That's where the kings go

I can blow a million dollars into dust

Lord knows how many bottles I've done bust

Still runnin' through the models like I'm Puff

Confront my problems like I'm Ralo in the bluff

Pusha know these politics is paradox

Chillin' in a condo full of ready rock

My homie amputated but gon' stand for somethin'

I'm dyin' to find a way to get a Grammy from it

(Maybach Music)

Watchin' my success for some is bittersweet

Always keep the sharpshooter's triggers tweaked

Diamonds drippin' on me, V in Tiffany's

All these K-9 units still sniffin' me

Ignorance versus the innocence

It's not the temperature for you in Timberlands

I keep the coldest flows on the hot seat

And you can spot my hoes by their car keys

Another episode full of atrocities

It's double M, baby, money monopolies

(Maybach Music)

You scared to see my face in a fancy place

So I debate my case vs. a Nancy Grace

It's flesh and blood 'til I'm fresh as fuck

Still hands on, sucker, press your luck

Your money gone every other month

My money long so the treasure's tucked

Now that's how the team go,

I'm back in Santo Domingo

That's where the kings go,

Down in Santo Domingo

Now that's how the team go

Back in Santo Domingo

Cause that's where the kings go,

Down in Santo Domingo

That's where the kings go

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Key Grammar Structures

• Never trust a bitch who finds love in a camera

  ➔ Relative Clause (Defining)

  ➔ The clause "who finds love in a camera" defines the specific type of person being addressed.

• You either with the pro ballers or the amateurs

  ➔ Correlative Conjunctions (Either... or...)

  ➔ Using "either... or..." indicates a choice between two distinct possibilities.

• I won't let you ruin my dreams or Harvey Weinstein the kid

  ➔ Causative structure (Let + object + base verb)

  ➔ The structure "let you ruin" describes permitting an action to happen to someone.

• Where there's no brick peddles at

  ➔ Existential "There is"

  ➔ The phrase "there's" serves to introduce the existence of a state or location.

• Still runnin' through the models like I'm Puff

  ➔ Simile (Like + subject + verb)

  ➔ Using "like I'm Puff" creates a comparison between the speaker's actions and those of another person.

• My homie amputated but gon' stand for somethin'

  ➔ Adversative Conjunction (But)

  ➔ The word "but" is used here to contrast physical limitation with moral resolve.

• All these K-9 units still sniffin' me

  ➔ Present Continuous (Participle as adjective/predicate)

  ➔ The "sniffin'" form emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action.

• You scared to see my face in a fancy place

  ➔ Adjective + Infinitive structure

  ➔ The structure "scared to see" links an emotional state to a following action.