HEAVY HITTER – English Lyrics

• By: Jack Harlow

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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♪ AH TELL ME WHAT THE ♪

♪ AH AH AH ♪

♪ OH YOU GOT ME SOUNDING GOOD, TOO ♪

♪ AY ♪

♪ OKAY TELL ME WHAT THE DEAL IS ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I'M THE ILLEST ♪

♪ SHE FROM CALIFORNIA SAYS SHE ♪

♪ DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VILLE IS ♪

♪ SHOUT OUT TO THE HOMETOWN ♪

♪ I KNOW THAT THEY GON' FEEL THIS ♪

♪ WHEN I HIT THE CLUB ♪

♪ I WALK IN WITH A SMALL VILLAGE ♪

♪ NOTHING'S OFF LIMITS ♪

♪ WHEN YOU GOT THE SAUCE YOU KNOW THEY RUNNIN' OFF WITH IT ♪

♪ NOW SHE ACTING FREAKY. SHE WAS COMING OFF TIMID AT FIRST ♪

♪ BUT I GUESS IT REALLY WASN'T AUTHENTIC, YESSIR ♪

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♪ NOW SHE GOT ME OOH ♪

♪ DOING SOMERSAULTS IN IT ♪

♪ KNOW THESE FELLAS ALWAYS TALKING BUT THEY WASN'T INVOLVED WITH IT ♪

♪ I LIKE ME SOME WOMEN NOT A BUNCH OF SAUSAGES ♪

♪ I PUT IN THE WORK I KNOW THAT SOME OF Y'ALL DIDN'T ♪

♪ YES SIR ♪

♪ AND THEY COME IN ALL SIZES ♪

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♪ WE GOT NEW HORIZONS ♪

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♪ I GUESS I MIGHT AS WELL DIVE IN ♪

♪ NO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THE WAY YOU SWITCHED UP ♪

♪ I USED TO KICK IT WITH THE KIDS THAT ROCKED THE OSIRIS ♪

♪ USED TO ROCK A PATCH LIKE A PIRATE ♪

♪ THE GARDEN'S STILL PRIVATE ♪

♪ DRAMA GOT A BENTLEY LEMME DRIVE IT ♪

♪ IMMA DARRYL ISAACS ♪

HEAVY

HITTER,

♪ AND WE ROCKIN FROM SIDE TO SIDE ♪

♪ TELL ME NOW IF YOU TRYNA RIDE WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I CAN FIND SOME TIME ♪

♪ JUST TO GET IN TUNE WITCHU ♪

♪ USED TO BE THE ONE THAT I IDOLIZED ♪

♪ NOW I CAN'T SEE YOU THE SAME AS I USED TO ♪

♪ I GUESS I NEED ME A RIDE OR DIE ♪

♪ KNOW YOU GET SICK OF THE GAMES CAUSE I DO TOO ♪

♪ LATE NIGHTS, HEAD HURTING ♪

♪ OPEN UP THE RED CURTAIN ♪

♪ YOU DON'T LOVE ME ♪

♪ YOU JUST NETWORKING ♪

♪ IM STILL TRYING TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF ME ♪

♪ I GOT A WHIP PLUS ROOM IN THE FRONT SEAT ♪

♪ AND IT'S SO OBSCENE ♪

♪ SHE MAKE ME LOOK LIKE 2010 KRIS HUMPHRIES ♪

♪ YALL BEEN GETTING TOO COMFY ♪

♪ I BEEN SPENDING MY TIME GOING OFF ♪

♪ JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING ♪

♪ NEVER JUST ONE DRINK ♪

♪ 80 PROOF ALL UP IN MY BLOODSTREAM ♪

♪ USED TO TALK *** NOW I WONDER WHAT THEY MUST THINK ♪

♪ BLAME IT ON THE CRUSHED DREAMS THAT WE USED TO ALL HAVE ♪

♪ ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE CAN'T FALL BACK, NAH ♪

♪ AND WE ♪

♪ AND WE ROCKIN' FROM SIDE TO SIDE ♪

♪ TELL ME NOW IF YOU TRYNA RIDE WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I CAN FIND SOME TIME ♪

♪ JUST TO GET IN TUNE WITCHU ♪

♪ USED TO BE THE ONE THAT I IDOLIZED ♪

♪ NOW I CAN'T SEE THE SAME AS I USED TO ♪

♪ I GUESS I NEED ME A RIDE OR DIE ♪

♪ KNOW YOU GET SICK OF THE GAMES CAUSE I DO TOO ♪

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♪ DO, TOO ♪

♪ KNOW YOU GET SICK OF THE GAMES CAUSE I DO, TOO ♪

♪ DO, TOO. ♪

♪ DO, TOO ♪

♪ I KNOW YOU GET SICK OF ♪

♪ THE GAME, YOU DO, KNOW YOU GET ♪

♪ KNOW YOU GET ♪

♪ KNOW YOU GET ♪

♪ KNOW YOU GET SICK OF THE GAMES CAUSE I DO, TOO ♪

(MUSIC FADES)

Key Grammar Structures

• AH TELL ME WHAT THE DEAL IS

  ➔ Indirect Question / Noun Clause

  ➔ This is an "indirect question" acting as a noun clause, where the question "What is the deal?" is embedded into the command "Tell me". Notice the word order is "subject + verb" ("the deal is") instead of "verb + subject" as in a direct question.

• SHE FROM CALIFORNIA SAYS SHE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VILLE IS

  ➔ Reported Speech + Indirect Question

  ➔ This sentence uses "reported speech" ("says she don't know") to convey what someone else said, and within that, an "indirect question" ("where the ville is") is embedded. The verb tense in the reported clause often shifts (though here 'don't know' is present simple, reflecting a current state).

• WHEN I HIT THE CLUB, I WALK IN WITH A SMALL VILLAGE

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time (Time Clause)

  ➔ The clause "When I hit the club" is an "adverbial clause of time" that specifies when the action in the main clause ("I walk in with a small village") occurs. It uses the present simple tense for future actions in such clauses.

• NOW SHE GOT ME OOH DOING SOMERSAULTS IN IT

  ➔ Causative Verb "get" + Present Participle

  ➔ The causative verb "got" (past tense of "get") is used here in the structure "get + object + present participle (V-ing)" to mean that someone causes or persuades someone else to do something, or that something happens to someone. Here, "she got me doing" means she caused me to do somersaults.

• I GUESS I MIGHT AS WELL DIVE IN

  ➔ Modal Verb Phrase "might as well"

  ➔ The phrase "might as well" is a "modal verb phrase" used to suggest doing something because there is no better alternative, or because it is the logical thing to do given the circumstances. It implies a lack of strong enthusiasm but an acceptance of the action.

• I USED TO KICK IT WITH THE KIDS THAT ROCKED THE OSIRIS

  ➔ "Used to" for Past Habits + Relative Clause

  ➔ "Used to" expresses a habit or a state that was true in the past but is no longer true now. The phrase "that rocked the Osiris" is a "relative clause" (specifically, a restrictive adjective clause) providing essential information about "the kids".

• SHE MAKE ME LOOK LIKE 2010 KRIS HUMPHRIES

  ➔ Causative Verb "make" + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ The causative verb "make" is used here in the structure "make + object + bare infinitive (verb without 'to')" to mean that someone causes or forces someone else to do something. Here, "she make me look" (informal for "makes me look") means she causes me to appear a certain way.

• YALL BEEN GETTING TOO COMFY

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ "Been getting" is the "present perfect continuous" tense, used to describe an action that started in the past and is still continuing up to the present, or has recently stopped and has a result in the present. It emphasizes the duration of the action. (Note: "Y'all" is informal for "you all").

• USED TO TALK *** NOW I WONDER WHAT THEY MUST THINK

  ➔ Modal Verb "must" for Deduction

  ➔ The modal verb "must" is used here to express a strong deduction or a logical conclusion based on evidence or current circumstances. "What they must think" means "what I logically conclude they are thinking."

• ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE CAN'T FALL BACK, NAH

  ➔ Noun Clause (as Subject Complement) + Phrasal Verb

  ➔ The clause "that we can't fall back" is a "noun clause" functioning as the subject complement, providing more information about "All I know". "Fall back" is a "phrasal verb" meaning to retreat or revert to a previous state.