Lyrics & Translation
[English]
You can tell them thatI've been from hell and back
When the heat is on, I fire back
In this cold world, where your lighters at
Let's burn it down, fire back
You can tell them that
I've been from hell and back
When the heat is on, I fire back
In this cold world, where your lighters at
Let's burn it down, fire back
Uh, let's burn it down underrated
Could never say I was underground
Maybe a little misunderstood when I'm just riding round
In all lanes like all OJ
Doing big things, no small change
We ain't going nowhere like wine stains
You see me with the Arsenal
Welcome to the Austin show
Alumni, lace up, don't trip, I got it, bro
Sold out in my city, overseas, in your state
Wore xxl white T's and freshen to the xxl 2012 freshman
Damn, I rose up, in the front like rosa
It's been a roller coaster, now I'm riding in a Rover
See the camera's out, bitch you gotta stay focused
They expose us, but it's still so much
I swear that you don't notice man
You can tell them that I've been through hell and back
But I'm home, yeah, took a little time getting here
But I'm finally in my zone
So gone off that loud you can hear it in my tone
Put your lighters in the air
Let's start a fire storm
You can tell them that
I've been from hell and back
When the heat is on
I fire back
In this cold world
Where your light is at
Just burn it down
Fire back
You can tell them that
I've been from hell and back
When the heat is on
I fire back
In this cold world
Where your light is at
Just burn it down
Fire back
As we bow our heads
Amen, praise God for everyone
That made it out of the dark like cave men
And is this my moment, shit 'cause I've been waiting
Came in the game the least favorite
Made it through rain, now it's hailing
I'm just saying
Hell and back there ain't no trip for me
Please Satan don't hold me back
God said this ain't it for me
But these haters done got me trapped
Shit! And it's these haters that got me strapped
Paranoid by my friends, 'cause these favors done that got me jagged
Consequence a bunch of all the misdemeanors that I was
Willing to do to get some rougher ends until the cops, woop, woop
Then I'd hop the fence
You still owe me an old school like das efx
Another call collect and it's sad cause
Those are the friends that you grew with
Telling me they knew that they knew I'd make it
And now you got the chance to go prove it, gone
Pay stubs, cold cash, work this and I sold that
Wrote this in my notepad
Spill more ink than my whole tatts
Spill blood on that stage, uh
I'm the truth, and they know that
Critics lie, but these numbers don't
Say hello, to this gold plaque it's Kells
You can tell them that
I've been from hell and back
When the heat is on
I fire back
In this cold world
Where your light is at
Just burn it down
Fire back
You can tell them that
I've been from hell and back
When the heat is on
I fire back
In this cold world
Where your light is at
Just burn it down
Fire back
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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You can tell them that I've been from hell and back
➔ Present Perfect, Reported Speech
➔ Uses the **present perfect** 'have been' to describe an action that started in the past and continues to have relevance now, and the use of **reported speech** "tell them that"
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In this cold world, where your lighters at
➔ Relative Clause (Reduced)
➔ The phrase 'where your lighters at' functions as a reduced relative clause, modifying 'world.' This is because 'where your lighters at' is equivalent to 'where your lighters are at' or 'in which your lighters are at'.
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Maybe a little misunderstood when I'm just riding round
➔ Passive Voice (Implied), Adverbial Clause of Time
➔ The passive voice is implied: (I am) misunderstood. The clause starting with 'when' is an adverbial clause of time, specifying when the misunderstanding happens.
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Damn, I rose up, in the front like rosa
➔ Past Simple, Simile
➔ Uses the **past simple** tense 'rose up' to describe a past action and the use of a **simile** (like rosa) to make a comparison.
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See the camera's out, bitch you gotta stay focused
➔ Imperative mood, contraction
➔ Uses the **imperative mood** 'stay focused' to give a command and the contraction "gotta" (have got to).
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I swear that you don't notice man
➔ Emphatic 'do', direct object omitted
➔ Uses the auxiliary verb 'do' for emphasis ('do notice'). The direct object of 'notice' is implied (e.g., you don't notice this).
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Hell and back there ain't no trip for me
➔ Idiomatic Expression, Double Negative
➔ Uses the **idiomatic expression** 'Hell and back' to describe hardship. Also features a **double negative** 'ain't no'.
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And it's these haters that got me strapped
➔ Relative Clause with 'that'
➔ This sentence uses a relative clause, 'that got me strapped', to provide more information about 'these haters.' 'That' acts as the relative pronoun.
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Pay stubs, cold cash, work this and I sold that
➔ Parallel structure
➔ The sentence uses parallel structure with a list of nouns and phrases (pay stubs, cold cash), and then a short, parallel phrase, using 'and' as a connector, and verb phrases of the same tense.
