Here Ye, Hear Ye – English Lyrics

• By: T.I., Sk8brd
• Album: US or ELSE EP

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

There's a rainbow everywhere

Dependin on where you stand

Whether the dashboard

Or the walls 100 grand each

Double R interior tan outside is peach

Oh you trying to make a deal out in golden beach

Or the Florida Keys ducking the Florida Dees

But you only end up with bricks and sand

I know ****** that run from the shadows like Peter Pan

Runnin like it's a Nike commercial but he the man

What they don't like on site he murk like he the clan

Eight balls the size of baseballs like Jeter's hand

It fecal fam yea it's the ****

Zip your face up when skateboard is on the script

Catch me in the Gap V with some BBC trunks

Flip flops sippin on cream like it's punch

I push the spaceship with the chrome lady in the front

Bendin over like she just puffed Busta's blunt

I told y'all ************ once I think I'm hungry

Finna eat yall ******' lunch

Yall ****** cunts I'm from the commonwealth

Where wealth ain't common

When ****** roll around with

Chrome solvers looking for problems

Mouth full of gold flame when they roll

Arthritic fingers ****** bang when they stroll

Tradin in the hats for the cane and the gold

The golds for the chain and the cane was on swole

Ayo Tip get these peon ****** told

Still stand tall when it all falls down

Whether Hollywood hills or a 1 horse town

You should know better

There's no better than these 4 letters

Mo' than ever ****** want me dead

Cause they're starving and I'm getting fed

But **** em anyway

I'd rather be me on my worst day

Than to be a sucker ***** on his birthday

All cake no candles just a living example

10 toes down all out no sandals

Godfather a young Marlon Brando

Let me make sure they understand yo

Hear ye here ye you wise you fear me

Real ****** on their shine much obliged merci

Everybody want to criticize him about how bad he ended up

Look how bad he could've been

I could've caught a body sold a brick to somebody

Who volunteered my information to the federales

I made it out of all of that

Like I ain't gonna be proud of that

So petty **** you sticking to me

Give me all you got of that

Doing this for all my ******

Who about to go to prison and let a ***** kill them

So we leaving this PO snub nose in his denim

Trap or death is waiting

Round the corners that he been in

On bended knee God forgive us we've been sinnin

In our defense look at the options we've been given

Laying in the prison cell staring at the ceiling

Back in this ***** again

I guess they werent bullshitting huh

Still wonder where it all went wrong

Since Phil got killed I ain't never moved on

Like I'm still in the club where the blows got thrown

When my crown fell down and I got dethroned

Bunch of ****** around but I feel all alone

Like a piece of me is missing guess it never came home

Probably died in a van when it all hit the fan

Save the life of a friend

We don't all get the chance

Now here I stand with blood on my hands

Tryin hard to explain so his mom understand

I dun fought for the loss for the soul of a man

Only soldiers know how that'll take a toll on a man

Burden of the World of my shoulders heavy

Visibly composed my emotions buried

Scary so if I pop a pill

Smoke a blunt or take a shot

Ya'll let a niggga live

Still baffled how my life unravelled

In the meantime time just travelled

Can't see behind the walls of my castle

Opinionated pions son but who asked you

I tell you what you do

Take your 2 cents

Kick rocks to a fountain pitching to make a wish

**** if wishes had wings they'd all make it to heaven

And we'd all be kings

If wishes had wings they'd all make it to heaven

And we'd all be kings

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rainbow /ˈreɪn.boʊ/ A2	noun - A curved band of colors that appears in the sky when sunlight is refracted by water droplets.
dashboard /ˈdæʃ.bɔrd/ B2	noun - The control panel in a vehicle that displays instruments and information for the driver.
brick /brɪk/ A2	noun - A small rectangular block made of baked clay, used for building.
chrome /kroʊm/ B2	noun - A hard, shiny metal (chemical element Cr) used for plating. adjective - Having a shiny, metallic surface.
blunt /blʌnt/ B2	noun - A cigar that has been emptied of tobacco and re‑rolled, often used for smoking marijuana. adjective - Not sharp; having a dull edge. verb - To make something less sharp.
prison /ˈprɪz.ən/ B1	noun - A place where people are kept as a punishment for crimes.
crown /kraʊn/ B1	noun - A decorative headpiece worn by a monarch.
burden /ˈbɜr.dən/ B2	noun - A heavy load, either physical or metaphorical.
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being.
wealth /wɛlθ/ B2	noun - An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
fear /fɪr/ B1	noun - An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous. verb - To be afraid of something or someone.
criticize /ˈkrɪt.ɪ.saɪz/ B2	verb - To indicate the faults of someone or something in a disapproving way.
soldier /ˈsoʊl.dʒər/ B1	noun - A person who serves in an army.
flame /fleɪm/ B1	noun - The visible, gaseous part of a fire.
golden /ˈɡoʊl.dən/ B1	adjective - Made of gold; having the color of gold.
commonwealth /ˈkɒm.ən.wɛlθ/ C1	noun - A political community founded for the common good.

Key Grammar Structures

• if wishes had wings - they'd all make it to heaven

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The second conditional describes a hypothetical or unreal situation in the present/future and its probable result. The structure is "if + past simple, would/could/might + base form". Here, "if wishes had wings" is the condition, and "they'd all make it to heaven" is the result.

• Look how bad he could've been

  ➔ Modal Verb + Perfect Infinitive (Could have + Past Participle)

  ➔ "Could have been" is used to talk about a past possibility that did not happen, or to speculate about what might have happened. Here, it suggests a worse potential outcome in the past.

• look at the options we've been given

  ➔ Present Perfect Passive

  ➔ "We've been given" (we have been given) indicates an action that happened in the past and has a result or relevance in the present, where the subject (we) is the recipient of the action, not the doer.

• I'd rather be me on my worst day Than to be a sucker ***** on his birthday

  ➔ Expressing Preference ("would rather... than...")

  ➔ "Would rather... than..." is used to express a preference for one thing over another. It's followed by the base form of the verb.

• Ya'll let a niggga live

  ➔ Causative Verb "Let"

  ➔ The causative verb "let" means to allow or permit someone to do something. It is followed by an object and the base form of the verb (without "to").

• Still wonder where it all went wrong

  ➔ Noun Clause as Object

  ➔ "Where it all went wrong" functions as the direct object of the verb "wonder." Noun clauses often begin with interrogative words (where, what, why, how) and act like nouns.

• Chrome solvers looking for problems

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase (Adjectival)

  ➔ "Looking for problems" is a present participle phrase that modifies "Chrome solvers," describing what they are doing. It acts like an adjective.

• Who volunteered my information to the federales

  ➔ Relative Clause (Subject Relative Pronoun)

  ➔ "Who volunteered my information to the federales" is a relative clause that gives additional information about "somebody" (implied in the previous line). "Who" acts as the subject of the verb "volunteered."

• Who about to go to prison

  ➔ Informal Future/Immediate Future ("be about to")

  ➔ "About to go" is an informal expression meaning "going to do something very soon" or "on the verge of doing something." It expresses immediate future intention.

• Now here I stand with blood on my hands

  ➔ Inversion (Adverbial Phrase of Place)

  ➔ In this sentence, the adverbial phrase of place "here" comes before the verb "stand" and the subject "I," creating an inversion for emphasis or stylistic effect.