Hungry – English Lyrics

• By: Fergie, Rick Ross
• Album: Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of ambition and drive with Fergie's "Hungry." This track offers a high-energy experience, showcasing the blending of genres and the power of confident vocal delivery. By exploring its themes of determination and relentless pursuit, you can enrich your understanding of metaphorical language and emotional expression in music.

[English]

To say it's complicated, understatement of the year

Well maybe conflict made it a new flavor in your ear

They know that I'm a problem, that's why everybody scared (scared)

Whatever doesn't kill you, can make you an ill-ionaire, yeah

Uh, just turn the headphones up

Or make the windows roll up

I make they hands go up

When I show up and I blow it 'til I'm full up, wait, hold up

Girl up in the mirror, only one I fear, uh

You say you the realest, I told you I'm the illest

Sick

Sick

hm

Hungry

Starving

hmh

Not thirsty

hm hm hm, just hungry

Ambitious

still hungry

Still hungry

Wouh

I'm moonwalking on marble floors

Rick Ross, I'm just drippin' sauce

Bitches see me and they all just wave

Rolls Royce and we call this Wraith (wouh)

I fuck up money like I'm Escobar

Ballin', ballin', Kobe Bryant, that boy living large

No room for medium, that means you thinkin' small

Ferrari, Fergie, switching gears, she rockin' with a boss (boss)

I close my eyes, I must be telepathic (ha ha)

Look over haters, tripling my assets (boss)

It takes courage to accomplish these things

Fergie's my queen, I'm the king, now come kiss on our rings

Sick (what?)

Sick (hahaha)

hm

Hungry

Starving

Hmh, not thirsty

hm hm hm, just hungry

Ambitious

still hungry

Still hungry

Key Grammar Structures

• To say it's complicated, understatement of the year

  ➔ Infinitive Phrase as Subject Complement

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "To say it's complicated" functions as a subject complement, providing more information about the subject (an implied 'that' or 'this situation'). It effectively means 'The act of saying it's complicated is an understatement.'

• Whatever doesn't kill you, can make you an ill-ionaire, yeah

  ➔ Indefinite Relative Pronoun 'Whatever'

  ➔ "Whatever" means 'anything that' or 'the thing that.' It introduces an indefinite relative clause that acts as the subject of the main clause ("can make you an ill-ionaire").

• Or make the windows roll up

  ➔ Causative Verb 'make' + Object + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ The causative verb "make" is used here in the structure 'make + object + bare infinitive (verb without 'to').' It means to force or cause someone/something to do something. Here, the speaker causes "the windows roll up."

• Girl up in the mirror, only one I fear, uh

  ➔ Elliptical Sentence / Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ This is an elliptical sentence where words are omitted for conciseness, common in informal language and lyrics. It can be expanded to 'The girl who is "up in the mirror" is the only one whom I fear.' The relative pronoun 'who/whom' and the verb 'is' are omitted.

• You say you the realest, I told you I'm the illest

  ➔ Superlative Adjective (Informal/Colloquial)

  ➔ "Realest" and "illest" are informal or colloquial superlatives of 'real' and 'ill.' While 'most real' and 'most ill' are grammatically standard, adding "-est" to these adjectives is common in casual speech and rap lyrics to emphasize extreme qualities.

• I'm moonwalking on marble floors

  ➔ Present Continuous for Vivid Description

  ➔ The present continuous tense ("I'm moonwalking") is used here not for an action happening at the exact moment of speaking, but to create a vivid, immediate, and dynamic image for the listener, emphasizing the ongoing nature or a characteristic action.

• I fuck up money like I'm Escobar

  ➔ Simile with 'like'

  ➔ A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by using "like" or 'as,' to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Here, the speaker compares their extravagant spending of money to the notorious wealth and spending habits of Pablo Escobar.

• I close my eyes, I must be telepathic

  ➔ Modal Verb 'must' for Deduction

  ➔ The modal verb "must" is used here to express a strong deduction or logical conclusion based on evidence or reasoning. The speaker concludes they are telepathic because of what happens when they close their eyes.

• It takes courage to accomplish these things

  ➔ Impersonal 'It takes' + Noun + Infinitive

  ➔ This structure 'It takes + noun (e.g., time, effort, courage) + infinitive' is used to express the amount of something ("courage", in this case) required to perform an action.

• Look over haters, tripling my assets

  ➔ Present Participle as Adverbial Clause

  ➔ The present participle "tripling" functions as an adverbial clause of result or manner, describing the consequence or way in which the action of 'looking over haters' is performed. It implies 'by tripling my assets' or 'which results in tripling my assets.'