Hydrate – English Lyrics

• By: Skrillex, Flowdan, BEAM, PEEKABOO
• Album: QUEST FOR FIRE

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the energetic fusion of electronic music and UK grime with 'Hydrate.' This track offers a unique opportunity to explore the lyrical styles of Flowdan and BEAM while immersing yourself in Skrillex's and PEEKABOO's groundbreaking production. The song's powerful message of perseverance, using the simple metaphor to 'hydrate,' makes it an inspiring and memorable way to engage with the English language through music.

[English]

Mama, listen

Hope is where your heart is

Don't give up on this, don't give up on this

'Cause there is life abundance, life abundance

'Cause there is life abundance, life abundance

Stay hi-

Phonebook full'a killer contacts (rah)

Frontline never gonna run back (rah)

Got mine ready for the combat (ay)

Me against them, well, I'm on that (yeah)

Somebody should'a beg pardon (rah)

'Cah none'a my soldiers are on that (rah)

Diplomats speak different jargon (ay)

But money talks louder, we got that (yeah)

Pull up a'ya foot for the convo (rah)

Any loose chat, yeah, we lock that (rah)

So, we gotta get back to basics (ay)

Keep steppin' on them like the doormat (yeah)

Pull up a'ya foot for the convo (rah)

Any loose chat, yeah, we lock that (rah)

So, we gotta get back to basics (ay)

Keep steppin' on them like a doormat (yeah)

Pull up on your block like bailiffs

Got the surgeon ready for the facelift

It's simple, not complicated

So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated

Hydrated, hydrated, hydrated, hydrated

Hydrated, hydrated, hydrated, hydrated

Hydrated, hydrated, hydrated, hydrated

It's simple, not complicated

So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated

'Cah bother, watch from di bleacher

So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated

Water black rose by the day

The sun haffi shine when things grey

Blessings when ya overcome

Ya see blessings when ya overcome

(So, when it's hot, just stay hy-) Pull up

Riddle me this, riddle me that

Mi nuh come fi di plate

Mi come fi di pot

Mi nuh come fi di plate

Riddle me this, riddle me that

Riddle me this, riddle me that

Mi nuh come fi di plate

Mi come fi di pot

Mi nuh come fi di house

Mi come fi di lot

I and I a lion, inna di dark we nuh fear

The liquor and the money inna me back account clear

Yo, we make fire bun in any party (rah)

Send fi water, hydrate properly (rah)

Never get irate, never get thirsty (ay)

Send them another harpoon from me (yeah)

If it's gona be a madting, holla at me (rah)

Territory expanding, holla at me (rah)

Military headgear, gloves and mask (ay)

None of them'a ever been badder like me (yeah)

Pull up on your block like bailiffs

Got the surgeon ready for the facelift

It's simple, not complicated

So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated (listen)

Hydrated, hydrated, hydrated, hydrated

Hydrated, hydrated, hydrated, hydrated

It's simple, not complicated

So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated

We have a higher calling, higher than ya day job (job)

It's simple, not complicated

So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated

Johnny dead and left all di earthly tings, him gone

Him never have a knife, him never have a gun before him born

But him have him conscience right before him, have to hit the street

Daddy wasn't there, so him a kill fi eat

Sell a couple of box juice pon di backstreet

And you know there's more to every story

Mama, listen

Hope is where your heart is

Don't give up on this, don't give up on this

'Cause there is life abundance, life abundance

'Cause there is life abundance, life abundance

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Don't give up on this

  ➔ Negative Imperative + Phrasal Verb

  ➔ The negative imperative "Don't" is used to give a command or instruction not to do something. "Give up on" is a phrasal verb meaning to stop trying to do or believe in something.

• Somebody should'a beg pardon

  ➔ Colloquial Modal Verb (should have)

  ➔ "Should'a" is a colloquial contraction of "should have." "Should have + past participle" is used to express that something was expected or desirable in the past but did not happen, often implying regret or criticism.

• Got the surgeon ready for the facelift

  ➔ Causative Verb (get/have something done)

  ➔ This structure, "get/have + object + adjective/past participle," means to arrange for something to be in a certain state or condition, or to have someone perform an action. Here, "Got the surgeon ready" means to "cause the surgeon to be ready."

• So, when it's hot, just stay hydrated

  ➔ Conditional Clause + Imperative

  ➔ The "when" clause introduces a condition that is generally true or happens regularly. The imperative "just stay hydrated" is a direct command or advice given for that specific condition.

• Keep steppin' on them like the doormat

  ➔ Continuous Action (Keep + V-ing) + Comparison (like)

  ➔ The structure "Keep + verb-ing" indicates a continuous or repeated action. "Like" is used here as a preposition to make a comparison, suggesting that the action of "steppin' on them" is similar to how one treats a "doormat."

• Mi nuh come fi di plate / Mi come fi di pot

  ➔ Patois Negation and Purpose

  ➔ This is an example of Jamaican Patois. "Mi" means "I." "Nuh" is a negative marker, equivalent to "don't" or "not." "Fi" is used to express purpose, similar to "for" or "to" (as in "to come for the plate").

• Yo, we make fire bun in any party

  ➔ Causative Verb (make + base verb)

  ➔ The causative verb "make" is used here to indicate that "we" cause "fire" to "bun" (burn). The structure is "make + object + base form of the verb."

• If it's gona be a madting, holla at me

  ➔ First Conditional (informal) + Imperative

  ➔ This is a first conditional sentence expressing a real possibility in the future. "If it's gona be a madting" (if it's going to be a wild situation) is the condition, and "holla at me" (contact me) is the consequence or instruction. "Gona" is an informal contraction of "going to."

• None of them'a ever been badder like me

  ➔ Quantifier (None of) + Colloquial Present Perfect + Comparative Adjective + Comparison

  ➔ "None of them" indicates zero quantity from a group. "'a ever been" is a colloquial contraction of "have ever been" (present perfect). "Badder" is the comparative form of "bad," meaning more bad or tougher. "Like me" is used for comparison.

• Daddy wasn't there, so him a kill fi eat

  ➔ Consequence (so) + Patois Present Continuous/Habitual + Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ "So" connects the cause ("Daddy wasn't there") to the effect ("him a kill fi eat"). "Him a kill" is a Jamaican Patois construction equivalent to "he is killing" (present continuous) or "he kills" (habitual action), and "fi eat" expresses the purpose, meaning "to eat."