I Got Cash – English Lyrics

• By: Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Everton Sylvester
• Album: Make Them Like It

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Acid Jazz with 'I Got Cash'! This song is a perfect way to learn English through repetitive, catchy, and high-energy vocabulary related to lifestyle and confidence. Its infectious groove makes learning through listening an absolute joy.

[English]

I got cash in fuck you quantities

Now what?

That makes you uncomfortable?

Fuck you and the Range Rover you drove in on

Fuck your Saab convertible

And fuck your twice weekly trips to the analyst

Stupid mutha fuck

Fuck the Hamptons

Maine and fly infested south of France

I'm paid asshole

Got more cash than God can count

So why don't you just... die?

Choke to death on your damn designer bagel from Balducci's

Low cholesterol, naturally

Fuck your big ol' Sunday New York Times

Fuck the Wall Street Journal

And News Week

And the lot

Including Nation, Village Voice, Guardian and the rest

Stupid set of privileged mutha fuckers

Think its fashionable to have an alternative view

An alternative view

And fuck, if you can

Your pencil thin

Evian drinking

Calorie counting

Caffeine limiting

Sodium spearing

Nutrasweet sweetening

Rear view mirror preening

Carrot nibbling bunny

Go drown in a lake of Diet Coke, fucker

I got cash, what else matters?

I got cash

Slave

Fuck your fencing and screw your squash, yo!

Piss on your polo and your Pavarotti

Fuck all that shit you call music and pretend to enjoy

I got cash

Mega cash

Unhappy with that?

Oh, go and sit on your ski rack

Money talks you little pussy

And let your politically correct pals know

That i think you're a dick also

Neutered asshole

And your idea of multiculturalism

Japanese restaurant on Monday

Indian on Tuesday

And on Wednesday - Caribbean

Not too spicy please

Well

I got stash on stash and it ain't nouveau cash

Money's in my family for generations

My great great great grandfather made the bag

Selling European slaves in Africa

I got cash mutha fucker

And you can't tell whether or not I'm joking, can you?

Dumb fuck

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
quantities /ˈkwɒntətiz/ B2	noun - amounts or numbers of something
uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/ A2	adjective - causing or feeling unease or embarrassment
convertible /kənˈvɜːtəbl/ B2	noun - a car with a folding or removable roof
analyst /ˈænəlɪst/ B2	noun - a psychoanalyst or therapist
infested /ɪnˈfestɪd/ C1	adjective - plagued or overrun by pests
cholesterol /kəˈlestərɒl/ C1	noun - a compound of the sterol type found in most body tissues
privileged /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/ B2	adjective - having special rights or advantages
fashionable /ˈfæʃnəbl/ B1	adjective - in keeping with the latest style
alternative /ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv/ B2	adjective - available as another possibility
preening /ˈpriːnɪŋ/ C2	verb - devoting effort to making oneself look attractive
fencing /ˈfensɪŋ/ B2	noun - the sport of fighting with swords
neutered /ˈnjuːtəd/ C2	adjective - castrated; lacking vigor or force
multiculturalism /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəlɪzəm/ C1	noun - the presence of several distinct cultural groups within a society
generations /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃnz/ B1	noun - all the people born and living at about the same time
nouveau /nuːˈvoʊ/ C1	adjective - new; recently acquired wealth

Key Grammar Structures

• I got cash in fuck you quantities

  ➔ Noun phrase modifiers (Prepositional phrase)

  ➔ The phrase "in fuck you quantities" describes the amount of cash, acting as a post-modifier.

• That makes you uncomfortable?

  ➔ Causative structure (Make + object + adjective)

  ➔ Use "make" to describe how an action causes someone to enter a specific state (uncomfortable).

• Fuck your Saab convertible

  ➔ Noun-Adjective ordering

  ➔ The adjective "convertible" follows the noun "Saab" to classify the type of car.

• Why don't you just... die?

  ➔ Negative interrogative for suggestion/rhetorical question

  ➔ The structure "Why don't you..." is used here as an aggressive rhetorical prompt.

• Think its fashionable to have an alternative view

  ➔ Infinitive as object complement

  ➔ The infinitive "to have" acts as the real object after the dummy subject/placeholder "it".

• If you can, your pencil thin... bunny

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The phrase "if you can" implies "if you can fuck," omitting the verb to avoid repetition.

• Money's in my family for generations

  ➔ Prepositional phrase denoting duration

  ➔ "For generations" explains the long-term duration of the state of having money.

• You can't tell whether or not I'm joking

  ➔ Indirect question with 'whether or not'

  ➔ This structure is used to express uncertainty about a binary situation.