Lyrics & Translation
[English]
I justthink about all my past
times Get on these fucking tracks
and make these words run I
don't even sell no D cuz I
do not have no time
but I used to reminisce when
me and my homies was on the grind
all the time trying to shine cuz
we need them new things
Now a boy got pinky rings switching
lanes with six chains I don't
even give a fuck used to have a
black truck all the way in zip
codes that I do not go no more oh
shit I got shows every motherfucking
weekend me and my best friends
ain't fucking speaking got friends
from down under arriving in the
morning tell them that Mac is the
best thing going worldwide now you
know it finally I could show a
young boy in the city looking like
I'm fucking growing all the way
with the moon ocean sun when it be
snowing I don't know how I got
it I'm so thankful for the flowing
my friends once again when they come
back around I remember all night
we were selling that brown to some
motherfucking junkies I was acting
like a monkey swinging off them
goddamn trees making hundreds of them
things all damn night with the white
Now a nigga barely see any type of
fucking drugs who the fuck is me I
just once was a young boy on the
fucking corner selling all this dope
from Atlanta to California and now
I brought it back all the way to the
west cuz them niggas in the East
said that I was one of the best so
I'm like let me go see if the rumor
is true when I step off in the room
niggas be mad at who when I step in
studios niggas trying to sound like
who now goddamn I ride around in
Black fucking Coes now don't even need
I think my life is such a I might be
on too many drugs I lost so many
friends I don't know who the fuck
I I wonder why do I I try
I swear my friends are on though all
they love me for trust all they really
want to do is get high I wonder
why do I do I try yeah I think my
life is a joke
sometimes
The crew was played on me since I
was so young I used to run away to
somewhere fine where I could hide
I need you inside
I remember being alone all those
nights I used to want to run away to
somewhere bright and smile and feel
all right yeah
I've been through so much pain it
helped me gain a lot I wonder if I
enjoyed the sun if it didn't rain a
lot I cry yeah
thinking about my past times so
many I wanted to be right here with
me they had to leave unexpectedly
and I try to be there for them
Key Vocabulary
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past /pɑːst/ B1 |
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grind /ɡraɪnd/ B2 |
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shine /ʃaɪn/ B1 |
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reminisce /ˌrɛmɪˈnɪs/ C1 |
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homies /ˈhoʊmiz/ C1 |
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drug /drʌɡ/ B1 |
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corner /ˈkɔːrnər/ A2 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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friends /frɛndz/ A1 |
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trust /trʌst/ B1 |
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high /haɪ/ B1 |
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pain /peɪn/ B1 |
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rain /reɪn/ A1 |
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moon /muːn/ A1 |
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sun /sʌn/ A1 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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run /rʌn/ A1 |
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alone /əˈloʊn/ B1 |
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bright /braɪt/ B1 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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I just think about all my past times
➔ Simple present (habitual)
➔ The verb "think" is in the simple present to talk about a regular, repeated action.
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I don't even sell no D cuz I do not have no time
➔ Double negative (negative concord) + colloquial contraction
➔ The sentence uses "don't", "no" and "not" together, creating a double negative that intensifies the negation.
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Now a boy got pinky rings switching lanes with six chains
➔ Past simple (got) + present participle as adverbial (switching)
➔ "got" is the past simple of "get" describing a completed action. "switching" is a present participle that adds an adverbial meaning (how he moves).
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I could show a young boy in the city looking like I'm fucking growing all the way
➔ Modal verb "could" + bare infinitive (show)
➔ "could" expresses ability or possibility in the past/future, and it is followed directly by the infinitive "show" without "to".
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I was acting like a monkey swinging off them goddamn trees
➔ Past continuous (was acting) + present participle (swinging) as adverbial
➔ "was acting" is the past continuous, showing an ongoing action in the past. "swinging" is a present participle that modifies how the action is performed.
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I brought it back all the way to the west cuz them niggas in the East said that I was one of the best
➔ Past simple (brought) + reported speech (said that)
➔ "brought" is the past simple of "bring" showing a completed action. "said that" introduces a clause reporting what someone else said.
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I might be on too many drugs I lost so many friends
➔ Modal verb "might" + base verb (be) + simple past (lost)
➔ "might" expresses possibility; it is followed directly by the base verb "be". "lost" is a simple past verb describing a finished action.
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I remember being alone all those nights
➔ Verb + gerund (remember + being)
➔ "remember" is followed by the gerund "being" to talk about a past event that is recalled.
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I've been through so much pain it helped me gain a lot
➔ Present perfect continuous (have been) + simple past (helped)
➔ "I've been" (I have been) forms the present perfect continuous, indicating an action that started in the past and continues up to now. "helped" is a simple past verb showing a completed effect.
