Ice Cold – English Lyrics

• By: Lil Tjay
• Album: State Of Emergency

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

This world is so ice, this world is so cold (so cold)

This world is ice cold (ice cold), this world is ice cold (ice cold)

This world is so ice (ice), the world is so cold (cold)

This world is ice cold (ice cold), this world is ice cold (ice cold)

I swear I got plenty niggas mad, never comin' home

Demons in my head, I got too many niggas gone

Kids out here dyin', mama hurt, cryin'

I ain't even think I'd see eighteen and I ain't lyin'

Jails multiplyin', change shit, I'm tryin'

Murder rate just keep on goin' up, it's horrifyin'

Cops pointin' fingers, they be misidentifyin' (oh)

Pocket of change, honestly don't think it's ever gonna change

Lookin' from my new perspective, I done realize some things

Them streets bad, streets wicked, streets bad, streets wicked

If the ray shot hit you, that's a one-way ticket

Somethin' on like a couple times, 'bout to fix it

I been to myself, I been just stackin' up my digits

All I could do is preach and I hope you niggas with it

So I like to speak to God

I feel your pain, you just wait your turn

No givin' up

Hopefully one day your life see a change

I been to Hell and back a few times

No way that it get back, I don't mind

Tired of this pain, tired of this pain

Tryna balance the perfection in my life and do some good one

Never knew my father, momma told me I'm a hood son

I done been through a lot of rough times, it was hard

That just one of the reasons I'ma take it so far

So much shit that I hold back, memories, cold facts

They just took my nigga, he got caught up with no strap

It's just been so whack, I just want bro back

I swear to God, we livin' in a cold, cold world

Took it to the face to calm my feelings, I'm a stoner

Can't go to them trenches, it be hot like Arizona

Dirty my aroma, city got corona

Sad to say I know like just two niggas with diplomas

First time gettin' sentenced, I was thirteen

First time ever gettin' knocked, I was twelve

When I came home, young nigga, I was fourteen

Went back two more years, oh, wow (oh)

'Member when they kicked me out of school, got expelled

They said that I won't be shit, I know only time will tell

Young nigga goin' up, up, up

I know them higher powers lookin' over, that's for sure

So I like to speak to God

I feel your pain, you just wait your turn

No givin' up

Hopefully one day your life see a change

I been to Hell and back a few times

No way that it get back, I don't mind

Tired of this pain, tired of this pain

So I like to speak to God

I feel your pain, you just wait your turn

No givin' up

Hopefully one day your life see a change

I been to Hell and back a few times

No way that it get back, I don't mind

Tired of this pain, tired of this pain (ice cold)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - low in temperature adjective - unfriendly or unemotional
demon /ˈdiːmən/ A2	noun - an evil spirit or devil
dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - to stop living
multiply /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ B1	verb - to increase in number
horrify /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/ B2	verb - to cause someone to feel shocked or scared
perspective /pərˈspektɪv/ B2	noun - a particular way of thinking about something
wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/ B1	adjective - evil or morally wrong
preach /priːtʃ/ A2	verb - to give a religious sermon
balance /ˈbæləns/ B1	verb - to keep something in a steady position
expel /ɪkˈspel/ B2	verb - to force someone to leave a place
trench /trɛntʃ/ B1	noun - a long, narrow ditch
diploma /dɪˈploʊmə/ A2	noun - a document given for completing a course of study
sentenced /ˈsɛntənst/ B1	verb - to be given a punishment by a court
expel /ɪkˈspel/ B2	verb - to force someone to leave a place
stoner /ˈstoʊnər/ B1	noun - a person who frequently uses cannabis
corona /kəˈroʊnə/ B1	noun - a type of virus or a crown-like structure

Key Grammar Structures

• I swear I "got" plenty niggas mad, never "comin'" home

  ➔ Present simple for possession (got) and present participle (comin') for an ongoing action.

  ➔ The verb "got" is in the present simple indicating possession. "comin'" is a present participle showing a continuous action.

• I "ain't" even think "I'd" see eighteen and I "ain't" lyin'

  ➔ Negative contraction "ain't" (am not) and modal verb "would" in conditional (I'd = I would).

  ➔ "ain't" is a colloquial negative meaning "am not". "I'd" is a contraction of "I would" used in a conditional clause.

• Murder rate just "keep" on "goin'" up, it's "horrifyin'"

  ➔ Present simple with adverb "just" for habit, present participle "goin'" for continuous action, present progressive "is horrifyin'" for ongoing state.

  ➔ "keep" is used in the present simple with "just" to show a repeated action. "goin'" is a present participle indicating a continuous rise. "horrifyin'" is a present progressive form describing an ongoing feeling.

• "If" the ray shot "hit" you, that's a one‑way ticket

  ➔ First conditional: if + present simple, main clause with present simple (that's).

  ➔ "If" introduces a condition, and "hit" is in the present simple because the condition refers to a possible future event.

• I "been" to Hell and back a few times

  ➔ Present perfect (have/has + past participle). In colloquial speech the auxiliary "have" is omitted.

  ➔ "been" is the past participle of "be" used with the present perfect to talk about experiences up to now.

• "When" I "came" home, young nigga, I was fourteen

  ➔ Past simple for a completed action (came) and past simple for a state (was) in a time clause introduced by "when".

  ➔ "came" is the past simple of "come" showing a completed action. "was" is the past simple of "be" indicating a past state.

• They said that I "won't" be shit, I know only time will tell

  ➔ Reported speech with past tense verb "said" and future in the past "won't" (will not). Followed by a simple future clause "will tell".

  ➔ "won't" is the contracted form of "will not" used after a past reporting verb to express a future action relative to the past.

• I "don't" mind

  ➔ Simple present negative with auxiliary verb "do" + not (don't).

  ➔ "don't" is the contracted form of "do not", used to make a negative statement in the present simple.