KEEP UP – English Lyrics

• By: KSI, JME
• Album: Keep Up EP

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the energetic world of UK grime with KSI and JME's "KEEP UP"! This track offers a snapshot of mid-2010s British youth culture, exploring themes of ambition and success in the digital age. Learn how to express confidence and challenge others while enjoying the distinctive sounds of grime music.

[English]

What's going on these days?

People are getting famous from YouTube?

I mean have you heard of that guy

KSI?

Apparently he's got millions of subscribers

And a book

And a movie

And a Lamborghini

And a song about a Lamborghini

Who the hell are the Sidemen?

All over my timeline

The world's going crazy!

All-all-all-all we really wanna know is can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

All we really wanna know is can you keep up?

Growing like I'm the universe

So ahead that these dudes reverse

Fly with my car when I bolt in the lead

Smash it like Hulk then I drop 'em like WWE

Parties, we doing it (Big, big)

Views that I'm getting so (Big, big)

Girls that I sleep with say (Big, big)

Laid in America (Big, big)

I'm on a roll, pass the control

Hit it worldwide when I put on a show

All-all-all-all we really wanna know is can you keep up?

This morning I woke up on a mission

Head out the window screaming, "Fuck the competition!" (Fuck it)

When I go missing means I'm steady on the grind

I've got nothing but success up on my mind

Keep up

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

All we really wanna know is can you keep up?

Have you heard of this JME guy?

What the hell is 'Grime' music?

Is it a UK thing?

'Cause apparently the whole world are getting into it

How many members do you think are in this BBK gang?

'Cause I'm beginning to lose count

They seem to be everywhere

My little brothers and sister seem to love them

Hmm, (Serious) maybe they can't that bad (It's JME)

All we really wanna know is can you (Shut ya mouth)

Everyone's baffed, "Who are they? Who are you?"

How's JJ got a Lambo too?

It's a simple equation fam (What?)

You get bare P's if you get bare views

Like you get bare P's if you work bare hours

And I get bare P's if I make bare tunes

Don't hate now 'cause man's got powers

You get bare slaps if you get bare rude

Turn the clock back 10 years nobody cared

Man was airing me

5 years later my first album dropped

Now man are hearing me

Today, Integrity and Integri-tees

Man are wearing me

All-all-all-all we really wanna know is can you keep up? (Serious)

This morning I woke up on a mission

Head out the window screaming, "Fuck the competition!" (Fuck it)

When I go missing means I'm steady on the grind

I've got nothing but success up on my mind

Keep up

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

Keep up

Can you, can you keep up?

All we really wanna know is can you keep up?

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to retain possession of; continue to have
up /ʌp/ A1	adverb - toward a higher place
famous /ˈfeɪ.məs/ A2	adjective - known and recognized by many people
subscriber /səbˈskraɪ.bər/ B1	noun - a person who receives a publication regularly
Lamborghini /ˌlæm.bɔːrˈɡiː.ni/ B1	noun - a luxury sports car brand
smash /smæʃ/ A2	verb - to break something into pieces with a loud noise
grind /ɡraɪnd/ B1	noun - hard and persistent work
competition /ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ A2	noun - a contest where people compete against each other
success /səkˈses/ A2	noun - the achievement of desired aims or results
mission /ˈmɪʃ.ən/ A2	noun - an important task or job
timeline /ˈtaɪm.laɪn/ B1	noun - a sequence of events in chronological order
reverse /rɪˈvɜːrs/ B1	verb - to change the direction or order of something
bolt /boʊlt/ B1	verb - to move suddenly and quickly
woke /woʊk/ B2	adjective - aware of social and racial injustice
grind /ɡraɪnd/ B1	verb - to work hard and persistently
baffled /ˈbæfəld/ B2	adjective - completely confused or puzzled

Key Grammar Structures

• What's going on these days?

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'What's going on' uses the present continuous tense with 'is going' to describe an action happening now or a trend in the present.

• I mean have you heard of that guy KSI?

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase 'have you heard' uses the present perfect tense to ask about an experience that may have happened before now.

• All-all-all-all we really wanna know is can you keep up?

  ➔ Emphasis with repetition

  ➔ The repetition of 'all' emphasizes the importance of the question 'can you keep up?'

• Growing like I'm the universe

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ The phrase 'like I'm the universe' is a simile comparing the speaker's growth to the vastness of the universe.

• This morning I woke up on a mission

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The phrase 'I woke up' uses the past simple tense to describe a completed action in the past.

• When I go missing means I'm steady on the grind

  ➔ Present simple with future meaning

  ➔ The phrase 'When I go missing' uses the present simple to describe a habitual action that implies future behavior.

• Have you heard of this JME guy?

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase 'Have you heard' uses the present perfect tense to ask about past experience with relevance to the present.

• You get bare P's if you get bare views

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ The sentence 'You get bare P's if you get bare views' is a Type 1 conditional sentence, describing a likely result if a condition is met.