KO – English Lyrics

• By: NLE The Great

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw, confrontational world of the rap beef with NLE The Great's 'KO.' This track is an excellent resource for learning highly direct and assertive English, as well as modern hip-hop slang used in a battle context. The song's complex blend of spiritual imagery and aggressive, punchline-heavy bars makes it a unique and powerful piece of lyrical storytelling.

[English]

K-O, K-O, hmm, voo-D-I-O

Yahweh bomba ye

Don't step any further

Aye, I was quiet for a minute, now I'm breaking up the peace

Insomnia, time to wake you niggas out ya sleep

I say I'm on 'em, they in a coma, it's time to dome 'em

Headshot, goner, you can smell the aroma

YoungBoy, what? This the big boy league

I put one up in your gut under the Jesus piece

Last thing that I heard was, "Jesus, please"

Had me looking at the Devil like, "This is your king"

Ain't no fun, when the rabbit got the gun, you run

You just a pawn on the Devil chessboard, you done

I'm trying to step some, bless some, wet one, stretch one

What you can do I can do better

R.I.P. y'all altogether, all black in some leather

I eat bullets and shit Berettas

Rival with my Chiappa Winchester

Bet yo' bottom dollar Top Shotta packin' heat

Iron Mike, Cus D'Amato, I'm putting nigga to sleep

We can bang this shit out for all the real niggas

The house and the field niggas, I'm trill, nigga

I rock nations, "Still nigga"

Cut the head off the snake when I deal with 'em

So it's on like Scarface, Al Capone

Lucky Luciano, Don Vito Corleone

And I'll bury all you cockroaches, where? In ya' homes, the catacombs

Store the bones, I'ma leave smoking

When the smoke clear, cry smoke of tears

"It's Hunting Season" on the "Wall of Weird," head hunting souvenirs

K-O, K-O, hmm, voo-D-I-O

Yahweh bomba ye

If you cross that line, don't step any further

Don't you step any further, nigga

K-O

Purple reign, I'm strapped with two Glocks on me, twin flames

Tryna bring a demon pain, I'm losing sane

I got a bullet, engraved on it his name

Clip like a dick, dump it till it's all gone, that's a sex change

This shit get deeper than rap, can give a **** 'bout the streets

Yahweh sent me to decease 'em so I'm the reaper to greet 'em

Underlay, bombs away, down go the 4

10 was the count, nigga, but he don't want no mo'

Let's see who macho for real

Lock me in a room with you

I'll make the pipsqueak squeal from his grill

I'm gonna cock and let you taste da iron

Blow ya' head off ya' neck like a dandelion, come on

Bitch boy, sugar, honey, ice tea

He a he-she man, brah

I'll put dem lead carrots in yo' ass, now you're wearin' a colostomy bag

For a pamper, ah, I'm cancer, I'm tryna cancel 'em

K-O, K-O, hmm, voo-D-I-O

Man down, clean up on aisle Tre, nigga

Yahweh bomba ye

If you cross that line, don't step any further

Don't you step any further, nigga

You poison the youth, nothin' positive you do

You the reason niggas beating bitches thinking that it's cute

You send niggas to do what you wouldn't even do

Role model, you will never fit the shoe

Just a nigga with emotion, a breastfed bitch

Yo' aura give me the ick

Niggas like you make me sick

Money, power, guns, and a few drugged out crash outs

Make you think you the one who can lash out

**** benefit of doubt, we all tryna make it out

Tried to peace it up with ya

You the one that wanted clout

Holding onto a image that you ain't really living

Everybody that you rep on, I know who really did it

Can you feel it? The reaper want a visit

Judgement day around the corner, the creator livid

Purposely making decisions to promote mo' violence

That's bringing mo' death unto his innocent children

When I do it, it's different, when he do it, it's ignorant

I'm in love with the art, he tearing people apart

Embrace my light and my dark

Why he ain't doing his part?

Why he ain't doing his part?

Why he ain't doing his part?

K-O, K-O, hmm, voo-D-I-O

Man down, clean up on aisle Tre, nigga

Yahweh bomba ye

If you cross that line, don't step any further

Don't you step any further, nigga

K-O, K-O, hmm, voo-D-I-O

Man down, clean up on aisle Tre, nigga

Yahweh bomba ye

If you cross that line, don't step any further

Any further

Yahweh

En-eli

Bumba ye

En-eli

Bumba ye

Clean up on the out-right nigga

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
peace /piːs/ A2	noun - a state of calm or freedom from conflict
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - to become or make someone become conscious after sleeping
dome /doʊm/ C1	verb - slang for to shoot or hit someone in the head noun - a rounded roof or top
headshot /ˈhɛdʃɒt/ B2	noun - a shot to the head, often in a violent context
league /liːɡ/ B1	noun - a group of people or organizations united for a common purpose
devil /ˈdɛvəl/ A2	noun - an evil spirit or the embodiment of evil
pawn /pɔːn/ B1	noun - a person used by others for their own purposes
bullets /ˈbʊlɪts/ B1	noun - projectiles fired from a gun
cut /kʌt/ A2	verb - to separate or divide something with a sharp tool
snake /sneɪk/ A1	noun - a long, legless reptile
buried /ˈbɛrɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of bury, to put someone in the ground after death
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
cock /kɒk/ B2	verb - to prepare a gun for firing noun - male bird or slang for penis
blow /bloʊ/ A2	verb - to move or be moved by air
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ B1	verb - to cause harm or damage noun - a substance that can cause harm or death
assets /ˈæsɛts/ B2	noun - useful or valuable things or qualities
embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ B2	verb - to accept willingly

Key Grammar Structures

• Don't step any further

  ➔ Imperative (Negative)

  ➔ The imperative is used to give commands or instructions. Here, 'Don't step' uses the base form of the verb with 'do not' for negation, advising against an action.

• I say I'm on 'em, they in a coma

  ➔ Present Simple for Narration

  ➔ The present simple is used for storytelling or dramatic effect, as in rap lyrics. "I say I'm on 'em" narrates an ongoing action vividly.

• Had me looking at the Devil like, "This is your king"

  ➔ Causative 'Have' (Past)

  ➔ Causative 'have' means someone causes another to do something. "Had me looking" indicates the speaker was made to look in the past.

• Ain't no fun, when the rabbit got the gun, you run

  ➔ Negation with 'Ain't' and 'When' Clause

  ➔ 'Ain't' is informal negation for 'is not'. The 'when' clause describes a condition leading to the main action "you run".

• What you can do I can do better

  ➔ Ellipsis and Parallel Structure

  ➔ Ellipsis omits repeated words for conciseness. The structure parallels "you can do" and "I can do better" for emphasis.

• If you cross that line, don't step any further

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ The first conditional (if + present, imperative) describes real future possibilities. It warns of consequences if the condition is met.

• Yahweh sent me to decease 'em so I'm the reaper to greet 'em

  ➔ 'So' for Purpose

  ➔ 'So' introduces a clause explaining purpose or result. Here, it links the past action to the speaker's role as the reaper.

• You poison the youth, nothin' positive you do

  ➔ Cleft Sentence (Negative Emphasis)

  ➔ Cleft structures like "nothin' positive you do" emphasize by restructuring for focus, here negating positive actions.

• Why he ain't doing his part?

  ➔ Question with Informal Negation ('Ain't')

  ➔ Wh-questions use inversion for subject-verb. 'Ain't' is slang for 'is not', creating an informal rhetorical question.

• When I do it, it's different, when he do it, it's ignorant

  ➔ Parallel 'When' Clauses with Ellipsis

  ➔ 'When' clauses are repeated in parallel for contrast, with ellipsis of 'does' in the second for rhythm in lyrics.