Life We Living – English Lyrics

• By: Sean Paul, Squash

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Dancehall with Sean Paul and Squash's "Life We Living." This energetic track, rich in Jamaican patois and English, offers a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture through its catchy rhythms and uplifting message of gratitude and celebration. What makes it special is the authentic collaboration between a Dancehall veteran and a rising star, bringing together different flows and melodic styles that are characteristic of the genre.

[English]

Life We Living

Life We Living

Baby girl, yuh a carry ten ton a phatness, gimme some a' dat

Mixed wid the badness, look how she hot

Shaped like goddess, but a nah jus dat

Is a good piece 'a mentals under di cap

Hot piece of frame an mi love how yuh trod

Watching every step 'a di pepper deh whe yuh got

Stayin' in ma brain, memory cyah detach

Mainly my aim is to give you this love

Gyal I've been dreaming this life now I'm living this life give thanks Father God I swear

Cause it is only right after all of the fight and all the blood sweat and tears

Living it up to the fullest and beg jah bless my days

And now we living every single day like a holiday

Champion among us and everybody feel right

Have to get a fat girl tonight

Team up and light up and a blaze bright

Cross over the border, everybody want type

Right now we feel like the boss of the world

Yeah they like a guy

Right now we feel like we fuck my girl

I just have to find the night

Whining, whining, whining, whining

Thinking about all the women I've been in

Spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning

No lie-i-ie

No li-i-i-ie

No li-i-ie

No li-i-ie

No lie-i-ie

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for
fight /faɪt/ B1	noun - a violent struggle verb - to engage in combat
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red fluid that circulates in the body
sweat /swɛt/ B1	noun - moisture excreted through the skin verb - to excrete moisture through the skin
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of liquid from the eyes
champion /ˈtʃæm.pi.ən/ B2	noun - a winner of a competition
boss /bɒs/ B1	noun - a person in charge
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images during sleep verb - to experience dreams while sleeping
bless /blɛs/ B2	verb - to confer divine favor
thanks /θæŋks/ A1	noun - expression of gratitude
God /ɡɒd/ A1	noun - the supreme being
swear /swɛər/ B1	verb - to promise solemnly
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving out or reflecting much light
blaze /bleɪz/ C1	verb - to burn fiercely noun - a bright flame
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness
whine /waɪn/ B2	verb - to make a high‑pitched cry
spin /spɪn/ A2	verb - to turn around rapidly
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman

Key Grammar Structures

• Gyal I've been dreaming this life now I'm living this life give thanks Father God I swear

  ➔ Present perfect continuous and present progressive

  ➔ The sentence uses "have been dreaming" to show an action that started in the past and continues, and "I'm living" as a present progressive form.

• Cause it is only right after all of the fight and all the blood sweat and tears

  ➔ Simple present tense + prepositional phrase of time

  ➔ "is" is the simple present form of the verb "to be" used as a linking verb, and "after" introduces the time clause "after all of the fight…".

• Living it up to the fullest and beg jah bless my days

  ➔ Gerund as subject + imperative verb (bare infinitive)

  ➔ "Living" functions as a gerund that acts as the subject of the clause, while "beg" is an imperative verb in its bare infinitive form.

• Stayin' in ma brain, memory cyah detach

  ➔ Present participle used informally as a verb + colloquial negative modal "cyah" (cannot)

  ➔ "Stayin'" is a contracted present participle indicating a continuous state, and "cyah" is a Jamaican‑patois form meaning "cannot".

• Mainly my aim is to give you this love

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose after a linking verb

  ➔ "to give" is an infinitive that expresses the purpose of the subject's aim.

• Right now we feel like the boss of the world

  ➔ "feel like" + noun phrase (simile/comparison)

  ➔ "feel like" is an idiomatic verb phrase meaning "to think or imagine oneself as" followed by the noun phrase "the boss of the world".

• Have to get a fat girl tonight

  ➔ Modal necessity "have to" + base verb (infinitive without "to")

  ➔ "Have to" expresses obligation, and it is followed directly by the base form "get".

• Cross over the border, everybody want type

  ➔ Bare infinitive after "want" (omission of "to")

  ➔ "want" is followed by the bare infinitive "type" instead of the full infinitive "to type".

• Whining, whining, whining, whining

  ➔ Gerund used as a noun (repetition for emphasis)

  ➔ "Whining" is a gerund that functions as a noun; its repeated use creates emphasis.