Love Sosa – English Lyrics

• By: Kevin Gates
• Album: The Luca Brasi Story

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I am a soldier, got it with the yola

Whip it with gun and boobie black, know they out to know us

Look from out the south side, gangster shit around me

Anyone should try me, black people look like brasi

True story

Two n****s grew up in the shotgun house, back street in the slums, only one way out

Uncle went to jail and my fella fell out, been down 14 cause he wouldn't sell out

Grandmother tried when they mama with a man, but she couldn't understand why she wouldn't help out

Two 8-balls, take no days off at the street late night with the gunplay now

Holes all in their clothes except the ones that mama bought them

Flipped the coke, kept 31-5 from off their first two and a quarter

Grinding hard while police stake out, got arrested, cuffed, and picked up

On the phone, juvie detention, sent him off, mama can't come get him

Jump from 13 to like 17 in the system, made us vicious

Sweater, got some fight, play with my trigger finger, get em

Grandpa told me see and don't see, hear and don't hear, never telling

Check my rap sheet, I go lay down, quick to reason, I'm a felon

Soldier, got it with the yola

Whip it with gun and boobie black, know they out to know us

Look from out the south side, gangster shit around me

Anyone should try me, black people look like brasi

True story, 17 when I came home, '03 I think I met Big London

Taught me how to hustle, now I'm saving money and the dope good, I kill for him

Put a n**** on a shit bag for him, emptied the clip but I didn't kill him

18 with two Camaros and my main line got a black Honda

Late night, straight pipe for my white sales, I trap out it

Over, look who taking over

You finna be over, too much baking soda

My n**** wanna make the league and I just wanna trap house

Working off the digi-scale, we really having blackouts

Fell again with Johnson law, guess I'm on my way to check him

Recipe for winning, all I know is this for life

Miss all of my n****s in the grave and doing life

Send their families home, over, look who taking over

For baby mamas having boys, God bless me with soldiers

This motherf*****g n**** talking about he don't mean me no wrong

This motherf****r don't mean me no wrong, PSYCH!

B*tch I am a soldier, got it with the yola

Whip it with gun and boobie black, know they out to know us

Look from out the south side, gangster shit around me

Anyone should try me, black people look like brasi

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
soldier /ˈsoʊldʒər/ A2	noun - a person who serves in an army
gun /ɡʌn/ A1	noun - a weapon that fires bullets
gangster /ˈɡæŋstər/ B1	noun - a member of a gang
hustle /ˈhʌsəl/ B1	verb - to work hard or quickly, especially in a busy or energetic way
arrested /əˈrɛstɪd/ A2	verb - to be taken into custody by the police
felon /ˈfɛlən/ B2	noun - a person convicted of a serious crime
vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ B2	adjective - extremely violent or cruel
slums /slʌmz/ B1	noun - a squalid and overcrowded urban area
juvie /ˈdʒuvi/ B2	noun - juvenile detention center
trigger /ˈtrɪɡər/ A2	noun - a small device that releases a mechanism
scale /skeɪl/ A2	noun - a device to measure weight
recipe /ˈrɛsəpi/ A2	noun - a set of instructions for preparing food
grave /ɡreɪv/ A2	noun - a place where a dead body is buried
hustle /ˈhʌsəl/ B1	verb - to engage in illegal or unethical business activities
trap /træp/ A2	noun - a device or strategy to catch or ensnare

Key Grammar Structures

• I am a soldier, got it with the yola

  ➔ Present simple of 'to be' + Simple past (irregular verb)

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple "**am**" to state a permanent identity and the simple past "**got**" to describe a completed action.

• Look from out the south side, gangster shit around me

  ➔ Imperative mood (base verb without subject)

  ➔ The verb "**Look**" is an imperative, giving a direct command without a stated subject.

• Anyone should try me, black people look like brasi

  ➔ Modal verb "should" + base verb (expressing advice or expectation)

  ➔ The modal "**should**" followed by the base verb "**try**" suggests a recommendation or expectation.

• Two n****s grew up in the shotgun house, back street in the slums

  ➔ Simple past tense (regular verb "grew up")

  ➔ The verb "**grew up**" is in the simple past, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Grandmother tried when they mama with a man, but she couldn't understand why she wouldn't help out

  ➔ Past simple + Modal verbs "couldn't" (past ability) and "wouldn't" (past refusal)

  ➔ "**couldn't**" expresses inability in the past, while "**wouldn't**" shows a deliberate refusal.

• Flipped the coke, kept 31-5 from off their first two and a quarter

  ➔ Simple past verbs "flipped" and "kept" (regular and irregular)

  ➔ Both verbs are in the simple past: "**flipped**" (past of "flip") and "**kept**" (past of "keep").

• Got arrested, cuffed, and picked up

  ➔ "Get + past participle" construction (causative/passive)

  ➔ The verb "**got**" followed by past participles "arrested", "cuffed", "picked" forms a passive meaning: the subject experienced these actions.

• I go lay down, quick to reason, I'm a felon

  ➔ Present simple "go" (habitual action) + infinitive "lay down"; contraction "I'm"

  ➔ "**go**" indicates a habitual activity, followed by the infinitive "**lay down**"; "**I'm**" is the contraction of "I am".

• Taught me how to hustle, now I'm saving money and the dope good, I kill for him

  ➔ Past simple "taught" + present continuous "I'm saving"; conjunction "now" indicating contrast

  ➔ "**taught**" is a past simple verb showing a completed teaching action; "**I'm saving**" (present continuous) describes an ongoing activity; "**now**" signals a shift to the present.