Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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toast /toʊst/ A2 |
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smoke /sməʊk/ A2 |
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haters /ˈheɪtərz/ B1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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bitch /bɪtʃ/ B1 |
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know /nəʊ/ A1 |
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trust /trʌst/ B1 |
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hang /hæŋ/ A2 |
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real /rɪəl/ A2 |
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shit /ʃɪt/ B1 |
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fake /feɪk/ B1 |
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crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1 |
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thing /θɪŋ/ A1 |
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mouth /maʊθ/ A1 |
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function /ˈfʌŋkʃən/ B1 |
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bankroll /ˈbæŋkˌroʊl/ B2 |
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respect /rɪˈspekt/ B1 |
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hundred /ˈhʌndrəd/ A1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Live a fast life, now we up, let's make a toast.
➔ Imperative suggestion with "let's" + present simple for habitual action
➔ The phrase 'let's' is a contraction of "let us" and is used to make a suggestion.
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If I can't trust you, you can't hang, you gotta go.
➔ Zero conditional (if + present simple, result + present simple) + modal "can't" for inability and "gotta" = have to
➔ The word 'can't' shows inability, and 'gotta' is informal for "have to" indicating obligation.
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She tell me that she love me, bitch, you know I am the G.O.A.T.
➔ Reported speech with present simple; use of complementizer "that"; informal omission of third‑person -s
➔ In "She tell me that she love me", the verbs "tell" and "love" are in the present simple, and "that" introduces the reported clause.
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Do this for my haters 'cause them niggas do the most.
➔ Colloquial conjunction "'cause" = because; superlative construction "the most"
➔ The word "'cause" is a shortened form of "because" and "the most" expresses the highest degree.
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I'ma turn you up then I'ma turn you out.
➔ Contraction "I'ma" = "I am going to" (future intention); repeated structure for emphasis
➔ The form "I'ma" combines "I am" + "going to" and is used to express a planned action.
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He say he he ridin', but he tellin' on the low.
➔ Present simple "say" for habitual speech; present progressive "ridin'" and "tellin'" (dropping -g); informal double subject "he he"
➔ The verb "say" is in present simple for repeated speech; "ridin'" and "tellin'" drop the final "g" in colloquial speech.
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If I pour up in my cup, know it is a four.
➔ Imperative clause "know" following a conditional; use of "if" for hypothetical situation
➔ After the "if" clause, the speaker gives a command "know" meaning "remember" or "be aware".
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Can't have snakes around me, shit be fucking up my mode.
➔ Modal verb "can't" for prohibition; present simple "be" used as copula in slang; vulgar intensifier "fucking"
➔ The modal "can't" expresses inability or prohibition, while "be" functions as a copula in the slang phrase "shit be...".
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We gon' skrrt off, leaving smoke.
➔ Colloquial "gon'" = "going to" (future intention); present participle "leaving" for simultaneous action
➔ The contraction "gon'" stands for "going to" and shows a planned future action; "leaving" describes an action occurring at the same time.
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