Menace to Society – English Lyrics

• By: Mazza L20
• Album: Menace to Society (Single)

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You heating up, lavish.

Ask them who's the best Grime rapper, they won't mention me,

Probably 'cause I'm white and I don't act the way I'm meant to be,

A friend of me's an enemy, with envy and jealousy,

We turn them into memories, a weapon's a necessity.

Menace to Society, I match the Glock with the 110s like an accessory,

The clip holds more slugs than the legs on a centipede,

No we're not Americans, shooting elementaries between me and bro we done a quarter of a century,

Locked in a Walk we don't call it Penitentiary,

Essentially, I knew I'd get released, though eventually,

No you're not a killer if you've done it accidentally,

Scars on me body, that's physically and mentally,

I don't want your sympathy, they said I'm lacking empathy, no fed up pre I grew up in a cell it wasn't meant for me,

Said that I'm a risk to the public potentially, rats keep ringing up the police confidentially,

I'm trying to provide for me son and leave a legacy,

Industry don't like me that much they're not letting me, try putting holes in me head like John Kennedy,

F*ck it I survived through it all coincidentally,

Should have put a mask on me face I need serenity, 'cause I'm getting watched like me life's a documentary,

This is real life, no edit no censory, beef comes with the street sh*t complimentary,

Neo in the Matrix I'm just dodging the projectiles, keep slugs for them opp sticks, you know necessities,

I really came from the streets like Sesame,

I learned how to whip with the white like it's a recipe,

We call it chemistry,

Smoking on a spliff and a nine, I've got the lemon tree,

It's not from the dispensary,

But f*ck all what you telling me,

I kicked the door off your house if mi smelling weed, I cut the heads off the snakes that I'll never need,

I helped you get yours, meanwhile they were selling dreams, I threw away mine to get yours, and missed all my teens,

Never get it twisted, 'cause this life's never what it seems, locked me up in juvenile jails fighting over beans,

I sliced the fro with a razor, should of heard the screams,

I've been in prisons in prisons that you've never been, I've seen sh*t I won't repeat but you've never seen,

Still set fire to the cell, Katniss Everdeen, and when he shipped me out of Feltham I was 17,

I freed the team, I love money, but it's f*ck the Queen,

He came to jail as Catholic, but now he's on his deen,

But f*ck the past, 'cause I'm trying to stay clean,

But thanks to the ones that are running up the streams, but I feel like me past keeps f*cking up me dreams,

I'm cold-hearted like the weather when it's winter time, bro I really slipped for mine,

Sh*t, they should have told me that, it's a slippery slope when you slip and slide,

But they forgot about me dough, when I did me time,

You know the saying, no you shouldn't never did the crime, prison wars didn't have a knife, so I improvised,

And I done it while they watched, they was hypnotised,

If me and bro do a drill, then it's synchronised,

Rose gold chocolate Day-Date, 'cause we're on different times,

I've got a G and a P, that's two different lines,

Said I went down the wrong path, I guess I missed the signs,

Same goes for all them little rats, that were switching sides,

Life's full of twists and turns, bro I f*ck a Disney ride,

I'm not Drake, f*ck your bling, you can't hit me line,

If it isn't money, don't try, 'cause I'll hit the clan,

I'm in a G-Wagon, see back, hit recline,

Automatic whip, drift tonic, got it simplified,

Never finished school, street-wise, but I still revised,

Ops went to jail, got terrorized and victimized,

Even if I never got paid, I would still provide,

Even if they kill me, Machiavelli, I'll be still alive,

I said even if they kill me, Machiavelli, I'll be still alive,

I'll be still about like I never died.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
menace /ˈmɛnɪs/ C1	noun - a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger
society /səˈsaɪəti/ B1	noun - people living together in communities or groups
weapon /ˈwɛpən/ B1	noun - an object used for fighting or attacking someone
legacy /ˈlɛgəsi/ B2	noun - something handed down from one generation to another
empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/ C1	noun - the ability to understand and share another person’s feelings
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ B2	noun - feelings of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune
jealousy /ˈʤɛləsi/ B2	noun - unhappy feeling when someone has what you want
risk /rɪsk/ B1	noun - a situation involving exposure to danger or loss
legacy /ˈlɛgəsi/ B2	noun - an inheritance; something passed down from an ancestor
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B1	noun - the right to act, speak, or think without restraint
industry /ˈɪndəstri/ B2	noun - a particular branch of economic or commercial activity
criminal /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/ B1	noun - a person who has committed a crime adjective - relating to crime or its punishment
prison /ˈprɪzən/ A2	noun - a building where people are kept as punishment for crimes
enemy /ˈɛnəmi/ A2	noun - a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ B1	verb - to continue to live or exist after difficulty
loyalty /ˈlɔɪəlti/ B2	noun - the quality of being faithful to someone or something
betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ B2	verb - to be disloyal to someone who trusts you
violence /ˈvaɪələns/ B2	noun - behavior involving physical force intended to hurt or kill
struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ B2	verb - to make a great effort to overcome difficulty noun - a hard effort or fight

Key Grammar Structures

• They won’t mention me as the best rapper.

  ➔ Passive voice

  ➔ The subject 'they' performs the action, but the focus is on 'me', the receiver. Used to emphasize what happens to someone rather than who does it.

• A friend of mine is an enemy with jealousy.

  ➔ Possessive form + noun phrase

  ➔ Using 'a friend of mine' instead of 'my friend' adds nuance, meaning one among several friends.

• We turn them into memories.

  ➔ Causative construction with 'turn into'

  ➔ 'Turn into' shows transformation. The subject causes change from one state to another.

• No, you're not a killer if you've done it accidentally.

  ➔ Conditional clause (type 1–real condition)

  ➔ It expresses a real or likely condition using 'if' + present perfect, with a real consequence.

• I grew up in a cell that wasn’t meant for me.

  ➔ Relative clause with 'that'

  ➔ The relative clause 'that wasn’t meant for me' modifies 'cell', giving additional information about it.

• Even if they kill me, I’ll be still alive.

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'even if'

  ➔ ‘Even if’ introduces a hypothetical situation that does not change the outcome.

• I’m trying to provide for my son and leave a legacy.

  ➔ Gerund or infinitive after verbs ('to provide', 'to leave')

  ➔ 'Try' and 'want' are verbs often followed by 'to' + infinitive to express purpose or intent.

• They forgot about me when I did my time.

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ Used to describe actions completed in the past with 'forgot' and 'did', emphasizing finished time.