Mista Mista – English Lyrics

• By: Fugees

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Mista mista, can I get five dollars

So I can get something to eat?

Hell no motherfucka

You can't get no money from me

'Cause every time I give you a dollar

You go get shot up with more and more needles

And you tell me that you're drug free, drug free

Mista mista, I haven't ate anything for a week

Can I get a quarter?

Hell no motherfucka

What can a quarter get you? Nothing motherfucka

You are just fucked up

Off them fucked up drugs

You know you need to fuckin' leave alone

But you keep telling me that you're drug free, motherfucka

You ain't drug free, you're a fiend

And every time I try to help you

You pretend as if it's okay

Then later on in the week

You go back to shootin' needles, to sniffin'

Oh motherfucka, but you told me you were drug free, drug free

You ain't drug free motherfucka

So you damn well, can't get no motherfuckin' money from me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
eat /iːt/ A1	verb - put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.
money /ˈmʌni/ A2	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes.
shot /ʃɒt/ B1	verb - to inject a drug into the body. noun - an injection of a drug.
needles /ˈniːdlz/ B1	noun - small, slender pieces of metal used for sewing or injecting.
free /friː/ A2	adjective - not under the control or power of another.
help /help/ A2	verb - give assistance or support to (someone or something).
fiend /fiːnd/ B2	noun - a person who is extremely devoted to something.
pretend /prɪˈtend/ B1	verb - behave as if something is true when it is not.
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - go away from.
drugs /drʌɡz/ B2	noun - illegal drugs.
quarter /ˈkwɔːrtər/ A2	noun - a coin worth 25 cents.
damn /dæm/ B1	adjective - expressing strong feeling.
fucked /fʌkt/ C1	adjective - in a very bad or unfortunate state.
shootin' /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ B1	verb - injecting drugs.
sniffin' /ˈsnɪfɪŋ/ B1	verb - inhaling drugs.