Mount Everest – English Lyrics

• By: Labrinth
• Album: Euphoria Season 2 Official Score (From The HBO Original Series)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Labrinth's "Mount Everest," a song that masterfully blends hip-hop, electronic, and soul with a powerful, almost cinematic feel. Its deceptively confident lyrics about being "on top of the world" offer a unique opportunity to explore nuanced English expressions of triumph and underlying vulnerability. Through its dynamic musicality and profound message about the true meaning of success, you can learn how English conveys complex emotions and deeper philosophical ideas in contemporary music.

[English]

♪ Mount Everest ain't got shit on me ♪

♪ Mount Everest ain't got shit on me ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm on top of the world ♪

♪ I'm on top of the world, yeah ♪

♪ Burj Dubai ain't got shit on me ♪

♪ You could touch the sky but you ain't got shit on me ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm on top of the world ♪

♪ I'm on top of the world, yeah ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop, woop, woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Huh ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop, ah ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop, woop, woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Woop ♪

♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Tell 'em ♪

♪ I burn down my house and build it up again ♪

♪ Tell 'em ♪

♪ I burn it down twice just for the fun of it ♪

♪ Tell 'em ♪

♪ So much money I don't know what to do with it ♪

♪ Tell 'em ♪

♪ I don't pick up my phone, ain't no one worth the time ♪

♪ Tell 'em ♪

♪ I got me one gun and an alibi ♪

♪ Tell 'em ♪

♪ So much love that the whole thing feel like a lie ♪

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ I don't need nobody ♪

♪ To save me ♪

♪ Sweet, sweet ♪

♪ Mount Everest ain't got shit on me ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Mount Everest ain't got shit on me

  ➔ Informal contraction and idiomatic expression

  ➔ `Ain't` is an informal contraction of 'am not', 'is not', 'are not', 'has not', and 'have not'. Here, it means 'has not'. The phrase "ain't got shit on me" is an informal idiom meaning 'is not as good as me' or 'cannot compare to me'.

• 'Cause I'm on top of the world

  ➔ Informal contraction of 'because'

  ➔ `'Cause` is a common informal contraction of the conjunction 'because'. It is frequently used in spoken English and song lyrics.

• You could touch the sky

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for possibility/ability

  ➔ `Could` is a modal verb used here to express a hypothetical ability or possibility in the past or a general, less certain ability. In this context, it implies 'even if you had the ability to touch the sky'.

• I burn down my house and build it up again

  ➔ Phrasal verbs (separable)

  ➔ `Burn down` and `build up` are phrasal verbs. "Burn down" means to destroy by fire. "Build up" means to construct or reconstruct. Both are transitive and separable; the object ('my house', 'it') can come between the verb and the particle.

• just for the fun of it

  ➔ Idiomatic prepositional phrase of reason

  ➔ `For the fun of it` is an idiomatic prepositional phrase meaning 'for enjoyment' or 'just because it's amusing', without any serious purpose.

• So much money I don't know what to do with it

  ➔ Quantifier 'so much' with uncountable noun

  ➔ `So much` is a quantifier used with uncountable nouns (like 'money') to express a large quantity or degree. It often implies a consequence or result, as seen in the implied 'that I don't know what to do with it'.

• ain't no one worth the time

  ➔ Double negative (informal) and adjective phrase

  ➔ `Ain't no one` is an informal double negative, equivalent to 'there isn't anyone' or 'there is no one' in standard English. It emphasizes the negative. "Worth the time" is an adjective phrase meaning 'deserving of the effort or attention'.

• I don't need nobody

  ➔ Double negative (informal)

  ➔ `I don't need nobody` is a common informal double negative. While grammatically incorrect in standard English (where it would be 'I don't need anybody' or 'I need nobody'), it is widely used in colloquial speech and song lyrics to emphasize the negative meaning.

• So much love that the whole thing feel like a lie

  ➔ Result clause using 'so much... that...'

  ➔ The structure `so much + uncountable noun + that + clause` is used to express a cause-and-effect relationship, indicating that the quantity or degree of something is so great it leads to a particular result. (Note: 'feel' should be 'feels' for 'the whole thing' in standard grammar, but common in informal lyrics).

• To save me

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive form `to + verb` is used here to express the purpose or reason for the action mentioned previously (i.e., 'I don't need nobody to do what? To save me').