My Boy – English Lyrics

• By: Bella Poarch
• Album: Picnic at the Cemetery

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English pop with 'My Boy.' This song is perfect for learners wanting to practice conversational sarcasm, idioms related to relationships, and the rhythmic flow of contemporary American pop music.

[English]

[music]

>> I'm on your lips,

>> [music]

>> on your ass.

You're on my tongue

when you're not there.

I lick you up,

>> [music]

>> I'm on your breath.

You're the only reason why I'm even

alive.

Don't lie, just tell me that you like

it.

>> [music]

>> Don't lie.

Don't lie.

Feels like I love you till I'm

lifeless, too hot.

I can't eat and I can't

>> [music]

>> sleep. My boy,

my boy, my remedy.

You give me anxiety. [music]

My

boy, my boy, my

misery.

Your company

feels so chronic.

>> [music]

>> It's killing me,

I can't stop it. Every kiss fatality.

My boy,

>> [music]

>> my boy, my

I tell you what,

so you stay.

Yeah, you can run.

But you're stuck with me.

>> [music]

>> Call me cruel,

I call you fake cuz you can never get

away from me, my love.

>> [music]

>> Don't lie, just tell me that you like

it. Don't lie.

Don't lie.

>> [music]

>> Feels like I love you till I'm lifeless,

too hot.

I can't

eat [music] and I

can't sleep. My

boy, my boy, my

remedy.

You give me anxiety. [music]

My boy, my boy, my

misery.

Your company

feels so

chronic.

It's killing me,

I can't stop it. Every [music]

kiss fatality.

My boy,

my boy,

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Your company feels so chronic.

It's killing me, but

I want it.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> My boy.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
breath /brɛθ/ B1	noun - the air taken into or expelled from the lungs
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead
lifeless /ˈlaɪfləs/ B2	adjective - dead or lacking vitality
remedy /ˈrɛmɪdi/ C1	noun - a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury
anxiety /æŋˈzaɪəti/ B2	noun - a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease
misery /ˈmɪzəri/ B2	noun - a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress
company /ˈkʌmpəni/ A2	noun - the fact or condition of being with another person
chronic /ˈkrɒnɪk/ C1	adjective - persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
fatality /fəˈtælɪti/ C1	noun - a death resulting from an accident or disaster
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ B1	adjective - willfully causing pain or suffering to others

Key Grammar Structures

• You're on my tongue when you're not there.

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction of time

  ➔ "When" is used here to introduce a subordinate clause indicating a specific moment in time.

• You're the only reason why I'm even alive.

  ➔ Relative clause with 'why'

  ➔ "Why" functions as a relative adverb to modify the noun "reason".

• Feels like I love you till I'm lifeless

  ➔ Elliptical structure (Subject omission)

  ➔ The subject "It" is implied at the beginning: "(It) feels like..."

• I can't eat and I can't sleep.

  ➔ Modal verb of ability (negative)

  ➔ "Can't" (cannot) expresses the inability to perform an action due to emotional distress.

• You give me anxiety.

  ➔ Ditransitive verb pattern (S + V + IO + DO)

  ➔ The verb "give" takes two objects: "me" (indirect object) and "anxiety" (direct object).

• You can never get away from me

  ➔ Modal verb of possibility/ability

  ➔ "Can" is combined with the adverb "never" to emphasize the impossibility of the action.

• It's killing me, but I want it.

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction

  ➔ "But" is used to join two clauses that present contrasting ideas.

• I tell you what, so you stay.

  ➔ Purpose clause with 'so'

  ➔ "So" (so that) introduces the purpose or reason for the previous action.