NO BAD DAYS – English Lyrics

• By: Macklemore, Collett
• Album: BEN

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be a joyful journey, and "NO BAD DAYS" by Macklemore is the perfect upbeat companion. The song's clear and repetitive chorus, combined with its positive and straightforward lyrics about embracing life, offers a great opportunity for English learners to pick up encouraging phrases and contemporary slang. What makes this song special is its authentic story of finding light after a dark period, making the language you learn not just words, but a message of hope and resilience.

[English]

No bad days (yeah)

I think that I'm lucky, I don't got it made

Everything I got could fit inside a suitcase, yeah

They could try to make me quit, yeah

Stay in your lane, you ain't on my road trip, and

It's kind of funny people throwing shade

I'm just doing me, I don't got no bad days, yeah

They could try to make me quit, yeah

Stay in your lane, yeah, we off that bullshit

Top back, 85, that's the way we like to drive

Doing donuts, all the neighbors know us, yeah, we outside

Look alive, the freaks of the city they come out at night

Fuck a line, Fab Five Freddy, 1989

Time to show off, I'm so Warhol

So sophisticated, life is bitchin', baby

Velvet rope, I'm ducking looking regal when I come in

And the peacoat, it's so London, I'll be leaving with a duchess, ah

New city, fuck it up (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Here for one night, stay a month (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Spent my whole life on a bus (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Show time, run it up

Nobody wanna say goodbye

We just want to stay up (that's right)

Don't got to say goodnight

If you never wake up (yeah, yeah, yeah)

I think that I'm lucky, I don't got it made

Everything I got could fit inside a suitcase, yeah

They could try to make me quit, yeah

Stay in your lane, you ain't on my road trip, and

It's kind of funny people throwing shade

I'm just doing me, I don't got no bad days, yeah

They could try to make me quit, yeah

Stay in your lane, yeah, we off that bullshit

Truck stop, gas station, always up to something

Highway 99, and we gettin' money

Desk job, cubical, nah, it wasn't for me

Rather crash and burn, go hella hard and live to tell my story

Bondfires, runnin' around the woods, you know we pulling

All-nighters, and I'm a dreamer with my people, bunch of

Songwriters, oh yeah, we up now, sun down

Karaoke, singin' oldies out at some lounge

Nobody wanna say goodbye

We just want to stay up (that's right)

Don't got to say goodnight

If you never wake up (yeah, yeah, yeah)

I think that I'm lucky, I don't got it made

Everything I got could fit inside a suitcase, yeah

They could try to make me quit, yeah

Stay in your lane, you ain't on my road trip, and

It's kind of funny people throwing shade

I'm just doing me, I don't got no bad days, yeah

They could try to make me quit, yeah

Stay in your lane, yeah, we off that bullshit

Wee-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wee-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wee-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wee-oh-oh-oh-oh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lucky /ˈlʌki/ A1	adjective - having good luck
quit /kwɪt/ A1	verb - to stop doing something
drive /draɪv/ A1	verb - to operate a vehicle
outside /ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ A1	adjective - not inside a building or room
sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - highly developed or complex
regal /ˈrɛɡəl/ B2	adjective - relating to a monarch
duck /dʌk/ A1	verb - to lower the head or body quickly
pull /pʊl/ A1	verb - to move something toward oneself
dreamer /ˈdriːmər/ A2	noun - a person who dreams or has ideals
songwriter /ˈsoʊŋˌraɪtər/ B1	noun - a person who writes songs
karaoke /ˈkærɪoʊki/ B1	noun - a form of entertainment where people sing along to recorded music
shade /ʃeɪd/ A2	noun - a slight disparagement or insult
bullshit /ˈbʊlʃɪt/ B2	noun - nonsense or rubbish
crash /kræʃ/ A2	verb - to collide violently
hella /ˈhɛlə/ B1	adverb - very; extremely
bondfires /ˈbɒndfaɪərz/ B2	noun - a large outdoor fire

Key Grammar Structures

• I think that I'm lucky, I don't got it made

  ➔ Present simple with 'think' and negation with 'don't got'

  ➔ 'Think' is in the present simple, and 'don't got' is a non-standard negation used for emphasis.

• They could try to make me quit, yeah

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for possibility

  ➔ 'Could' is used to express a possible action or situation.

• Stay in your lane, you ain't on my road trip

  ➔ Imperative mood and contraction 'ain't'

  ➔ 'Stay' is in the imperative mood, and 'ain't' is a colloquial contraction of 'am not'.

• It's kind of funny people throwing shade

  ➔ Present continuous with 'throwing' and informal expression 'kind of'

  ➔ 'Throwing' is in the present continuous, and 'kind of' is used informally to soften statements.

• We just want to stay up (that's right)

  ➔ Present simple with 'want' and parenthetical expression

  ➔ 'Want' is in the present simple, and '(that's right)' is a parenthetical expression for emphasis.