No Return – English Lyrics

• By: Polo G, The Kid LAROI, Lil Durk
• Album: Hall of Fame

Lyrics & Translation

Unlock the compelling narratives of resilience and triumph in "No Return" by Polo G, The Kid LAROI, and Lil Durk. This powerful hip-hop track offers an authentic glimpse into their personal 'come-up' stories, rich with modern slang and emotionally charged expressions, making it an excellent song to explore contemporary English and the cultural experiences embedded within its lyrics.

[English]

(graphic whooshes)

(siren wails)

(horn honks)

(radio talking indistinctly)

(screen change stutters)

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(truck revs)

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("No Return" intro music)

♪ Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh ♪

♪ Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. uh ♪

♪ Used to hit the block and serve ♪

♪ Work the rock like Kyrie Irv' ♪

♪ Link up with gang like what's the word? ♪

♪ Pull up, skrrt, switchin' lanes, might jump the curb ♪

♪ And, yeah, bitch, I'm really him, put that on five, ♪

♪ fuck what you heard ♪

♪ Got three fifties, that's one-fifty, ain't no limit, ♪

♪ I fuck with Herb ♪

♪ Lil' kids turned grown men, ♪

♪ we come from cribs dysfunctional ♪

♪ Gotta learn how to play your own hand, ♪

♪ don't never get too comfortable ♪

♪ That's lil' shit, he can think he hot ♪

♪ 'til them real killers come and humble you ♪

♪ All day, tell 'em spin the block ♪

♪ 'til your best friend layin' under you ♪

♪ Know 'bout late nights and that hunger ♪

♪ Know 'bout rainy days and that thunder ♪

♪ I know lil' niggas on slime shit, ♪

♪ know young thugs and gunners ♪

♪ We was in the field, Glock kick back, ♪

♪ we gon' kick it off like punters ♪

♪ I'm too Turnt Gang, got five in me, ♪

♪ I ain't never been no runner (bitch) ♪

♪ I can't ever go back to the way shit was ♪

♪ I done really came from nothing, ♪

♪ now I got everything that I want ♪

♪ I can't ever go back to the way shit was ♪

♪ I done came too far, put that on everything I love ♪

♪ Roaches in the crib, mama on drugs ♪

♪ I can't let it go back to the way that it was ♪

♪ I can't never go back (no, oh) ♪

♪ I can't never, I can't never, ♪

♪ I can't never, I can't never, oh ♪

♪ I come from the muddiest part of the trenches, ♪

♪ where niggas'll die any day ♪

♪ Niggas into it with you, but niggas gon' ♪

♪ hang and click and be in the way (yeah, yeah, yeah) ♪

♪ I'd rather be on the case and stay in the mix ♪

♪ than be in a nigga case (be in a nigga case) ♪

♪ I don't sneak-diss, the shit I tell my dog the shit ♪

♪ I'll say in your face (say in a nigga face) ♪

♪ Perc' got fentanyl on 'em, he still want him a sixty ♪

♪ (want him a sixty) ♪

♪ I took my brother Ruger and told him think ♪

♪ and I gave him a .50 ♪

♪ That backdoor cool where I'm from, ♪

♪ that shit new in the city (oh, oh, oh) ♪

♪ And y'all be hangin' and playin' the game together, ♪

♪ you know you snitchin' (oh, oh, oh) ♪

♪ I be tired of losing my niggas to niggas ♪

♪ who new to killin' (new to killin') ♪

♪ Threw up my guts, I seen that footage, ♪

♪ you don't know that feeling (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) ♪

♪ I can't hang with my niggas, homies dolo, ♪

♪ I don't know them niggas (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) ♪

♪ Why they play with me on IG like we lame? ♪

♪ They know we killers, nigga ♪

♪ I can't ever go back to the way shit was ♪

♪ I done really came from nothing, ♪

♪ now I got everything that I want ♪

♪ I can't ever go back to the way shit was ♪

♪ I done came too far, put that on everything I love ♪

♪ Roaches in the crib, mama on drugs ♪

♪ I can't let it go back to the way that it was ♪

♪ I can't never go back (no, oh) ♪

♪ I can't never, I can't never, ♪

♪ I can't never, I can't never, oh ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
serve /sɜːrv/ A2	verb - to perform duties or services for verb - to provide or give something
block /blɒk/ A2	noun - a section of a street verb - to obstruct or prevent
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to push oneself off a surface and into the air
limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ B1	noun - the point beyond which something cannot or may not extend
comfortable /ˈkʌmfərtəbl/ B2	adjective - in a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint
killers /ˈkɪlərz/ B2	noun - people who kill
hunger /ˈhʌŋɡər/ B1	noun - a feeling of needing food
thugs /θʌɡz/ B2	noun - violent criminals
kick /kɪk/ A2	verb - to strike with the foot
runner /ˈrʌnər/ A2	noun - a person who runs
nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ A1	noun - not anything
drugs /drʌɡz/ B2	noun - illegal substances
muddiest /ˈmʌdiɪst/ B2	adjective - covered in or full of mud
trenches /ˈtrɛntʃɪz/ B2	noun - long, narrow ditches
case /keɪs/ B1	noun - an instance of something happening
mix /mɪks/ A2	noun - a combination of things
footage /ˈfʊtɪdʒ/ B2	noun - film or video recording

Key Grammar Structures

• Used to hit the block and serve

  ➔ Used to + verb

  ➔ The phrase "used to" is used to describe a past habit or repeated action that is no longer true.

• I can't ever go back to the way shit was

  ➔ Modal verb (can't) + adverb (ever)

  ➔ The modal verb "can't" combined with "ever" emphasizes the impossibility of the action in any circumstance.

• I done really came from nothing

  ➔ Have/had + past participle (done came)

  ➔ The use of "done" before the past participle is a non-standard emphasis in African American Vernacular English (AAVE).

• Put that on everything I love

  ➔ Phrasal verb (put on)

  ➔ The phrasal verb "put on" here is used idiomatically to mean swearing or emphasizing something.

• I come from the muddiest part of the trenches

  ➔ Present simple (come from)

  ➔ The present simple "come from" is used to describe a permanent situation or origin.

• Niggas into it with you, but niggas gon' hang and click and be in the way

  ➔ Slang and contractions (niggas, gon')

  ➔ The slang term "niggas" and the contraction "gon'" are examples of informal language commonly used in hip-hop lyrics.

• I'd rather be on the case and stay in the mix

  ➔ Conditional structure (I'd rather)

  ➔ The phrase "I'd rather" introduces a conditional preference, indicating a choice between two options.

• Perc' got fentanyl on 'em, he still want him a sixty

  ➔ Contraction (Perc', on 'em, him a)

  ➔ Contractions like "Perc'", "on 'em", and "him a" are common in informal speech and hip-hop lyrics.