Not A Regular Person – English Lyrics

• By: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Lyrics & Translation

Thinking about learning English through music? A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's 'Not A Regular Person' offers a great opportunity to dive into modern hip-hop slang and storytelling. The song's clear narrative about personal transformation and success can help you pick up contemporary vocabulary and understand the nuances of expressing ambition and confidence in English. Its melodic nature also makes the lyrics catchy and easier to remember, providing a fun and engaging way to improve your language skills.

[English]

Ness on the beat

I'm not a regular person

Done with the perkys

I don't even feel like it's working

I was playing the bench, I was lurking

On the block where they plotting on murking

You don't even know I was hurting

I was fucked up, a bitch had me hurting

And I think she did it on purpose

I can't fuck with the hate, I'm allergic

I feel like they had me on standby

See the pain in my damn eyes

I got out of jail and my mans died

I never sleep, I'm a vampire

I'm not a regular person

I can't be giving out verses

I'm making the industry nervous

I'm still working through all the disturbance

I'm done with these Balenciagas

They keep on fucking my socks up

Nothing but foreigns behind us

We used to pull up in the Honda

Now every time that we pop up

We got to pull up in designer

We doing it just to remind us

To never go back to the bottom

They started off hating on me

Everybody debating on me

A nigga wrote a statement on me

My life, they wanna take it from me

So I got a .380 on me

It ain't never on safety, I be

Having all of this paper on me

I just hope you praying for me

I can tell you what happened

The streets turned me into a savage

I started off juggin' and trappin'

Watch a couple a niggas get blasted

Way too much blood for a napkin

Won't nobody tell you what happened

I'm good when you see me in traffic

Automatic in the Benz 4matic

In the S550 I'm speeding

Nigga you wouldn't believe it

I came up from nothing I mean it

Now I'm living everything I was dreaming

I'm killing, I feel like I'm cheating

They kept on giving me reasons

Can't nobody get in between us

Only us, I put that on everything

Fuck it up, fuck it up now

My nigga, it's just us now

Every Rollie getting bust down

Young niggas repping uptown

I was down but I'm up now

Fuck around with them fuck 'rounds

Ain't no pounds or "what's ups" now

Pretty bitches hit me up now

I got on Saint Laurent, come here baby

I just wanted some company baby

I don't want you to feel like I'm playing

Can I fuck you without you complaining?

Got no time for a lunch with you baby

I get bread, what the fuck is you saying?

I get fly on any different occasion

I be in and out of different locations

I can't stop, I put on for this

Swear to god I put on for this

Had to move out my mama's crib

Had to put in overtime for this

I can brag 'cause I'm confident

I'm the man, ain't no stopping it

I don't gotta wait for a shopping list

I want to body a fit then I'm copping it

I fuck it up, fuck it up now

Every Rollie getting bust down

Young niggas repping uptown

I was down but I'm up now

Ain't no pounds or "what's ups" now

My nigga it's just us now

I'm not a regular person

I'm not a regular person

I'm not a regular person

I'm not a regular person

I'm not a regular person

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
person /ˈpɜːrsən/ A1	noun - a human being
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury adjective - feeling pain
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to do a job or a task noun - the activity involving mental or physical effort done to achieve a purpose
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation
block /blɑːk/ B2	noun - a section of a street surrounded by four streets
plot /plɑːt/ C1	verb - to secretly make plans, usually harmful noun - a secret plan
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
jail /dʒeɪl/ B1	noun - a place where people are kept as punishment
industry /ˈɪndəstri/ B2	noun - business activity or a particular field of business
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ B1	adjective - feeling worried or anxious
foreign /ˈfɔːrən/ B2	adjective - from another country
speed /spiːd/ B2	verb - to move quickly noun - the rate of movement
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts or images during sleep; a strong desire verb - to imagine or hope for something
confident /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ B2	adjective - having trust or belief in oneself
brag /bræɡ/ C1	verb - to talk with pride about oneself

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm not a regular person

  ➔ Subject + Verb + Complement (adjective)

  ➔ Basic sentence structure using the verb "**am**" and the adjective "**regular**".

• I don't even feel like it's working

  ➔ Present simple, negative form with "**don't**" + Verb

  ➔ Use of the present simple tense in the negative form to express a habitual action or state.

• I was playing the bench, I was lurking

  ➔ Past continuous tense "**was + V-ing**"

  ➔ Describes actions in progress at a specific time in the past.

• I was fucked up, a bitch had me hurting

  ➔ Past simple passive voice "**was + past participle**"

  ➔ Describes a state or action received by the subject, using the past tense of "to be" + the past participle of a verb.

• I can't fuck with the hate, I'm allergic

  ➔ Modal verb "**can't**" + Verb, and simple Present

  ➔ Expressing inability, and a general truth.

• I got out of jail and my mans died

  ➔ Past Simple tense - simple past form

  ➔ Describes completed actions in the past.

• I'm making the industry nervous

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense "**am + V-ing**"

  ➔ Describes an action that is happening now or around now.

• We used to pull up in the Honda

  ➔ Used to + Verb

  ➔ Describes a past habit or a past state that is no longer true.

• I came up from nothing I mean it

  ➔ Past Simple tense and use of "**I mean it**"

  ➔ Expressing a past action and emphasizing sincerity.