Party Up (Up In Here)

• By: DMX

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
fool /fuːl/ B1	noun - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person. verb - to trick or deceive someone
cool /kuːl/ A2	adjective - moderately cold; neither warm nor cold. adjective - fashionable or attractive.
coward /ˈkaʊərd/ B2	noun - a person who lacks courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
jail /dʒeɪl/ A2	noun - a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
cats /kæts/ A1	noun - plural of cat noun - (slang) people, guys.
dog /dɔːɡ/ A1	noun - a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, and a barking, howling, or whining voice. noun - (slang) A friend.
bum /bʌm/ B2	noun - a person who avoids work; a loafer or idler.
strip /strɪp/ B2	verb - remove all coverings from. noun - A place where people dance nude for money.
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A2	noun - a building used for public Christian worship.
preacher /ˈpriːtʃər/ B2	noun - a person who preaches, especially a minister of religion.
chain /tʃeɪn/ A2	noun - a sequence of connected rings or metal links.
brain /breɪn/ A2	noun - an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
fame /feɪm/ B1	noun - the state of being known or talked about by many people.
actors /ˈæktərz/ B1	noun - a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in movies, or on television.
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman.
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child.
rains /reɪnz/ A2	noun - plural of rain
dirt /dɜːrt/ A2	noun - a substance, such as mud or dust, that soils something.

Grammar:

• Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME LOSE MY MIND

  ➔ Future Simple (Informal) - 'gon' (going) + to'

  ➔ This uses a colloquial shortening of 'going to' as 'gon'', indicating a future action or intention. It means 'You all are going to make me lose my mind'. The use of 'y'all' is also informal, being a contraction of 'you all'.

• IF I GOTSTA BRING IT TO YOU COWARDS

  ➔ Informal Modal Verb - 'gotsta' (got to)

  ➔ 'Gotsta' is a very informal contraction of 'got to', meaning 'have to' or 'must'. This indicates a necessity or obligation. It's often used in African American Vernacular English (AAVE). The sentence means 'If I have to bring it to you cowards...'

• ALL YOUR MENS UP IN THE JAIL BEFORE

  ➔ Ellipsis - Omission of 'are'

  ➔ The auxiliary verb 'are' is omitted for a more informal, colloquial style. The intended meaning is 'All your men are up in jail before'.

• HOW THE YOU YOU GONNA CROSS THE DOG WITH SOME BUM

  ➔ Double 'You' - Emphasis/Redundancy; Future Simple (Informal) - 'gonna'

  ➔ The repetition of 'you' is for emphasis or can be considered a redundancy characteristic of informal speech. 'Gonna' is the informal shortening of 'going to' indicating future action. The sentence is asking how the person expects to betray DMX (the 'dog') with someone of low status ('some bum').

• AIN'T THAT SOME

  ➔ Informal Negative - 'Ain't'

  ➔ 'Ain't' is a highly informal and often stigmatized contraction that can replace 'am not', 'is not', 'are not', 'has not', or 'have not'. Here it replaces 'Isn't that something'. It expresses surprise or disbelief.

• CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU COME AROUND

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction - 'cause'

  ➔ 'Cause' is an informal shortening of 'because', used as a subordinating conjunction to introduce a reason or explanation. It connects the dependent clause 'every time you come around' to the main clause that follows (implied in the following lines).