Party Up (Up In Here) – English Lyrics

• By: DMX

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy and powerful delivery of DMX's "Party Up (Up In Here)!" This track offers a unique opportunity to experience authentic East Coast hip hop and gain insight into the nuanced use of aggressive language and rhythm in rap. Beyond its infectious beat, the song's lyrics provide a window into confrontational expression and the art of storytelling through assertive wordplay, making it a powerful and engaging piece for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

("PARTY UP" BY DMX)

♪ WOO! ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME LOSE MY MIND ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME GO ALL OUT ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME ACT A FOOL ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME LOSE MY COOL ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ IF I GOTSTA BRING IT TO YOU COWARDS ♪

♪ THEN IT'S GONNA BE QUICK, AIGHT ♪

♪ ALL YOUR MENS UP IN THE JAIL BEFORE ♪

♪ SUCK MY, WOO ♪

♪ AND ALL THEM OTHER CATS YOU RUN WITH ♪

♪ GET DONE WITH, DUMB QUICK ♪

♪ HOW THE YOU YOU GONNA CROSS ♪

♪ THE DOG WITH SOME BUM ♪

♪ AIGHT, THERE GO THE ♪

♪ ONE ONE ♪

♪ ALL OVER SOME DUMB ♪

♪ AIN'T THAT SOME ♪

♪ REMIND ME OF A STRIP CLUB ♪

♪ CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU COME AROUND ♪

♪ IT'S LIKE I JUST GOTTA GET MY SUCKED. ♪

♪ AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE ♪

♪ YOU THINK YOU TALKING TO ♪

♪ BUT I'M NOT HIM, AIGHT SLIM ♪

♪ SO WATCH WHAT YOU DO ♪

♪ OR YOU GON' FIND YOURSELF, NEXT TO SOMEONE ELSE ♪

♪ AND WE ALL THOUGHT YOU LOVED YOURSELF ♪

♪ BUT THAT COULDN'T A BEEN THE ISSUE ♪

♪ OR MAYBE THEY JUST SAYIN' THAT ♪

♪ NOW CAUSE THEY MISS YOU ♪

♪ MAYBE THEY TRIED TO DISS YOU ♪

♪ THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LAYING ON YOUR BACK ♪

♪ LOOKING AT THE ROOF OF THE CHURCH ♪

♪ PREACHER TELLING THE TRUTH AND IT HURTS ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME LOSE MY MIND ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME GO ALL OUT ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME ACT A FOOL ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME LOSE MY COOL ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ OFF THE CHAIN I LEAVE ♪

♪ SOFT IN THE BRAIN ♪

♪ STILL WANT THE FAME ♪

♪ OFF THE NAME ♪

♪ FIRST OF ALL, YOU AIN'T RAPPED LONG ENOUGH ♪

♪ TO BE (CRASHING) WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T STRONG ENOUGH ♪

♪ SO WHATEVER IT IS YOU PUFFIN ON ♪

♪ THAT GOT YOU THINKING THAT YOU SUPERMAN ♪

♪ I GOT THE KRYPTONITE AND I SMACK YOU WITH MY (SLAPPING) ♪

♪ AND THE MIC (GLASS SHATTERS) ♪

♪ Y'ALL IS CHARACTERS, NOT EVEN GOOD ACTORS ♪

♪ WHAT'S GON' BE THE OUTCOME, HMM, ♪

♪ LET'S ADD UP ALL THE FACTORS. ♪

♪ YOU WACK, YOU'RE TWISTED, YOUR GIRL'S A WHOO ♪

♪ YOU BROKE, THE KID AIN'T YOURS, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS ♪

♪ YOUR OLD MAN SAY YOU STUPID, YOU BE LIKE ♪

♪ "SO, I LOVE MY BABY MOTHER, I NEVER LET HER GO" ♪

♪ I'M TIRED OF WEAK (BABY CRYING) WHINING OVER ♪

♪ THAT DON'T BELONG TO THEM, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM ♪

♪ (PUNCHING) FOR REAL LIKE MY MANS AND THEM ♪

♪ WHO GET IT ON ON THE STRENGTH OF THE HANDS WITH THEM, MAN ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON MAKE ME LOSE MY MIND ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME GO ALL OUT ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME ACT A FOOL ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON MAKE ME LOSE MY COOL ♪

- YEAH

- BIG GAP WHADDUP, I'M IN TROUBLE, YO,

YOU KNOW I ONLY CALL YOU WHEN I NEED YOU.

- YOU KNOW I'M AT YOUR DISPENSE, BABY.

- I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU DOG.

- BE RIGHT ON MY WAY OVER IN 15 MINUTES, MAN.

- WORD.

♪ I BRING DOWN RAINS SO HEAVY IT CURSE THE HEAD ♪

♪ NO MORE TALKING, PUT HIM IN THE DIRT INSTEAD ♪

♪ YOU KEEP WALKING, UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO END UP RED ♪

♪ CAUSE IF I END UP FED, Y'ALL END UP ♪

♪ CAUSE YOUSE THE SOFT TYPE ♪

♪ WHAT ♪

♪ FAKE UP NORTH TYPE ♪

♪ LIKE A SOFT WHITE (TRILLING) ♪

♪ DOG IS A DOG, BLOOD'S THICKER THAN WATER ♪

♪ WE DONE BEEN THROUGH THE MUD AND (WHISTLES) ♪

♪ WE RUN UP IN THERE, E'RYBODY COME OUT ♪

♪ DON'T NOBODY RUN OUT ♪

♪ SUN IN, SUN OUT, I'MMA KEEP THE OUT ♪

♪ RUNNING HIS MOUTH, I'MMA A OUT ♪

♪ LISTEN, IS ABOUT TO BE MISSING ♪

♪ YOU KNOW WHO GON FIND YOU ♪

♪ WHO ♪

♪ SOME OLD MAN FISHING ♪

♪ GRANDMA WISHING YOUR (WHISTLES) ♪

♪ BUT IT'S HARD TO DIGEST WITH THE SIZE OF THE (WHISTLES) ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME LOSE MY MIND ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

♪ Y'ALL GON MAKE ME GO ALL OUT ♪

- SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE ARE

A COUPLE OF SUBURBANS PULLING UP

AND FEMALE'S ARE RUNNING EVERYWHERE.

♪ Y'ALL GON' MAKE ME ACT A FOOL ♪

♪ UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE ♪

- JUST SAY THE WORD.

- TAKE THE SHOT, TAKE THE SHOT.

- DON'T SHOOT, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT MAN!

♪ ONE, TWO, MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ MEET ME OUTSIDE, MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ ALL MY, RUFF RYDERS, GON' MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ MEET ME OUTSIDE, MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ ALL MY, BIG BALLERS, GON' MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ MEET ME OUTSIDE, MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ ALL MY, FLY LADIES, GON' MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ MEET ME OUTSIDE, MEET ME OUTSIDE ♪

♪ ALL MY STREET, STREET, PEOPLE ♪

♪ MEET ME OUTSIDE, MEET ME OUTSIDE. ♪

Key Vocabulary

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.

Key Grammar Structures

• 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).