PERIODIC TABLE – English Lyrics

• By: A$AP TWELVYY

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into A$AP Twelvyy's "Periodic Table" and explore the fusion of streetwise storytelling with clever wordplay. This track offers a lesson in lyrical chemistry, blending hip-hop bravado with sharp observations on life and ambition.

[English]

Where's the love for the underdog?

Man, they treat me like they wanna fuck

Ain't the favorite on your undercard

The livest nigga under God

So don't make me get the gun involved

Catch a charge and run to Baltimore

I hustle more than that nigga in the corner store

Cornerstone

I'ma be the nigga that they calling for

Soaring of

Like that nigga Mike in his Jordan 4's

When I'm coming down only time I'm falling off

Get a calling card, lil nigga saw a broad, fucking talk

I'ma be a statement for that global Forbes

This that magic shit like Dumbledore

This that lavish shit y'all tumble for

Niggas want it but I want it more

Make a band off a couple cups, man I'm hot

I got the sun involved

I don't want it, man, I want it all

These my feelings in a couple bars

Sun shining like a fucking star

I was grown up by them Glock boys

Them heat-makers and them hot boys

Them every night make a knot boys

Them rock boys and them Glock boys

(You know you done fucked up, right?)

You fuck around and lick a shot, boy

I was grown up by them Glock boys

Them heat-makers and them hot boys

That every night make a knot boys

Them rock boys and them Glock boys

(You can smell a nigga with money, huh?)

You fuck around and lick a shot, boy

I'm from the city where the skinny niggas ride

Big semi on they side

Real life, making 50 out of five

Puffing sticky, sipping Henny, will I drive?

Its how real niggas die but I feel so alive

My eye up on the prize

You always gotta strive

Take your piece of devil pie

Now my level rising high

See a ribbon in the skyline

Fuck the other side

See my shots is ill advised, tell 'em niggas get inside

It's dark outside, it's nuts outside

Sharp niggas leave you pumped outside

Parallel to your ride, damn I'm blessed just to see 25

But I'm stressed, see the heat in my eyes?

Keep the heat on my side 'cause this Tec probably keep me alive

I ain't high, I'm just peeping the vibe

Just beef in the Trap, fuck that, and I ain't keeping it back

Real rap, this is deeper than rap (yeah)

I was grown up by them Glock boys

Them heat-makers and them hot boys

Them every night make a knot boys

Them rock boys and them Glock boys

(You know you done fucked up, right?)

You fuck around and lick a shot, boy

I was grown up by them Glock boys

Them heat-makers and them hot boys

That every night make a knot boys

Them rock boys and them Glock boys

(You can smell a nigga with money, huh?)

You fuck around and lick a shot, boy

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong affection for someone or something
nigga /ˈnɪɡə/ C2	noun - a term of endearment or disrespect used to refer to a Black person
gun /ɡʌn/ A1	noun - a weapon for shooting
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
corner /ˈkɔːrnər/ A2	noun - a place where two lines or surfaces meet
calling /ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ B1	noun - a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action or career
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to descend freely under the influence of gravity
broad /brɔːd/ B2	noun - a woman
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious forces.
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to feel a need or desire for something
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high temperature adjective - popular or successful
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a celestial body
shot /ʃɒt/ A2	noun - the act of firing a gun
side /saɪd/ A1	noun - a position to the left or right of something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living; not dead
prize /praɪz/ B1	noun - a thing given as a reward
level /ˈlevəl/ B1	noun - a point on a scale verb - to make something flat
dark /dɑːrk/ A1	adjective - with little or no light
stressed /strest/ B1	adjective - experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension
heat /hiːt/ A1	noun - the quality of being hot

Key Grammar Structures

• Where's the love for the underdog?

  ➔ Contraction (Where's = Where is)

  ➔ The word "Where's" is a contraction of "Where is," commonly used in informal speech and writing.

• Ain't the favorite on your undercard

  ➔ Double negative (Ain't = Am not)

  ➔ The word "Ain't" is a non-standard contraction of "Am not," often used in informal or colloquial language.

• So don't make me get the gun involved

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (don't make me)

  ➔ The phrase "don't make me" uses the subjunctive mood to express a warning or threat.

• I'ma be the nigga that they calling for

  ➔ Colloquial contraction (I'ma = I am going to)

  ➔ The word "I'ma" is a colloquial contraction of "I am going to," commonly used in informal speech.

• This that magic shit like Dumbledore

  ➔ Colloquial comparison (like Dumbledore)

  ➔ The phrase "like Dumbledore" is a colloquial comparison used to emphasize the magical or extraordinary nature of something.

• Niggas want it but I want it more

  ➔ Comparative adjective (more)

  ➔ The word "more" is a comparative adjective used to indicate a higher degree of desire.

• Its how real niggas die but I feel so alive

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction (but)

  ➔ The word "but" is a contrastive conjunction used to show a difference between two ideas.

• Now my level rising high

  ➔ Present continuous tense (is rising)

  ➔ The phrase "is rising" is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action that is happening now.