Real – English Lyrics

• By: NF
• Album: Therapy Session

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the introspective world of NF with "Real," a track that showcases his lyrical prowess and commitment to authenticity. Explore the themes of self-perception and purpose, and discover why NF's music resonates with listeners seeking genuine and relatable content. Learn about NF's background, musical style, and the story behind this powerful song.

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ YA REAL MUSIC ♪

♪ YO ♪

♪ WHO'S GETTING THAT ♪

♪ YOU GETTING THAT HEADSPACE ♪

♪ SOMEBODY GET THE BODY BAGS WE GONNA PUT THE BEATS IN EM NA ♪

♪ PUT THE MC'S IN EM ♪

♪ SEASON EM ♪

♪ PUT EM ON A BEAT WITH ME AND I'M EATIN' EM ♪

♪ GET AWAY FROM THE TABLE YOU RAPPERS AIN'T HUNGRY ENOUGH ♪

♪ YOU RAPPERS AIN'T HUNGRY LIKE US ♪

♪ THEY TALK ABOUT ME LIKE I'M HERE THEY TALK ABOUT YOU LIKE YOU WAS WHO ♪

♪ THAT NURSE CAME INTO MY ROOM SHE TOLD ME I'M SICK IN THE HEAD ♪

♪ I'M IN HIP HOPS' HOSPITAL BED ♪

♪ WITH A PAD AND A PEN AND A BRACE ON MY NECK ♪

♪ THEY TOLD ME THAT ♪

♪ I'M NEVER LEAVING WHY I AM AS ILL AS IT GETS ♪

♪ ANY RAPPER THAT SAYS THAT THEY RUNNIN' THE GAME ♪

♪ IMA COME IN THE SESSION AND CUT OFF THEY LEGS ♪

♪ STRAP A GRENADE TO MY HEAD ♪

♪ PULL OUT THE PIN MY MUSIC IS MIND BLOWIN' ♪

♪ AIN'T NOBODY DO IT LIKE I DO IT ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T NEVER BEEN ON MY LEVEL ♪

♪ I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THEY KEEP TALKIN' AND ACTIN' LIKE EVERYBODY ♪

♪ GONNA GET IT BETTER SLEEP WITH YA EYES OPEN ♪

♪ YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT I NOTICED ♪

♪ LOOK AROUND AT MY FAN BASE AND THEY READY ♪

♪ THAT LAST ALBUM WAS HEAVY ♪

♪ THAT LAST ALBUM WAS GRITTY ♪

♪ HOW YOU GONNA MATCH THAT JUST LET ME ♪

♪ DO WHAT I DO BEST ♪

♪ YOU'RE BETTER OFF PLAYIN' RUSSIAN ROULETTE ♪

♪ THEN COMIN' IN THE BOOTH WITH ME ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I GET A LITTLE BIT INTENSE I'M LIKE WHO'S NEXT ♪

♪ Y'ALL BETTER WATCH IT ♪

♪ TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE CLOCK IS ♪

♪ IT'S MY TIME ♪

♪ THIS LADDER OF MUSIC THAT I'VE CLIMBED ♪

♪ I TOOK THE MACHETE ♪

♪ THE GAME WASN'T READY ♪

♪ THEM RAPPERS THAT COMIN' UP ON ME I CUT OFF THE LADDER AND I TOLD EM BYE, BYE ♪

♪ WHAT YOU LOOKIN' FOR A HIGH FIVE ♪

♪ NICE TRY ♪

♪ DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU READ ON THE INTERNET ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR DENTIST IS ♪

♪ BUT HE SHOULD CLEAN OUT YOUR MOUTH ♪

♪ DON'T CALL ME A SELLOUT THAT'S SOMETHIN' I'VE NEVER BEEN ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL IN MY THOUGH ♪

♪ BUT I KNOW WHERE HEAVEN IS ♪

♪ FATHER, FORGIVE ME FOR I AM A SINNER BUT YOU GIVE ME MUSIC AS MEDICINE, AHHH ♪

♪ AIN'T NOBODY WANT A PROBLEM WHEN I GET IN MY ZONE BETTER LEAVE ME BE ♪

♪ I'M A MEAN MC ♪

♪ BETTER FEED ME RAPPERS OR FEED ME BEATS AHH FEED ME BOTH OF EM ♪

♪ THEY LIKE NATE WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE FAMOUS ... ♪

♪ UM, I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF I MAKE IT ♪

♪ I WONDER WOULD LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IF I DIDN'T STICK UP MY NECK ♪

♪ $200 INSIDE OF MY BANK ACCOUNT I WAS LIVIN' ON THAT ♪

♪ I NEED SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR MY RENT ♪

♪ I NEED SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR MY GAS ♪

♪ I'M NOT COMPLAININ' ♪

♪ I'M JUST BEEN' HONEST I PROMISE THAT I WILL NOT BEG FOR RESPECT ♪

♪ I GET SO FRUSTRATED ♪

♪ TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I CREATED ♪

♪ TIME IS WASTIN' I AIN'T WAITIN' ♪

♪ I'M A DOCTOR WITH NO JOB ME I DON'T HAVE NO PATIENCE ♪

♪ I KEEP PACIN' ♪

♪ BACK-AND-FORTH I KEEP RACIN' ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T NEVER BEEN IN MY BOOK AND I GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT WHY ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU ACTIN' LIKE YOU READ MY PAGES ♪

♪ I WRECK THESE STAGES ♪

♪ REAL TALK BETTER GIVE ME SPACE 'CAUSE I AM CHASIN' ♪

♪ SOMETHIN' THEY TOLD ME THAT I WON'T MAKE IT AHH I'M NOT FAMOUS I'M JUST NATHAN ♪

♪ AND I WONDER HOW THE WORLD GOIN' TAKE THIS ♪

♪ THEY MIGHT HATE IT ♪

♪ BUT YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME YOU KNOW THAT DON'T MEAN I'M CHANGIN' ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU KNOW I'M REAL WITH IT ♪

♪ DON'T CARE IF YOU FEELIN' IT I'M FEELIN' IT ♪

♪ YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN DEAL WITH IT ♪

♪ AND IF GOD AIN'T REAL, REAL ISN'T ♪

♪ USED TO WONDER WHY I EXISTED ♪

♪ I EXIST IN A WORLD THAT'S REAL DIFFERENT ♪

♪ AND WHAT YOU GOIN' BE WHEN YOU GROW UP NATE ♪

♪ I DOUBT THEY WILL GET IT ♪

♪ MY LIFE IS A MESS BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP WHEN YOU STEP IN IT ♪

♪ SOME OF THIS BRAIN IS OFF LIMITS ♪

♪ I'M OFF IN A WORLD YOU DON'T GET ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T NEVER BEEN IN IT ♪

♪ IN TEN MINUTES I STILL COULDN'T EXPLAIN WHAT'S INSIDE MY BRAIN DON'T MESS WITH IT ♪

♪ I'VE INVESTED A LOT OF ME INSIDE THESE LINES I'M JUST PROTECTIN' EM ♪

♪ EVERYBODY WANNA HEAR THE REAL VERSION OF LIFE, ♪

♪ THEN DON'T GET SO SENSITIVE WHEN I SAY SOMETHIN' A LITTLE BIT RAW ♪

♪ I JOT MY THOUGHTS AND THEY CALLED A NEGATIVE ♪

♪ YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE MY HEART IS ♪

♪ I STAND OUT BECAUSE I WEAR MY GARBAGE ♪

♪ AND WORK MY HARDEST ♪

♪ AND EVERY TIME I LOOK INTO THE MIRROR I DON'T FORGET ABOUT WHERE I STARTED ♪

♪ TELL ME WHAT AM I DOIN' HERE ... ♪

♪ TELL ME WHAT AM I DOIN' HERE ... ♪

♪ TELL ME WHAT AM I DOIN' ♪

♪ TELL ME WHAT AM I DOIN' HERE ... ♪

♪ I SAID WHAT AM I DOIN' ♪

♪ WHAT AM I DOIN' HERE IF I'M NOT BEING REAL ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
real /riːəl/ B2	adjective - genuine; authentic noun - reality; the real thing
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A2	noun - organized sound; art of arranging sounds
rapper /ˈræpər/ B1	noun - a person who performs rap music
hospital /ˈhɒspɪtl/ A2	noun - a medical institution for treating sick or injured people
medicine /ˈmɛdəsɪn/ B1	noun - substances used for treatment or prevention of disease
brain /breɪn/ A2	noun - the organ in the head that controls thought and movement
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood; the center of emotion
hell /hɛl/ B1	noun - a place of torment after death; a state of extreme difficulty
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ B1	noun - the place where the blessed live after death; a state of great happiness
ladder /ˈlædər/ B1	noun - a set of steps or rungs for climbing
grenade /ɡrəˈnɑːd/ B2	noun - an explosive weapon thrown by hand
intense /ɪnˈtɛns/ C1	adjective - very strong, extreme, or concentrated
frustrated /frʌsˈtreɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - feeling upset because of inability to achieve something
negative /ˈnɛɡətɪv/ B1	adjective - expressing denial, refusal, or a lack of positivity
raw /rɔː/ B2	adjective - not cooked; in a natural, unprocessed state; blunt or uncensored
problem /ˈprɒbləm/ B1	noun - a difficulty or question that needs a solution
level /ˈlɛvəl/ B2	noun - a particular height, rank, or degree adjective - flat; even; not slanted
zone /zoʊn/ B2	noun - an area or region distinguished by some characteristic
exist /ɪɡˈzɪst/ B2	verb - to have actual being; to live or be present

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm in hip hop's hospital bed

  ➔ Possessive 's

  ➔ The 's indicates possession; the hospital bed *belongs to* hip hop, metaphorically representing NF's struggles within the music industry. The phrase uses a noun acting as an adjective to modify another noun.

• Ima come in the session and cut off they legs

  ➔ Contraction + Object Pronoun + Modal Verb + Infinitive

  ➔ "Ima" is a colloquial contraction of "I am going to". "They" functions as an object pronoun referring to rappers. The sentence uses a modal verb ("come") to express intention and an infinitive ("cut off") to describe the action.

• You ain't never been on my level

  ➔ Double Negative + Past Perfect

  ➔ The phrase uses a double negative ("ain't never") which is common in informal English to emphasize the negative. "Been" is used as an auxiliary verb with "on my level" implying a state of being that has not existed in the past. It's a colloquial way of saying 'have never been'.

• They told me that I'm never leaving

  ➔ Reported Speech + Future in the Past

  ➔ This is an example of reported speech. The original statement was likely "I am never leaving". The use of "told me that" introduces the reported speech. "I'm never leaving" represents a future action as perceived in the past, hence the 'future in the past' tense.

• Don't call me a sellout that's somethin' I've never been

  ➔ Imperative + Present Perfect

  ➔ "Don't call me" is an imperative sentence giving a direct command. "That's somethin' I've never been" uses the present perfect tense ("have been") to emphasize that the speaker has *never* been a sellout, highlighting a continuous state from the past until now.