Royalty – English Lyrics

• By: XXXTENTACION, Ky-Mani Marley, Stefflon Don, Vybz Kartel
• Album: Bad Vibes Forever

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Jamaican culture and the diverse sounds of dancehall, hip hop, and R&B with XXXTentacion's "Royalty." This posthumous track, featuring Ky-Mani Marley, Stefflon Don, and Vybz Kartel, offers a glimpse into the artists' perspectives on wealth, identity, and inner strength, making it a unique and engaging listening experience.

[English]

Royalty (Royalty), inna mi bloodline

Dem soldiers yell (Dem soldiers yell), on these front lines

Don't know why, know why

But demons come to test us sometimes

In my scheme from longtime (Longtime)

Defeat where you're confined

Royalty (Royalty), inna mi bloodline

Dem soldiers yell (Dem soldiers yell), on these front lines

Don't know why, know why

But demons come to test us sometimes

In my scheme from longtime (Longtime)

Defeat where you're confined

Yeah, me haffi, big up, yuh

Big up, yuh, big up, yuh

Buy car and land fi yuh

Use bad man for their bread when the mortgage up

Big up, yuh, big up, yuh, big up, yuh

Gyal dem a Kingston

Haffi whine dem body when they hear me on this one

Man, it's cool until this shit change

Wanna use me for the money and the cars, yeah, the big range

Yeah, it's funny how shit change

All shorty want is young nigga's drawers, that shit stains

In a poor house, Biscayne

Now I'm in the coupe with a crib big as Chris Paine

Never could forget all the nights it was just pain

Now I'm finna come for the throne, don't forget, mane

Royalty (Royalty), inna mi bloodline

Dem soldiers yell (Dem soldiers yell), on these front lines

Don't know why, know why

But demons come to test us sometimes

In my scheme from longtime (Longtime)

Defeat where you're confined

Nuff tings ah get lock arff

Iced out rings nah come off

Clean from me born, tell a gyal she fi chuck arff

We can't stall, we a rise, we a take arff

(We make the boys do wha' dem a do)

'Cause the gyal ah set trends

Name just ah bubble pon the endz

Tick, me ah tock, pon the sumtin til it bend

We no friend badmind, we no 'fraid of dem (We no 'fraid)

Win, we a win til the end

Royalty (Royalty), inna mi bloodline

...

Dem soldiers yell (Dem soldiers yell), on these front lines

Don't know why, know why

But demons come to test us sometimes

In my scheme from longtime (Longtime)

Defeat where you're confined

His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie, so we royal

Triple X crew, so we loyal

Big batty, fat pussy, broad gyal

Come here, back it up gyal, buss a whine, mhm hm

Bend up inna 10 and inna nine, mhm-hmm

Miami gyal, Caribbean whine

Yardie say, you a real buddy bruka

Yankie say, you a bad muhfucka

Ky-Mani, who waan fi war?

We can work the army, war like Irani

Man grimy, crimy, can't style me, parrie

Man Triple X to Tentacion

Pull up on dem endz deh like taxi man

Nah spray cologne, we spray hot metal, cho man!

Real bad man like Sandokan

Real hot gyal badman go pon

Anyweh we walk, the street govern

No fairytale, no Alice, no Peter Pan

Versace style, Louis V pattern

We strike the street hard, no FIFA

Plan kick you from Mobay, Halfway Tree you land

We born fi get dough, no need no man

We life a sort, ask the reader man

We balls a work, we a the breeder and

Nah laugh with it, badman Riddim

Smoke high grade and fly like pigeon

Real badman, we no haffi have image

Score like scrimmage inna any gyal village

Fuck dem wicked and squeeze out liquid

Sharp shooter like Billy The Kid

Haffi live twice fi do things that we did

TJ, tell dem we're wild and wicked

Royalty (Royalty), inna mi bloodline

Dem soldiers yell (Dem soldiers yell), on these front lines

Don't know why, know why

But demons come to test us sometimes

In my scheme from longtime (Longtime)

Defeat where you're confined

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Royalty /ˈrɔɪəlti/ B2	noun - Members of a royal family; royal status or power.
Bloodline /ˈblʌdlaɪn/ B2	noun - A line of descent or succession; ancestry.
Soldiers /ˈsoʊldʒərz/ A2	noun - A person who serves in an army.
Yell /jɛl/ A2	verb - To shout loudly. noun - A loud, sharp cry.
Front /frʌnt/ B1	noun - The foremost part or surface of something; (in 'front lines') the leading edge of a battle or military operation.
Lines /laɪnz/ B1	noun - A particular type of boundary or formation; (in 'front lines') military positions, especially the foremost ones.
Demons /ˈdiːmənz/ B2	noun - An evil spirit or devil; a source of evil or torment.
Test /tɛst/ A2	verb - To subject to a procedure that ascertains its quality, performance, or reliability; to try one's patience or resolve. noun - A procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something.
Scheme /skiːm/ B2	noun - A large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect. verb - To make secret plans, especially with the intention of doing something illegal or harmful.
Defeat /dɪˈfiːt/ B1	verb - To win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; to overcome or conquer. noun - An act of defeating; the state of being defeated.
Confined /kənˈfaɪnd/ B2	adjective - (Of a space) restricted in area or volume; (of a person) restricted in movement or activity.
Throne /θroʊn/ B1	noun - A ceremonial chair for a sovereign, bishop, or similar dignitary; (figuratively) a position of power.
Loyal /ˈlɔɪəl/ B1	adjective - Giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution.
Royal /ˈrɔɪəl/ B1	adjective - Having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family; of or relating to a king or queen.
Change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - To make or become different. noun - The act or process of changing.
Pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - Highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury; mental suffering or distress.
Crib /krɪb/ B2	noun - (Slang) A person's home or apartment.
Whine /waɪn/ B2	verb - (Caribbean, informal) To dance in a sexually suggestive way, typically by rotating the hips.
Gyal /ɡjɑːl/ C1	noun - (Jamaican Patois) A girl or young woman.
Wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/ B2	adjective - (Slang) Excellent; very good. (Also means morally bad, which is B1, but the slang meaning is used here).

Key Grammar Structures

• Royalty (Royalty), inna mi bloodline

  ➔ Noun as modifier, colloquial language

  ➔ "Royalty" is repeated for emphasis and functions almost as an adjective describing the 'bloodline'. 'Inna' is a colloquial shortening of 'in'

• Dem soldiers yell (Dem soldiers yell), on these front lines

  ➔ Demonstrative pronoun, prepositional phrase

  ➔ "Dem" is a colloquial shortening of 'those'. 'On these front lines' is a prepositional phrase indicating location.

• Buy car and land fi yuh

  ➔ Imperative mood, colloquial pronoun

  ➔ This is a direct command. 'Fi' is a colloquial form of 'for' common in Jamaican Patois. 'Yuh' is a colloquial form of 'you'.

• Man, it's cool until this shit change

  ➔ Interjection, conditional clause

  ➔ "Man" is used as an interjection. 'Until this shit change' is a conditional clause indicating a limit to the coolness.

• Haffi whine dem body when they hear me on this one

  ➔ Modal verb (colloquial), reflexive pronoun, relative clause

  ➔ "Haffi" is a colloquial form of 'have to'. 'Dem body' uses the reflexive pronoun 'dem' to indicate their own bodies. 'When they hear me on this one' is a relative clause.