Rumors – English Lyrics

• By: Lizzo, Cardi B

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ They don't know I do it for the culture

♪

♪ Oh man ♪

♪ They say I should watch the **** I post ♪

♪ Come on man ♪

♪ Say I'm turning big girls into pros ♪

♪ Oh god damn ♪

♪ They say I get groupies at my shows ♪

♪ Come on man All the rumours are true yeah ♪

♪ What you heard that's true yeah I **** him and you yeah ♪

♪ If you believe I do that Had to cut them off loose yeah ♪

♪ NDA no loose lips Now they all tryna sue me ♪

♪ Pssh All the rumors are true yeah I've been in the bamboo yeah ♪

♪ Focused on this music My ex man he blew it ♪

♪ Last year I thought I would lose it ♪

♪ Reading **** on the internet ♪

♪ My smoothie cleanse and my diet No I aint smashed

Drake

yet ♪

♪ Spending all your time Tryna break a woman down ♪

♪ Realer things is going on Baby take a look around ♪

♪ If you thought that I was rachet with my **** hanging out ♪

♪ Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house ♪

(♪ ♪)

♪ Give them something to talk about

♪

♪ Sick of rumors But haters do what they do

♪

♪ Haters do what they do All the rumors are true ♪

♪ Yeah Fake **** and fake boobs

♪

♪ yeah Made a million at sue's ♪

♪ yeah I be running with fake news

♪

♪ Yeah, Cardi aint popping no that's a machine

♪

♪ Nobody listen they buying them streams ♪

♪ They even post it on blogs overseas

♪

♪ And lie in a language I can't even read ♪

♪ the **** does this mean

♪

♪ Look I'm a Bronx With some pop hits ♪

****

♪ Used to pop off When they pop hits ♪

♪ But I'm calmed down And I'm locked in

♪

♪ And my records live in the top ten ♪

♪ Lizzo Teach me about big girl ****

♪

♪ Last time I got freaky the FCC sue me

♪

♪ But imma keep doing what I wanna do ♪

♪ Cause all the rumours are ♪

♪ All the rumors are True yeah

♪

♪ They hated on me since school yeah ♪

♪ I never thought I was cool yeah ♪

♪ Now me and Cardi we cool yeah I love pros on them poles

yeah ♪

♪ I am body goals yeah This here from my soul yeah ♪

♪ Black people made rock n roll yeah

♪

♪ Spending all your time Tryna break a woman down ♪

♪ Realest things are going on Baby take a look around ♪

♪ If you thought that I was rachet with my **** hanging out ♪

♪ Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house ♪

♪ Yeah Yeah ♪

♪ (talking talking talking) Give them something to talk about

♪

♪ Sick of rumors But haters do what they do

♪

♪ Haters do what they do All the rumours are true

♪

♪ Sheesh

♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rumors /ˈruːmərz/ B1	noun - currently circulating stories or reports of uncertain or doubtful truth
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - feel intense dislike for noun - intense dislike; hate
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - accept that something is true
school /skuːl/ A1	noun - an institution for educating children
cool /kuːl/ A2	adjective - fashionable or impressive verb - to make or become cool or cooler.
soul /səʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
girls /ɡɜːrlz/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1	noun - an adult female human being.
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February.
fake /feɪk/ B1	adjective - not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.
records /ˈrekərdz/ B1	noun - an official document attesting to something.
pop /pɒp/ A2	verb - make a light explosive sound. adjective - relating to or denoting popular music.
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Key Grammar Structures

• They don't know I do it for the culture

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense with 'do' to describe a habitual or general action.

• They say I should watch the **** I post

  ➔ Modal Verb (Should)

  ➔ 'Should' is used to give advice or make a recommendation.

• All the rumours are true yeah

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'Be'

  ➔ The sentence uses 'are' (present simple of 'be') to state a fact or general truth.

• If you believed I do that, had to cut them off loose yeah

  ➔ Past Simple + Past Simple

  ➔ The sentence uses two past simple verbs to describe sequential actions in the past.

• Focused on this music, my ex man he blew it

  ➔ Past Simple with 'Blew'

  ➔ 'Blew' is the past tense of 'blow', used to describe a completed action in the past.

• Spending all your time, tryna break a woman down

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future

  ➔ The present continuous is used here to describe a future action or plan.

• Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house

  ➔ Future with 'Will'

  ➔ 'Will' is used to express a future action without prior planning.

• Haters do what they do, all the rumours are true

  ➔ Present Simple with Emphasis

  ➔ The present simple is used with emphasis to state a recurring or general truth.