Lyrics & Translation
Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Pardison Fontaine's 'Run Run Run' offers a glimpse into contemporary, emotionally expressive English rap. The song's clear narrative and use of popular slang and metaphors related to love and heartbreak can provide a unique and engaging way to understand modern lyrical storytelling. Its blend of hip-hop with Caribbean and Afrobeat influences also makes it a culturally rich piece to explore.
[English]
Run run run run run run runGirl, this not the time for this sh*t, and I know it
Let's take the time that we haven't enjoyed
Nasty memories that we made, we recorded
Hurt people, hurt people, I'm disappointed
In me, I done wrong, I'm grown and I own it
I'm paranoid when I'm ridin', and I towed it
Glocky on me and it loaded
Glocky on me and it loaded
DMs is flooded, I need some consoling
Treat 'em like her, I know that's what they hopin'
Workin' on healin' right now, and I'm focused
Come off on me, all these crosses, I'm holy
I'm not ready for love, trust me, baby, I know me
And I know I'm down bad, but
Good girls never been good for me
Bad luck is always on me
Heartbreak has been my story
Love just don't love me
Good girls never been good for me
Bad luck is always on me
Heartbreak has been my story
Love just don't love me
I gotta run run run run run run run
If you hear me
1942 is my new best friend
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
He makes me go out every weekend
Ooh yeah
Now I'm in a club but I don't wanna be here
Always end up leaving with some women that I meet here
Naked on the facetime, she wanna get nikky
I'm tryin' to get over some, she won't be underneath me
Can't you see I'm damaged, and weak
Why you wanna take advantage of me?
Girl fallin' for me is a no-no
Heartbreak kid and I'm stone cold
Heartbreak, I'm not ready to face it
Hard on my sleeve, like a Van Cleef bracelet
Heart empty, you already won for taken'
And I know I'm down bad, but
Good girls never been good for me
Bad luck is always on me
Heartbreak has been my story
Love just don't love me
Good girls never been good for me
Bad luck is always on me
Heartbreak has been my story
Love just don't love me
I gotta run run run run run run run
If you hear me
Stupid be goin' dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum
Right now, I lie
I gotta run run run run run run run
If you hear me, baby, yeah
Run run run run run run run
Stupid be goin' dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Girl, this not the time for this sh*t, and I know it
➔ Contraction (Informal Language)
➔ The word 'not' is contracted with 'this' as 'this not', which is common in informal spoken English.
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Let's take the time that we haven't enjoyed
➔ Present Perfect (Negative)
➔ The phrase 'haven't enjoyed' uses the present perfect to indicate an action that started in the past and has not been completed.
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Hurt people, hurt people, I'm disappointed
➔ Parallel Structure
➔ The repetition of 'hurt people' creates a parallel structure, emphasizing the idea that hurt individuals tend to hurt others.
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I'm paranoid when I'm ridin', and I towed it
➔ Present Continuous (Contraction)
➔ The phrase 'I'm ridin'' uses the contracted form of 'am riding', common in informal speech.
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Good girls never been good for me
➔ Double Negative (Non-Standard)
➔ The phrase 'never been good' is a double negative, which is non-standard in formal English but common in colloquial speech.
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I gotta run run run run run run run
➔ Informal Contraction ('Gotta')
➔ 'Gotta' is a contraction of 'have got to', used informally to express necessity.
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Why you wanna take advantage of me?
➔ Colloquial Question Formation
➔ The question 'Why you wanna...' omits the subject 'do' in informal speech, typical of colloquial English.
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Heartbreak, I'm not ready to face it
➔ Comma Splice
➔ The comma splice connects two independent clauses ('Heartbreak' and 'I'm not ready to face it') without a conjunction, which is common in informal writing.
