Run Run Run – English Lyrics

• By: Pardison Fontaine
• Album: SEXT8PE

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 run

Girl, 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 Grammar Structures

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.