Shut Them Down – English Lyrics

• By: Dun D, Fuse ODG
• Album: Shut Them Down (feat. FuseODG) - Single

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

A-yeah!

A-yeah!

A-yeah!

A-yeah!

A-yeah!

A-yeah!

A-yeah!

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

There's a war going on outside, no man is safe from

They wasn't lying when they said that

London, it's the city where the best at

GH to the bone, respect that

When a friend call J, step back

Man try take my food, don't accept that

If you wish death on me, I reject that

Thought I'd be stuck in a hotel, I got jetpack

Why I need less backstage

One extra backstage

Anywhere I go with the fam, we are backstage

After more, I crept and called, they were backstage

Big Fattie and Fuse, they were backstage too

Shout out to K B Cheezy and Red P2

I'm the next brother out from this London crew

Close like a swag on him

Cooking beef, I can pull a tank on him

Don't get funny, I can bang on him

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

Nobody don't play

And you know we all have in our building, you should know we're about to shut them down

O.D.G. don't play

And you know we're stacking to the ceiling, let them know we're about to stack them fire

Back at school when I gave

You should know we've been around the globe

And you know they love a bad man

Let me hear you say, 'A-yeah!'

Get to know, 'A-yeah!'

And every day I talk to my Lord

Thanking Him for opening an door, we

And I always pray for my enemies

Because their hate help me more ways

And I talk to my Lord

Thanking Him for opening an door, we

Even when I'm down on my mental knees

How do I go rise up surely?

Put your lighters within the tightest

Let them know that it's about to blow like them fighters

No other side, say we for you know we getting cream to rub it in like a massage

Put your lighters within the tightest

Let them know that it's about to blow like them fighters

No other side, say we for you know we getting cream to rub it in like a massage

Shut them down

Yeah

Put your lighters in the air

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

Shut them down

Shut them down

Yeah, we gonna shut them down

Shut them down

Shut them down

Yeah, we gonna shut them down

Shut them down

Shut them down

Yeah, we gonna shut them down

Shut them down

Shut them down

Yeah, we gonna shut them down

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

We are about to shut them down

Put your lighters in the air

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shut /ʃʌt/ A1	verb - to close something
down /daʊn/ A1	adverb - towards a lower position
lighters /ˈlaɪtərz/ A1	noun - a device used to produce a flame
war /wɔːr/ A1	noun - a state of armed conflict
safe /seɪf/ A1	adjective - protected from danger
respect /rɪˈspekt/ A2	noun - admiration for someone
reject /rɪˈdʒekt/ B1	verb - to refuse to accept
backstage /ˈbækˌsteɪdʒ/ B1	noun - the area behind a stage
stacking /ˈstækɪŋ/ B1	verb - to arrange objects in a pile
pray /preɪ/ A2	verb - to speak to a god
enemies /ˈɛnəmiz/ A2	noun - a person who hates another
mental /ˈmɛntəl/ B2	adjective - relating to the mind
fighters /ˈfaɪtərz/ A2	noun - a person who fights
cream /kriːm/ A1	noun - a thick dairy product
massage /məˈsɑːʒ/ B1	noun - rubbing the body to relieve tension
swag /swæɡ/ B2	noun - confident, stylish behavior
beef /biːf/ A2	noun - meat from a cow noun - a grudge or quarrel

Key Grammar Structures

• We are about to shut them down

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense with 'are about to' to indicate an action that is imminent or planned in the near future.

• There's a war going on outside, no man is safe from

  ➔ Present continuous tense + Present simple tense

  ➔ The sentence combines present continuous ('is going') with present simple ('is safe') to contrast ongoing action with a general truth.

• If you wish death on me, I reject that

  ➔ If clause (Type 2)

  ➔ This is a type 2 conditional sentence, expressing a hypothetical situation and its result using 'If' + past simple, present simple.

• Thought I'd be stuck in a hotel, I got jetpack

  ➔ Past simple + Past simple

  ➔ The sentence uses two past simple verbs to describe completed actions in the past, contrasting expectations with reality.

• Let me hear you say, 'A-yeah!'

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood with 'Let me hear' to give a direct command or request.

• And I always pray for my enemies

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense with 'always' to describe a habitual action.

• How do I go rise up surely?

  ➔ Direct question with auxiliary verb

  ➔ The sentence is a direct question using the auxiliary verb 'do' to inquire about a method or way.

• No other side, say we for you know we getting cream to rub it in like a massage

  ➔ Present continuous tense + Simile

  ➔ The sentence uses present continuous ('are getting') and a simile ('like a massage') to describe an ongoing action with a figurative comparison.