SMALL TOWN FAME – English Lyrics

• By: PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Yeah, leavin' out the club with no hos, it's a dub

You somewhere on house arrest pretendin' you in love

Exfoliate that nigga that you with, he a scrub

Like I wanna know what's up, what happened to us?

Your new nigga pretend to be the man, he a stud, like

Patek that I had you in was hittin' like a floodlight

We was really locked in, we got it out the mud like

All I got is memories of thinkin' what it was like

Now you tryna style in my face, pop it in my face

Put it on the 'Gram, you supposed to be my ace

I'm hatin' hard, I'm hatin' way too hard

I'm hatin' hard, I'm hatin' way too hard

I'm hatin' hard, you played the part

You wasn't who you are right now

I'm hatin' hard, I'm hatin' way too

Yeah, PX, PX, PX, PX, PX, P-ski

Yeah, PARTY on a paper chase

Poppin' out in Saginaw, poppin' out in Salt Lake

Poppin' out in Arizona, bitch, I feel like Tate McRae

Vanilla ice and white hos, straight cake, uh

Niggas love to talk, man, stack somethin'

Puttin' Charli up her nose, X on her tongue

She been geekin' hard, she done had a Brat summer

PARTY pull up on the scene, black Hummer

You boys pull up to the 6ix, we get the tax runnin'

Ay, talkin' on the O, tryna prove somethin'

Nigga, whack somethin', pack somethin', do somethin'

Ay, I don't give a fuck, I'm a fallout boy when they call our gang

Lost a lot of brothers to this dog-ass game

What am I supposed to do with all that pain?

Sleepless nights, drawn out days

Thinkin' about how wrong I played

Even lost my bitch to the small town fame

Ay, ay, I'm a mess right now

You know what, man, we're all in this

Now, whether we're all in this together

Or you're all in it for yourself

The fact of the matter is that we're in it

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
party /ˈpɑːrti/ B1	noun - a social gathering for entertainment verb - to celebrate or attend a party
fame /feɪm/ B2	noun - the state of being known by many people
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - to feel intense dislike for
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
small /smɔːl/ A1	adjective - little in size
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - a human settlement smaller than a city
memories /ˈmɛməriːz/ B2	noun - things remembered from the past
lost /lɒst/ B1	verb - to misplace or fail to keep hold of adjective - unable to find one's way; confused
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
gang /ɡæŋ/ B2	noun - a group of people, often involved in illegal activities
brothers /ˈbrʌðərz/ B1	noun - male siblings
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - the period of light between sunrise and sunset
exfoliate /ɪkˈsfoʊliˌeɪt/ C1	verb - to remove dead skin cells from the surface of the skin
floodlight /ˈflʌdˌlaɪt/ C1	noun - a broad-beamed, high-intensity light used outdoors
scrub /skrʌb/ B1	verb - to rub hard in order to clean or remove noun - a person of low social status; a loser (slang)
paper /ˈpeɪpər/ A2	noun - thin material for writing or printing
chase /tʃeɪs/ B1	noun - the act of pursuing something or someone verb - to pursue in order to catch or overtake

Key Grammar Structures

• Like I wanna know what's up, what happened to us?

  ➔ Indirect Speech (Reported Speech)

  ➔ The phrase 'Like I wanna know' introduces indirect speech, expressing the desire to understand without directly quoting.

• You wasn't who you are right now

  ➔ Non-standard negation in colloquial speech

  ➔ 'Wasn't' instead of 'were not' is a common non-standard negation in informal English.

• I'm hatin' hard, I'm hatin' way too hard

  ➔ Present continuous for emphasis

  ➔ The repeated use of 'I'm hatin'' in the present continuous tense emphasizes the ongoing intensity of the emotion.

• We was really locked in, we got it out the mud like

  ➔ Non-standard past tense in colloquial speech

  ➔ 'We was' instead of 'we were' is a non-standard past tense form common in informal speech.

• Now you tryna style in my face, pop it in my face

  ➔ Colloquial contraction ('tryna' for 'trying to')

  ➔ 'Tryna' is a colloquial contraction of 'trying to,' commonly used in informal speech.

• Even lost my bitch to the small town fame

  ➔ Prepositional phrase ('to the small town fame')

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'to the small town fame' indicates the cause or reason for the loss.

• What am I supposed to do with all that pain?

  ➔ Rhetorical question

  ➔ The question 'What am I supposed to do...' is rhetorical, expressing frustration rather than seeking an answer.

• Whether we're all in this together, or you're all in it for yourself

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction ('whether')

  ➔ The conjunction 'whether' introduces a contrast between two possibilities.