Suburbia – English Lyrics

• By: Kavinsky
• Album: OutRun

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I come to life

I come to life

Yeah, I come to life

I come to life when I'm driving, see the city lights

Got me sipping, not too much just starting light

Because the night is young, and I got spots to hit

Bitches to see and shit, shorty's body feverish

Perfected, light them bitches up to perfection

I'm destined, please don't try me son, I'm bad, hood-tested

All these nobody-names can't see my flow

You would've thought it was legal, all this stour I blow

Wit' a mommy riding shotty, cute as Gwyneth Paltrow

Son, I'm all about this money, every day I count mo'

Fuck a Facebook, nigga, I'm online bankin'

Fuck a Twitter follow, I'm paper chasin'

And never would you ever see a nigga slow down

Pretty faces everywhere, baby girl is goin' down

It's the fast life, I ain't even took my beat

And while you're out there, just stop cheatin'

I come to life in my fast, fast car

Your life cannot ever be ours

My Testarossa same color as Mars

Buckle up, you are now riding with a star

(I come to life) I come to life in my fast, fast car

Your life cannot ever be ours

My Testarossa same color as Mars

Buckle up, you are now riding with a star

I come to life

I come to life

Yeah, I come to life

I come to life, uh

Blood flowin', when I'm cruising give me a rush

Wanted me to go down, told her I just do it up

New York nigga, you can tell how my skin thick

Bustin' down some fried rice and rib tips

Feelin' 'bout my business, in for this, these niggas ridiculous

Y'all just wanna start shit, my nigga we finish it

So stop frontin' like y'all dudes can mess with me

I cut these fools like pizza pies with extra cheese

Make you a memory, have you laid out like the letter T

Never take my eyes off my enemy

Focused, when I'm in the room you feel my energy

Probably movin' wrong if these haters ain't upset with me

So I keep 'em fumin', you can see the girl in 'em

I tell 'em keep it moving 'fore we put them hollows in 'em

And ain't nobody see it, we do it on the low

Then jump in the whip, son, it's time to go

I come to life in my fast, fast car

Your life cannot ever be ours

My Testarossa same color as Mars

Buckle up, you are now riding with a star

(I come to life) I come to life in my fast, fast car

Your life cannot ever be ours

My Testarossa same color as Mars

Buckle up, you are now riding with a star

I come to life

I come to life

Yeah, I come to life

I come to life

I come to life

I come to life

Yeah, I come to life

I come to life

I come to life

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
drive /draɪv/ A1	verb - to operate a vehicle
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness from the sun or a lamp adjective - not heavy or intense
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the time between dusk and dawn
fast /fæst/ A1	adjective - moving or capable of moving at high speed
car /kɑːr/ A1	noun - a road vehicle with an engine
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ A2	adjective - having no flaws
destined /ˈdestɪnd/ B1	adjective - certain to happen or succeed
flow /floʊ/ A2	noun - the movement of a liquid or gas verb - to move in a steady stream
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a medium of exchange for goods and services
energy /ˈɛnərʤi/ A2	noun - the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity
focus /ˈfoʊkəs/ A2	verb - to concentrate on something
cruising /ˈkruːzɪŋ/ B1	verb - to travel in a relaxed manner
Testarossa /ˌtɛstəˈrɒsə/ C1	noun - a model of Ferrari sports car
Mars /mɑːrz/ A1	noun - the fourth planet from the sun
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a massive luminous ball of plasma in space

Key Grammar Structures

• I come to life when I'm driving, see the city lights

  ➔ Present Simple for habitual actions with a time clause

  ➔ The phrase "I come to life" uses the present simple to describe a recurring action or state. "when I'm driving" is a time clause using the present continuous to describe the specific activity that triggers this feeling.

• Got me sipping, not too much just starting light

  ➔ Causative "get" + object + present participle (informal)

  ➔ In informal English, "Got me sipping" is a causative construction meaning "caused me to sip" or "made me sip." The structure is "get + object + present participle (-ing form)."

• You would've thought it was legal, all this stour I blow

  ➔ Third Conditional (implied/truncated)

  ➔ "would've thought" is a contraction of "would have thought," which is part of the third conditional structure, often used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past that did not happen. Here, the "if" clause is implied (e.g., "If you had seen it...").

• And never would you ever see a nigga slow down

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis (with negative adverbs)

  ➔ When a negative adverb like "Never" starts a sentence, the subject and auxiliary verb are inverted for emphasis, creating a more dramatic or formal tone. The usual order would be "You would never see...".

• Fuck a Facebook, nigga, I'm online bankin'

  ➔ Present Continuous (informal/colloquial reduction)

  ➔ "I'm online bankin'" is an informal contraction of "I am online banking." The present continuous tense is used here to describe an ongoing or current activity, and the 'g' is often dropped in informal speech.

• Your life cannot ever be ours

  ➔ Possessive Pronoun

  ➔ "ours" is a possessive pronoun, which replaces a possessive adjective + noun (e.g., "our life"). It stands alone and refers to something that belongs to "us."

• Wanted me to go down, told her I just do it up

  ➔ Verb + Object + Infinitive

  ➔ The structure "Wanted me to go down" uses a verb of desire/command ("wanted") followed by an object pronoun ("me") and then an infinitive verb ("to go down"). This construction indicates that the subject wanted the object to perform the action.

• Make you a memory, have you laid out like the letter T

  ➔ Causative "have" + object + past participle

  ➔ The phrase "have you laid out" is a causative construction. It means "to arrange for someone to be laid out" or "to cause someone to be laid out." The structure is "have + object + past participle."

• Son, I'm all about this money, every day I count mo'

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "all about"

  ➔ The phrase "I'm all about" is an idiom meaning "I am very interested in" or "I am completely focused on." It emphasizes the speaker's primary concern or passion.