Surrender – English Lyrics

• By: Jhené Aiko, Dr. Chill
• Album: Chilombo

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the blend of romance and spirituality in Jhené Aiko's 'Surrender.' This song offers a unique opportunity to learn English through its poetic and assertive lyrics, exploring themes of love and self-empowerment. The inclusion of her father, Dr. Chill, adds a layer of familial and spiritual wisdom, making it a truly special track for language learners to connect with on multiple levels.

[English]

This is how Heaven sounds at night

Take a vow to be down for life

Got you right in the candle light

Blow it out, how I blow your mind

Going, slowly

Floating, towards me

Don't ever ignore me

You'll be sorry, yeah, yeah

Surrender

'Render yourself to me

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Surrender

'Render yourself to me

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Met you at the edge of my mind

Hanging by a thread in limelight

Just when you had asked for closure

That is when the signs got closer

Exit 405 to Sepulveda

Come to the West side, I will show you love

It is only right if you open up

Tryna take your mind over

I'm a boss bitch, how you don't fuck with me?

Know what it is, you know these bitches just can't fuck with me

I write all my shit, you know I'm all about my publishing

I take my time with it, ain't no rushing me, yeah

Going, slowly

Floating, towards me

Don't ever ignore me

You'll be sorry, yeah, yeah

Surrender

'Render yourself to me

'Render yourself to me

Surrender

'Render yourself to me, yeah

Render yourself to me

I'm a boss bitch, how you don't fuck with me?

I'm a-I'm a boss bitch

How you don't fuck with me-fuck-fuck with me?

I'm a boss bitch, how you don't fuck with me?

I take my time with it, ain't no rushing me-rushing me

I'm a boss bitch, how you don't fuck with me?

I'm a-I'm a-I'm a boss bitch

How you don't fuck with me-fuck-fuck with me?

I'm a boss bitch, how you don't fuck with me?

I-I-I take my time with it, ain't no rushing me-no rushing me

Surrender

'Render yourself to me

Ayy, yeah

Surrender to quantum consciousness

Which gave us all that we be

Can't you see?

And it is all, all for free

Your soul, your mind, your heart, your body

Your potentiality, your actuality

Your spirituality, your reality

We get it all for free

So, why can't we give it all back, easily?

Surrender

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Key Grammar Structures

• Take a vow **to be** down for life

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive **to be** expresses the purpose of the vow.

• Don't ever **ignore** me

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The structure 'don't' + base verb forms a negative command.

• Met you at the edge of my mind

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The verb **Met** is the past form of 'meet', showing a completed action.

• Just when you **had asked** for closure

  ➔ Past perfect

  ➔ 'had asked' is past perfect, indicating an action that happened before another past event.

• It is only right **if you open** up

  ➔ First conditional (present simple in if‑clause)

  ➔ 'if you open' uses present simple in an if‑clause to talk about a possible condition.

• I'm a boss bitch, **how you don't** fuck with me?

  ➔ Present simple in a question

  ➔ 'you don't' is present simple negative used in a colloquial question.

• I take my time with it, **ain't no** rushing me

  ➔ Colloquial negative 'ain't' + gerund

  ➔ 'ain't' functions as a colloquial form of 'is not', followed by the gerund **rushing**.

• Can't **you see**?

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' in a question

  ➔ 'Can't' is the contracted form of 'cannot', a modal verb used to ask for confirmation.

• Surrender **to** quantum consciousness

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ 'Surrender' is a command in the imperative mood, urging the listener to act.

• which **gave** us all that we be

  ➔ Relative clause with past simple

  ➔ 'which gave' introduces a relative clause that describes 'quantum consciousness'.