Tell Your Friends – English Lyrics

• By: The Weeknd
• Album: Beauty Behind The Madness

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into The Weeknd's "Tell Your Friends" to not only enjoy its soulful R&B sound but also to enhance your English language skills. This song offers a rich vocabulary related to success, defiance, and a candid lifestyle, making it excellent for understanding modern slang and complex emotional expressions. The Weeknd's clear yet expressive delivery, combined with the vivid storytelling in the lyrics, provides an authentic window into contemporary English usage and artistic expression, encouraging you to explore deeper meanings within popular music.

[English]

We are not the same, I am too reckless

I'm not tryna go in that direction

These niggas, they been doin' too much flexin'

And they about to call the wrong attention

And I don't got no patience, no more testin'

I do shit how I want, don't need no blessin'

XO niggas ain't nothin' to mess with

Nobody stoppin' us, oh, no, we destined

And everybody 'round you is so basic

I'm never rockin' white, I'm like a racist

I don't drink my liquor with a chase in

That money is the only thing I'm chasin'

And some dope dimes on some coke lines

Gimme head all night, cum four times

Baby girl just wanna smoke a pound

Do an ounce, get some dick, tell her friends about it

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell 'em what you know, what you seen

How I roll, how I get it on the low (oh-ho, whoa)

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell your friends about it

I'm that nigga with the hair singin' 'bout

Poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill

Last year, I did all the politickin'

This year, I'ma focus on the vision (the vision)

I think these hoes deserve another fixin' (fixin')

I'm talkin' 'bout the ones from the beginnin' (oh, oh)

Don't believe the rumors, bitch, I'm still a user

I'm still rockin' camo, and still roll with shooters

I'm a villain in my city, I just made another killin'

I'ma spend it all on bitches (on bitches)

And everybody fuckin', everybody fuckin' (fuckin')

Pussy on the house, everybody fuckin' (fuckin')

Man, I miss my city, man, it's been a minute (been a minute)

MIA a habit, Cali was the mission (ooh, whoa)

Cruise through the west end in my new Benz (ooh, whoa)

I'm just tryna live life through a new lens (ooh, whoa-ho)

Drivin' by the streets I used to walk through

When I had no crib, I guess you call that shit a miracle

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell 'em what you know, what you seen (oh-ho, whoa)

How I roll, how I get it on the low (oh)

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell your friends about it

I'm that nigga with the hair singin' 'bout

Poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill

...

...

Yeah, yeah, yeah

My cousin said I made it big, and it's unusual (usual)

She tried to take a selfie at my Grandma's funeral (funeral)

Used to roam on Queen, now I sing Queen Street anthems (Queen Street anthems)

Used to hate attention, now I pull up in that wagon (in that wagon)

And I was broken, I was broken, I was so broke (so broke)

I used to roam around the town when I was homeless (no, no, no, no, no)

Me and Lamar would rob a nigga for his Jordans

And flip it just to get these hoes another nose fix

Now we get faded when we want, girl, we got choices (got choices)

Lay them on the fuckin' table, we got choices (got choices)

And if they wanna fuck my niggas, they got choices (got choices)

They told me not to fall in love, that shit is pointless

Yeah, that shit is pointless (pointless)

They told me not to fall in love, that shit is pointless

Yeah, that shit is pointless (pointless)

They told me not to fall in love, that shit is pointless

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell your friends about it (about it)

Go tell 'em what you know, what you seen (oh)

How I roll, how I get it on the low (ooh)

Go tell your friends about it (ooh)

Go tell your friends about it

I'm that nigga with the hair singin' 'bout

Poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill

...

Life so trill (all the time, yeah)

Life so trill (you should know)

Life so trill (oh, oh, oh)

Life so trill

...

Ooh

...

Life so trill

...

Life so trill

...

Life so trill

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reckless /ˈrɛkləs/ A2	adjective - careless or irresponsible
flexin /ˈflɛksɪŋ/ B1	verb - to show off or boast
patience /ˈpeɪʃəns/ A2	noun - the capacity to accept delay
blessin /ˈblɛsɪŋ/ A2	noun - a prayer asking for God's favor
destined /ˈdɛstɪnd/ B1	adjective - certain to happen or succeed
basic /ˈbeɪsɪk/ A2	adjective - simple or ordinary
chasin /ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to pursue or follow
dope /doʊp/ B1	adjective - excellent or impressive
ounce /aʊns/ A1	noun - a unit of weight
trill /trɪl/ B1	adjective - authentic or real
politickin /pəˈlɪtɪkɪŋ/ B2	verb - to engage in political activities
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ A2	noun - the ability to think about the future
shooters /ˈʃʊtərz/ A2	noun - people who shoot guns
faded /ˈfeɪdɪd/ B1	adjective - intoxicated or drunk
usual /ˈjuʒuəl/ A1	adjective - habitual or common
pointless /ˈpɔɪntləs/ A2	adjective - having no purpose

Key Grammar Structures

• We are not the same, I am too reckless

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense to describe a general truth or characteristic: 'We are not the same' and 'I am too reckless'.

• I'm not tryna go in that direction

  ➔ Present continuous with 'tryna' (informal contraction)

  ➔ 'Tryna' is an informal contraction of 'trying to'. The present continuous tense is used to describe an action happening now or in the near future: 'I'm not tryna go in that direction'.

• These niggas, they been doin' too much flexin'

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present: 'they been doin' too much flexin''.

• And they about to call the wrong attention

  ➔ Future with 'be about to'

  ➔ The phrase 'about to' is used to describe an action that is imminent: 'they about to call the wrong attention'.

• I do shit how I want, don't need no blessin'

  ➔ Negative contraction

  ➔ The sentence uses negative contractions: 'don't' (do not) and 'no' (not any): 'don't need no blessin''.

• Go tell your friends about it (about it)

  ➔ Imperative mood with direct object

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give a command: 'Go tell your friends about it'. 'About it' is the direct object.

• I'm that nigga with the hair singin' 'bout

  ➔ Present continuous with 'singin'' (informal contraction)

  ➔ 'Singin'' is an informal contraction of 'singing'. The present continuous tense is used to describe an action happening now: 'I'm that nigga with the hair singin' 'bout'.

• Last year, I did all the politickin'

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The simple past tense is used to describe a completed action in the past: 'I did all the politickin''.