The Language – English Lyrics

• By: Drake
• Album: Nothing Was The Same

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English slang and conversational nuances with 'The Language' by Drake. This song is perfect for learners who want to understand how contemporary music uses metaphor and rhythmic phrasing to express desire and intimacy.

[English]

Yeah

Yeah Yeah

Yeah Yeah

Yeah Yeah

Yeah Yeah

Look Look

I don't know why they've been lying but your shit is not that inspiring

Bank account statements just look like I'm ready for early retirement

Fuck any nigga that's talkin' that shit just to get a reaction

Fuck going platinum, I looked at my wrist and it's already platinum

I am the kid with the motor mouth

I am the one that you should worry about

I don't know who you're referring to, who is this nigga you heard about?

Someone just talking that bullshit, man someone just gave you the run-around

Niggas downplaying the money but that's what you do when the money down

I don't waste time putting money down

I just go straight to who got it and buy it in cash

Pussy so good that you gotta come see me on tour

And you gotta fly in first class

This has been years in the making, it's all for the city

They know I come right every summer

Cash Money Records forever

I'm always big timing, bitch, I came up right under Stunna

You know it

Jealousy in the air tonight, I could tell

I will never understand that but oh well

Been ready, it's real, I don't know about you

She just want to smoke and fuck I said "Girl, that's all that we do"

Okay, now you're talking my language

Now you're talking my language

Now you're talking my language

Now you're talking my language

Been ready, it's real, I don't know about you

She just want to smoke and fuck I said "Girl, that's all that we do"

I'm about to roll one and light it and fuck it man, no one's invited

I got to kill off the weak shit that's got all you niggas excited

I can't even listen, you whylin', I'd much rather sit here in silence

I send all my money to banks in the islands and eat with Italians, I do

People are funny you don't even know about the shit that I been through

I just want some head in a comfortable bed, it could all be so simple

Talking that shit with your back to me, just know it always get back to me

Come get your girl, she been here for three days

And she way too attached to me

Hate when they get too attached to me

I got to get on the bus and get back on the road

Get what I can out the country

And then I just get on the jet and go back to the cold

Can't even drive with the top off

Been workin' so hard on the album I missed the whole summer

I just might bring in some girls from Miami

To heat up the city and that's word to Stunna

You know it

Jealousy in the air tonight, I could tell

I will never understand that but oh well

Been ready, it's real, I don't know about you

She just want to smoke and fuck I said "Girl, that's all that we do"

Okay, now you're talking my language

Now you're talking my language

Now you're talking my language

Now you're talking my language

Been ready, it's real, I don't know about you

She just want to smoke and fuck I said "Girl, that's all that we do"

...

Famous and dangerous

...

You understand me?

...

Showtime, headlines

Big time, sunshine, tote nines

Bust mines, flatline, hard grind

High life, stay fly as jet time

Stunt nigga, every time you see a nigga

Stunt nigga, every time you see a nigga

Stunt nigga, swag on head to feet nigga

Stunt nigga

I just might bring in some girls from Miami

To heat up the city and that's word to Stunna

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
inspiring /ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ/ B2	adjective - having the effect of motivating or influencing someone
retirement /rɪˈtaɪərmənt/ B1	noun - the action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work
platinum /ˈplætɪnəm/ B2	noun/adjective - a precious metal or a record certification for high sales
referring /rɪˈfɜːrɪŋ/ B2	verb - mention or allude to
jealousy /ˈdʒɛləsi/ B2	noun - the state of being jealous
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ A2	noun - complete absence of sound
comfortable /ˈkʌmftəbl/ A2	adjective - providing physical ease and relaxation
simple /ˈsɪmpl/ A1	adjective - easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty
attached /əˈtætʃt/ B1	adjective - full of affection or fondness
dangerous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/ A2	adjective - able or likely to cause harm or injury
headlines /ˈhɛdlaɪnz/ B1	noun - a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper
sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ A2	noun - direct sunlight
grind /ɡraɪnd/ B2	noun/verb - hard, repetitive work or effort
language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ A1	noun - the method of human communication
stunt /stʌnt/ C1	verb - to show off or perform an action to impress

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't know why they've been lying but your shit is not that inspiring

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase "have been lying" indicates an action that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

• This has been years in the making, it's all for the city

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The usage of "has been" expresses the duration of a process leading up to now.

• I am the one that you should worry about

  ➔ Relative Clause (Defining)

  ➔ The clause "that you should worry about" modifies "the one" to specify who is being talked about.

• Pussy so good that you gotta come see me on tour

  ➔ So + adjective + that clause (Result clause)

  ➔ Used to express the result of an intense quality (so good -> that you gotta...).

• If you don't even know about the shit that I been through

  ➔ Zero/First Conditional

  ➔ The use of "if" sets up a condition regarding knowledge of the speaker's past experiences.

• I'm about to roll one and light it

  ➔ Be about to (Immediate future)

  ➔ Expresses that the action will happen very shortly.

• It's all for the city

  ➔ Possessive/Determiner reference

  ➔ The use of "the" indicates a specific, shared entity known to the speaker and the audience.

• She just want to smoke and fuck

  ➔ Infinitive without "to" (used after verbs of perception or specific colloquial constructions)

  ➔ In some colloquial dialects, the infinitive can be simplified after auxiliary verbs or in casual speech.