Therapy Session – English Lyrics

• By: Kevin Gates

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Kevin Gates' "Therapy Sessions" featuring Lingo, a raw and unfiltered exploration of trauma and inner conflict. This track offers a unique opportunity to dissect the language of pain and resilience, showcasing how personal struggles can be transformed into powerful lyrical expression. Experience the intensity and vulnerability that define Gates' artistry, and gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of human emotion.

[English]

Emotions caught building inside

A lot of compartmentalized trauma

I ain't never talk with you about mine

Swear I'mma kill me a nigga mama

I ain't even talking that bitch dying

They say, "Hurt people hurt people"

Bitch, I'm destroyed on the inside

Might look cool, calm and collected

Bitch, I go hard on the inside

Feeling me, believing in a bitch nigga

These niggas frauds on the inside

Put your work down, pull your skirt down

These niggas frauds on the inside

Cartier lenses, I don't get offended

I quickly remembered I'm walking up out it

Shit sending them no sense in pretending

I'm no longer rocking my Cartier watching

Cartier water, my Tiffany diamonds

I don't even like the name to go with it

Before I go shopping and do any copying

I want a nigga brain to go with it

Big Lucifer brazen, big drip in the topic

I put that on Ma, said that I'mma get with you

You know that it's flowing, I'm standing on business

I get in they face and I hand them a 50

You know I'm a ten when I stand in the trenches

Internet, I keep a positive image

Ain't no percent of the

I'm in attendance, you get in my presence

You know that is tension

Took care of whole ass niggas

Helping broke ass hoes, wasn't eating

Speaking on me, keep my name out your dick sucker

Get off the grammar, commit you a murder

No, you ain't never been off in no gangster shit

Back up and rank and I'm back on my purpose

When I was with y'all, I was going in circles

You hang with a clown, you a part of the circle

I figured it out, I got back in my bag

Yell a caliber match in a Rory convertible

Hold up

Yeah

I might have went over your head

I push your button and all of a sudden the feeling go over my head

You still at home with your mother

Go to your room and go get in your bed

You know I'm controlling the gutter

You know that I'm thuggin', I'm one of them men

You know if I put you to sleep

Took you ain't able to switch, you won't get up again

Look how they perpetrate a nigga image

Don't even tell the public where they get it

Imagine you taking away from your family

You guilty of charges you haven't committed

Everyone else get a slap on the wrist

Every time you go in it's a different facility

Emotions caught burning inside

Lot of compartmentalized trauma

I ain't never talked with you about mine

Swear I'mma kill me a nigga mama

I ain't even talking that bitch dying

They say hurt people hurt people

Bitch, I'm destroyed on the inside

Man, you ain't no factor

You don't get saluted by soldiers and jackers

Respect me on heaven

Whenever you stepping ain't willing on making examples

Caught them in kind of the Mexican

Coordinating by people who matter

I was shopping a cartel

I just went on a saying, I knew that you ain't understanding

Really get active, yeah

Red one to be on my jacket

I don't listen to nothing but Gates

I'm up in ranks, you know that I'm Daddy

Remember when he used to want me to rap

He showed me how to rap

Red one to majorly mind for your booming

A lot of these niggas be acting

Tell him to speak on it

You know they missing a lot of them factors

You touching what we touching, take off the glove

And your fingers supposed to be ashy

Branson in it, warehouse package delivered in Palace

Just got off the home with the bread when it done

He throwing the L and I'm slamming

Mans name, rank

I don't post up on the gram

Post up in the trap

Prada way could take these extra grams

Love my swag, no I'm yet

I don't really go nowhere

I don't shopping, saw me

I smoke a pumped the gas

Take my number, let me bank roll, we can touch

I'm about to shade

When the business getting handled

I'll be quick to cancel plans

Say you still be thinking about me

Thank you, ma'am, no thank you, ma'am

Your PSVs be jumping, sales be bumping

Back no lacking

Everything took from me

I swear to God, the next nigga play with me

I ain't got time to be chasing you niggas out in the streets

You bitches hid

Good as a bitch and talk good as a bitch

I'mma put your mama feet now

Bitch, I'mma make you come out your shoe

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trauma /ˈtrɔːmə/ B2	noun - a deeply distressing or disturbing experience
destroyed /dɪˈstrɔɪd/ B1	verb - to damage so badly that no use can be made of it adjective - completely ruined or devastated
compartmentalized /kəmˈpɑːrtməntəlaɪzd/ C1	verb - to divide into sections or categories
frauds /frɔːdz/ B1	noun - a person or thing intended to deceive others
pretending /prɪˈtɛndɪŋ/ A2	verb - to claim or appear to be something one is not
tension /ˈtɛnʃən/ B1	noun - a state of mental or emotional strain
perpetrate /pərˈpɛtrət/ C1	verb - to carry out or commit a harmful or illegal act
cartel /kɑːrˈtɛl/ B2	noun - a group of companies acting together to control prices
caliber /ˈkælɪbər/ B2	noun - the degree of merit or quality
convertible /kənˈvɜːrtəbl/ B1	adjective - able to be changed or adapted noun - a car with a roof that can be folded back
thuggin /ˈθʌɡɪŋ/ B2	verb - to behave in a violently aggressive manner
saluted /səˈluːtɪd/ A2	verb - to greet or show respect with a gesture
coordinating /koʊˈɔːrdɪneɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - to organize or synchronize actions
booming /ˈbuːmɪŋ/ B1	adjective - rapidly growing or expanding
ashy /ˈæʃi/ B1	adjective - covered with ash or dry and white from lack of moisture
shade /ʃeɪd/ A2	noun - a position or area not exposed to direct light verb - to protect or shelter from light or heat

Key Grammar Structures

• I ain't never talk with you about mine

  ➔ Double negative ('ain't never')

  ➔ The phrase 'ain't never' is a non-standard double negative, emphasizing the absence of action.

• They say, 'Hurt people hurt people'

  ➔ Quotation within a sentence

  ➔ The phrase 'Hurt people hurt people' is a direct quotation, enclosed in single quotes, to highlight a common saying.

• I quickly remembered I'm walking up out it

  ➔ Contraction ('I'm') and present continuous ('walking up out it')

  ➔ 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I am', and 'walking up out it' uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing action.

• I don’t even like the name to go with it

  ➔ Use of 'even' for emphasis

  ➔ The word 'even' is used to add emphasis, indicating a stronger level of dislike.

• You know that it's flowing, I'm standing on business

  ➔ Contraction ('it's') and present continuous ('flowing', 'standing')

  ➔ 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is', and 'flowing' and 'standing' use the present continuous to describe ongoing actions.

• I might have went over your head

  ➔ Past tense of 'go' ('went')

  ➔ 'Went' is the past tense of 'go', used here to describe a completed action in the past.

• You know I'm controlling the gutter

  ➔ Present continuous with 'controlling'

  ➔ The present continuous ('controlling') is used to describe an action happening now or over a period of time.

• I don't listen to nothing but Gates

  ➔ Double negative ('nothing but')

  ➔ The phrase 'nothing but' is used to emphasize exclusivity, meaning the speaker only listens to Gates.