Threw It On The Ground – English Lyrics

• By: The Lonely Island
• Album: Turtleneck & Chain

Lyrics & Translation

Learn English through the hilarious and rebellious anthem 'Threw It On The Ground' by The Lonely Island! This song is a fantastic way to pick up on satirical language, irony, and colloquial expressions. Its catchy, repetitive chorus and clear narrative make it easy to follow, allowing you to learn new vocabulary in the context of extreme and comical situations. Discover the humor in taking a stand against everything!

[English]

I was walkin' through the city streets

And a man walks up to me and hands me the latest energy drink

Run faster, jump higher

Man, I'm not gonna let you poison me

I threw it on the ground

You must think I'm a joke

I ain't gonna be part of your system, man!

Pump that garbage in another man's veins

I go to my favorite hot dog stand

And the dude says, "You come here all the time! Here's one for free"

I said, "Man, what I look like? A charity case?"

I took it, and threw it on the ground!

I don't need your handouts

I'm an adult

Please

You can't buy me, hot dog man!

At the farmers market with my so-called girlfriend

She hands me her cell phone, says it's my dad

Man, this ain't my dad

This is a cell phone

I threw it on the ground!

What, you think I'm stupid?

I'm not a part of your system

My dad's not a phone

Duh!

Some poser hands me cake at a birthday party

Whatchu want me to do with this? Eat it?

Happy birthday to the ground!

I threw the rest of the cake, too

Welcome to the real world, jackass!

So many things to throw on the ground

Like this, and this, and that, and even this

I'm an adult!

Two Hollywood phonies tried to give me their autograph

Ground!

Nobody wants your autograph, phonies

Then the two phonies got up

Turned out they had a taser

And they tased me in the butthole

I fell to the ground

The phonies didn't let up

Tasin' on my butthole over and over

I was screamin' and squirmin'

My butthole was on fire

The moral of the story is

You can't trust the system

Man

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Key Grammar Structures

• I was walkin' through the city streets

  ➔ Past Continuous (was + verb‑ing)

  ➔ The verb "was walkin'" shows an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past.

• Man, I'm not gonna let you poison me

  ➔ Informal future with "going to" (gonna) + negative

  ➔ "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to" used to talk about the future: "I'm not "gonna" let you poison me."

• You must think I'm a joke

  ➔ Modal verb "must" for deduction

  ➔ "must" expresses a strong logical deduction: "You "must" think I'm a joke."

• I don't need your handouts

  ➔ Negative form with "don't need" (lack of necessity)

  ➔ "don't need" negates the verb "need" to show that something is not required: "I "don't need" your handouts."

• What, you think I'm stupid?

  ➔ Elliptical question / rhetorical tag without auxiliary

  ➔ The sentence drops the auxiliary "do" for a quick, rhetorical effect: "What, you "think" I'm stupid?"

• Two Hollywood phonies tried to give me their autograph

  ➔ Past simple + infinitive (verb + to + base verb)

  ➔ "tried "to give"" combines the past verb "tried" with the infinitive "to give" to express purpose.

• Turned out they had a taser

  ➔ Phrasal verb "turn out" used in simple past

  ➔ "Turned out" means "it turned out that..." and introduces a result: "Turned out they had a taser."

• You can't buy me, hot dog man!

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" + infinitive (negative ability/possibility)

  ➔ "can't" negates the ability to do something: "You "can't" buy me."