Time To Be Awesome – English Lyrics

• Album: My Little Pony: The Movie

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You birds have a choice to make.

You can let some cloven-hooved storm king tell you

How to live your lives. Or,

You can be awesome again!

I know the world can get you down

Things don't work out quite

the way that you thought

Feeling like all your best days are done

Your fears and doubts, are all you got

But there's a light. Shining deep inside!

Beneath those fears and

doubts so just squash 'em!

and let it shine!

For all the world to see-

That it is time, Yeah!

Time to be awesome! (ah, ah, ah, ah)

(awesome!)

(It's time to be so awesome!)

(Ah,Ah,Ah,Ah. Awesome!)

(it's time to be so awesome!)

You've no idea how hard its been...

This dull routine we've been forced to do

Don't let them rob you of who you are!

Be awesome, it's all up to you.

(awesome!)

I feel the light,

Stirring deep inside!

It's like a tale still yet to be told!

And now its time-

-to break the shackles free!

And start living like the brave and the bold

(it's time to be)

(Awesome!)

(Let loose, be true, so awesome!)

(It's time to be)

(awesome!)

(Go big, be you, so awesome!)

We used to soar through the clouds

In the sky

Elaborate schemes we would love to devise

We rescued our treasure and stored it away

Saving those gem stones for a rainy day!

(we see the light--)

(-filling up our skies)

So take the Storm Kings' orders and toss em!

('Cause it's the time to let our colors fly)

Hey, scallywags, it's time to be awesome!

(hey!)

(hey!)

(hey!)

(hey!)

Come one! Let's show these little ponies how it's done!

-instrumental continues-

(Ooing)

-Instrumental continues-

Awesome!

I knew you had it in you!

And now, for the finishing touch!

(Rainboom! Rainboom!

(Rainboom! Rainboom!)

-Instrumental continues-

Ahhh yeah! -laughs-

Whooo!

-Instrumental continues and ends-

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
awesome /ˈɔːsəm/ B1	adjective - extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration
cloven-hooved /ˈkloʊvən hʊvd/ C2	adjective - having hooves divided into two parts
shackles /ˈʃækəlz/ C1	noun - a pair of fetters connected together; restraints
squash /skwɒʃ/ B2	verb - to press or crush something
routine /ruːˈtiːn/ A2	noun - a sequence of actions regularly followed
soar /sɔːr/ B2	verb - to fly or rise high in the air
elaborate /ɪˈlæbəreɪt/ B2	adjective - involving many carefully arranged parts
schemes /skiːmz/ B2	noun - large-scale systematic plans or arrangements
devise /dɪˈvaɪz/ C1	verb - to plan or invent a complex procedure
scallywags /ˈskæliˌwæɡz/ C2	noun - rascals or rogues (humorous/archaic)
treasure /ˈtrɛʒər/ A2	noun - a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects
stirring /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ B2	verb - beginning to move or develop
brave /breɪv/ A2	adjective - ready to endure danger or pain; courageous
dull /dʌl/ B1	adjective - lacking interest or excitement
finishing /ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/ A1	noun - the final step in a process

Key Grammar Structures

• You can let some cloven-hooved storm king tell you how to live your lives.

  ➔ Causative verb 'let' + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ Using 'let' + 'tell' indicates allowing or enabling someone to perform an action.

• Things don't work out quite the way that you thought.

  ➔ Phrasal verb 'work out' and past tense relative clause

  ➔ The phrasal verb 'work out' means to happen or develop successfully.

• You've no idea how hard its been.

  ➔ Present perfect tense for duration up to the present

  ➔ Using 'has been' indicates a state that started in the past and continues to the present.

• It's like a tale still yet to be told.

  ➔ Infinitive structure for future expectation ('yet to be')

  ➔ 'Yet to be' + past participle is a formal way to say something that has not happened yet but is expected to.

• We used to soar through the clouds in the sky.

  ➔ 'Used to' for past habits/states

  ➔ 'Used to' describes actions that were true in the past but are no longer true now.

• So take the Storm Kings' orders and toss em!

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative is used to give commands, instructions, or advice, starting directly with the verb.

• Let's show these little ponies how it's done!

  ➔ Wh-clause as an object ('how it's done')

  ➔ A Wh-clause functions here as the object of the verb 'show', explaining the manner in which something is performed.

• I knew you had it in you!

  ➔ Past tense of perception/cognition + zero relative pronoun

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'that' is omitted between 'knew' and 'you', which is common in informal English.