TNT – English Lyrics

• By: CORTIS
• Album: GREENGREEN

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of CORTIS with 'TNT'! This song is a fantastic way to practice listening to fast-paced English cues and energetic phrasing, making it a perfect track for those looking to improve their auditory processing of modern, high-energy music.

[English]

Sixteen, still just clueless kids

Five brats in a room every night

At the studio PC waking their DNA

Firing neurons, bring the fire, just like TNT

Pop out

CO2 gets the flame going, when I pop out

Head boppin to the verse, veins pop out

Drums hit like the midnight explosion

We gon rock out

We gon, we gon

Pumpin up, in Seoul

Trancin all night long

Dancin like we’re possessed

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what u need (TNT)

Cannon fire canon hits (TNT)

Drop those pins, ba ba bang! (What you mean?)

I’m about to TNT (TNT)

Incheon Airport, we bout to blow the roof

Gimpo Airport, we bout to tear the roof

3, 2, 1, might as well be a missile

NY, LA, Tokyo, over the sea, zing

And we pop out

CO2 gets the flame going, when I pop out

Head boppin to the verse, veins pop out

Drums hit like the midnight explosion

We gon rock out

We gon, we gon

Pumpin up, in Seoul

Trancin all night long

Dancin like we’re possessed

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what u need (TNT)

Cannon fire canon hits (TNT)

Drop those pins, ba ba bang! (What you mean?)

I’m about to TNT (TNT)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
clueless /ˈkluːləs/ B2	adjective - having no knowledge, understanding, or ability
brats /bræts/ C1	noun - badly behaved children
studio /ˈstjuːdiəʊ/ A2	noun - a room where music is recorded or art is created
neurons /ˈnjʊərɒnz/ C2	noun - nerve cells
flame /fleɪm/ B1	noun - a hot bright stream of burning gas
veins /veɪnz/ B2	noun - tubes carrying blood to the heart
explosion /ɪkˈspləʊʒən/ B2	noun - a violent bursting
possessed /pəˈzest/ C1	adjective - controlled by an evil spirit or extreme emotion
cannon /ˈkænən/ B2	noun - a large heavy piece of artillery
missile /ˈmɪsaɪl/ B2	noun - a weapon that is self-propelled

Key Grammar Structures

• Still just clueless kids

  ➔ Adverbial use of 'still'

  ➔ 'Still' is used here to indicate a situation that continues from the past into the present.

• CO2 gets the flame going

  ➔ Causative structure: Get + object + present participle (-ing)

  ➔ This structure is used to describe causing something to start or continue an action.

• Drums hit like the midnight explosion

  ➔ Comparative preposition 'like'

  ➔ 'Like' is used here as a preposition to draw a comparison between the sound of the drums and an explosion.

• Dancin like we’re possessed

  ➔ Subjunctive mood/Conditional feeling in a subordinate clause

  ➔ The clause 'as if we were possessed' (shortened to like we're) uses a comparative construction to describe an intense state.

• I got what u need

  ➔ Noun clause as the object of 'got'

  ➔ The phrase 'what u need' functions as a noun clause, representing the thing that is needed.

• I’m about to TNT

  ➔ Be about to + verb (future intention/imminence)

  ➔ This construction indicates that something is going to happen very soon.

• We bout to tear the roof

  ➔ Colloquial reduction (Bout to = about to)

  ➔ 'Bout to' is a common contraction of 'about to' used in informal speech and music.

• Might as well be a missile

  ➔ Idiomatic expression 'might as well'

  ➔ 'Might as well' is used to suggest that something is equivalent to another in its effect or nature.