TNT – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: CORTIS
• Album: GREENGREEN

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of CORTIS's 'TNT.' This song is a fantastic way to learn energetic, idiomatic English vocabulary related to intensity and movement, making it a perfect tool for those looking to practice rhythmic and fast-paced language structures.

[English]

Sixteen, still acting like fools

In the corner of the room, five immature kids every night

DNA wakes up in front of the studio computer

Bring the fire to my neural pathways, just like TNT

Pop out

Light up the CO2, when I pop out

A verse that makes you nod your head, veins popping out

Drums like a midnight explosion

We gon rock out

We gon, we gon

Pumpin up, Seoul city

All night long, Sinawi (playing music)

Dancing, possessed

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what u need (TNT)

Churning out hits like shooting a cannon (TNT)

Set the coordinates and—bang! (What you mean?)

I’m about to TNT (TNT)

Incheon Airport, open up the roof

Gimpo Airport, open up the roof

3, 2, 1, now we’re basically missiles

NY, LA, Tokyo, flying across the ocean

And we pop out

Light up the CO2, when I pop out

A verse that makes you nod your head, veins popping out

Drums like a midnight explosion

We gon rock out

We gon, we gon

Pumpin up, Seoul city

All night long, Sinawi (playing music)

Dancing, possessed

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what u need (TNT)

Churning out hits like shooting a cannon (TNT)

Set the coordinates and—bang! (What you mean?)

I’m about to TNT (TNT)

[Korean]

열여섯, 여전히 모지리

방구석, 매일 밤 다섯 철부지

스튜디오의 컴터 앞 깨어난 DNA

뇌신경에 bring the fire, 마치 TNT

Pop out

CO2에 불을 켜, when I pop out

고개 까딱거릴 벌스, 핏줄 빠딱

한 밤 폭발 같은 drums

We gon rock out

We gon, we gon

Pumpin up, 서울시

밤새워 시나위

춤을 춰, 신들린

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what u need (TNT)

대포 찍듯 찍어 hits (TNT)

좌표 찍고 바로 빵! (What you mean?)

I’m about to TNT (TNT)

인천공항, 열어 제껴 roof

김포공항, 열어 제껴 roof

3, 2, 1 이젠 거의 미사일

NY, LA, 도쿄, 바다 건너 휘잉

And we pop out

CO2에 불을 켜, when I pop out

고개 까딱거릴 벌스, 핏줄 빠딱

한 밤 폭발 같은 drums

We gon rock out

We gon, we gon

Pumpin up, 서울시

밤새워 시나위

춤을 춰, 신들린

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what u need (TNT)

대포 찍듯 찍어 hits (TNT)

좌표 찍고 바로 빵! (What you mean?)

I’m about to TNT (TNT)

Key Grammar Structures

• 뇌신경에 bring the fire, 마치 TNT

  ➔ Simile (마치 ... 같다)

  ➔ "마치" is used to compare the speaker's intensity to "TNT".

• 고개 까딱거릴 벌스, 핏줄 빠딱

  ➔ Adnominal modifier (future tense modifier -ㄹ)

  ➔ The -ㄹ in "까딱거릴" modifies the noun "벌스" (verse), implying a verse that will make you nod your head.

• 춤을 춰, 신들린

  ➔ Participial phrase / Adjective conversion (-ㄴ)

  ➔ "신들린" (possessed/god-like) uses the past tense modifier to describe the state of the dance.

• 대포 찍듯 찍어 hits

  ➔ Comparative adverbial phrase (-듯)

  ➔ "-듯" acts as "as if" or "like," comparing making hits to firing cannons.

• 좌표 찍고 바로 빵!

  ➔ Sequential connective (-고)

  ➔ "-고" connects the two actions: identifying a target coordinate and then immediate detonation.

• 열어 제껴 roof

  ➔ Auxiliary verb construction (-어 제끼다)

  ➔ "-어 제끼다" emphasizes that an action is performed forcefully or completely.

• 이젠 거의 미사일

  ➔ Adverb of degree (거의)

  ➔ "거의" means "almost" or "nearly," used here to heighten the transformation metaphor.

• Tell me, I got what u need

  ➔ Relative pronoun clause (what = the thing that)

  ➔ "what u need" acts as the object of "got", meaning "the thing that you need".