Turn Around – English Lyrics

• By: Konshens
• Album: World Vibes Riddim

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Jamaican Dancehall with Konshens's "Turn Around." This energetic track, rich with captivating rhythms and Jamaican English phrases, offers a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture. You'll learn lively expressions for celebration and self-confidence, discovering what makes this modern dancehall hit so special for letting loose and enjoying life.

[English]

How you doing?

We so lit, so lit (TJ)

We so lit, so lit (Konshens)

We so lit, so lit (Ladies)

Every gyal tun roun' tun roun'

Bubbling a gwaun a nuh dead compoun'

Pour shhampagne mek yuh haters drown

Wi so high, wi nuh waan come down

High grade, inna smoking zone

Alcohol buss up inna head like stone

Couldn't tan a yard fi guh bake and brown

So high yuh nuh waan come down

Every gyal dash out

Bruck out bruck out get crazy

When you push it back oh

Yuh might get a likkle baby

Yes girl yuh a wine right

If you have on panty it nuh too tight

A rude people a par so the mood right

An when yuh tipsy a see yuh inna new light

Yuh show a different side

That you don't show on the regular

Go pon the wifi, air plane mode

An tun off cellular

Hear mi gyal tun roun' tun roun'

Bubbling a gwaun a nuh dead compoun'

Pour shampaign mek yuh haters drown

Wi so high, wi nuh waan come down

High grade, inna smoking zone

Alcohol buss up inna head like stone

Couldn't tan a yard fi guh bake and brown

So high, wi nuh waan come down

Girl to look this good take a lot a hard work

So yuh no know how itch up inna yaad work

Guh pon yuh IG killing all the haters

And yuh lifestyle on the elevators

Going up

Gyal yuh live good

Caw yuh work hard

New thing drop an a hurt heart

Now the song play a nuh your fault

Go pon di front page

Anyweh mi gyal tun roun' tun roun'

Bubbling a gwaun a nuh dead compoun'

Pour shampaigne mek yuh haters drown

Wi so high, wi nuh waan come down

High grade, is a smoking zone

Alcohol buss up inna head like stone

Couldn't tan a yard fi guh bake and brown

So high, wi nuh waan come down

We so lit, so lit

We so lit, so lit

We so lit, so lit

Yeah

Tun roun', tun roun'

Bubbling a gwaun a nuh dead compoun'

Pour shampaigne mek yuh haters drown

Wi so high, wi nuh waan come down

High grade, inna smoking zone

Alcohol buss up inna head like stone

Couldn't tan a yard fi guh bake and brown

So high, wi nuh waan come down

A shout

Bruck out, bruck out get crazy (oh)

When you push it back oh

Yuh might get a likkle baby

Yes girl, yuh a wine right

If you have on panty it nuh too tight

A rude people a par so the mood right

An when yuh tipsy a see yuh inna new light

Yuh so different side

That you don't show on the regular

Go pon the wifi, air plane mode

An tun off cellular

Tun roun', tun roun'

Bubbling a gwaun a nuh dead compoun'

Pour shampaigne mek yuh haters drown

Wi so high, wi nuh waan come down

High grade, inna smoking zone

Alcohol buss up inna head like stone

Couldn't tan a yard fi guh bake and brown

So high, wi nuh waan come down

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
turn /tɜːrn/ A1	verb - to move or cause to move in a circular direction
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - extending a long way upward
champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ B1	noun - a sparkling white wine from Champagne in France
haters /ˈheɪtərz/ B2	noun - people who strongly dislike something or someone
drown /draʊn/ B1	verb - to die by being underwater and unable to breathe
alcohol /ˈælkəhɒl/ A2	noun - a colorless liquid that can make people drunk
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally ill or extremely foolish
push /pʊʃ/ A1	verb - to press against something with force
wine /waɪn/ C2	verb - to dance in a sensual way, especially in Caribbean dance culture
tipsy /ˈtɪpsi/ B2	adjective - slightly drunk
bubbling /ˈbʌblɪŋ/ B2	verb - to be full of lively, excited activity
break /breɪk/ B1	verb - to separate into pieces as a result of force
lit /lɪt/ B2	adjective - exciting, excellent, or popular
grade /ɡreɪd/ B1	noun - a level of quality or rank
smoking /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ A2	verb - inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug

Key Grammar Structures

• Every gyal tun roun' tun roun'

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with Subject-Verb Agreement

  ➔ The verb 'tun' (turn) agrees with the subject 'gyal' (girl) in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual action.

• Wi so high, wi nuh waan come down

  ➔ Subject Pronoun and Negative Contraction

  ➔ 'Wi' is a subject pronoun (we), and 'nuh waan' is a negative contraction of 'do not want'.

• Pour shampaigne mek yuh haters drown

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Object Pronoun

  ➔ 'Pour' is in the imperative mood, and 'yuh' is an object pronoun (you).

• High grade, inna smoking zone

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ 'Inna' is a preposition (in the) used in the phrase 'inna smoking zone'.

• Gyal yuh live good

  ➔ Subject-Verb Inversion in Informal Speech

  ➔ The sentence inverts the typical subject-verb order for emphasis in informal speech.