Wanna Know – English Lyrics

• By: Dave
• Album: Six Paths

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the breakthrough hit that launched Dave into stardom! "Wanna Know" offers a glimpse into London's rap scene, filled with unique slang and a raw perspective on success. Learn how Dave's wordplay and Drake's co-sign created a cultural moment.

[English]

Them man wanna send for me

Envy and jealousy, it's everything I wished upon my enemies

See me doing well and now they're telling me they're getting me

I just fly west and link Melanie

Times I was selling green

Now I've got more stones on my watch than a cemetery

Girls can remember me, F you and your memory

Jussy, what you telling me?

Come we fly to Nike, and trust me everything we're getting free

Everything we're getting free

From crack fiends and hella b

To rap beats and melodies, athletes will never see

Chat chatting 'bout us man, they'll never be us man

They'll never be

'Cause all my man are running to the money

We be running like ay, ay, ay, ay

And all my man are running from them hoes on the roads

Like whoa whoa whoa, whoa

Like whoa, a month ago you didn't wanna know

But now I'm seeing dough, these catties they be calling off my phone

All these mandem, they applaud me on the road

I put corn in for my bros

Mandem keep on talking on the low

Mandem keep on talking on the low

But, all my man are bros

And all my man, and all my man are bros

My mandem have your mandem on the ropes

I'll have mandem on your road

Mandem in a batch or on their own

With a bat or with a pole

I've got mandem that will slap a man with both

Nike jacket on my back, I'm looking cold

It's funny how these catties wanna know

'Cause all my man are running to the money

We be running like ay, ay, ay, ay

And all my man are running from them hoes on the roads

Like whoa whoa whoa, whoa

Like whoa, a month ago you didn't wanna know

But now I'm seeing dough, these catties they be calling off my phone

All these mandem, they applaud me on the road

Look, I came in late

Two bottles in my hand, I think it's looking like I'm waved

I'm searching for a brown skin girl with a body

Or a lightskin chick with a smile, good style and a pretty little face

I used to spend a grand a week, stuntin' on some hoes

But Prada boy retired, I don't rock designer clothes

I put £40 on my H&M jeans, and the rest came free

I told my mom I'll give her everything I own

The hell you mean you haven't heard of us?

F a guest list, 20 man is how I'm turning up

Swear I saw that girl last year, she tried to curve me

Her boyfriend's in cunch 'cause he's broke

That's a joke, tell your man to come and work for us

Trapping's still alive, my brother I know you've heard of us

Said you gonna ride my brother but you ain't burst at us

Guys have got five times five times five, that will send you to the sky

My brother, no you ain't hurting us

My lifestyle's exciting, imagine being the reason that two girls are fighting

Both hands swinging nonstop like a Breitling

So sorry to my brown ting from Loughton

And sorry to my white ting from Brighton

'Cause all my man are running to the money

We be running like ay, ay, ay, ay

And all my man are running from them hoes on the roads

Like whoa whoa whoa, whoa

Like whoa, a month ago you didn't wanna know

But now I'm seeing dough, these catties they be calling off my phone

All these mandem, they applaud me on the road

I put corn in for my bros

Man they keep on talking on the low

Man they keep on talking on the low

But, all my man are bros

And all my man, and all my man are bros

My mandem have your mandem on the ropes

I'll have mandem on your road

Mandem in a batch or on their own

With a bat or with a pole

I've got mandem that will slap a man with both

Nike Jacket on my back, I'm looking cold

It's funny how these catties wanna know

'Cause all my man are running to the money

We be running like ay, ay, ay, ay

And all my man are running from them hoes on the roads

Like whoa whoa whoa, whoa

Like whoa, a month ago you didn't wanna know

But now I'm seeing dough, these catties they be calling off my phone

All these mandem, they applaud me on the road

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human
know /nəʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of something
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; wealth
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
hoes /hoʊz/ B2	noun - a derogatory term for a woman, often used to refer to women who are promiscuous.
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a way or track laid down for traveling
bros /broʊz/ B1	noun - a male friend or relative.
catties /ˈkætiz/ C1	noun - Attractive girls
dough /doʊ/ B2	noun - money
phone /foʊn/ A1	noun - a device for making voice calls
mandem /ˈmændɛm/ C1	noun - A group of male friends
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - at a low or relatively low temperature adjective - very fashionable or impressive
jealousy /ˈdʒeləsi/ B2	noun - the feeling of envy
enemies /ˈenəmiz/ B1	noun - a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression indicating pleasure, amusement, or friendliness verb - form a smile
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of a person's head
girls /ɡɜːrlz/ A1	noun - a young female child or a young woman

Key Grammar Structures

• See me doing well and now they're telling me they're getting me

  ➔ Verb + object + gerund (see + object + gerund); present continuous (they're telling, they're getting)

  ➔ The verb **see** is followed by the object **me** and the gerund **doing**. The clauses **they're telling** and **they're getting** use the present continuous tense.

• Now I've got more stones on my watch than a cemetery

  ➔ Present perfect (I've got); comparative structure (more ... than ...)

  ➔ The contraction **I've** stands for **I have**, forming the present perfect **have got**. The phrase **more stones ... than a cemetery** uses the comparative **more … than**.

• Girls can remember me, F you and your memory

  ➔ Modal verb can + base verb (can remember); imperative (F you) – slang

  ➔ The modal **can** expresses ability in **can remember**. **F you** is an imperative formed with a slang verb.

• I'll have mandel on your road

  ➔ Future simple with will (I'll have); contraction of I will

  ➔ The contraction **I'll** stands for **I will**, forming the future simple **will have**.

• I put £40 on my H&M jeans, and the rest came free

  ➔ Simple past (put, came); contrastive conjunction and; idiomatic expression came free

  ➔ Both **put** and **came** are in the simple past. The coordinating conjunction **and** links two contrasting ideas. **Came free** is an idiom meaning “was obtained without cost”.

• I told my mom I'll give her everything I own

  ➔ Reported speech with future in the subordinate clause (I'll give); verb of communication (told)

  ➔ The verb **told** introduces reported speech. Inside the quoted clause, **I'll give** is the future simple, kept unchanged because the speaker is still planning the action.

• Said you gonna ride my brother but you ain't burst at us

  ➔ Colloquial future (gonna = going to); negative contraction (ain't); informal past participle usage (burst)

  ➔ The phrase **gonna** is the informal contraction of **going to** (future). **Ain't** is a negative contraction meaning “are not”. **Burst** is used here as a non‑standard past participle meaning “attack”.

• We be running like ay, ay, ay, ay

  ➔ Non‑standard present continuous (be + verb) used for habitual action; present participle running

  ➔ In many urban dialects **be** can be used before a verb (**be running**) to indicate a habitual or ongoing action, similar to “We are constantly running”. The verb **running** is the present participle.

• Mandem keep on talking on the low

  ➔ Phrasal verb keep on + gerund (keep on talking); idiomatic expression on the low (secretly)

  ➔ **keep on** is a phrasal verb meaning “continue”. It is followed by the gerund **talking**. **on the low** is an idiom meaning “secretly” or “quietly”.