WOKE UP – English Lyrics

• By: XG

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into XG's electrifying "WOKE UP"! This track offers a unique opportunity to explore English through its powerful, confident lyrics and diverse rap flows from all seven members. Learn new expressions of self-assurance and witness how XG masterfully blends their hip-hop identity with a bold message of breaking stereotypes, making it a truly extraordinary song for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

Yeah

I been here waiting lookin' at 'em

Tryna catch up take it how you wanna take it

Left the place in panic

Left to take another planet

Left to make another statement

XG baby say the names right

Spell it out so u can learn it

You can smell the tires when they turnin'

You can smell the fire when it's burnin'

You can tell we all made it work for us

Made it but we had to work for it

Work work work so perfect

That it hurt don't it? surf on 'em

Right away ride the wave ride away

Cause we had the right of way

Bye bye bye flying past then we fly away

Into outer-space

Drop top in a coupe outside

When I hop up out of this plane

Look at my fit right now

When I just walked outta my bed

Fix my hair and fix my make up on the way

Bound to the next stop

Bound for the great

Make 'em bow down to the X (uh)

A little more than ordinary honorary

Underestimated leavin' all you broke

I'm the judge and jury I don't wanna hear it

I'm the one they fearin' keep it on the low

This is automated I'm the motivator

Told my haters "Yo more the merrier"

Y'all my entertainment fascinated

I'm just laughing cuz it's so hilarious

Little girl with a big mouth uh

Small group with a big house yeah

Big watch on the wrist now uh

I just thought of that flow now just now

Put a little more down for the buss down

Went on tour on a bus and tore the bus down

Everything custom now

Fans rushin' out

Security had to push me out

48 laws of power

Little girl with a big motor on a kid tho mhm

Watch me rip tho

Watch me snap like motorola flip phone mhm

I don't wanna hit you this hard on a intro

Bring that bounce like 64

Find me in tokyo rappin' in a skirt

Are you catchin' my drift tho

Woke up lookin' like this

So don't get under my skin

Woke up lookin' like this Like this

Woke up lookin' like this

So don't get under my skin

Woke up lookin' like this Like this

Light flex go easy

Tag it up graffiti

Drop a pin or addy

That's where I'll go

Rip the show and that's all I know

I'm super visioned

Y'all just built on superstitions

Watch me do

Everything everywhere

All at once all the time

All around the world

Woke up lookin' like this

So don't get under my skin

X G A L X

And that's the name of this ship “And that's it!”

Den mother mother wolf

So don't make fun of my kids

We all fam and stand tall now

So don't talk down on my kin hey

Welcome to the party

Floatin' like it's mardi gras yeah

You can call me HARVEY

But I'm not your barbie doll yeah

Hardy hardy ha laughin' at 'em

While we blast away

Black on black on black

Outfits all packed away

C to the O C O

That’s me lord have mercy

Young queen but I act like an unnie

Young blood but I'm built like an OG

Gotta lift weight for the bags

Lookin' real fit for the mags

And I'm a wolf in a pack

So I just woof and attack uh huh

Woke up lookin' like this

So don't get under my skin

Woke up lookin' like this Like this

Woke up lookin' like this

So don't get under my skin

Woke up lookin' like this Like this

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wait /weɪt/ A2	verb - to stay in one place until a particular time or event
catch /kætʃ/ B1	verb - to seize or capture something or someone
leave /liːv/ B1	verb - to go away from a place or person
fire /faɪər/ B2	noun - the combustion of material producing heat and light verb - to shoot or discharge a weapon
make /meɪk/ A2	verb - to create or produce
work /wɜːrk/ A2	verb - to perform tasks or labor
hurt /hɜːrt/ B2	verb - to cause pain or injury
ride /raɪd/ B1	verb - to sit on and control the movement of an animal or vehicle
fly /flaɪ/ B1	verb - to move through the air using wings or an aircraft
space /speɪs/ B2	noun - the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
drop /drɒp/ B1	verb - to fall or allow to fall
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to direct one's visual gaze toward something
smell /smɛl/ B2	verb - to perceive or detect an odor
tell /tɛl/ A2	verb - to communicate information to someone

Key Grammar Structures

• I been here waiting lookin' at 'em

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ Used to describe an action that started in the past and is still ongoing or relevant now.

• Left the place in panic

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ Describes an action completed at a specific point in the past.

• Cause we had the right of way

  ➔ Past perfect tense

  ➔ Indicates that an action was completed before another past action or point in time.

• Woke up lookin' like this

  ➔ Present simple tense with a gerund (participle) phrase

  ➔ The phrase combines a simple present tense with a descriptive phrase formed with a participle.

• Find me in tokyo rappin' in a skirt

  ➔ Gerund phrase (verbal noun) used as an adverbial modifier

  ➔ The -ing form acts as an adverb, describing how or where the action occurs.

• So don't get under my skin

  ➔ Imperative with a negative contraction

  ➔ A command instructing someone not to do something, using a contracted negative verb form.