Wu-Tang Forever – English Lyrics

• By: Drake
• Album: Nothing Was The Same

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

作词 : A Graham/A. Palman/N. Shebib/J Rose/D. Coles/R. Diggs/L. Hawkins/Jason S. Hunter/C. Woods/T. Baldursson

作曲 : A Graham/A. Palman/N. Shebib/J Rose/D. Coles/R. Diggs/L. Hawkins/Jason S. Hunter/C. Woods/T. Baldursson

I just love when I'm with you, yeah, this shit is on ten

We used to be friends, girl, and even back then

You would look at me with no hesitation and you'd tell me baby, it's yours

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody, it's yours

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody in that

Well, made me think about the game, girl

And how I switched it up with a new thang

Young ***** came through on his Wu-Tang

And nowadays when I ask about who got it, they say it's yours

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody, it's yours

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody, it's yours

it's yours it's yours it's yours

that's for sure that's for sure

It's yours It's yours It's yours It's yours

that's for sure that's for sure

...

How you feel about coming home with a nigga for the night?

...

If you nervous, hit the lights, I know we only f*****g out of spite

Cause your man don't do you right, do you right

...

I could **** you so good then I hit you with the 9am in Dallas who you like

Baby who you like

Machine gun raps for all my niggas in the back

Stadium packed, just glad to see the city on the map

I just gave the city life, it ain't about who did it first

It's about who did it right, niggas looking like "Preach"

Open cases on me for a half a million each

I find peace knowing that it's harder in the streets

...

I know, luckily I didn't have to grow there

I would only go there cause there's niggas that I know there

I don't know what's getting into me

I just like the rush when you see your enemy somewhere in the club

And you realize he just not in a position to reciprocate your energy

You ain't ever worried cause he's not who he pretends to be

People like Mazin who was a best friend to me

Start to become a distant memory

Things change in that life and this life started lacking synergy

And f*****g with me mentally, I think it’s meant to be

...

Paranoid, always rolling with my m*******kin' boys

But you gotta understand when it's yours

They don't really leave your ass with a m*******kin' choice

I just love when I'm with you, yeah, this shit is on ten

We used to be friends, girl, and even back then

You would look at me with no hesitation and you'd tell me baby, it's yours

...

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody, it's yours

...

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody in that

Well, made me think about the game, girl

...

And how I switched it up with a new thang

Young ***** came through on his Wu-Tang

And nowadays when I ask about who got it, they say it's yours

...

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody, it's yours

Nobody else's, yeah, this shit belong to nobody, it's yours

It's yours It's yours It's yours

that's for sure that's for sure

It's yours It's yours It's yours It's yours

that's for sure that's for sure

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hesitation /ˌhezɪˈteɪʃn/ B2	noun - The action of pausing or delaying before acting or speaking.
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ A2	adjective - Easily agitated or alarmed; anxious.
spite /spaɪt/ C1	noun - A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.
stadium /ˈsteɪdiəm/ B1	noun - A large sports ground with tiers of seats for spectators.
enemy /ˈenəmi/ A2	noun - A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
reciprocate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ C2	verb - To respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one.
energy /ˈenərdʒi/ A2	noun - Strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
synergy /ˈsɪnərdʒi/ C2	noun - The interaction of elements that when combined produce a greater effect.
mentally /ˈmentəli/ B1	adjective - Connected with or happening in the mind.
paranoid /ˈpærənɔɪd/ C1	adjective - Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful.
choose /tʃuːz/ A1	verb - To pick out or select someone or something as being the best or most appropriate.
pretend /prɪˈtend/ B1	verb - To behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when it is not.
realize /ˈriːəlaɪz/ B1	verb - To become fully aware of as a fact; understand clearly.
luckily /ˈlʌkɪli/ B1	adjective - By good fortune.

Key Grammar Structures

• We used to be friends, girl, and even back then

  ➔ Used to + infinitive

  ➔ "Used to" describes past habits or states that are no longer true.

• It's about who did it right

  ➔ Relative clause as a subject (Noun clause)

  ➔ The phrase "who did it right" functions as the subject/complement of the sentence.

• I know, luckily I didn't have to grow there

  ➔ Modal verb of obligation in negative (didn't have to)

  ➔ "Didn't have to" implies a lack of obligation or necessity in the past.

• You realize he just not in a position to reciprocate your energy

  ➔ Infinitive as an adjective complement

  ➔ "To reciprocate" modifies the noun "position" to explain what kind of position it is.

• Things change in that life and this life started lacking synergy

  ➔ Verb + Gerund (started lacking)

  ➔ The verb "started" is followed by the gerund "lacking" to describe an ongoing action.

• It's meant to be

  ➔ Passive voice (is meant)

  ➔ The passive voice "is meant" expresses something fated or destined.

• But you gotta understand when it's yours

  ➔ Gotta (colloquial form of have got to / have to)

  ➔ "Gotta" expresses obligation or necessity, frequently used in informal English.

• I think it’s meant to be

  ➔ Zero conditional/Subjunctive (Implied)

  ➔ Used here as a fixed phrase to express acceptance of fate.