Hands Up – English Lyrics

• By: NCT NEW TEAM

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "Hands Up" by NCT NEW TEAM, a vibrant J-pop track that marked the exciting pre-debut of NCT's final unit. This energetic song, primarily in Japanese with catchy English phrases, offers a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the language. Its clear pronunciation and repetitive, empowering lyrics make it an accessible and enjoyable way to learn new vocabulary and phrases while experiencing the fresh sound of a new generation in K-pop's global expansion.

[English]

Oh yeah

Yeah, We goin up

Raise your hands high

Ay!

Let’s roll, Let’s roll

Let’s have fun – it’s a good night Let’s get started

Watch out, Watch out

See me swoop On an unpredictable road there’s a green light

Check – come here, right now (Wa! Let it flow)

I’ll be waiting here

Bet you wanna

Yeah, Bet you gonna

Flow freely through a crowd (Jump in)

Just like Peter Pan

Hey, I got the drip & the drop (Drop, drop ay)

Hey, tell me – who is that? Everyone gets caught in her trap

That heart beat – bang, bang – never stops

A boldly raised voice

Ya ya, We’re ready

So put your hands up

(Yeah, Get it get it)

Ya ya, We’re ready

So put your hands up

올라 올라

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up (올라 올라)

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Never never go down

We fly, We fly (올라 올라)

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Hands up, Hands up

Make you put your hands up

(Put 'em up Put 'em up Let’s go)

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Yeah!

Gaining momentum – be daring, all right

Taking a rocket to the top (Go fly to the top)

Taking a step, ha!

Raise your voice, fire yourself up

The "fick-y, fick-y, fick-y"

My body feels it everywhere (I feel)

Bet you wanna

Coming together as one

So let me see you fly

Ya ya, We’re ready

So put your hands up

(Yeah, Get it get it)

Ya ya, We’re ready

So put your hands up

올라 올라

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up (올라 올라)

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Never never go down

We fly, We fly (올라 올라)

So put your hands up now

Tonight, our love is starting to bloom (Love is breaking out)

The rising melody (Hear me now)

Baby, Why not fly?

Let’s go higher and higher No end in satisfying each other

I can see you movin’

Let me take you to the sky

Ya ya, We’re ready

So put your hands up

올라 올라

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up (올라 올라)

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Make you put your hands up

Never never go down

We fly, We fly (올라 올라)

We gon’ make you put your hands up

Hands up, Hands up

올라 올라

P Put your hands up

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
unpredictable /ʌnpriˈdɪktəbəl/ C1	adjective - not able to be predicted or forecast
swoop /swuːp/ B2	verb - to move quickly and suddenly, often with a loud noise
daring /ˈdɛərɪŋ/ B2	adjective - showing a willingness to take risks
momentum /məˈmɛntəm/ C1	noun - the quantity of motion of a moving body
rocket /ˈrɒkɪt/ B1	noun - a vehicle that uses rockets to travel through space
melody /ˈmɛlədi/ B1	noun - a succession of musical notes
bloom /bluːm/ B2	verb - to produce flowers
satisfying /ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ/ B2	adjective - giving pleasure or satisfaction
drip /drɪp/ B1	noun - a small drop of liquid
drop /drɒp/ A2	verb - to fall or come down from a higher position
beat /biːt/ A1	noun - a regular pulse or rhythm
trap /træp/ B1	noun - a device for catching animals
boldly /ˈboʊldli/ B2	adverb - in a confident and courageous way
freely /ˈfriːli/ B1	adverb - in a way that is not restricted or controlled
flow /floʊ/ B1	verb - to move smoothly and continuously
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	noun - a large group of people

Key Grammar Structures

• Raise your hands high

  ➔ Imperative sentence with a possessive pronoun

  ➔ The command is directed at someone to *raise* their *hands*.

• Let’s roll

  ➔ Contraction of 'let us' forming an imperative suggestion

  ➔ The phrase *let’s* + verb is used to make a suggestion or proposal, often in an energetic context.

• See me swoop

  ➔ Simple present tense with a pronoun as the subject

  ➔ The phrase *see me* is in the simple present, emphasizing the action of watching or noticing, with *swoop* describing a quick movement.

• There’s a green light

  ➔ There is + noun (existential clause)

  ➔ The phrase *there’s* is a contraction of *there is*, used to indicate the existence of something, in this case, a *green light*.

• Never never go down

  ➔ Adverbial phrase with repetition for emphasis, with a verb in base form

  ➔ The phrase *never never* emphasizes the negation, and *go down* is in the base form indicating a continuous or habitual action of descending or failing.

• Let me take you to the sky

  ➔ Causative construction with 'let' + object pronoun + verb

  ➔ The construction *let me* is used to express permission or encouragement, followed by the verb *take* and the object *you*, indicating the speaker's desire to bring someone somewhere.