GIMME A SECOND – English Lyrics

• By: Peso Pluma, Rich The Kid
• Album: GÉNESIS

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Corridos Tumbados and Hip-Hop with this track! By listening to this collaboration, you can learn modern Spanish slang used in urban Mexican music and observe how rhythmic flows differ between regional Mexican and American rap styles.

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got a fles lot I was broke his ha

walking around pass the CDs in the

parking lot I'm a little [ __ ] want five

racks for new bag it's a rich [ __ ] girl

had to pay for it let me knock it out

like the

Juggernaut let me

stoping wake up and brush my teeth got

on a flood and Cuban necklace I was

broken by no Waffle House my pockets

pregnant hold on let me count it give me

a

second rich as hell bad [ __ ] got duck

all I don't [ __ ] them all I can kiss the

Down Baby Mama steady tripping on me why

she hating on me tell her go to hell

Young niggaer ran it up money too tall I

can go to

jail yeah it was just me and the rail

yeah I had to grind for real had to ride

a train before I seen the me wake up I

put on new chel left the house couldn't

leave my scill left brid like 112 Mama

mad couldn't take the smell too many RS

left a paper T Fu 12 I never no depit me

a check I B stop me when I got I knock

it out she call me

big so many diamonds can't forget my f c

was on E look at my cing got me walk

around with your bank account on me wake

up and brush my teeth got on the flood

and Cub neck I was broken by no Waffle

House my pocket pregnant hold on let me

count it give me a second

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wake up and brush my tee got on FL C

neck I was broken by no WAFF house my

pocket pregnant hold on let me count it

give me a

second my

I was broken by no waffle my Pock is

pregnant hold on let me count give me a

second

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Broke /broʊk/ B1	adjective - having no money
Juggernaut /ˈdʒʌɡərˌnɔt/ C2	noun - a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force
Pregnant /ˈprɛɡnənt/ B1	adjective - having offspring developing in the body; figuratively: full or swollen
Necklace /ˈnɛklɪs/ A2	noun - an ornamental chain or string of beads worn around the neck
Grind /ɡraɪnd/ B2	verb - to work hard, especially for a long period
Diamonds /ˈdaɪəməndz/ A2	noun - a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon
Steady /ˈstɛdi/ B2	adjective - constant or regular
Account /əˈkaʊnt/ A2	noun - a record or statement of financial expenditures and receipts
Parking /ˈpɑrkɪŋ/ A1	noun - an area or building where cars can be left
Brush /brʌʃ/ A1	verb - to clean or groom with a brush

Key Grammar Structures

• I was broke his ha

  ➔ Past Simple Tense (State of being)

  ➔ "Was" is the past tense of 'to be', used here to describe a previous financial state.

• Had to pay for it

  ➔ Modal verb 'have to' in past form

  ➔ "Had to" expresses an obligation that existed in the past.

• Let me knock it out

  ➔ Imperative structure with object pronoun

  ➔ "Let me" is used to express intention or request, followed by the base verb "knock".

• My pockets pregnant

  ➔ Metaphorical adjective usage

  ➔ The adjective "pregnant" is used metaphorically to mean full or bulging with money.

• I can't [__] them

  ➔ Modal verb 'can't' (inability)

  ➔ "Can't" is used to indicate a lack of ability or willingness to do something.

• Mama steady tripping

  ➔ Present participle as an adverbial modifier

  ➔ "Steady" acts as an adverb modifying the action "tripping" (complaining/worrying continuously).

• I had to grind for real

  ➔ Past tense narrative structure

  ➔ "Had to" combined with the verb "grind" emphasizes the necessity of hard work in the past.

• Can't forget my past

  ➔ Elliptical sentence (Subject omission)

  ➔ The subject "I" is omitted, common in informal, conversational, and musical English.