Old Dilemma – English Lyrics

• By: Tion Wayne

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of UK Drill with 'Old Dilemma.' This song is a fantastic resource for learning Multicultural London English (MLE), offering insights into the unique slang, cadence, and urban storytelling that define the modern London music scene.

[English]

Oh.

>> Yo, what's up with you? Break up then

make up. Make up then break up. Girl got

rich now. Saying that I changed up.

Rolex, RM, what I'm into. Can't resist

you. Why you think I'd pick you? Fight

then we make [music] up. I'll leave you.

>> From the things we've been through. All

these mistakes are from my [music] old

life.

What can I say to change your [music]

mind?

>> Yo, see you in from the here.

Call you. That's when I'm dis-blessed.

[clears throat] Bye, you can quick clip.

Mine from the get-go. I ain't got

[music] to impress. All my brothers

always living life. We don't miss ends.

But they know we'll always be the wife

when I'm distressed.

>> [music]

>> Call that's my princess. 100 racks on my

babe. I'mma invest.

>> [music]

>> Man, that's an investment. Her face is a

10 and she interesting. [singing]

But I fight with her. It's an explosion.

I take my time with her. Give her

devotion. She'll spend five [music] on

her like I'm Roman. She love the

diamonds. Kelly Rowland.

>> [music]

>> Rolex, RM, what I'm into. Can't resist

[singing] you. Why you think I'd pick

you? Fight then we make up. I'll leave

you.

>> From the things we've been through. All

these mistakes [music]

are from my old life.

What can I say

to change your mind?

>> [music]

>> All these mistakes are from my old life.

>> [singing]

>> What [music] can I say to change your

mind?

Going to the test.

When I was outside.

Will I [music] ever change?

If you ain't my wife.

>> [music]

>> I done [ __ ] I know I can't deny.

>> All that you

need, I.

>> But deep down,

your heart is always mine.

>> All these mistakes are [music] from my

old life.

>> I [singing] leave mistakes from my

>> What can I say

>> [music]

>> to change your mind?

All these messages

are from my old

life.

What can I say

to change your mind?

>> Your mind. [music]

Your mind.

Your mind.

>> [music]

>> More than you.

More than you.

>> [singing]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
resist /rɪˈzɪst/ B2	verb - to refrain from or fight against something
mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ A2	noun - an error or wrong action
invest /ɪnˈvest/ B1	verb - to put money into something for profit
investment /ɪnˈvestmənt/ B2	noun - the act of investing money
explosion /ɪkˈspləʊʒən/ B2	noun - a sudden burst or outburst
devotion /dɪˈvəʊʃən/ C1	noun - great love, loyalty, or enthusiasm
diamonds /ˈdaɪəməndz/ A2	noun - precious stones made of carbon
distressed /dɪˈstrest/ C1	adjective - suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B1	verb - to state that something is not true
impress /ɪmˈpres/ B1	verb - to make someone feel admiration
messages /ˈmesɪdʒɪz/ A2	noun - communications sent to someone
princess /ˌprɪnˈses/ A1	noun - a daughter of a monarch
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make or become different noun - the act of becoming different