STIGMATA – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: BewhY
• Album: POPISCRYIN'

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful world of BewhY with 'STIGMATA.' This song is a masterclass in technical Korean rap, offering a unique opportunity to learn advanced vocabulary, complex rhythmic structures, and how deep metaphorical expression is woven into modern hip-hop.

[English]

I follow, they spit on me

I can no longer make excuses or play the blame game

The bride rides beside the groom

I provoke my enemies to strike me

Purple cup - Slow sip, I don’t rush

Toast to the night - Drank when I must

I stash three times more cash in my pocket

The tongues telling me to stay poor - shut your mouths

A circle in the palm of my hand

To Marx or Kim Jong Un, this is opium or ecstasy

Stigmata bliss - tongue twister, skidama-rink

Filled with questions, so I'm filled with the answers

I drop low for the hole with the feet

If everything I believed in was a hoax - spit on my thorny forehead and eyes

I almost ended up as firewood in hell after I died

There is only one who can judge me - the blood from my ribs is the color of Samdasoo

I follow, they spit on me

I can no longer make excuses or play the blame game

The bride rides beside the groom

I provoke my enemies to strike me

STIGMATA

After the fire, my bank account blows - after the labor, my bank account glows

Day and night, morning and afternoon - white noise to put the baby to sleep

I go out and collect money, my style is like a tax collector

She stays up all night counting how much it is

Adding, subtracting, adding, subtracting

My daughter wakes up at dawn

Seeking the Sender who sent the one sent - my introduction has changed quite a bit

A B Y Ω - My beginning and end are beside the Beginning and the End

Salty in the west by day, salty in the east by night

They call me a neighborhood star in the west - now I’ve left that neighborhood, I’m by the riverside, and the locals there

Say "long time no see" when they see me, after taking out their invitations

IX reigns over my head

Watching over me from higher than CCTV

A maternity clinic next to me, a baby next to that - I stack up more earnings for them

Why are you forcing me to redistribute my wealth? Screw communism

I follow, they spit on me

I can no longer make excuses or play the blame game

The bride rides beside the groom

I provoke my enemies to strike me

STIGMATA

STIGMATA

[Korean]

나는 Follow 쟤넨 침 뱉어

이제 다시 못해 나 핑계, 탓

신랑 옆에는 신부 타

원수 유발하지 구타

Purple cup Slow sip, I don rush

Toast to the night Drank when I must

세배나 더 주머니 쟁여놔 쩐

청빈 하라고하는 혀 아가리 쳐

손바닥 안 동그라미

Marx, 김정은에게 이건 Opium 혹은 Extacy

Stigmata bliss 혓바닥 Skidama rink

문제 가득해서 답이 가득히

I drop low for the hole with the feet

내가 믿던 게 전부 자작극이라면 침 뱉지 가시 박힌 이마와 눈

죽고나서 화장 후 될 뻔 했지 지옥 장작불

나를 검열할 자 하나뿐 갈빗대 흘린 피 색깔은 삼다수

나는 Follow 쟤넨 침 뱉어

이제 다시 못해 나 핑계, 탓

신랑 옆에는 신부 타

원수 유발하지 구타

STIGMATA

불로 후 내 통장 Blow 근로 후 내 통장 Glow

낮과 밤 오전 오후 애 재울라 백색소음

나가 돈 걷어 스타일은 세리

얼마인지 새지 그녀 밤새지

더하기 빼기 더하기 빼기

새벽에 딸램 잠에서 깨지

보냄 받은 자 찾아 보낸 자 꽤나 많이 바뀐 나의 소갯말

A B Y Ω 내 처음과 나중은 처음과 나중의 옆에 있다

낮에는 서에 짠 밤엔 동에 짠

불리곤 해 서쪽 바다 동네star 이제 동네 떠나 강변에 와 그 동네사람

보면 말해 초대장 꺼낸 다음 오랜만

IX 내 머리 위 군림

나를 지켜봐 CCTV보다 높이

옆에 산부인 옆엔 아기 그들 위해 쌓아 더 수입

대체 내 재산을 왜 강제로 나눠 ㅈ까 공산주의

나는 Follow 쟤넨 침 뱉어

이제 다시 못해 나 핑계 탓

신랑 옆에는 신부 타

원수 유발하지 구타

STIGMATA

STIGMATA

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
핑계 ping-gye Level 3	noun - excuse
원수 won-su Level 4	noun - enemy
구타 gu-ta Level 4	noun - beating
청빈 cheong-bin Level 6	noun - poverty and integrity
자작극 ja-jak-geuk Level 5	noun - staged event
가시 ga-si Level 3	noun - thorn
검열 geom-yeol Level 5	verb - censorship
갈빗대 gal-bit-dae Level 4	noun - rib
통장 tong-jang Level 2	noun - bankbook
근로 geun-ro Level 4	noun - labor
백색소음 baek-saek-so-eum Level 5	noun - white noise
소갯말 so-gaet-mal Level 3	noun - introduction
군림 gun-rim Level 6	verb - reign
재산 jae-san Level 3	noun - property
강제 gang-je Level 4	noun - coercion

Key Grammar Structures

• 이제 다시 못해 나 핑계, 탓

  ➔ Potential form (못하다)

  ➔ The particle "못" indicates an inability or external hindrance to perform an action.

• 죽고나서 화장 후 될 뻔 했지 지옥 장작불

  ➔ -ㄹ 뻔했다 (almost happened)

  ➔ Used to express that an event almost happened but did not actually occur.

• 나를 검열할 자 하나뿐

  ➔ Noun-modifying form (Determiner phrase)

  ➔ The verb "검열하다" is modified by "-ㄹ" to describe the noun "자" (person).

• 애 재울라 백색소음

  ➔ -려고 (Intent/Purpose)

  ➔ Shortened from "재우려고", it indicates the purpose of playing white noise.

• 갈빗대 흘린 피 색깔은 삼다수

  ➔ Noun-modifying clause (zero relative pronoun)

  ➔ The clause "갈빗대 흘린" describes the noun "피" (blood).

• 보냄 받은 자 찾아 보낸 자

  ➔ Passive Voice (-받다)

  ➔ Used to transform the active verb into a passive state, emphasizing the recipient of the action.

• 나를 지켜봐 CCTV보다 높이

  ➔ Comparative structure (-보다)

  ➔ The particle "-보다" is used to establish a comparison between "me" and "CCTV".

• 그들 위해 쌓아 더 수입

  ➔ Benefactive construction (-위해)

  ➔ Indicates the target or beneficiary for whom the action is performed.