Super Rich Kids – English Lyrics

• By: Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the sophisticated storytelling of Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt. Through 'Super Rich Kids,' you can learn natural English idioms related to luxury and apathy, while experiencing a song that uses contrast to tell a powerful story about the human condition.

[English]

Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce

Too many bowls of that green, no Lucky Charms

The maids come around too much

Parents ain't around enough

Too many joyrides in daddy's Jaguar

Too many white lies and white lines

Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends

Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends

Start my day up on the roof

There's nothing like this type of view

Point the clicker at the tube

I prefer expensive news

New car, new girl

New ice, new glass

New watch, good times, babe

It's good times, yeah

She wash my back three times a day

This shower head feels so amazing

We'll both be high, the help don't stare

They just walk by, they must don't care

A million one, a million two

A hundred more will never do

Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce

Too many bowls of that green, no Lucky Charms

The maids come around too much

Parents ain't around enough

Too many joyrides in daddy's Jaguar

Too many white lies and white lines

Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends

Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends

Real love

...

I'm searching for a real love

...

Oh, real love

I'm searching for a real love

Oh, real love

...

Alright, close your eyes to what you can't imagine

We are the Xanny-gnashing, caddy-smashing, bratty ass

He mad, he snatched his daddy's Jag'

And used the shit for battin' practice

Adamant and he thrashin'

Purchasin' crappy grams with half the hand of cash you handed

Panic and patch me up

Pappy done latch-keyed us

Toyin' with Raggy Anns and Mammy done had enough

Brash as fuck, breachin' all these aqueducts

Don't believe us, treat us like we can't erupt, yup

We end our day up on the roof

I say I'll jump, I never do

But when I'm drunk, I act the fool

Talking 'bout, "Do they sew wings on tailored suits?"

I'm on that ledge, she grabs my arm, she slaps my head

It's good times, yeah

Sleeve rips off, I slip, I fall

The market's down like 60 stories

And some don't end the way they should

My silver spoon has fed me good

A million one, a million cash

Close my eyes and feel the crash

Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce

Too many bowls of that green, no Lucky Charms

The maids come around too much

Parents ain't around enough

Too many joyrides in daddy's Jaguar

Too many white lies and white lines

Super rich kids with nothing, but loose ends

Super rich kids with nothing, but fake friends

Real love (ain't that something rare?)

I'm searching for a real love (talking 'bout real love)

Real love, yeah

Real love (real love)

I'm searching for a real love

Talking 'bout real love

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pronounce /prəˈnaʊns/ B2	verb - to make the sound of a word or letter in a particular way
joyride /ˈdʒɔɪraɪd/ C1	noun - a ride in a car taken for pleasure, often at high speed or in a stolen vehicle
expensive /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ A2	adjective - costing a lot of money
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ A2	adjective - very good; causing great surprise or wonder
imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ B1	verb - to form a mental image or concept of something
bratty /ˈbræti/ C1	adjective - behaving in an annoying or rude way, like a spoiled child
snatched /snætʃt/ B2	verb - to take something quickly and often rudely
adamant /ˈædəmənt/ C2	adjective - refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
panic /ˈpænɪk/ B2	verb - to feel sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety
brash /bræʃ/ C2	adjective - self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
erupt /ɪˈrʌpt/ C1	verb - to break out or explode suddenly
tailored /ˈteɪlərd/ C1	adjective - made or adapted for a particular purpose or person, usually clothes
searching /ˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - to try to find something
market /ˈmɑːrkɪt/ A2	noun - a place or group involved in buying and selling, often financial
rare /rer/ B1	adjective - not occurring very often

Key Grammar Structures

• Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce

  ➔ Relative Clause (Reduced/Omitted Object Pronoun)

  ➔ The clause 'we can't pronounce' describes the 'wine'. The object 'that/which' is omitted after 'pronounce'.

• Parents ain't around enough

  ➔ Non-standard verb usage ('ain't')

  ➔ In colloquial English, 'ain't' is used here as a contraction for 'are not'.

• I prefer expensive news

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (Habitual/State)

  ➔ The verb 'prefer' is used to express a state or preference in the present.

• This shower head feels so amazing

  ➔ Linking Verb + Adjective

  ➔ The verb 'feels' links the subject 'shower head' to the adjective 'amazing' to describe a sensation.

• The help don't stare

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement (Informal/Non-standard)

  ➔ In standard English, 'the help' (collective noun) usually takes a singular verb ('doesn't'), but 'don't' is used colloquially here.

• I say I'll jump, I never do

  ➔ Future Simple (Contraction) & Pro-form substitution

  ➔ 'I'll' is the contraction of 'I will'. 'Do' is used to replace the verb 'jump' to avoid repetition.

• The market's down like 60 stories

  ➔ Contraction of 'is' (Possessive vs. Copula)

  ➔ 'Market's' here functions as 'The market is'.

• My silver spoon has fed me good

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense & Adverb usage

  ➔ 'Has fed' indicates an action started in the past continuing to the present. 'Good' is used here as an adverb (non-standard for 'well').