Won't Take My Soul – English Lyrics

• By: DJ Khaled, Nas, CeeLo Green
• Album: Father Of Asahd

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a lyrical journey with DJ Khaled, Nas, and CeeLo Green's "Won't Take My Soul." This gospel-inspired hip-hop anthem offers a rich tapestry of English vocabulary related to resilience, struggle, and personal triumph. Through its poignant verses and powerful chorus, listeners can explore expressions of inner strength and determination, making it an excellent song to deepen your understanding of English expressions for overcoming adversity.

[English]

I've been thinking about it all

I've been thinking about it all

We the Best Music

DJ Khaled

You can see the pain in my eyes

See the tracks in my tears

Feel it deep in my body

You don't know where I came from

I can't go back, no, I can't run

I won't do that for nobody

This world's so cold

I can't ever break my code

But you won't ever take my soul

You won't ever

And I'm all alone

I ain't got no one to hold

But you won't ever take my soul

You won't ever take my soul

You won't ever

Love is a myth, unless it's your mother, father and kids

You beg to dif'

Forgive 'em for their ignorance

They not rememberin'

I gotta give them their discipline

'Member when I used to suffer?

Struggle through daily pain, I got it good now

I'm talkin' a mental plane, silencin' all the noise

Pray for the day I bust a nina on that bitch who shot Selena

Then I rejoice, uh

We some fathers to our boys

Birth a boy, you rich for life, see the joy

I live to see my kids doin' business

Tell 'em everything's business

Basically, everything's a business

So make it your business to get it

You can see the pain in my eyes

See the tracks in my tears

Feel it deep in my body

You don't know where I came from

I can't go back, no, I can't run

I won't do that for nobody

This world's so cold

I can't ever break my code

But you won't ever take my soul

You won't ever

And I'm all alone

I ain't got no one to hold

But you won't ever take my soul

You won't ever take my soul

You won't ever

I had no Damon Dash as my partner

Just maniacs, wish I had a Damon

I woulda been straighter with that shit

No Puffs, I had crack sellers to trust

No Suges, not even no havin' your shit when we change

How the patterns go

Free Bill Underwood

Morris Levy was free, grabbin' dough

Status quo straight from the barrios

Khaled know how the Calico was blowin'

To all my dawgs CEOin'

P and Coach K and Top Dawg, see, we growin'

Brother, my Highbridge niggas a lotta weed smokin'

Later I had my dawg Steve missin'

Lightey and my man Shakir

Damn, I wish all my dawgs was here

You can see that we all some kings in our eyes

You can see the pain in my eyes

See the tracks in my tears

Feel it deep in my body

You don't know where I came from

I can't go back, no, I can't run

I won't do that for nobody

This world's so cold

I can't ever break my code

But you won't ever take my soul

You won't ever

And I'm all alone

I ain't got no one to hold

But you won't ever take my soul

You won't ever take my soul

You won't ever

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of sight
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
cold /kəʊld/ A2	adjective - at a low temperature adjective - unfeeling or unfriendly
soul /səʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth and all the people and things on it
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - feel deep affection for
father /ˈfɑːðə(r)/ A1	noun - a male parent
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - children
business /ˈbɪznəs/ A2	noun - the practice of buying and selling goods and services
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure of a person or animal
code /kəʊd/ B1	noun - a system of words, letters, figures, or other symbols substituted for other words or phrases
boys /bɔɪz/ A1	noun - male children
joy /dʒɔɪ/ A2	noun - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
alone /əˈləʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present
hold /həʊld/ A1	verb - grasp, carry, or support something with one's hands
mother /ˈmʌðə(r)/ A1	noun - a female parent

Key Grammar Structures

• You can see the pain in my eyes

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'can see' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or general truth.

• I can't go back, no, I can't run

  ➔ Modal Verb (can't)

  ➔ The modal verb 'can't' is used to express inability or prohibition.

• Love is a myth, unless it's your mother, father and kids

  ➔ Conditional Clause (unless)

  ➔ The word 'unless' introduces a conditional clause, indicating an exception to the main statement.

• I gotta give them their discipline

  ➔ Informal Contraction (gotta)

  ➔ 'Gotta' is an informal contraction of 'got to', used to express necessity.

• I'm talkin' a mental plane, silencin' all the noise

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense (Contracted Form)

  ➔ The contracted form 'I'm talkin'' is present continuous, indicating an action happening now.

• Tell 'em everything's business

  ➔ Contraction (Tell 'em)

  ➔ 'Tell 'em' is a contraction of 'tell them', commonly used in informal speech.

• I woulda been straighter with that shit

  ➔ Slang and Non-standard Contraction (woulda)

  ➔ 'Woulda' is a non-standard contraction of 'would have', often used in slang.

• Free Bill Underwood

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrase 'Free Bill Underwood' is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or make a request.