St. Chroma – English Lyrics

• By: Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar
• Album: CHROMAKOPIA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the bold world of Tyler, The Creator with 'St. Chroma'. Through this track, you can learn the use of rhythmic imperatives and evocative English vocabulary used to command attention and describe visual perception, all wrapped in a cinematic sonic experience.

[English]

you are the light

it's not on you, it's in you

don't you ever in your motherfucking life

dim your light for nobody

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromakopia

chromako-

calm down sit still that's one mil for each wheel

top down big deal how the fuck he do that?

what the fuck i look like? get the fuck up out him way

hawthorne is where him from another planet where him stay

15 cash for that new fort i had guap since 19

i popped out like chi ching i think i'm a got damn fiend

really balling in this bitch i'm the hardest in this bitch

give a fuck about no bark i'm chasing dogs up in this bitch

el segundo felt like colosseum

p said i could do it too and boy did i believe him

i built a path to freedom cause them words that he said

give a fuck about traditions stop impressing the dead

i'm gon make it promise i'm gon make it out

mama i'm gon make it out pussy i'm gon make it out

i ain't never had a doubt inside me

and if i ever told you that i did i'm fucking lying can you feel the light?

can you feel the light inside?

can you feel that fire? (can you feel it? can you feel it? Oh)

oh, fire (can you feel it? can you feel it? ooh, oh) fire

can you feel the light (inside) inside?

can you feel that fire? (can you feel it?)

oh, fire (fire), fire (ooh)

...

Chromakopia (yeah, yeah)

...

Chromakopia (whoo)

Chromakopia (yeah, yeah)

Chromakopia

okay, i am just a box with the light of thunder in me

gratitude sit under the hubris that's on my sleeve

mama said i'm hmmm mm special i was hmm mm

blowing shit up at home back in chromakopia hmmm hmmm

i don't (I don't), like the (like the), way that this is looking (no)

mirror got me (got me), thinking about my bookend (I'm done)

i just need this time to myself to figure me out out

do i keep the light on or do i gracefully bow out?

you see me, bro

(oh, oh, oh, oh)

(oh, oh, oh, oh)

don't you ever stop bein' who you are (oh, oh, oh, oh)

And dimmin' your light for none of these motherfuckers out here

can you feel the light inside?

can you feel that fire? (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

fire (oh, oh, oh, oh)

fire

can you feel the light inside?

can you feel that fire? (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight
dim /dɪm/ B2	verb - to make or become less bright
calm /kɑːm/ A2	verb - to make someone tranquil or quiet
planet /ˈplænɪt/ A2	noun - a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
fiend /fiːnd/ C2	noun - an addict or a person excessively interested in something
colosseum /ˌkɒləˈsiːəm/ C1	noun - a large theater or stadium
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ A2	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants
traditions /trəˈdɪʃənz/ B1	noun - the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation
impressing /ɪmˈpresɪŋ/ B1	verb - to make someone feel admiration and respect
doubt /daʊt/ A2	noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
fire /ˈfaɪə(r)/ A1	noun - combustion or burning
thunder /ˈθʌndə(r)/ B1	noun - a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash
gratitude /ˈɡrætɪtjuːd/ B2	noun - the quality of being thankful
hubris /ˈhjuːbrɪs/ C2	noun - excessive pride or self-confidence
gracefully /ˈɡreɪsfəli/ B2	adjective - in an elegant or refined way

Key Grammar Structures

• don't you ever in your motherfucking life dim your light

  ➔ Imperative form with emphatic adverbs

  ➔ Using "don't you ever" is a common structure to give strong, insistent advice or warnings.

• how the fuck he do that?

  ➔ Wh- question without auxiliary verb (Colloquial/AAVE)

  ➔ In some dialects, the auxiliary "does" is omitted for emphasis and stylistic flavor in "how the fuck he do that?".

• i'm gon make it promise i'm gon make it out

  ➔ Future intention using "gonna" (shortened to "gon")

  ➔ "Gon" is a non-standard reduction of "going to", used here to express strong personal determination.

• i ain't never had a doubt inside me

  ➔ Double negative for emphasis

  ➔ Using "ain't never" is a common stylistic double negative that emphasizes the certainty of the statement.

• i was hmm mm blowing shit up

  ➔ Past continuous describing a habitual action

  ➔ The past continuous "was blowing up" is used here to describe how the speaker spent time doing something regularly.

• do i keep the light on or do i gracefully bow out?

  ➔ Alternative questions with "do I... or..."

  ➔ This structure presents two possible options for the subject, creating a rhetorical dilemma.

• don't you ever stop bein' who you are

  ➔ Gerund after a verb (stop + -ing)

  ➔ After the verb "stop", we use the gerund "being" to describe the action that should not be halted.

• dimming your light for none of these motherfuckers

  ➔ Gerund used as the object of a preposition

  ➔ The verb "dim" becomes "dimming" here because it follows the preposition "for".