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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I have exciting news I finally hit on a

winning promotion at the restaurant this

wasn't the first time pops and come home

excited about a winning publicity stunt

oh hey me hearties

maybe captain book lest there be claims

of copyright plunder that's B oh oh okay

now what would you like to order luckily

my dad was about to stumble in and the

biggest restaurant craze in the mid 90s

fajitas Orlando can't get enough

utility-grade skirt steak delivered in a

sizzling skillet no way no way why

people will eat meat out of a pan yes

way yes way all day you bring them

tortillas veggies and steak and they

assemble it themselves it's like an

edible IKEA chair or Legos you can eat

yep he improved on it he just made it

better so about to come with some money

huh hey papa

you've been working out cuz you looking

slow what since things are looking so

good at the restaurant maybe you can

spot me some bread for every game fifty

smell I knew this would happen the

downside of the greatest country in the

world entitled children feeling like

they don't have to work to get what they

want

my father your yay-yay made me work hard

for every penny and that work ethic is

how I'm able to keep the lights on but

not the AC that's your mother's thing

she runs the house don't pull me into

that if you want money you need to work

for it but I can't work I'm only 11 when

your grandfather was 11 he had three

kids as I say that I realize I'm

exaggerating but he definitely was

working at your age right mom either

Papa Joe huh new leader goons up mm-hmm

I always respected him for that made me

the man I am today so it's settled

Eddie will come work with me at

Cattlemen's after school great because I

have a job interview a furniture store

needs management help that's my

specialty

what's your specialty Emory I know you

want me to say the ladies but I'm

classier than lab when I grow up I want

my specialty to be homemade pickles

that's a new interest for you

I'll get tell you earlier no it's fine I

guess I just have to share a bunk bed

with the total strain

I'm sorry it's the heat

hey ready for your first day look dad I

don't want to be here and you don't want

me here I do want you here remember my

incredibly moving speech about your

grandfather as long as I'm here I'm

gonna make the best of it

tips for Shaq flue life oh they give a

company 22 years you might use don't

come free uh you know rather than have

my 11 year old ten bar I owe you go work

the floor Oh dope like manager servers

or handle security I'm watching you son

uh no I got something else in mind for

you mmm I like some potatoes those look

delicious

you heard him fajita boy whoops the heat

melted my moustache glue you know your

grandfather's ear fell off on his first

job as I say that I realize I'm

exaggerating but it could have

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
exciting /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing great enthusiasm and eagerness
promotion /prəˈməʊʃn/ B1	noun - advancement in rank or position
publicity /pʌbˈlɪsəti/ B2	noun - the notice or attention given to someone or something by the media
copyright /ˈkɒpiraɪt/ B2	noun - the exclusive legal right to reproduce and sell creative work
plunder /ˈplʌndə(r)/ C2	verb - to steal goods from a place or person
craze /kreɪz/ C1	noun - a period of enthusiastic popularity
sizzling /ˈsɪzəlɪŋ/ B2	adjective - very hot or making a hissing sound
assemble /əˈsembl/ B2	verb - to put together the parts of something
edible /ˈedəbl/ C1	adjective - safe or fit to be eaten
improved /ɪmˈpruːvd/ B1	verb - to make something better
entitled /ɪnˈtaɪtld/ C1	adjective - believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges
ethic /ˈeθɪk/ B2	noun - a set of moral principles
exaggerating /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - to represent something as being worse or better than it really is
management /ˈmænɪdʒmənt/ B2	noun - the process of dealing with or controlling things or people
specialty /ˈspeʃəlti/ B2	noun - a pursuit or field in which a person is an expert

Key Grammar Structures

• I finally hit on a winning promotion at the restaurant

  ➔ Phrasal Verbs

  ➔ "Hit on" here means to discover or think of an idea.

• This wasn't the first time pops had come home excited

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense

  ➔ "Had come" describes an action completed before another past event.

• People will eat meat out of a pan

  ➔ Future Simple (Prediction)

  ➔ "Will eat" expresses a confident prediction about the future.

• Maybe you can spot me some bread for every game

  ➔ Modals of Possibility

  ➔ "Can" indicates the possibility of borrowing money.

• I'm able to keep the lights on

  ➔ Adjective phrase with 'Be able to'

  ➔ "Able to" is used to describe capability or success in a task.

• I'm only 11 when your grandfather was 11

  ➔ Subordinate Clause of Time

  ➔ "When" introduces the timing of the two contrasting states.

• If you want money, you need to work for it

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ "If" + present simple expresses a real condition for a future result.

• I'm gonna make the best of it

  ➔ Idiomatic expression (Going to + future intention)

  ➔ "Make the best of it" means to handle a bad situation well.