[Intro]

(I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid) Yeah

(/aɪm nɒt əˈfreɪd, aɪm nɒt əˈfreɪd/ jɛə/)

(To take a stand, to take a stand) It's been a ride

(/tə teɪk ə stænd, tə teɪk ə stænd/ ɪts bɪn ə raɪd/)

The strike of employeees takes a stand to defend their own

rights against extreme workload.

(Everybody, everybody) I guess I had to

(/ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdi, ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdi/ aɪ ɡɛs aɪ hæd tuː/)

(Come take my hand, come take my hand) Go to that place to get to this one
(/kʌm teɪk maɪ hænd, kʌm teɪk maɪ hænd/ ɡəʊ tə ðæt pleɪs tə ɡɛt tə ðɪs wʌn/)

(We'll walk this road together, through the storm) Now some of you
(/wɪl wɔːk ðɪs roʊd təˈɡɛðə, θruː ðə stɔːrm/ naʊ sʌm əv juː/)

(Whatever weather, cold or warm) Might still be in that place

(/wɒtˈɛvə ˈwɛðə, koʊld ɔː wɔːrm/ maɪt stɪl biː ɪn ðæt pleɪs/)

(Just lettin' you know that you're not alone) If you're tryna get out
(/ʤʌst ˈlɛtɪn juː nəʊ ðæt jʊər nɒt əˈloʊn/ ɪf jʊər ˈtraɪnə ɡɛt aʊt/)

(Holla if you feel like you've been down the same road) Just follow me, I'll get
you there
(/ˈhɒlə ɪf juː fiːl laɪk juːv bɪn daʊn ðə seɪm roʊd/ ʤʌst ˈfɒləʊ miː, aɪl ɡɛt juː
ðɛər/)

[Verse 1]
You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em
(/juː kən traɪ ənd riːd maɪ ˈlɪrɪks_ɒf_əv_ɪs ˈpeɪpər bɪˈfɔːr aɪ leɪ əm/)

- Read something off: read something for someone to write it down (like
a number, list, …)
Example: I read the integredients off of this recipe.
I read off my phone numbers to the taxi driver.

But you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em
(/bʌt juː woʊnt teɪk ə stɪŋ aʊt ðiːz wɜːrdz bɪˈfɔːr aɪ seɪ əm/)

- Take the sting out of something: make something less unpleasant.

 Example: I want to have a meal to take sting out of a stressed
day.
Smell of coffee take the sting out of my worry.

'Cause ain't no way I'ma let you stop me from causin' mayhem
(/kəz_eɪnt noʊ weɪ aɪmə lɛt juː stɒp miː frʌm ˈkɔːzɪn ˈmeɪˌhɛm/)

When I say I'ma do somethin', I do it

(/wɛn aɪ seɪ aɪmə duː ˈsʌmɪn, aɪ duː ɪt/)

I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doin' this for me
(/aɪ doʊnt ɡɪv ə dæm wʌt juː θɪŋk, aɪm ˈduːɪn ðɪs fər miː/)

So fuck the world, feed it beans, it's gassed up if it thinks it's stoppin' me
(/soʊ fʌk ðə wɜːrld, fiːd ɪt biːnz, ɪts ɡæst ʌp ɪf ɪt θɪŋks ɪts ˈstɒpɪn miː/)

I'ma be what I set out to be, without a doubt, undoubtedly

(/aɪmə biː wʌt aɪ sɛt aʊt tə biː, wɪˈðaʊt ə daʊt, ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/)

And all those who look down on me, I'm tearin' down your balcony
(/ænd ɔːl_oʊzhuː lʊk daʊn ɒn miː, aɪm ˈtɛrɪn daʊn jɔːr ˈbælkəni/)

- Tear something down, tear down something : o pull or knock down a

building, wall, etc.
o They tear this building down because of its degrading quality.
o They try to find a way to not tear the original house down, and
just decorate it.

No ifs, ands or buts, don't try to ask him why or how can he
(/noʊ ɪfs_ ændz_ɔː bʌts, doʊnt traɪ tʊ æsk ɪm waɪ ɔː haʊ kæn hiː/)

From Infinite down to the last Relapse album

(/frʌm ˈɪnfɪnɪt daʊn tə ðə læst rɪˈlæps_ælbəm/)

He's still shittin' whether he's on salary, paid hourly

(/hiːz stɪl ˈʃɪtɪn ˈwɛðər hiːz ɒn ˈsæləri, peɪd ˈaʊərli/)

Until he bows out or he shits his bowels out of him

(/ʌnˈtɪl hiː baʊz aʊt ɔːr hiː ʃɪts hɪz baʊəlz aʊt əv ɪm/)

- Bow out: stop a job even though you do it for a long time
o She has finally decided to bows on the on a slary job.

Whichever comes first, for better or worse

(/wɪʧˈɛvər kʌmz fɜːrst, fɔːr ˈbɛtər ɔː wɜːrs/)
He's married to the game like a "Fuck you" for Christmas
(/hiːz ˈmærid tə ðə ɡeɪm laɪk ə "fʌk juː" fɔːr ˈkrɪsməs/)

His gift is a curse, forget the Earth, he's got the urge
(/hɪz ɡɪft ɪz ə kɜːrs, fərˈɡɛt ðə ɜːrθ, hiːz ɡɒt ði ɜːrdʒ/)

To pull his dick from the dirt and fuck the whole universe
(/tə pʊl hɪz dɪk frʌm ðə dɜːrt ənd fʌk ðə hoʊl ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs/)

[Verse 2]

Okay, quit playin' with the scissors and shit, and cut the crap
(/oʊˈkeɪ, kwɪt ˈpleɪɪn wɪð ðə ˈsɪzərz ənd ʃɪt, ənd kʌt ðə kræp/)

- Cut the crap(informal offensive): stop saying nonsense and lies

o Cut the crap! And tell the truth.

I shouldn't have to rhyme these words in a rhythm for you to know it's a wrap
(/aɪ ˈʃʊdənt hæv_ə raɪm_iːz wɜːrdz_ɪn ə ˈrɪðəm fɔːr juː tə noʊ ɪts ə ræp/)

You said you was king, you lied through your teeth
(/juː sɛd juː wʌz kɪŋ, juː laɪd θruː jɔːr tiːθ/)

- Lie through one’s teeth: nói dối một cách trắng trợn
o No, I don’t believe in someone’s words, … just always lie through
their own teeeth.

For that, fuck your feelings, instead of gettin' crowned, you're gettin' capped
(/fɔːr ðæt, fʌk jɔːr ˈfiːlɪŋz, ɪnˈstɛd əv ˈɡɛtɪn kraʊnd, jʊər ˈɡɛtɪn kæpt/)

And to the fans, I'll never let you down again, I'm back
(/ənd tə ðə fænz, aɪl ˈnɛvər lɛt juː daʊn əˈɡɛn, aɪm bæk/)

I promise to never go back on that promise

(/aɪ ˈprɒmɪs tə ˈnɛvər ɡoʊ bæk ɒn ðæt ˈprɒmɪs/)

- Go back on: fail to keep promise, to change a decision agreement

o + promise: She really let me down, when do not go back on her
promise.
o + words: Well, If you ask me why if I do not believe in her,
because she just always go back on her words
o +decisions: last times just contemplate more carefully of what
you will do in order to not go back on your own decisions.
In fact, let's be honest, that last Relapse CD was "ehh"
(/ɪn fækt, lɛts biː ˈɒnɪst, ðæt læst rɪˈlæps ˈsiːˌdiː wʌz "ɛh"/)

Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground

(/pərˈhæps aɪ ræn ðəm ˈæksɛnts ˈɪntuː ðə ɡraʊnd/)

- Sound like: have an axe to grind: have a personal motive behind some
behavior (it is can be used in negative or positive way)
o (negative) I do not think they are that kind of naïve, I mean they
have an axe to grind to do it
o (positive) actually, their organization just do it for benefits of
everyone, they have no axe to grind.

Relax, I ain't goin' back to that now

(/rɪˈlæks, aɪ eɪnt ˈɡoʊɪn bæk tə ðæt naʊ/)

All I'm tryna say is get back, click-clack-blaow

(/ɔːl aɪm ˈtraɪnə seɪ ɪz ɡɛt bæk, klɪk-klæk-blaʊ/)

'Cause I ain't playin' around

(/kəz aɪ eɪnt ˈpleɪɪn əˈraʊnd/)

There's a game called circle and I don't know how

(/ðɛərz ə ɡeɪm kɔːld ˈsɜːrkəl ənd aɪ doʊnt noʊ haʊ/)

I'm way too up to back down

(/aɪm weɪ tuː ʌp tə bæk daʊn/)

- Way too: think like much too, extreme, very

o I’m way too tired to continue my work
- Back down: admit that you’re wrong or you have been defeted
o After a while, I back down and apologize …
o I think he is too strong to back down (be defeted) in this lyrics

But I think I'm still tryna figure this crap out

(/bʌt aɪ θɪŋk aɪm stɪl ˈtraɪnə ˈfɪɡjʊr ðɪs kræp aʊt/)

Thought I had it mapped out, but I guess I didn't

(/θɔːt aɪ hæd ɪt mæpt aʊt, bʌt aɪ ɡɛs aɪ ˈdɪdənt/)

- Map out: plain something in detail

o I rarely see that she do not map out for any travel, she is really
careful in almost everything.

This fuckin' black cloud still follows me around

(/ðɪs ˈfʌkɪn blæk klaʊd stɪl ˈfɒloʊz miː əˈraʊnd/)
But it's time to exorcise these demons
(/bʌt ɪts taɪm tʊ ˈɛksərˌsaɪz ðiːz ˈdiːmənz/)

- Exorcise: trừ tà
o Do you believe in some incantation or ritual that are used to
exorcise? I see this kind of activities happening a lot in movies,
even in real life(some ritual are still celebrated), I just wonder
whether they really work like if it do not happen does the earth
are disappeared.

These motherfuckers are doin' jumpin' jacks now

(/ðiːz ˈmʌðərˌfʌkərz ər ˈduːɪn ˈʤʌmpɪn ʤæks naʊ/)

[Verse 3]
It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
/ɪt wəz maɪ dɪˈsɪʒən tə ɡɛt kliːn, aɪ dɪd ɪt fər miː/

Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you

/ədˈmɪtɪdli aɪ ˈprɑːbəbli dɪd ɪt səˈblɪmɪnəli fər juː/

- Subliminally: in a way that affects your mind even though you are not
aware of it
o These advertise subliminally affect our cosuming behaviour.
o Most behaviour of us are unconscious, which are subliminally
affected by our environment.
o It is not about the logic, we just make a decision in a subliminal
way

So I could come back a brand-new me, you helped see me through

/soʊ aɪ kʊd kʌm bæk ə brænd-nuː miː, juː hɛlpt siː miː θruː/

And don't even realize what you did, believe me, you
/ænd doʊnt ˈiːvən ˈriəˌlaɪz wʌt juː dɪd, bɪˈliːv miː, juː/

I've been through the wringer

/aɪv bɪn θruː ðə ˈrɪŋər/

But they can do little to the middle finger

/bʌt ðeɪ kən duː ˈlɪt̬əl tə ðə ˈmɪdəl ˈfɪŋɡər/

I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king of

/aɪ θɪŋk aɪ ɡɑːt ə tɪr ɪn maɪ aɪ, aɪ fiːl laɪk ðə kɪŋ ʌv/
My world, haters can make like bees with no stingers
/maɪ wɝːld, ˈheɪtərz kən meɪk laɪk biːz wɪð noʊ ˈstɪŋərz/

And drop dead: no more beef lingers

/ænd drɑːp dɛd: noʊ mɔːr biːf ˈlɪŋɡərz/

- Fling - hurl: to throw or push somebody/something with force,

especially because you are angry, or in a careless way
o In the climax of boxing match, he fling his opponent to the
ground, and this moment essentially contribute to his triumph.
o

linger

No more drama from now on

/noʊ mɔːr ˈdrɑːmə frəm naʊ ɑːn/

I promise to focus solely on handlin' my responsibilities as a father

/aɪ ˈprɑːmɪs tə ˈfoʊkəs ˈsoʊli ɑːn ˈhændlɪn maɪ rɪˌspɑːnsəˈbɪlətiz əz ə ˈfɑːðɚ/

So I solemnly swear to always treat this roof like my daughters and raise it
/soʊ aɪ ˈsɑːləmli swɛr tʊ ˈɔːlweɪz trit ðɪs ruːf laɪk maɪ ˈdɔːtərz ənd reɪz ɪt/

- Raise the roof: to produce or make somebody produce a lot of noise in

a building, for example by shouting or cheering
o They raise the roof for their team’s triumph
o There is a party next week, I can not wait to raise the roof with
everyone
o They concert has been started, everyone suddenly raised the
roof.

You couldn't lift a single shingle on it

/juː ˈkʊdənt lɪft ə ˈsɪŋɡəl ˈʃɪŋɡəl ɑːn ɪt/

'Cause the way I feel, I'm strong enough to go to the club

/kəz ðə weɪ aɪ fiːl, aɪm strɔːŋ ɪˈnʌf tə ɡoʊ tə ðə klʌb/

Or the corner pub and lift the whole liquor counter up

/ɔːr ðə ˈkɔːrnɚ pʌb ənd lɪft ðə hoʊl ˈlɪkɚ ˈkaʊntɚ ʌp/

'Cause I'm raisin' the bar, I'd shoot for the moon
/kəz aɪm ˈreɪzɪn ðə bɑːr, aɪd ʃuːt fər ðə muːn/
But I'm too busy gazin' at stars, I feel amazin', and
/bʌt aɪm tuː ˈbɪzi ˈɡeɪzɪn ət stɑːrz, aɪ fiːl əˈmeɪzɪn, ənd/