Videoclip
Rica
Yeah
– Sí
She was twenty-four
– E tabatin 24 aña
Last week, told me somethin’ you can’t be ready for
– Siman pasá el a bisa mi algu ku bo no por ta kla pa
I ain’t mournin’ death of her innocence
– Mi No ta den duelo pa e morto di su inocencia
I ain’t mournin’ death of her innocence, let the Henny pour
– Mi no ta den duelo pa e morto Di Su inocencia, laga Henny derama
Some weeks ago, she was in a cab
– Algun siman pasá, e tabata den un taxi
I felt sick to my stomach ’cause when I listen back
– Mi a sinti mi mal di stoma pasobra ora mi tende atrobe
Driver was actin’ all forward, I should have drawn the line
– E shofùr tabata aktua tur kos dilanti, e mester a trahá e liña
She wasn’t worried about it, it happens all the time
– E no tabata preokupá ku esei, e ta sosodé tur ora.
All the time, said it happens all the time
– Tur e tempu, el a bisa ku e ta sosodé tur e tempu
A little conversation, that’s just all it is
– Un kombersashon chikitu, esei ta tur loke e ta
Ask couple questions, then he’ll call it quits
– Hasi un par di pregunta, despues e lo bandon’é.
He ain’t even have to ask her where she lives
– E no tin ni mester puntra e kaminda e ta biba.
She was headed to this venue with a couple friends
– E tabata bai e lugá aki ku un par di amigu
And I was workin’ late, said I’d collect her when the party ends
– I mi tabata traha te lat, mi a bisa ku mi lo a bai busk’é ora e fiesta kaba
She goin’ to this no-phone party
– E ta bai e fiesta aki sin telefòn
You know the ones where guys have their phones and all the women there don’t
– Bo sa, esnan den kua hòmbernan tin nan telefòn i tur muhé ei no.
I threw one of them last week, so I don’t wanna speak
– Mi a tira un di nan siman pasá, p’esei mi no ke papia.
And when I think about this shit, it cuts deep
– I ora mi pensa riba e kos aki, e ta kòrta profundamente
You see, Tamah, she like my little sis’
– Bo ta mira Tamah, E ta gusta mi ruman muhé.
So when I asked her to explain to me the story, she said this
– E ora ei, ora mi a pidié pa splika mi e storia, el a bisa esaki:
I caught a vibe with a guy and then from the off
– Mi a tuma un vibrashon ku un mucha hòmber i despues for di kuminsamentu
But somethin’ was off, offer me pills and offer me shots
– Pero algu tabata robes, ofresé mi pilulanan i ofresé mi injeshon
And off of my head, couldn’t even say if I was sober or off of my head
– I pafó di mi kabes, mi no por a ni bisa si mi tabata sobrio òf pafó di mi kabes
I could’ve danced for days, wouldn’t have been a surprise
– Mi por a baila pa dianan largu, no lo tabata un sorpresa
But let’s have a good night, these times are havin’ good nights when all the men start drinkin’
– Pero laga nos pasa un bon anochi, e tempu aki ta pasando un bon anochi ora tur hòmber ta kuminsá bebe
And then they feel entitled to more than opinions
– Y despues nan ta sinti nan derecho riba algo mas cu opinion.
You know how that goes and man come to the girls like, “Fuckin’ let me get your Snap’, innit
– Bo sa kon esei ta bai i e hòmber ta aserká e muhénan manera, “Maldita sea, laga mi haña bo Klik”, innit
Add me back, innit, fuckin’ what?
– Agrega mi bek, Innit, f * * * * kiko?
What you doin’ after this? What you on? What’s wrong?
– Kiko bo ta hasi despues di esaki? Kiko bo ta? Kiko ta pasa?
Why you movin’ so stiff? Come back to the AP, what, friend, what?
– Dikon bo ta move asina rígido? Bai BÈK NA AP, kiko, amigu, kiko?
Don’t worry ’bout her, you ain’t her dad, that’s long
– No preokupá bo mes ku e, bo no ta su tata, esei ta hopi tempu
Why follow her home? Call her a cab or what
– Dikon sigui e kas? Yama e taxi of kiko
I feel like I seen you before, you from Bex? You know Thames? Fuckin’
– Mi ta sinti ku mi a mira bo promé, abo Di Bex? Bo Konosé Thames? Maldito
Are you gettin’ back to ends?”
– Bo ta bolbe na e extremo? “
And I ain’t sayin’ that’s weird, but it kinda is
– I mi no ta bisa ku e ta straño, pero un tiki e ta straño
She busy throwin’ up, he’s tryna take her to the crib
– E ta okupá tirando, e ta purba di hiba e na e kriansa
But that’s the culture of the club, right?
– Pero esei ta e kultura di e klub, no ta bèrdat?
All game’s fair
– E wega ta hustu
And if she don’t like it, why she there?
– I si e no gusta, dikon e ta einan?
These times, she just wanna go home
– Den e tempu aki, e so ke bai kas
She don’t wanna go alone with no battery on her phone
– E no ke bai su so sin bateria riba su telefòn
And all her friends are tryna stay
– I tur su amigunan ta purba di keda
Cah they goin’ to somebody’s afterparty in a house that’s out the way
– Cah ta bai un fiesta despues di un hende den un kas ku ta for di kaminda
And then she blacked out
– I despues e muhé a desmayá
She was gonna leave with them, but somethin’ felt off
– E tabata bai ku nan, pero algu a bai robes
And then she backed out
– I despues e muhé a bai bèk
When I heard about the time she tried to make it home alone
– Ora mi a tende di e tempu ku el a purba yega kas su so
She said
– E ta bisa
At Archway, I got out the car
– Na Archway, mi a sali for di e outo.
It’s quiet and I’m walking up this long hill
– E ta trankil i mi ta kana riba e seru largu aki
Faint sound, cold chills
– Sonido débil, friu friu
I swear I just heard a familiar voice
– Mi ta huramentá ku mi a kaba di tende un stèm familiar
Inside of the club, outside of the club
– Den e klup, pafó di klup
Was it that first cab? I swear I know the voice
– Bo a aki promé taxi? Mi ta huramentá ku mi konosé e bos
Think fast, that’s my only choice
– Plania rápido lo ta mi úniko opcion
He’s coming up, I hear him running up
– E ta tokante, ta scucha corre
I ran and I trip, I fell and I buckle
– Corrí i tresé, a kai i mi ta doble
My belt in a buckle, my keys in my knuckles
– Mi faha di un bill, mi yabinan di mi vadillo
He’s grabbing my hair, I’m screaming to stop
– E ta grandi mi kabei, ta duru e paro.
I’m hitting him hard, it’s turning him on
– Mi ta dal’é fuerte, e ta eksit’é.
The burning is gone, my body is so cold and frozen in fear
– E kandela a bai, mi kurpa ta asina friu i friu di miedu
Accepting my fate, his hands on my waist
– Aceptando mi destino, su mannan na mi cintura
I think that I threw my keys in his face
– Mi ta kere ku mi a tira e yabi den su kara.
I ran and he chased
– Mi a kore bai i el a kore bai
I stumbled on a group of three that were leaving
– Mi a topa ku un grupo di tres ku tabata bai
I ran towards them, didn’t notice that my feet, they were bleeding
– Mi a kore bai serka nan, mi no a nota ku mi pia tabata sangra.
And that’s when I called, praying that you’d be there recording
– I ta e ora ei mi a yama, orando pa bo tabata einan grabando
The only person that I know who’s up at 3 in the morning
– E úniko persona ku mi konosé ku ta lanta 3 or di mainta
I sound mad
– Sueno loco
But if you ain’t a girl, I guess you don’t know the feeling
– Pero si bo no ta un mucha muhé, mi ta kere ku bo no sa e sensashon
Of watching what you wear because you’re worried ’bout making it home
– Di mira kiko bo ta hasi pasobra bo ta preokupá pa yega kas
Walking with your phone to your ear and you ain’t on the phone
– Bo ta kana ku bo telefòn den bo orea i bo no ta papia na telefòn
Can’t walk on the same side of the pavement alone
– Bo No por kana riba e mesun banda di e kaya so
Everyone’s a fucking good guy and they’re making it known
– Tur hende ta un bon hòmber maldito i nan ta present é
But I’m just making it known that if you ain’t a girl, I guess you don’t know the feeling
– Pero mi ta djis laga sa ku si bo no ta un mucha muhé, mi ta suponé ku bo no konosé e sensashon.
Of checking the child lock, or seeing the AirTag
– Di revisa e lock pa mucha of wak AirTag
A five-minute walk home feeling like five miles
– Un caminata di sinku minüt pa kas sintiendo mi manera sinku mil
Maybe if these people would police our cities way they police our bodies
– Kisas si e hendenan aki a vigila nos ciudadnan den e forma cu nan ta vigila nos curpa
Then maybe, fucking hell
– Pues kisas, maldito infierno
Maybe every woman that I know wouldn’t be stuck as well
– Kisas tur muhé ku mi konosé lo no ta atrapá tambe.
Danger doesn’t look like no killer in a mask
– E peliger no ta parse un asesino den maskara
It looks like that flirty cab driver and guys that feel entitled ’cause you’re standing in their section
– Ta parse e taxista coqueto y e muchanan cu ta sinti nan mes drechi pasobra bo ta para den su seccion.
Short-tempered men, the ones who struggle with rejection
– Hende di mal humor, esnan ku ta bringa ku rechasamentu
I knew a girl called
– Mi a topa un mucha muhé ku yama
That was in so deep, she thought violence was affection
– Esey tabata asina profundo cu el a pensa cu violencia tabata afecto.
I ain’t know some women wouldn’t want a man’s help
– Mi no sa si algun muhé lo no ke yudansa di un hòmber.
Because so many of ’em want the same reward for their protection
– Pasobra hopi di nan ke e mesun premio pa nan protekshon
Danger doesn’t look like no killer in a mask
– E peliger no ta parse un asesino den maskara
It looks like that kid in the group chat that jokes about—
– E mucha aki ta parse den e grupo di chat ku ta broma tokante—
And he won’t ever stop because there’s no one to correct him
– I e lo no stòp nunka pasobra no tin niun hende ku ta koregí esaki
And he might even do it ’cause the system would protect him
– I e por hasi esei asta pasobra e sistema lo protehá e
Algorithm gonna find some people just like him
– Algoritmo lo topa ku algun hende manera e
They hate women too, okay, yeah, fuck it, let’s connect him
– Nan tambe ta odia hende muhé, ta bon, si, na bèrdat, laga nos konekt’é
Homicidal femicidal shit on their suggested
– Mierda femicida homicida den su sugerido
Somebody just asked you on a date, it was your dentist
– Un hende a invitá bo pa un sita, e tabata bo dentista.
He just went upstairs and got your number from reception
– E so a subi e eskalanan i a haña bo number na recepshon.
Used to be nice, said I remind him of his little girl
– E tabata un persona amabel, el a bisa ku e tabata kòrda su yu muhé.
Two weeks later, he wants a sexual connection
– Dos siman despues, e ke un konekshon seksual
Danger doesn’t look like no killer in a mask
– E peliger no ta parse un asesino den maskara
Who you even talking to?
– Ku ken bo ta papia asta?
Women hunted down by the people they say report it to
– Hende muhé ku ta ser persiguí pa e hendenan ku ta bisa ku nan ta denunsia e
Honestly, I woudn’t have the solitude or fortitude
– Honestamente, e no lo tin soledat ni forsa
Try and humanise, she could be somebody’s daughter, you
– E ta purba di humanisá bo, e por ta yu muhé di un hende, abo
As if that’s the reason them fellas shouldn’t slaughter you
– Manera si fuera ta e motibu pakiko e muchanan aki no mester mata bo.
God forbid that they offend the people you’re belongin’ to
– Dios no laga nan ofendé e hendenan ku bo ta pertenesé na nan
Objectify you just the way I do in every song
– Objetiva bo mes manera mi ta hasi den kada kantika
Tamah was never wrong
– Tamah nunka a hasi un eror
Can’t trust guys, she never lied
– Mi no por konfia e muchanan, e no a gaña nunka
No menicide, it femicide
– Sin menicidio, ta feminicidio
The catcalls, the long stares
– E sibilanan, e bista largu
The kind words, the lines blurred
– E palabranan amabel, e linianan blur
Call her out, impersonate her
– Yama e, personifiká bo mes den dje
All know a victim, don’t know a perpetrator
– Nos tur konosé un víktima, nos no konosé un agresor
Am I one of them? The men of the past
– Mi ta un di nan? Hende di pasado
Who catcalled or spoke in the bars?
– Ken a yama òf a papia den bar?
I’m complicit, no better than you
– Mi ta komplice, no mihó ku bo.
I told stories of—, yeah
– E tabata konta mi storianan di, si
Can’t sit on the fence, that’s hardly an option
– Mi no por sinta riba e baranca, esey no ta un opcion
You either part of the solution or part of the problem
– Laga bo ta parti di e solushon òf parti di e problema
