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TONGUES DON'T DIE lyrics
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Intro
Yo, words bend, words flip, words morph in the mist, Every tongue a galaxy, can’t box it with a fist. 808 heartbeat, language don’t quit— Ever-growin’, ever-changin’, watch the code shift.
Verse 1
Started with the grunt, with the fire, with the stone, Echoes in a cave turned to sentences we own. From Sanskrit scripts to hieroglyph flicks, From griots in the motherland to monks with the quills quick. Language like water, it carve and it flow, Mouth to the ear, generation let it grow. Tongue a weapon, tongue a prayer, Words build kingdoms, crown kings, declare.
Pre-chorus
Every syllable a spark, every accent got weight, History in the vowels, destiny in the bass.
Chorus
It’s alive, it’s alive—tongues don’t die, they multiply! Slang in the streets, crown in the sky, Ever-changin’, ever-shiftin’, truth don’t lie. It’s alive, it’s alive—tongues don’t die, they multiply!
Verse 2
“Colour” with a “u,” crown heavy with the rules, But in Harlem, in the South, we remixin’ the tools. From “innit, bruv?” to “what’s good, fam?”, Two branches of a tree, same roots in the jam. US got the flex—slang born in the block, “Lit,” “cap,” “drip,” “vibe”—culture on lock. From trap in Atlanta to Chi-town flow, Our English be the export, global echo.
Pre-chorus
Flip the tongue, bend the phrase, make the culture ignite, UK queen with the tea, US slang in the night.
Chorus
It’s alive, it’s alive—tongues don’t die, they multiply! Slang in the streets, crown in the sky, Ever-changin’, ever-shiftin’, truth don’t lie. It’s alive, it’s alive—tongues don’t die, they multiply!
Bridge
AI in the chat, memes in the code, Emoji hieroglyphs on a viral upload. TikTok diction, hashtags for diction, Language is a body with a brand-new vision. We don’t speak, we type, we scroll, we swipe, Tongues in the metaverse, remixin’ the hype. Ancient fire → Shakespeare ink → slang on a tweet, Dimensions of the tongue keep the cycle on repeat.
Chorus
It’s alive, it’s alive—tongues don’t die, they multiply! Past to the present, future gon’ ride, Every accent, every dialect, unified. It’s alive, it’s alive—tongues don’t die, they multiply!
Outro
Whispers in caves, chants in streets, Crowns on queens, slang in tweets. Language eternal, never confined, A living dimension, body and mind.
Inside the recording
Yo, words bend, words flip, words morph in the mist, Every tongue a galaxy, can’t box it with a fist.
Every syllable a spark, every accent got weight, History in the vowels, destiny in the bass.
Whispers in caves, chants in streets, Crowns on queens, slang in tweets.
Excerpts from artist-supplied lyric files matched by title. Lyric sheets may differ from the released performance.