جاستین بیبر - Yummy

Say the word, on my way

Bonafide stallion.

You ain’t in no stable, no, you stay on the run.

Ain’t on the side, you’re number one.

Yeah,every time I come around, you get it done

Fifty-fifty, love the way you split it

Hundred racks, help me spend it, babe

Light a match, get litty, babe

That jet set, watch the sunset kinda, yeah, yeah

Rolling eyes back in my head,make my toes curl, yeah,yeah

Say the word, on my way.

You’d use the phrase on my way to say that you’re currently going somewhere.

Example: I was on my way to work when I found him.

Be patient, I’m on my way.

Bonafide stallion:

Here we can see Justin complimenting his wife by calling her a bonafide stallion.

Bona fide is a not-so-common adjective used to say that something’s real.

Example: This is my first bona fide job.

A stallion is a male horse.

Do you know which of these is the word to refer to a female horse?

You might be wondering, how could this be considered a compliment?

Well, the term stallion can be applied to both men and women.

For men it’s used to describe masculinity, while for women it’s used for complimenting their figure.

In other words, he’s saying she is a real beauty.

You ain’t in no stable, no, you stay on the run

Continuing with the equine [horse-related] metaphor, a stable is a building in which horses are kept.

The idiom on the run has several meanings.

It’s commonly used to refer to someone that keeps moving from one place to another.

Feeling jaded huh? Used to trip off that shit I was kickin’ to you

Had some fun on the run though

I’ll give it to you, but baby.

Justin might mean here that Hailey isn’t just a beautiful woman who stays in the house (like a horse in its stable) rather she has own active and ambitious life (like a horse on the run).

Ain’t on the side, you’re number one

Ain’t is considered grammatically incorrect, but it is a part of informal native speech and you will hear it all the time in different types of media.

It can mean: am not, is not, are not.

And also: have not or has not.

For example : I ain’t [I am not] going to help you.

I ain’t [have not] got time.

Let’s look at a couple more examples of Ain’t in other songs:

I ain’t gon’be cooking all day, I ain’t your mama

I ain’t gon’do your laundry, I ain’t your mama

I ain’t your mama, boy, I ain’t your mama

When you’re gon’ get your act together?

I ain’t your mama

Loosen my tie up so I can breathe

It ain’t political, oh no

If someone’s number one it means that that person is the most important in a certain activity or area.

You lied to me dad, and now you made mommy sad

And I bought you this coin, it says ‘Number One Dad’

That’s all I wanted, I just wanna give you this coin

“I get the point, fine, me and mommy are goin’ “

I’m bigger than life, my name in the lights

I’m the number one chick, ain’t need no hype

The capital B means, I’m ‘bout that life, The capital B means, I’m ‘bout that life

By saying this, Justin means that his wife is the best.

It also seems like he’s reassuring Hailey that she’s the only woman in his life.

Let’s listen again to the way that Justin says these verses:

You ain’t in no stable, no, you stay on the run

Ain’t on the side, you’re number one

Here we have a good example of connected speech (the way that natives link their words together).

Pay attention to the way that Justin pronounces the phrase “ain’t in no stable”.

You ain’t in no stable, no, you stay on the run

You ain’t in no stable

You probably notice that some words are much easier to hear, while others seem to disappear.

We only stress these content words:

The function words are not stressed.

Furthermore, when we have the letters NT together, natives often drop the T sound.

And that’s exactly what Justin’s doing here.

The function words often link to content words.

So, instead of saying “ain’t in” , he says [ai-nin]

There are couple more verses of the song with “Ain’t” where he does the same thing:

Ain’t on the side, you’re number one

And you ain’t never running low on supplies

Yeah, every time I come around, you get it done

The phrasal verb come around can be used to say that you’re visiting someone.

Example : He comes around to my house every week.

If you get something done you finish that thing.

Sixteen, sixteen, sixteen

More minutes seconds on the line

Sixteen, sixteen, sixteen minutes left, got to get it done

Sixteen, sixteen, sixteen

More minutes till we’re number one

Fifty-fifty, love the way you split it

If you split something, you divide it in two or more parts.

You could use this word to refer to things.

Example : Let’s split the cake.

Or people.

Example : My boyfriend and I split, we are no longer together.

Here, fifty - fifty could refer to the way that Justin and Hailey share their riches [money].

That is half of it to each.

Fifty-fifty, love the way you split it

Hundred racks, help me spend it, babe

A rack is a thousand dollars, so a hundred racks is $100.000 .

Do you know which of these also means a thousand dollars?

Justin’s  asking his wife for help to spend his money.

Throughout this song, he refers many times to his wife with the word babe.

Many people use this word to refer, in an affectionate way, to someone they love, mostly their partner.

Example : I’m sorry babe, don’t be made.

Light a match, get litty, babe

That jet set, watch the sunset kinda, yeah, yeah

Get litty is a slang phrase used to express great excitement or enthusiasm.

VVS’s on me, that’s a light show

It could get litty like a light show

I’m litty like a light show

If it’s ‘bout money, I’m go-go.

See, I gotta smart mouth and what?

Keep it litty for my city, NYC

It is interesting how he combined this with the literal “light a match,” which means to make the match catch fire.

That jet set, watch the sunset kinda, yeah, yeah

The terms jet set is used to refer to a very exclusive and wealthy lifestyle that involves frequent travel.

As you can imagine, Justin and his wife usually travel around the world in private jets.

The word kinda is a contraction of the words kind of.

Even though you might not always see it written like this, it’s commonly pronounced like that because of connected speech.

So, in American English the “of” sound often contracts to just an “uh” sound, making it sound like this.

I put my hand on the stove, to see if I still bleed

and nothing hurts anymore, I feel kinda free.

And I drank up all my money, dazed and kinda lonely

You’re gone and I gotta stay.

That jet set, watch the sunset kinda, yeah, yeah.

Rolling eyes back in my head,make my toes curl, yeah,yeah

While this whole song has Sexual content implied, this verse is quite explicit as rolling your eyes back and curling your toes are some behaviours directly related to it.

Say the word, on my way

Standing up , keep me on the rise

Lost control of myself, I’m compromised

You’re incriminated , no disguise

And you ain’t never running low on supplies.

Say the word, on my way

Standing up , keep me on the rise

If you’re kept on the rise, you stay in a high position.

Here, Justin’s talking in a metaphorical way, saying that his wife keeps him centered and successful.

Standing up , keep me on the rise

Here we have another good example of connected speech.

Up is a preposition, which is an example of a function word.

As we’ve previously mentioned, these words reduce and connect to content words, like stand or standing.

Furthermore, natives often drop the G in words ending in -ing (standin’ instead of standing).

So, instead of saying STANDING UP, Justin says

Standing up = [standee-nup].

Standing up , keep me on the rise = [standee-nup], keep me on the rise.

Natives do this all the time.

Let’s look at some more examples of the reduction of prepositions and connected speech:

Though I’d end up with Sean [en-dup]

But he wasn’t a match

Wrote some songs about Ricky

Now I listen and laugh

One week in we let the story begin

We’re going out on our first date

You and me are thrifty, so go all you can eat

Fill up your bag and I fill up a plate

But I wake up and act like nothing’s wrong

Just get ready if you

Work,work,work,work,work, work.

Standing up, keep me on the rise

Lost control of myself, I’m compromised

This word can be used to mean that you risk harming or losing something important.

Example: The safety of our workers was compromised.

Justin had several episodes where he lost control and he even got a criminal assault conviction.

You’re incriminated, no disguise

If you incriminate someone,you make that person seem guilty (especially of a crime).

Example: A lot of powerful people were incriminated with the Panama Papers.

A disguise is something you put on so no one recognizes you.

We can also use this as a verb.

Example: I disguised myself with a wig and a mustache.

Here he might be saying that because she married him, she is taking the risk of also being guilty if he does something wrong, and that he admires her for not trying to hide from that.

And you ain’t never running low on supplies

If you say you’re running low on something, you mean that you haven’t got much left of it.

For example: You could run low on gas after driving for a long time.

Do you know another similar way to say this?

The terms supplies is commonly used to refer to things you need to live or perform a particular activity, for example, food, medicine or equipment.

By saying this, Justin’s saying that his wife always has everything she needs.

Hop in the Lambo, I’m on my way

Drew House slippers on with a smile on my face

I’m elated that you are my Lady

You got the yum, yum, yum,yum

Hop in the Lambo, I’m on my way

A hop is a small jump, and Lambo is short for Lamborghini (which is an expensive Italian sports-car that Justin own).

By saying this, he basically means that he got inside his car to go meet her.

Drew House slippers on with a smile on my face

Justin Bieber’s fashion line is called Drew House.

The brand is known for its smiley-face iconography.

As you can see in the picture, they also produce slippers , which are a very comfortable type of shoes for wearing inside the house.

I’m elated that you are my Lady

You got the yum, yum, yum,yum

Elated is a good word to use when you want to say that you feel extremely happy and excited.

You’d often feel like this after achieving something that you really wanted.

Example: She was elated by winning the contest.

He’s saying to his wife that she makes him feel like this.

Lady is a usually formal way to refer to a woman.

For example, we can refer to a women’s bathroom as the lady’s room.

Example : Excuse me. Where is the lady’s room?

Now, in more informal contexts, if you say that a woman is your lady , you mean in a loving way that she is your significant other.

Say the word, on my way

Bonafide stallion.

You ain’t in no stable, no, you stay on the run.

Ain’t on the side, you’re number one.

Yeah,every time I come around, you get it done

Fifty-fifty, love the way you split it

Hundred racks, help me spend it, babe

Light a match, get litty, babe

That jet set, watch the sunset kinda, yeah, yeah

Rolling eyes back in my head, make my toes curl, yeah, yeah

Say the word, on my way

Standing up , keep me on the rise

Lost control of myself, I’m compromised

You’re incriminated , no disguise

And you ain’t never running low on supplies.

Hop in the Lambo, I’m on my way

Drew House slippers on with a smile on my face

I’m elated that you are my Lady

You got the yum, yum, yum,yum