“Trigger” (2022), CRAXY. There’s something funny going on in CRAXY’s latest single. And by “funny,” I mean not so good. You know by now that this not-so-good English is going to crop up in the chorus. Let’s take a look:
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“Pull the trigger like you loaded”
What’s wrong with that? Maybe it’s just me, but when I hear “loaded” in that line, I think of two things:
Pull the trigger like you’re drunk
and then
Pull the trigger like you’re rich.
Clearly, neither one is the intended meaning.
“Pull the trigger like you loaded”
What’s wrong with that? Maybe it’s just me, but when I hear “loaded” in that line, I think of two things:
Pull the trigger like you’re drunk
and then
Pull the trigger like you’re rich.
Clearly, neither one is the intended meaning.
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Then again, the intended meaning is a bit of a stretch. Because what they mean is something like “Pull the trigger as though you, yourself, are a weapon” or “Pull the trigger as though you are powerful.” As it is, the line makes me laugh.
How to fix it? I have some ideas.
Then again, the intended meaning is a bit of a stretch. Because what they mean is something like “Pull the trigger as though you, yourself, are a weapon” or “Pull the trigger as though you are powerful.” As it is, the line makes me laugh.
How to fix it? I have some ideas.
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> Stand and aim and pull the trigger
> Pull the trigger like you mean it
> Let your trigger do the talkin
Notice that each of these matches the trochaic tetrameter of the original—four metrical “feet” of one stressed and one unstressed syllable. This will be on the exam.
> Stand and aim and pull the trigger
> Pull the trigger like you mean it
> Let your trigger do the talkin
Notice that each of these matches the trochaic tetrameter of the original—four metrical “feet” of one stressed and one unstressed syllable. This will be on the exam.
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Personally, I’m not crazy about this kind of violent, boastful lyric. But at least my suggestions are serious and easy to understand.
Now let’s look at the pre-chorus:
“Turn up, enter into my game”
This is awkward.
Personally, I’m not crazy about this kind of violent, boastful lyric. But at least my suggestions are serious and easy to understand.
Now let’s look at the pre-chorus:
“Turn up, enter into my game”
This is awkward.
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When “enter” is used for literal movement, I don’t think we ever use “into.”
So we can “enter into an agreement” (where “enter” doesn’t refer to physical movement), but we don’t “enter into the house.”
My rewrite:
> Come on into my game
When “enter” is used for literal movement, I don’t think we ever use “into.”
So we can “enter into an agreement” (where “enter” doesn’t refer to physical movement), but we don’t “enter into the house.”
My rewrite:
> Come on into my game
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There’s also a non-problem in the pre-chorus. By which I mean it’s a problem in the lyrics as they are often rendered, but not as they are actually sung.
You might see a line presented like this:
“Like I doesn’t exist”
But they sing this:
There’s also a non-problem in the pre-chorus. By which I mean it’s a problem in the lyrics as they are often rendered, but not as they are actually sung.
You might see a line presented like this:
“Like I doesn’t exist”
But they sing this:
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“Like it doesn’t exist.”
So I think this is just a typo (“I” for “it”). Actually, they don’t really sing that either. They really sing, “Like it doesn’t ek.” These things happen when people sing or speak in foreign languages.
The performance MV:
“Like it doesn’t exist.”
So I think this is just a typo (“I” for “it”). Actually, they don’t really sing that either. They really sing, “Like it doesn’t ek.” These things happen when people sing or speak in foreign languages.
The performance MV:
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