♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Ginger-u soda munnalae	Don't pour water in front of ginger soda,
Water-ah oothaadha	Don't point your finger in front of an underworld gang.
Under-u gang munnalae	Don't talk like this or like that,
Finger-ah neettaadha	Don't talk anywhere without thinking.
Andhamaari indhamaari	Don't assume your opponent is harmless,
Engeyum nee pesadha	Don't think they're just sitting quiet.
Opponent-u summanu thaan	Don't come near a singer and flex your musical notes,
Neeyum nenaikadha	Don't show off a small speaker in front of a thunderous gate.
Male
Hey singer-u kitta vandhu	The step you took forward,
Nee sangadhi vekkaadha	Do not pull it back.
Thunder-u gate-u munnalae	When you take a path and run,
Speaker-ah kaattaadha	Don't waste time on idle talk.
Munna vacha kaala neeyum	Whether it is wrong or right,
Pinna edukkaadha	Once we decide to do it,
Route eduthu odurappo	We will do it with weight and total class,
Pecha kudukkaadha	We'll get it done, who do you think you're messing with?
Male
Wrong-ah right-ah	Always a boss, always a billa,
Seiradhu vitta	Completely raw and unfiltered green,
Adha weight-ah quite-ah	This entire area is our district,
Senjiduvom yaaru kitta	Collect taxes right into the cash box,
Male
Yeppavum billa billa thaan	Whoever catches our eye,
Athari pacha	Will get completely trapped under our cap.
Area namma jilla thaan	If you see a person with no desires,
Kattanam kalla kalla thaan	This world will call them a useless fellow.
Kannula patta	There is no person here who doesn't put on an act/disguise,
Maattanum full-ah gulla thaan
Chorus
…………….	Ask why, and you'll know,
Male
Aasai illaadha aala paarthalae	Money alone is God here.
Waste-u fellow-nu sollum bhoomi	Who is the best, who is number one?
Vesham podaatha aalu ingilla	He alone is the king here.
Yennu kelu neeyum	You can become one too,
Money thaan saamy	I can become a king too, my friend,
Male
Yaaru best-u yaaru first-u	If you step forward with sheer courage.
Avan thaan ingae king-u	Always a boss, always a billa,
Neeyum aagalam	Completely raw and unfiltered green,
Naanum aagalam raja	This entire area is our district,
Dhill oda nee munna vandha	Collect taxes right into the cash box,
Male
Yeppavum billa billa thaan	Whoever catches our eye,
Athari pacha	Will get completely trapped under our cap.
Area namma jilla thaan	Don't come near a singer and flex your musical notes,
Kattanam kalla kalla thaan	Don't show off a small speaker in front of a thunderous gate.
Kannula patta	The step you took forward,
Maattanum full-ah gulla thaan
Chorus
…………………….	Do not pull it back.
Male
Hey singer-u kitta vandhu	When you take a path and run,
Nee sangadhi vekkaadha	Don't waste time on idle talk.
Thunder-u gate-u munnalae	Whether it is wrong or right,
Speaker-ah kaattaadha	Once we decide to do it,
Munna vacha kaala neeyum	We will do it with weight and total class,
Pinna edukkaadha	We'll get it done, who do you think you're messing with?
Route eduthu odurappo	Always a boss, always a billa,
Pecha kudukkaadha	Completely raw and unfiltered green,
Male
Wrong-ah right-ah	This entire area is our district,
Seiradhu vitta	Collect taxes right into the cash box,
Adha weight-ah quite-ah	Whoever catches our eye,
Senjiduvom yaaru kitta	Will get completely trapped under our cap.
Male
Yeppavum billa billa thaan	Don't come near a singer and flex your musical notes,
Athari pacha	Don't show off a small speaker in front of a thunderous gate.
Area namma jilla thaan	The step you took forward,
Kattanam kalla kalla thaan	Do not pull it back.
Kannula patta	When you take a path and run,
Maattanum full-ah gulla thaan
Chorus
…………….	Don't waste time on idle talk.

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