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Respect by BTS

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BTS

Respect

Release date: 21st February 2020

From MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
Track 17
3:58
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About This Track

RM and Suga examine the weight of a word that has become too easy to say. 'Respect' opens with a question about staying or leaving, then settles into an interrogation of what respect actually means when it is invoked so casually. The production samples the group's own debut material, folding their history into the present moment as the beat shifts into something lighter, almost playful, which sits in productive tension with the lyrics' uncertainty. The song refuses easy answers. Suga works through the slippage between respect and mere observation, between admiration and the flaws that inevitably emerge under sustained attention. He questions whether respect can coexist with doubt, whether it requires perfection, whether it is even necessary at all. The chorus loops the word until it becomes almost abstract, stripped of meaning through repetition. By the end, both rappers admit they do not fully understand what they are asking for, and that admission feels like the most honest thing the track can offer.

"Respect" is a track by BTS, from the album MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, released 21st February 2020. The track is 3:58 long. It's filed under K-Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about BTS.

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Lyrics

Respect

Res-res-res-respect!
Should I go or should I?
Should I, should I go or should I stay?
And I feel the world's waiting

Put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air
Just like you don't care
Just like you don't care

Ayo, SUGA (왜?), 요즘 날 떠다니는 단어
"Respect", 근데 요샌 뜻이 좀 헷갈려
그걸 한대, 누굴 자꾸 뭐만 하면? (왜?)
나도 잘은 몰라, brother 낸들 알어?

분명히 사랑보다 상위
상위 어쩜 그 중 최상위
에 존재하고 있는 개념이
존경이란 거 아냐, huh? (내 말이)

"Respect", 말 그대로 보고 자꾸 보는 거
자꾸 보다보면은 단점이 보여
But 그럼에도 자꾸 보고 싶단 건
필요하지 그 누구를 향한 완벽한 신념 (ayy, ayy)

해서 난 도무지 쉽게 말 못 해
아득하거든, 그 무게와 두께
언젠가 당당히 말할 수 있게 되기를
진심을 다해서, 내게도, 네게도, huh

부디, 존경을 쉽게 말하지 마, yeah
아직 나도 잘 모르겠으니까, yeah
나도 가끔 내가 무서우니까
약한 내가 간파당하면 어쩌지

(Respect) 쉽게들 말하네
(Respect) 뭔지 모르는데
(Respect) 다시 들여다보길
(Respect) one time
(Respect) two times

(Respect) 쉽겐 말 안 할래
(Respect) 아직 잘 몰라도
(Respect) 언젠가 말할게
(Respect) one time
(Respect) oh, yeah

Respect 이 뭔데? (몰라요)
몰라서 묻는 거야 임마 (그래)
Respect 이 뭐길래? (뭐길래)
다들 respect 을 말하는지?

솔직히 이해가 안 되네
누구를 존경한다는 게
그렇게 쉬운 거였니? (맞아)
아직도 이해가 안 되네

솔까 존경은 필요 없지 (맞아요)
존중조차도 없는데 (인정)
뒤에선 호박씨 까는 거 (호박씨)
너 빼곤 다 아는데 글쎄

나는 솔직히 너도 respect
너도 나를 respect
할 거라는 생각은 1도 없으니 스킵해
Respect, 나는 너를 respect
웃으면서 욕하는 저 친구에게 박수

(Respect, respect)
너의 삶에 모든 영광과 번영이 깃들길
(Respect, respect)
너의 앞길엔 영원한 축복이 함께하길

(Respect, respect)
돈 명예 전진, 전진
(Respect, respect)
그래, 널 존경해, yeah

(Respect) 쉽게들 말하네
(Respect) 뭔지 모르는데
(Respect) 다시 들여다보길
(Respect) one time
(Respect) two times

(Respect) 쉽겐 말 안 할래
(Respect) 아직 잘 몰라도
(Respect) 언젠가 말할게
(Respect) one time
(Respect) oh, yeah

언젠가 말할께 (respect)
다 지쳐 버렸어 (respect)

Respect
마 니가 리스펙을 아나?
모르겠습니다, 행님
나도 모르겠다
와, 이리 어렵습니까 리스펙이?
존경, 뭐 다시 드려다 보라는 걸, 모르겠습니다

존중, 뭐?
존중, 존경
뭐? 이게 리스펙이 아니겠나, 뭐 그런 생각을 막 하게 되는데?
영어는 어렵습니다
그러니까

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From MAP OF THE SOUL : 7

3:582020
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MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
BTS
21st February 2020
Track number
17
Release year
2020
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