Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
English
21st Century Breakdown
green day
21st Century Breakdown by green day — English lyrics with Spanish translation, line by line. Learn English through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
21st Century Breakdown by green day is a great song to learn English through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as ooh-ooh, born, nixon. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell
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A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
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The last one born, and the first one to run
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My town was blind from refinery sun
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My generation is zero
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I never made it as a working class hero
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21st century breakdown
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Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
ooh-ooh
ooh ooh
born
nacido
nixon
nixon
raised
aumentó
hell
infierno
welfare
bienestar
child
niño
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