Young Posse return with Growing Pain pt.1: FREE, and the title track “Freestyle” brings back their cheeky, self-assured old-school hip-hop vibe. Today’s line is a straight declaration of independence:

“내 맘대로 할 건데

절대로 척은 못해

기분 내키는 대로”

“I’ll do it my way,

I can’t ever pretend,

just how I feel like.”

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📝 Key Grammar & Vocabulary

1️⃣ 내 맘대로 할 건데 – I’ll do it my way

• 내 – my
• 맘대로 – as I please / the way I want (맘 = 마음)
• 하다 – to do
• -ㄹ 건데 – future intention + background nuance (“I’m going to…, and…”)

→ A casual but firm way to announce your plans, often implying “so don’t stop me.”

2️⃣ 절대로 척은 못해 – I can’t ever pretend

• 절대로 – absolutely (not), never
• 척 – pretense, act (“…하는 척” = to pretend to do…)
• -은 못하다 – can’t do X

→ Literally: “I can’t do the act.” Here, 척 is used as a noun meaning the act of pretending.

3️⃣ 기분 내키는 대로 – as my mood leads me

• 기분 – feeling, mood
• 내키다 – to feel inclined, to want to do something
• -는 대로 – as / in the way that / according to

→ An idiomatic way to say “however I feel like.”

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💡 Language Tip

• -대로 is a versatile grammar point meaning “according to / in the way of.” You’ll see it in phrases like 마음대로 (as you wish), 말한 대로 (as you said), or 계획대로 (as planned).
• Using 절대로 with a negative verb form emphasizes the impossibility—stronger than just “안.”

Which of these expressions do you think is the most useful in everyday Korean?

💬 Comment with 맘대로, 척, or 대로 and try making your own sentence!

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