– English Lyrics

• By: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski, James Corden, Rachel Bloom, Kelly Clarkson, Kenan Thompson, Anderson .Paak, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, Eric André

Lyrics & Translation

The *Trolls* movie version of 'True Colors' is a beautiful, accessible pop ballad that's perfect for language learners. You can study how the singers use simple, direct English to express profound emotional support and encouragement. The clear, gentle vocals by Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake make the themes of love and self-acceptance easy to understand, offering an excellent opportunity to learn supportive and heartfelt English phrases.

[English]

The time has come. It's okay, son. I

remember being nervous my first time.

Okay, that's my boy.

It is my sacred duty to initiate you in

the ways of true

happiness. I have chosen an extra

special troll just for you.

the happiest, most positive, sweetest

troll of all. And because every prince

deserves a princess, I give you the one

they call Princess Poppy.

Please make me happy, Princess Poppy.

What are you feeling?

[Music]

That one's rotten.

It's fake. Fake. Fake.

They're gone. Where are they? Don't

worry, sire. We'll find them.

I think I hear something.

Go, go, go.

We got Poppy. Capt. Here comes Poppy.

Here she is.

There's my princess.

King Pepe. Some of the others can't keep

up. No troll left behind.

Thank you, King Peppy. Thank you, King

Py. Thank you. Thank you, King Peppy.

No.

[Music]

Daddy, where are they? Don't just stand

there. Make my son happy. He will be

happy.

[Music]

I don't think King Pepe made it

when When I say no troll left

behind, I mean no troll left behind.

King Pepe, where's Princess Poppy? Don't

worry, she's safe. No, it's all up

behind.

But we'll be a lot safer the further we

get from Bergen Town. Go, go, hurry.

Okay, people. Here we go.

You got to let it

[Music]

show. I'm coming.

All right.

I'm coming.

[Music]

I'm coming. I'm coming out like the sun

after rain. Ready to show. No time to be

a plane. Feeling good. Going to get get

what I what I want. Going to show error

about how I look at me now. My

confidence is soaring. Dudes be

impressed with the points. I'm soing

like that boy. And it just don't quit. I

can't drop a show when I'm shaking my

head. I'm saying she's coming out. She's

coming. It's time to take a stand and

show the world that I

[Music]

No, no, no, no, no. It's all wrong. I am

the king who is bringing back Trollstas.

I need a bib to match. Yes, I look like

a child in this one. Oh, S. I need

something elegant, sophisticated. You

know, a man's bib. Oh, he's so

beautiful. And so are you. Oh, he'll

know that I'm just a scalery maid. No,

no, no, no. I got to get out of here.

I'll be right here for you, Bridget. We

all will. You'll tell me what to say,

right? Of course I will. Of course I

will. Just wait until we get inside. Oh,

Sia. I believe I have the perfect bib.

It better be. Trolls. This is tomorrow

night. I mean, I I look good, but I have

to look great, right?

It's got a wing dingle on it. Oh, your

majesty. Look at you. You're such a big

big boy. I love it.

I think you look fat. What?

PH fat. Then strike that pose. PH fat.

Hot lunch. Total honesty from a total

babe.

And who might you be? Uh, your name is

um um Lady Lady Sparkles. Seriously? My

name is Lady Glitter Sparkles.

Seriously? Well, my Lady Glitter

Sparkles, would you care to join me for

an evening at Captain Starfunk's roller

rink and arcade? Would I? Would I? Yes,

you'd be delighted. Yes, you'd be

delighted. Oh, indeed I would. When are

you going to ask him about Greek? Well,

we have to warm him up first. Don't you

know anything about romance? Of course.

I'm passionate about it. Really? Don't

you know anything about sarcasm? I think

I had a sarcasm once. And I'll take one

of everything, Bibli. Things are going

to get messy.

Enjoy your pizza. Here's your tokens.

Ooh, so

fancy. Good thing I brought my appetite.

[Music]

You are fantastic.

Oh, Bridget, compliment him back. I like

your back. No, I meant to say something

nice about him. But I do like his back.

Huh? Can I really be happy? I want to be

happy. Sign me up. But what about me?

What about me? Do you really think I can

be happy? Of course. It's inside you.

It's inside of all of us. And I don't

think it.

I feel it.

I got this feeling inside my bones. It

goes wavy when I

soul. Just open up your heart. Let music

take control. I got that sunshine in my

pocket. Got that good soul in my feet. I

feel that hot blood in my body when it

drops. Ooh, I can't take my eyes off it.

Moving so phenomenally. The room

unlocked the way we rock it. So don't

stop under the lights when everything

goes. Nowhere to hide when I'm getting

you

close. When we move, well, you already

know. Don't let it work.

[Music]

Imagance

dance on you just

dance all the things I should do but you

dance

[Music]

dance dance

[Music]

the

feeling. So just

[Music]

[Applause]

dance my eyes. Let's do it.

I can't

stop. I can't

stop but you

dance up on you. So just

dance I shouldn't do but you

dance. Ain't nobody leave this room. So

keep dancing.

[Music]

[Applause]

in my mind. I can't feel the feeling in

my mind. I got the

[Music]

feeling in my body.

our new queen.

My friends, I

know dance.

[Music]

I know it's not officially hug time yet,

but now that I am queen, I decree that

hug time is all the time.

[Music]

Up high.

[Music]

Woke up in the

morning. I do everything right. Now that

I'm queen, I've got a kingom to run. Cuz

trolls, they want to have

fun. Yeah, just want to have

fun. They just want to run. They

just want to have fun. Lived underground

to get away from the world till I had my

life changed by a beautiful girl. Just

need the guts to tell her that she's the

one. But you know, trolls, they want to

have

fun. Oh, trolls just want to have that's

all they really want.

[Music]

When the working day is done, oh troll,

they want to

have. Oh, just want to have

All right, Queen Poppy. I've prepared an

agenda for the day. Oh, I hope it says

singing, dancing, and hugging. Ow ow.

Uh, isn't that what we do every day?

Yeah. Good times. Good times. We have a

good time. These are the good times.

Leave your cares behind.

[Music]

These are the good

times. Leave your cares behind.

Puppy, come quick. It's an emergency.

Guy Diamond. What's wrong? I'm having a

baby.

Wear on jumpsuit. Die. I get to be a

role model. I don't want to be a big

sister.

What should I name him? How about Tiny

Diamond? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Tiny Diamond

is my name. Straight from my daddy's

name. My whole body's made of glitter

and I'll throw it in your face. I love

when I make music and the groove is in

my bones. Just like my aunt queen.

Someday I sit on the throne. Groove in

the

heart. Groove in the

[Music]

heart. Yeah.

Yeah. They

just They just They

just They just They

just They just They

just want to have

Let me tell you how it really went down.

We started off a team party till we fall

asleep. Even on the street when we

disagree, we did it on beat. Unique.

Anything less if it's weak. The music of

the strings made life complete. So that

one day they changed everything. The pop

trolls started snatching up all of the

strings. Put the melodies on top of

popular beats. They cut us out of the

scene and then forgot what it really

means. Not even publishing this scene

between all of the scheme. And it seems

like the trolls they stole from were

meaningless. Walking around like they

were the geniuses, but it's only

samples. Auto tune and remixes. I'm a

vegan. I don't have no beef with them.

Got to protect my kingdom, but the dream

is to sing again. Be seamless blend.

Harmony ain't hard when the keys within

you.

You can have it. You can you can get it

how you want to it turn it up. Turn it

up. I turn the music up. Get the crowd.

I get the crowd up. Come on. I think you

took it all. Took it all up. Come on.

Forgot all

about all. I feel you. Sounds good in my

head when I hear it like that. I feel

you. I say good to the right. I feel

you. A little love wouldn't kill you.

You really did me wrong. It was real.

Had a lot of love and I still do cuz I

feel you. Next morning the elders were

on it. They saw the warning signs.

Couldn't ignore it. Had to figure out

how to save the way of life they had

made. So they made a play. The pop

trolls were coming for it all. All for

one and one for all. So the only way we

saw how we saw it, there was one thing

left to be done. Each leader grabbed a

single string and said, "Run.

And the trolls never lived in harmony

again.

So the trolls live in isolation because

of what Pop did?

Pop tried to destroy our music, just

like Barb is trying to do. I can make it

right. History is just going to keep

repeating itself until we make everyone

realize that we're all the same. But

we're not all the same. It's why all our

strings are different. because they

reflect our different music.

Denying our differences is denying the

truth of who we are.

I hadn't thought of it like that. See

you over here. There he is. And you see

me.

I see you. Let's get one 2 3.

[Music]

Hey, Kai baby. Your name Poppy? No. Who

are you guys? We are the K-pop gang and

you're going to take us to Queen Poppy.

What?

Not so fast, Tracy. We are taking him.

It's pronounced Tjo. If you want

him, you're going to have to dance for

him. I can't live in a world without

Regaton. And we can't live in a world

without K-pop.

[Music]

Crazy.

[Music]

Wow. Respect. Respect.

Why don't we play him? Huh? Good idea.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait. Why does Barb get to decide which

music gets to be saved? All music should

be saved.

All right. Okay, I'm listening. Paw

Patrol. Too late. Branch, wait.

[Music]

[Applause]

Where?

No.

[Music]

Rock on.

Oh, sick. Totally works. Who's ready to

get ripping tattoos everywhere but our

faces in case we still need office job?

You're turning everyone into rock

zombies. Yep. I can't wait to party with

you, Poppy.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

Rock and roll,

[Music]

dude. Not so fast. Pop Squeak. Hey, boy

toy. It's mullet time.

[Music]

Who wants to

party without smiling?

Finish them off.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

What are you doing? You're supposed to

be a rock zombie.

Gumdrops. Soundproof and delicious.

She learned that from watching me. Give

me that. I'm not going to let you do

this to anyone else. A world where

everyone looks the same and sounds the

same. That's not harmony. Ladies and

gentlemen, here they are. The

[Music]

heart, the fun

boy, the sensitive

one, the

leader, and the baby.

Give it up for

Ros. Let's do this. No more

[Music]

[Applause]

talking. Did anybody

notice the energy just shifted when we

dropped

it? Drop it.

I don't flex but I might groove about

the tape cuz the night is young and the

music's on and we got love on

sight with the limit now the

living

perfect it's working. Come on

[Music]

guys. What are they doing? This isn't my

coro.

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

Ladies and gentlemen, please stand by.

Uh, we're

experiencing some stuff. Hey, at least

we didn't fall.

We

fell. Follow that vehicle. On it, puppy.

[Music]

What's up,

Outrageous? You didn't think we were

just going to give you a boring old

stage show, did you? That's what we

explicitly bought tickets for. We're

taking this show on the road,

man. I'm trying to get through, but they

got no respect for the blinker.

[Music]

Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I

to disagree? I travel the world in the

seven

seas.

Everybody looking for something.

Oh, this is too much. I only have my

learner's permit. Tiny, give me the

thing. What thing? You know the thing

thing? Come on, Tiny. Don't do me like

that. Yeah, I knew what you was talking

about.

Oh. Oh, that's good. There they are.

Hold her steady, Tiny.

Branch, hang tight, Floyd. We'll get you

guys out of here. Moving on. Hold your

head up. Moving on. Keep your head up.

Uh guys, what does end of the road

[Music]

mean? I'm going to live

forever. I'm going to learn how to fly.

I feel it coming

together. People will see me and cry. Oh

no. What do we do? Let's hustle.

Hey, it's Hustleman. Can you please drop

us off at that boat down there? I'm

hustling.

Not literally.

Bridget Gristle, perfect timing. We

would have been here sooner, but we had

to make a pickup first.

Eva, you showed up. Yeah, I know, right?

I'm kind of freaking out a little bit.

You've got a really brave sister.

Actually, I've got two really brave

sisters.

Poppy, I'm really sorry about before.

It's okay. Our story is complicated. Who

cares if it's not perfect? As long as

we're together.

I should have come with you. I was just

Did you just braid my hair? Yeah, I

learned from the best. Oh my gosh, it is

so fantasting. Oh no. Hold on your

cupcake.

Hang on. Tight, Chrissy. Did you do it?

[Music]

Come and

sisters and you got to work. Got to

work.

[Applause]

Viva la Viva baby. Are you guys all

right? Yes, but we're not done yet.

Let's grow.

I'm going to live forever.

[Applause]

[Applause]

[Music]

Come on. It's some kind of

love. It's some kind of

fire. I'm already

up. But you lift me

higher. You know I'm not wrong. You know

I'm not lying.

We do it

better. We do it

better.

Yeah. And I don't mind if the world

spins faster. The music's louder, the

waves get stronger. I don't mind if the

world spins faster, faster, faster. Just

let me take you to a better place.

I'm going to

make you let me show the way. Okay. I'm

so excited to see you excited. I take

you to a place

you bury me on the way. We're tired

of I'm so excited. So excited. Feel

excited.

Yeah. I don't

mind

get I don't mind

[Music]

if just let me take you to a better

place.

[Music]

[Music]

Floyd, come on, man. Wake up. Wake up,

Floyd. We need you, brother.

Oh, no.

I built the hideout, Floyd.

Except the 10-story water

slide. But how will we shower?

Floyd. Floyd.

No way. Yeah.

[Music]

Listen up, my rags. We

are frauds.

And we've been literally torturing

little trolls.

We just wanted to be famous. Honestly,

my sister wanted to be famous. And

truly, I was too afraid to stand up to

her.

It's like I don't even know who you are.

Yeah, you do. And you asked me to change

anyway, which isn't okay. Family or not.

[Music]

Crim, what are you doing?

I was just saying that I had a change of

heart. You also engaged in trollnapping,

troll torture,

fraud, and tax evasion. I'm going to

have to repossess your yacht. Fair

enough. Prison it is. Wow, this is

liberating.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
initiate ɪˈnɪʃieɪt B2	verb - to introduce someone to a new activity or group
sacred ˈseɪkrɪd B1	adjective - regarded with great respect and reverence
positive ˈpɒzɪtɪv A2	adjective - optimistic and confident
princess ˈprɪnsəs A1	noun - a female member of a royal family
rotten ˈrɒtən A2	adjective - decayed or decomposed
fake feɪk A1	adjective - not genuine or real
captivate ˈkæptɪveɪt B2	verb - to attract and hold the attention of someone
phenomenal fɪˈnɒmɪnəl B2	adjective - extraordinary or exceptional
groove ɡruːv B1	noun - a long, narrow cut or furrow verb - to enjoy oneself, especially by dancing
harmony ˈhɑːməni B1	noun - a pleasing arrangement of parts
reggaeton ˌreɡeɪˈtɒn B2	noun - a genre of music blending reggae and hip-hop
tattoo tæˈtuː A2	noun - a permanent mark or design made on the skin
liberating ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ B2	adjective - freeing from restrictions or limitations

Key Grammar Structures

• I got that sunshine in my pocket. Got that good soul in my feet.

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses "have got" in the present perfect to describe a current state resulting from past actions.

• I can't take my eyes off it. Moving so phenomenally.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now.

• When we move, well, you already know.

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple to state a general truth or fact.

• I'm going to live forever. I'm going to learn how to fly.

  ➔ Future with 'be going to'

  ➔ The sentences use 'be going to' to express future plans or intentions.

• We do it better. We do it better.

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverb

  ➔ The sentences use the present simple with the adverb 'better' to emphasize a repeated action.

• I don't mind if the world spins faster, faster, faster.

  ➔ Conditional Clause

  ➔ The sentence uses a conditional clause with 'if' to express a hypothetical situation.

• Just let me take you to a better place.

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The sentence uses the imperative mood to give a direct command or request.

• I should have come with you. I was just...

  ➔ Past Modal (Should Have)

  ➔ The sentence uses 'should have' to express regret about a past action that did not occur.