All The Stars

• By: Kendrick Lamar, SZA
• Album: Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection or romantic attachment
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - to contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky
closer /ˈkloʊsər/ A2	adjective - near in space or time
new /njuː/ A1	adjective - recently made, invented, or developed
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being true
false /fɔːls/ B1	adjective - not true or correct
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - human beings in general or considered collectively.
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
gift /ɡɪft/ A2	noun - a thing given willingly to someone without payment
losing /ˈluːzɪŋ/ B1	verb - be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something)
winning /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ B1	verb - gaining, resulting in victory
realist /ˈriːəlɪst/ B2	noun - a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly adjective - representing things in a way that is accurate and true to life
talking /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ A1	verb - to express ideas or feelings by speaking
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.

Grammar:

• LOVE.. LETS TALK ABOUT LOVE

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "Let's talk about love" uses the imperative mood to suggest or encourage a discussion about love. "Let's" is a contraction of "let us".

• IS IT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU HOPED FOR

  ➔ Question formation with inversion

  ➔ The sentence starts with the auxiliary verb "is" to form a question. The typical word order is inverted.

• CAUSE MAYBE THE NIGHT THAT MY DREAMS MIGHT LET ME KNOW

  ➔ Modal verbs of possibility (might)

  ➔ The word "might" indicates possibility or uncertainty about the dreams revealing something. The clause "that my dreams might let me know" is a noun clause acting as the object of the preceding prepositional phrase.

• TELL ME WHAT YOU GON' DO TO ME

  ➔ Future intention with "gonna"

  ➔ "Gon'" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," expressing a future intention or prediction. The structure is "be going to + verb".

• CONFRONTATION AINT NOTHING NEW TO ME

  ➔ Double negative (non-standard)

  ➔ "Aint nothing" is a double negative. In standard English it should be "isn't anything" or "is nothing".

• CORRUPTED MANS HEART WITH A GIFT

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The sentence is missing the verb. It would be grammatically correct if it said, for example, "You corrupted [a] man's heart with a gift."

• I HATE PEOPLE THAT FEEL ENTITLED

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ The phrase "that feel entitled" is a relative clause modifying "people." The relative pronoun "who" could also be used instead of "that".

• I JUST CRIED FOR NO REASON I JUST PRAY FOR NO REASON

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The repetition of "I just" and "for no reason" emphasizes the spontaneity and lack of explanation for the actions.

• BETTER LIVE YOUR LIFE

  ➔ Ellipsis

  ➔ The sentence is an example of ellipsis, omitting the subject and auxiliary verb. The full form would be "You had better live your life."