Attention – English Lyrics

• By: Doja Cat

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it

This one doesn't bite, it doesn't get aggressive

Show you how to touch it, hold it like it's precious

It don't need your lovin', it just needs attention

(Love me) it needs and it seeks affection

(So sweet) hungry and it fiends attention

(Hungry) it needs and it seeks affection

(Baby) hungry (yeah) and it fiends (yeah)

Look at me, look at me, you lookin'?

My taste good, but I just had to redirect my cookin'

I coulda been an opener, I redirect the bookin'

I readed all the comments sayin', "D, I'm really shooketh"

"D, you need to see a therapist, is you lookin'?"

"Yes, the one I got, they really are the best"

Now I feel like I can see you bitches is depressed

I am not afraid to finally say shit with my chest

Lost a lil' weight, but I ain't never lost a tushy

Lookin' good, but now my bald head match my

Lookin' good, but now they all sayin' that I'm ugly

Boohoo, my nigga, I ain't sad you won't fuck me

I'm sad that you really thought yo' ass was above me

You're lucky 'cause I just paid your bill with a reply

I just made your money pile knee-high

I just made your stats peak, now you got a blue check

Now you can afford to go and reinstall a new wig

Now you can afford to not be lousy, go and do shit

Talk your shit about me, I can easily disprove it, it's stupid

You follow me, but you don't really care about the music

Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it

This one doesn't bite, it doesn't get aggressive

Show you how to touch it, hold it like it's precious

It don't need your lovin', it just needs attention

(Love me) it needs and it seeks affection

(So sweet) hungry and it fiends attention

(Hungry) it needs and it seeks affection

(Baby) hungry and it fiends (yeah)

Look at me, look at me, I'm naked

Vulnerability earned me a lot of bacon

I put a thong all in my ass and taught you how to shake it

I paid all my respect to those who taught me how to make it

And now I reap the benefits with no confrontation

Y'all fall into beef, but that's another conversation

I'm sorry, but we all find it really entertainin'

'Cause we all wanna see them slip and fall right on their faces

And we all wanna be the one to see the devastation

Not be in it, but ain't the bad press good?

The disrespect's real, how this Patek look?

Pull out the checkbook, now why yo' neck crook?

I never learn to "superstar" from a textbook

Talkin' 'bout, "She fallin' off, why she get booked?"

Man, I been humbled, I'm tired of all the deprecation

Just let me flex, bruh, just let me pop shit

"Why she think she Nicki M? She think she hot shit"

Huh, I never gave a F, go stir the pot, bitch

I got y'all head all in the dirt just like an ostrich

Of course you bitches comparin' Doja to who the hottest

Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it

This one doesn't bite, it doesn't get aggressive

Show you how to touch it, hold it like it's precious

It don't need your lovin', it just needs attention

(Love me) it needs and it seeks affection

(So sweet) hungry and it fiends attention

(Hungry) it needs and it seeks affection

(Baby) hungry and it fiends

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Okay, cute

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
attention /əˈtenʃən/ B1	noun - the focusing of the mind or senses on something
affection /əˈfekʃən/ B2	noun - a gentle feeling of fondness or liking
redirect /ˌriːdəˈrekt/ B2	verb - change the direction of
depressed /dɪˈpres(t)/ B2	adjective - in a state of unhappiness or despondency
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
weight /weɪt/ A2	noun - a body's relative mass or heaviness
match /mætʃ/ A2	verb - correspond or be similar
ugly /ˈʌɡli/ A2	adjective - unpleasant or repulsive in appearance
reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ A2	verb - say something in response
stats /stæts/ B1	noun - statistical data
disprove /dɪsˈpruːv/ B2	verb - prove to be false
entertaining /ˌentəˈteɪnɪŋ/ B1	adjective - causing amusement or enjoyment
devastation /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃən/ B2	noun - complete ruin or destruction
flex /fleks/ B1	verb - show off
comparin' /kəmˈpɛrɪn/ B1	verb - estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between
dirt /dɜːrt/ A1	noun - a substance, such as mud or dust, that soils something

Key Grammar Structures

• Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ The structure 'if + present simple, + imperative' is used for likely conditions. Here, 'if you like it' is the condition, and 'reach out and pet it' is the result.

• This one doesn't bite, it doesn't get aggressive

  ➔ Present simple with 'doesn't'

  ➔ The present simple with 'doesn't' is used for habitual or general truths. Here, it emphasizes that the subject never bites or gets aggressive.

• Show you how to touch it, hold it like it's precious

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'like it's precious'

  ➔ The phrase 'like it's precious' uses the subjunctive mood to express a hypothetical or imagined situation, suggesting how to treat the object.

• It don't need your lovin', it just needs attention

  ➔ Contraction with 'don't' and emphasis with 'just'

  ➔ The contraction 'don't' is informal and emphasizes negation. 'Just' is used to highlight the specific need for attention over love.

• I coulda been an opener, I redirect the bookin'

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' and slang 'coulda'

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' expresses possibility in the past. 'Coulda' is a slang contraction of 'could have,' used informally.