Baby, I'm For Real

• By: The Originals
• Album: Superstar Series - Celebrating Motown's Twentieth Anniversary

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human being
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
stay /steɪ/ A1	verb - to remain in the same place
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of sight
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to drop down noun - the season after summer
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the actual state of a matter
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to remain alive adjective - not recorded; in person
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of liquid from the eyes
wondering /ˈwʌndərɪŋ/ B1	adjective - feeling or expressing wonder; curious. verb - to be curious about; to feel doubt.
confessing /kənˈfesɪŋ/ B2	verb - admitting or stating openly
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - go away from.

Grammar:

• You don't understand how much I love you, baby

  ➔ Noun clause as object of a verb (indirect question)

  ➔ The phrase "how much I love you" acts as the object of the verb "understand". It's similar to an indirect question; we are reporting *how much* the speaker loves the baby.

• And how much I wanna be your only man

  ➔ Informal contraction "wanna" (want to).

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial shortening of "want to". It's common in informal speech and song lyrics. It demonstrates the speaker's casual and emotional tone.

• Stay a little while longer, baby

  ➔ Imperative sentence with adverb of time.

  ➔ "Stay" is the imperative verb (the command). "A little while longer" is an adverbial phrase modifying the verb, indicating duration. The speaker is imploring the baby to stay for a longer period.

• You are wondering if I'm for real

  ➔ Indirect question (using "if") as object of the verb "wondering".

  ➔ The clause "if I'm for real" is the object of the verb "are wondering." The "if" introduces a yes/no indirect question.

• But if you cry, I wonder why you cry

  ➔ Conditional clause (if you cry) followed by a main clause with embedded indirect question (why you cry).

  ➔ This sentence combines a conditional ("if you cry") with an indirect question. The speaker is saying, "If you are crying, then I am wondering the reason *why* you are crying."

• But if you wanna know the truth about it

  ➔ Conditional clause using the informal contraction 'wanna'.

  ➔ This is a conditional statement. The 'if' clause sets up a condition ('if you want to know the truth'). The use of 'wanna' continues the informal tone.

• Girl, I just couldn't live without you

  ➔ Use of "couldn't" to express strong negative ability or hypothetical impossibility.

  ➔ The speaker uses "couldn't" to emphasize how dependent they are on the other person. It's not just that they *don't want* to live without them, but that they *cannot*.

• So that I can live my whole life with you

  ➔ Subordinate clause of purpose, using "so that" to express intention.

  ➔ "So that" introduces a clause explaining the reason or purpose for the action in the main clause. The speaker is confessing their love *in order to* live their whole life with the person.