Bad For You – English Lyrics

• By: Wizkid, Jazmine Sullivan

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive blend of cultures in Wizkid's "Bad For You" featuring Jazmine Sullivan, a track that beautifully marries Nigerian Afrobeats with American R&B. This song offers a unique opportunity to learn the nuances of English and Nigerian Pidgin through its smooth and evocative lyrics. What makes this song special is its honest exploration of a complex, 'bad for you' love, making it a relatable and engaging way to connect with the languages and the universal theme of passionate, risky romance.

[English]

I just can't imagine if-, 'magine if it wasn't you

Love it when you're grabbing it, grab it like it's made for you

Feelings, they've been catching me, yeah-yeah, see, it's what you want

I know that you're bad for me, I'll be bad for you too, ooh

This, this kind of music take you on a trip

This kind of music make you want to whine up your hips

This kind of music make you, make you, make you feel alright now

What's your play? Got you pulling panties to the side now

Let your body talk, give it dialogue

Going back and forth for the rest of the night

Hol' on, now one life is priceless, yeah

So, I go, I dey live my life like it's gold

Iwọ nikan lo ma ba mi lọ

Whine am baby girl, I wan know

Ọmọ many, many things I wan know, oh

I no wan let your body feel alone

I go dey give your body all you want

Baby, no stare too long

Baby, dey by your phone, and I go call when I'm done

I just can't imagine if-, 'magine if it wasn't you

Love it when you're grabbing it, grab it like it's made for you (ooh)

Feelings, they've been catching me, yeah-yeah, see, it's what you want

I know that you're bad for me (bad for me), I'll be bad for you too, ooh-ooh

Oh, my darling, you the best

No dey make this statement under duress

Things you dey do, no one compete the best

Oh, my girl bad, she be ten nothing less, mm

Girl, you dey do things to make me charge up

Make I feel your backa, baby, make you put the Benz on

Baby, don dey make me feel alive, I no dey lie

We dey do things, ọmọ, 'til sunrise

The way you're turning me on, it's going off tonight (off tonight)

Last call, we pour it up tonight (up tonight)

I call, we acting up tonight (up tonight)

Support, I need your body on mine

'Cause nothing's a taboo with me, you can be free

Teach me, baby, freak me

Give it all to me, you receive me

I just can't imagine if-, 'magine if it wasn't you

Love it when you're grabbing it, grab it like it's made for you (ooh)

Feelings, they've been catching me, yeah-yeah, see, it's what you want

I know that you're bad for me (bad for me), I'll be bad for you too, ooh-ooh

Oh baby, just dance

Oh, baby

Oh baby, just dance

Oh baby, just dance to me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
grab /ɡræb/ A2	verb - to take or hold something firmly and suddenly
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or physical sensation
catch /kætʃ/ A2	verb - to grasp or capture something
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - of poor quality or a negative nature
whine /waɪn/ B1	verb - to move the body in a rhythmic, sensual way
priceless /ˈpraɪslɪs/ B2	adjective - so valuable that it cannot be measured in money
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living; not dead
charge /tʃɑːrdʒ/ B1	verb - to excite or energize
taboo /təˈbuː/ B2	noun - a social or religious custom prohibiting certain practices
freak /friːk/ B1	verb - to behave wildly or irrationally
dialogue /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ B1	noun - a conversation between two or more people
trip /trɪp/ A2	noun - a journey or experience
pour /pɔːr/ A1	verb - to flow or cause to flow in a stream
support /səˈpɔːrt/ A2	verb - to assist or help
receive /rɪˈsiːv/ A2	verb - to accept or get something