Beauty And A Beat – English Lyrics

• By: Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj
• Album: Believe

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the English language through the vibrant and catchy pop anthem, "Beauty and a Beat." This song is a great tool for learners, with its repetitive chorus and clear, modern vocabulary centered around themes of fun and celebration. The inclusion of Nicki Minaj's rap verse also offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with different cadences and colloquialisms in English. What makes this song special for language learning is its straightforward, narrative-driven lyrics that paint a picture of a carefree night out, making it both an enjoyable and educational listen.

[English]

- How do you turn it on?

(piano playing)

You have no game.

(camera dropping)

(people cheering)

Lemme talk to Nicki.

(music playing)

Would you rather?

- I'm hungry

(burger slapping face)

(camera moving)

(music begins playing)

- [Nicki Minaj] Yeah!

Young money

Nicki Minaj

Justin!

♪ Show you off ♪

♪ Tonight I wanna to show you off ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ What you got ♪

♪ A billion could've never bought ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ We gonna to party like 3012 tonight ♪

♪ I wanna to you all the finer things in life ♪

♪ So just forget about the world, we young tonight ♪

♪ I'm coming for ya, I'm coming for ya ♪

♪ 'Cause all ♪

♪ I need is a beauty and a beat ♪

♪ Who can make my life complete ♪

♪ It's all ♪

♪ 'Bout you, when the music makes you move ♪

♪ Baby do it like you do ♪

♪ 'Cause ♪

(electronic music continues)

♪ Body rock ♪

♪ Girl, I can feel your body rock ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Take your bow ♪

♪ You're on the hottest ticket now ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ We gonna party like it's 3012 tonight ♪

♪ I want to show you all the finer things in life ♪

♪ So just forget about the world ♪

♪ We're young tonight ♪

♪ I'm coming for ya ♪

♪ I'm coming for ya ♪

♪ 'Cause all ♪

♪ I need is a beauty and a beat ♪

♪ Who can make my life complete ♪

♪ It's all ♪

♪ 'Bout you, when the music makes you move ♪

♪ Baby do it like you do ♪

- [Nicki Minaj] Uh!

♪ Baby in time, ink lines ♪

♪ Bitches couldn't get on my incline ♪

♪ World tours, it's mine ♪

♪ Ten little letters on a big sign ♪

♪ Justin Bieber ♪

♪ You know I'ma hit'em with the ether ♪

♪ Buns out, wiener ♪

♪ But I got to keep an eye out for Selena ♪

♪ Beauty, beauty and the beast ♪

♪ Beauty from the East ♪

♪ Beautiful confessions of the priest ♪

♪ Beast, beauty from the streets, beat will get deceased ♪

♪ Every time beauty on the beat eats ♪

♪ Body rock ♪

♪ Oh, I wanna feel your body rock ♪

♪ Let's go, let's go ♪

♪ 'Cause all ♪

♪ I need is a beauty and a beat ♪

♪ Who can make my life complete ♪

♪ It's all ♪

♪ 'Bout you, when the music make you move ♪

♪ Baby do it like you do ♪

♪ 'Cause ♪

(film rewinding)

(camera beeping)

(film fast forwarding)

- Sup! One more time sorry.

(camera beeping)

- [Justin] That was good

I don't think we need another one

(electronic music playing)

(electronic music continues)

(Justin screaming)

(water splashing)

(crowd cheering)

(camera beeping)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.
beat /biːt/ A2	noun - a regular, rhythmic sound or movement, especially a pulse or a musical rhythm. verb - to hit (someone or something) repeatedly and violently.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal.
complete /kəmˈpliːt/ B1	adjective - having all the necessary parts or elements; whole. verb - to finish making or doing something.
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
move /muːv/ A1	verb - to change position or go from one place to another. noun - an act of changing physical position or location.
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal.
rock /rɒk/ B1	verb - to move gently to and fro or from side to side. noun - a genre of popular music that originated as 'rock and roll' in the 1950s.
party /ˈpɑːti/ A2	noun - a social gathering of people for entertainment or pleasure. verb - to enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering.
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived or existed for only a short time and not yet old.
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples.
show /ʃəʊ/ A1	verb - to allow or cause to be visible. noun - a public exhibition or performance.
need /niːd/ A1	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation.
forget /fəˈɡɛt/ A2	verb - to fail to remember (something).
beast /biːst/ B1	noun - an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.
incline /ˈɪnklaɪn/ B2	noun - a slope or an angle; a tendency. In context: a challenging level or a path to success.
hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing the need for food.
game /ɡeɪm/ B1	noun - an activity that you do for pleasure and that has rules. noun - a person's ability to be successful with other people, especially in attracting sexual partners or in social situations (colloquial).
finer /ˈfaɪnər/ B1	adjective - of very high quality; more elegant or refined (comparative of 'fine').

Key Grammar Structures

• How do you **turn it on**?

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ A verb combined with a preposition or adverb (or both) to create a new meaning. Here, "**turn on**" means to activate or start something.

• A billion **could've never bought**

  ➔ Modal Verb "could have" (Past Hypothetical/Impossibility)

  ➔ "**Could've**" is a contraction of "could have", used here with "never bought" to express something that was impossible even in a hypothetical past situation.

• We **gonna to party** like 3012 tonight

  ➔ Informal Future (gonna) & Lyrical Anomaly

  ➔ "**Gonna**" is an informal contraction of "going to", typically followed by a bare infinitive verb. In this lyric, the additional "to" is likely a common lyrical transcription or informal speech variation. It expresses a future intention or plan.

• Who can **make my life complete**

  ➔ Causative Verb "make"

  ➔ The verb "**make**" is used causatively (make + object + bare infinitive) to show that someone or something causes another thing to happen or change.

• Girl, I can **feel your body rock**

  ➔ Perception Verb + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ After perception verbs like "**feel**", "see", "hear", "watch", we can use a bare infinitive (verb without "to") to describe an action that is completed.

• You're on the **hottest** ticket now

  ➔ Superlative Adjective

  ➔ "**Hottest**" is the superlative form of "hot", used to compare three or more things and describe the one that possesses the quality to the greatest degree.

• But I **got to keep an eye out** for Selena

  ➔ Informal Obligation ("got to") and Idiom

  ➔ "**Got to**" is an informal way of saying "have to" or "must," indicating an obligation. "**Keep an eye out**" is an idiom meaning to be watchful or to look for something.

• **I'm coming** for ya, I'm coming for ya

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future Action

  ➔ The "**present continuous**" tense (be + verb-ing) can be used to describe definite plans or arrangements for the future.

• 'Cause **all I need is** a beauty and a beat

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement with "All"

  ➔ When "**all**" refers to a singular concept or an uncountable noun (like 'what I need'), the verb is singular ("**is**").

• **Every time** beauty on the beat eats

  ➔ Conjunction "Every time"

  ➔ "**Every time**" functions as a conjunction, meaning "whenever" or "on every occasion that," introducing a subordinate clause.