Boys Lie – English Lyrics

• By: Natalie La Rose

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Natalie La Rose's "Boys Lie" and explore themes of female empowerment and recognizing dishonesty. This track, blending pop and R&B influences, provides a fun way to improve your English while grooving to its catchy beat and relatable message.

[English]

(Natalie La Rose)

Boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie, all lie

Boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie

Can't wear my heart on my sleeve

You all be playing with heat

Don't fuck up and blame it on me

Get away from me, I don't need that

Call you on your bullshit

Call you on your bullshit, boy, just stay down, stay down

I'll be good without your love, aye

Hold on

Boy, you know I ain't the one (boy, you know I ain't the one)

And oh, no

You ain't gon' fool me

Don't you know that boys lie, seen it with my own eyes

Creeping on their downtime, that's what they do

Thinking that they too fly, riding on their own high

I just need a man, don't you know that boys just won't do (yeah)

You know that boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie, all lie

Boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie, all lie

Ladie-dadie, you like to party

Go cause trouble, don't bother nobody (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Night after night, you gon' looking for honey

Then call me up in the morning

If you really down for love (for love)

Are you ready to give all this up, then pull up?

Ain't it funny?

A boy like you would call himself Lucky, aye

Hold on

Boy, you know I ain't the one (boy, you know I ain't the one)

And oh, no

You ain't gon' fool me

Don't you know that boys lie, seen it with my own eyes

Creeping on their downtime, that's what they do (they do)

Thinking that they too fly, riding on their own high

I just need a man, don't you know that boys just won't do (yeah, yeah)

You know that boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie, all lie

Boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie, all lie

You know that boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie, all lie

Boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie

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Key Grammar Structures

• Boys will be boys, yeah, we love 'em, but they all lie.

  ➔ Simple present + modal verb "will" for habitual/general truth

  ➔ The word "will" shows a habitual state: "Boys **will be** boys".

• Can't wear my heart on my sleeve.

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" + bare infinitive (negative ability)

  ➔ The contraction "**can't**" expresses inability: "**Can't** wear my heart on my sleeve".

• Don't fuck up and blame it on me.

  ➔ Imperative negative with "don't" + base verb (command)

  ➔ The word "**don't**" turns the sentence into a prohibition: "**Don't** fuck up...".

• I'll be good without your love, aye.

  ➔ Future simple with contraction "I'll" (will + I) + preposition "without"

  ➔ "**I'll**" is the contracted form of "I will", showing a future intention.

• Boy, you know I ain't the one.

  ➔ Present simple with colloquial negative "ain't" (non‑standard form of "am not")

  ➔ The word "**ain't**" replaces "am not" in informal speech: "I **ain't** the one".

• Don't you know that boys lie, seen it with my own eyes.

  ➔ Rhetorical question with "don't you know" + noun clause; reduced past participle clause "seen it..."

  ➔ The phrase "**don't you know**" introduces a rhetorical question, and "**seen**" is a past participle used without an auxiliary verb.

• Thinking that they too fly, riding on their own high.

  ➔ Present participle clauses functioning as adverbial modifiers; gerund "thinking" and present participle "riding"

  ➔ "**Thinking**" and "**riding**" are present participles that describe concurrent actions.

• Are you ready to give all this up, then pull up?

  ➔ Yes‑no question with "Are you ready to + infinitive"; infinitive "to give" and bare infinitive "pull" after a comma

  ➔ "**Are you ready to**" introduces a question about preparedness, followed by the infinitive "**to give**" and the bare infinitive "**pull**".