Brother Louie Mix '98 – English Lyrics

• By: Modern Talking, Eric Singleton

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Check it out, check it out, here we go, let me say it

Tax on wax make the DJ's wanna play it

To the front to the front, to the back to the back

To the hip to the hop, from the rhyme to the rap

Every single line on time you admire

Stays in your brain like earth within a fire

Here I am all the time, girl, you know me

I must admit, I'm the real brother Louie

You're no good, can't you see?

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

I'm in love, set you free

Oh, she's only looking to me

Only love breaks her heart

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Only love's paradise

Oh, she's only looking to me

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, she's only looking to me

Oh, let it, Louie

She is undercover

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, doing what he's doing

So leave it, Louie

'Cause I'm a lover

...

Let me kiss your lips, I'm intrigued by the taste

The way you dance, the way you move your waist

We meet face to face in a crowded place

Let me take you home, let's cut the chase

To every man that's two-size, what do you choose?

If you choose my love, that means you never lose

Never have the chance to be there for you

Listen to the words of brother Lou

You're no good, can't you see?

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

I'm in love, set you free

Oh, she's only looking to me

Only love breaks her heart

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Only love's paradise

Oh, she's only looking to me

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, she's only looking to me

Oh, let it, Louie

She is undercover

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, doing what he's doing

So leave it, Louie

'Cause I'm a lover

...

(Everybody in the house come on!)

You're no good, can't you see?

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie (you say it!)

I'm in love, set you free

Oh, she's only looking to me (come on!)

Only love breaks her heart

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie (you say it!)

Only love's paradise

Oh, she's only looking to me (come on!)

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, she's only looking to me

Oh, let it, Louie

She is undercover

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, doing what he's doing

So leave it, Louie

'Cause I'm a lover

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, she's only looking to me

Oh, let it, Louie

She is undercover

Brother Louie, Louie, Louie

Oh, doing what he's doing

So leave it, Louie

'Cause I'm a lover

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Tax on wax make the DJ's wanna play it

  ➔ Bare infinitive after 'make'

  ➔ The verb 'make' is a causative verb. When used in this structure, it's followed by a bare infinitive (the base form of the verb without 'to'). For example, 'make someone *do* something'. Here, 'make' causes the DJs to *play* it.

• Stays in your brain like earth within a fire

  ➔ Simile (like) with a prepositional phrase

  ➔ The sentence uses 'like' to create a simile, comparing the way something remains in your memory to the way earth is contained within fire. The phrase 'within a fire' is a prepositional phrase modifying 'earth'.

• You're no good, can't you see?

  ➔ Tag question

  ➔ This is a rhetorical question, functioning as a tag question. It's used to emphasize the speaker's opinion and doesn't expect a real answer. The structure is a statement followed by an auxiliary verb ('can') and then the subject ('you').

• Let me kiss your lips, I'm intrigued by the taste

  ➔ Imperative + Past Continuous

  ➔ The first clause is an imperative ('Let me kiss...'), a command or request. The second clause uses the past continuous ('I'm intrigued') to describe a state of being or feeling that was ongoing at the time of speaking.