Don't Let Them – English Lyrics

• By: Ashanti

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(Music begins)

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away ♪

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Some say that I am a fool to love ya (to love ya, yes), ♪

♪ and some say that I am too dumb ♪

♪ to know whats right for me (to know whats right for me). ♪

♪ But only I can live my life, ♪

♪ and only I can feel my heart ache. ♪

♪ I never claimed to know everything, ♪

♪ but I know when your love's away, ♪

♪ I cant sleep and I cant eat, ♪

♪ and I cant live and I cant breathe, ♪

♪ so don't make a fool of me. ♪

♪ Just love me (yeah). ♪

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away ♪

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Now they say that me loving you will hurt me ♪

♪ Will hurt me, yes. ♪

♪ And they say it's a matter of time, ♪

♪ before you break my heart (before you break my heart). ♪

♪ But even when we're far apart, ♪

♪ I always feel that you are with me, ♪

♪ I hope and pray almost everyday, ♪

♪ that our love never goes away, cause I, ♪

♪ cant see where I would be, ♪

♪ without your love all over me, ♪

♪ So don't make a fool of me, ♪

♪ just love me (yeah). ♪

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Baby your all (baby your all) ♪

♪ All that I need (all that I need) ♪

♪ need in my life (need in my life) ♪

♪ right here with me, (right here with me). ♪

♪ Baby your all (baby your all) ♪

♪ All that I need (all that I need) ♪

♪ Need in my life (need in my life) ♪

♪ Right here with me (yeah yeah yeah). ♪

♪ Say that you want me (say that yeah, you want me babe) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me ♪

♪ you'll never leave me babe, ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me ♪

♪ tell me that you need me babe ♪

♪ Don't let them ♪

♪ And never ever take your love away ♪

♪ Say that you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (yeah) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (yeah) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Say that you want me, you want me (yeah) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (never leave me) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (you need me) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Say that you want me (you want me) ♪

♪ Say that you'll never leave me (never leave me) ♪

♪ You gotta tell me you need me (you need me) ♪

♪ Don't let them take your love away. ♪

♪ Say that you love, then say that you need me, ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh , yeah yeah yeah ♪

(music fading)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection or emotional attachment verb - to have a deep affection for someone
need /niːd/ A1	verb - to require something essential noun - something that is essential
fool /fuːl/ A2	noun - a person who acts unwisely verb - to deceive or trick someone
away /əˈweɪ/ A1	adverb - at a distance
hurt /hɜːrt/ A1	verb - to cause physical pain or emotional distress noun - physical pain or emotional distress
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood, often symbolic of emotion
ache /eɪk/ A2	noun - a continuous dull pain verb - to feel a continuous dull pain
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to have life; to exist
breath /brɛθ/ A1	noun - the air taken into the lungs
hope /hoʊp/ A1	verb - to want something to happen noun - a desire for something to happen
pray /preɪ/ A2	verb - to speak to a deity in worship or request
apart /əˈpɑːrt/ A2	adverb - separated by a distance
matter /ˈmætər/ A2	noun - a subject or situation under consideration
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the progression of events
all /ɔːl/ A1	adjective - the whole quantity or extent
over /ˈoʊvər/ A1	preposition - above or across