Get You – English Lyrics

• By: Daniel Caesar, Kali Uchis

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth, soulful R&B of Daniel Caesar's 'Get You' featuring Kali Uchis. This Grammy-nominated track offers a beautiful exploration of love, gratitude, and self-reflection through its heartfelt lyrics and serene melody. Learning English through this song will allow you to grasp expressions of deep affection and appreciation, as well as nuanced vocabulary related to personal relationships and emotional vulnerability. Its clear vocals and relatable themes make it an excellent entry point for understanding conversational English in a romantic context.

[English]

Through drought and famine, natural disasters

My baby has been around for me

Kingdoms have fallen, angels be calling

None of that could ever make me leave

Every time I look into your eyes I see it

You're all I need

Every time I get a bit inside I feel it

Ooh, who would've thought I'd get you?

Ooh, who would've thought I'd get you?

And when we're making love

Your cries they can be heard from far and wide

It's only the two of us

Everything I need's between those thighs

Every time I look into your eyes I see it

You're all I need

Every time I get a bit inside I feel it

Ooh, who would've thought I'd get you?

Oh yeah, oh yeah babe

Ooh, who would've thought I'd get you?

That I had days full of you, you

Before it winds down into

The memories, it's all just memories

If you've got someone you like

Somebody just tell somebody

If you've got someone you like

Somebody just tell somebody (build you up then I take)

Ooh, who would've thought I'd get you?

Boy you make me feel so alive

Just be my lover

Boy you'll lead me to paradise

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
drought /draʊt/ B1	noun - a long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions
famine /ˈfæmɪn/ B1	noun - extreme scarcity of food
disaster /dɪˈzæstər/ A2	noun - a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to move downward, typically rapidly and freely noun - the act of falling
angel /ˈeɪndʒəl/ A1	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak to someone on the telephone noun - a telephone conversation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears, especially as an expression of distress, sorrow, or pain noun - the act of crying
wide /waɪd/ A1	adjective - having a great distance between opposite sides
thigh /θaɪ/ A2	noun - the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living; not dead or inanimate
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B1	noun - a place or state of utmost happiness or delight
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - to construct something
lead /liːd/ A2	verb - to guide or show the way

Key Grammar Structures

• My baby has been around for me

  ➔ Present perfect

  ➔ This line uses the present perfect with 'has been around' to describe a state that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Kingdoms have fallen, angels be calling

  ➔ Present perfect

  ➔ This line uses the present perfect with 'have fallen' to describe actions completed with relevance to the present.

• None of that could ever make me leave

  ➔ Modal could

  ➔ The line uses the modal 'could' to express possibility or a conditional sense in a hypothetical or past context.

• Every time I look into your eyes I see it

  ➔ Present simple for repetition

  ➔ This line uses the present simple tense with 'look' to state a repeated action introduced by 'Every time'.

• Ooh, who would've thought I'd get you?

  ➔ Would have / would've (conditional perfect)

  ➔ The line uses 'would've' (would have) to express a speculative or conditional thought about the past; 'I'd' is short for 'I would'.

• And when we're making love

  ➔ Present continuous (be + -ing)

  ➔ This line uses the present continuous with 'we're making' to describe an ongoing action.

• Your cries they can be heard from far and wide

  ➔ Passive voice with can (modal passive)

  ➔ The line uses the passive voice in the phrase 'be heard' with the modal 'can' to express possibility of being heard.

• If you've got someone you like

  ➔ Have got for possession

  ➔ The line uses 'have got' to express possession or having someone you like.

• Somebody just tell somebody

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ This line uses the imperative mood in the verb 'tell', giving a command or request.

• Boy you'll lead me to paradise

  ➔ Future simple with will (contracted 'you'll')

  ➔ The contraction 'you'll' shows the future simple tense formed with 'will' to indicate future action.