Girl FM #1 – English Lyrics

• By: Princess Nokia

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Princess Nokia's *GIRLS* album starting with the audacious 'Girl FM #1' intro. This track immediately throws down a gauntlet with a sample asserting a woman's right to be fabulous, setting the stage for an album that explores the complex, multifaceted reality of modern girlhood. Learn how the song uses powerful cultural touchstones to launch a celebration of unapologetic femininity.

[English]

Show me the one, and so it was

You're now listening to Girl FM (girls gone wild)

Your favorite station with your host Princess Nokia

This is Girl FM

We as females have thousands and thousands of years of fashion in our DNA

We want to wear nice fucking clothes, it's part of what we do

So I don't have an issue with it, if you have a opportunity to go to the Oscars

In a fabulous gown and be absolutely fabulous, you're gonna fucking take it

I don't have to, uh, like, listen to a rule

Who made that rule? Some dumb guy

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a young female person
station /ˈsteɪʃən/ A2	noun - a place where people wait for or get on a train, bus, etc.; a broadcasting facility
host /hoʊst/ A2	noun - a person who introduces and leads a show or program; someone who receives guests verb - to act as the host of an event or show
female /ˈfiːmeɪl/ A1	noun - a girl or woman; the sex that produces ova adjective - of or denoting the sex that produces ova or bears offspring
fashion /ˈfæʃən/ B1	noun - a popular style or method, especially in clothes, hair, etc.; the state of being popular
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - items worn to cover the body
opportunity /ˌɑːpərˈtuːnəti/ B2	noun - a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something
gown /ɡaʊn/ B2	noun - a long dress worn on formal occasions
rule /ruːl/ A2	noun - a principle or regulation governing conduct; control or dominion verb - to govern or control
guy /ɡaɪ/ A1	noun - a man; a boy
listen /ˈlɪsən/ A1	verb - to give attention with the ear
want /wɑːnt/ A1	verb - to desire or wish for something
wear /weər/ A1	verb - to have something on one's body as clothing
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or travel; to proceed verb - to attend or visit
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to get possession of; to seize verb - to accept or receive
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	verb - to make visible; to display
fabulous /ˈfæbjələs/ B2	adjective - amazing; wonderful; extraordinarily good
dumb /dʌm/ B1	adjective - stupid or foolish
wild /waɪld/ A2	adjective - not under control; in a natural state
favorite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A2	adjective - preferred before all others of the same kind

Key Grammar Structures

• Show me the one, and so it was.

  ➔ Past simple

  ➔ The clause "so it "**was**"" uses the past simple to describe a past state.

• Your favorite station with your host Princess Nokia.

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase "with your host Princess Nokia" is a prepositional phrase adding extra information.

• We as females have thousands and thousands of years of fashion in our DNA.

  ➔ Present simple

  ➔ "We ... have" uses the present simple to state a fact.

• We want to wear nice fucking clothes, it's part of what we do.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to + verb) & Relative clause (what we do)

  ➔ "to wear" is an infinitive showing purpose; "what we do" is a relative clause defining "part".

• I don't have an issue with it, if you have a opportunity to go to the Oscars.

  ➔ Negative statement with modal "don't have to" & First conditional (if + present)

  ➔ "don't have" shows negation; the clause "if you have a opportunity..." is a first conditional expressing a possible future situation.

• In a fabulous gown and be absolutely fabulous, you're gonna fucking take it.

  ➔ Future intention with "going to" & Imperative‑like infinitive without "to"

  ➔ "you're gonna" = "you are going to" expresses a near‑future plan; "be absolutely fabulous" uses the bare infinitive after a purpose phrase.

• I don't have to, uh, like, listen to a rule.

  ➔ Modal verb "don't have to" (absence of necessity)

  ➔ "don't have to" means there is no necessity to do something – here, "listen to a rule".

• Who made that rule? Some dumb guy.

  ➔ Wh‑question formation

  ➔ "Who" is placed at the beginning of the clause to ask about the subject of "made".