Girls – English Lyrics

• By: Rita Ora, Cardi B, Bebe Rexha, Charli XCX
• Album: YOU & I, Phoenix

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Her name is Lara, we learned a lot, ah

How to do it, like we do it like we wanna

We just know, we just know

I ain't one-sided, I'm open-minded

I'm fifty-fifty and I'm never gonna hide it

You should know, eh, you should know, ayy

All summer, we've been in the 'Bu

'68 Chevy with nothin' to do

Just rollin' J's, kush lovin'

And last night, yeah, we got with the dude

I saw him, he was lookin' at you

So I said, "Hey", kush lovin'

Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

Yeah, you know I tamed it, and then I named it

I put the lion in the cage and then I laid with

Her all night (all night), her all night, yeah

I'm the hunter and she the prey, yeah

I'm the thriller and the killer and the saviour

Up all night, we up all night, yeah (Do it one more time)

All summer, we've been in the 'Bu (Oh)

'68 Chevy with nothing to do

Just rollin' J's, kush lovin' (Roll it out, roll it out)

Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

(Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)

Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

(You know that I do)

Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

Oh, we can go up

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

(Rita, look, Cardi)

Now I could be your lipstick, just for one night (One night)

Girls just wanna have fun and have their funds right (Yeah)

I mean, say my name, say my name, say my name (Say my name)

It tastes good, just rollin' off your tongue, right? (Hurrr)

I put this Mac on your lips, so pucker up (Mwah)

We ain't never heard of you 'cause you ain't done enough (No)

And I don't gotta introduce myself (Cardi)

I'm too sexy, I seduce myself (Bardi)

Seven-figure, never need a nigga (Nope)

I steal your bitch, have her down with the scissor

Tonight, I don't want a dog, I want a kitten (Eeow)

I might French a girl from Great Britain

Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls (Oh, yeah)

Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls (Uh, yeah)

Sometimes, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls (Red wine, red wine)

Red wine, I just wanna kiss girls, girls, girls

Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

(Down with me)

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

(She gettin' down on me, ahh)

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah (Yeah)

(Down with me, yeah)

She likes what she likes (Aha)

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah (Yeah)

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah (Ah-ha)

She gettin' down with me, yeah-ah

Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls

Hehehehe-aha (Hahahaha)

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Key Grammar Structures

• I ain't one-sided, I'm open-minded

  ➔ Informal Negation + Compound Adjectives

  ➔ "ain't" replaces "am not" in informal speech. "Open-minded" is a compound adjective meaning receptive to new ideas.

• I'm never gonna hide it

  ➔ Future Intention (gonna) with Time Adverb

  ➔ "Gonna" = "going to" expresses strong future intention. "Never" emphasizes negation of the action perpetually.

• we've been in the 'Bu

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ "Have been + V-ing" indicates an action starting in the past continuing to present. "'Bu" = Malibu shows informal abbreviation.

• I just wanna kiss girls

  ➔ Desire Expression (wanna) + Object Repetition

  ➔ "wanna" = informal "want to". Repeating "girls" emphasizes focus and intensifies desire. "just" restricts scope.

• I put the lion in the cage

  ➔ Simple Past Tense + Metaphorical Phrasing

  ➔ "Put" signals completed action. "lion in cage" symbolizes controlling passion.

• Now I could be your lipstick

  ➔ Modal Verb (could) for Temporary Possibility

  ➔ "Could" suggests hypothetical/possible action. "Now" contextualizes it as momentary role-playing.

• We ain't never heard of you

  ➔ Double Negative in Informal Speech

  ➔ "Ain't never" = formal "haven't ever". Grammatically redundant but culturally authentic in hip-hop.

• I might French a girl

  ➔ Verb Conversion + Modal Verb (might)

  ➔ "French" converted from noun to verb meaning French kissing. "Might" expresses uncertain possibility.