Good Stuff – English Lyrics

• By: Kelis
• Album: Kaleidoscope

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Kelis's vibrant track "Good Stuff," a fusion of R&B and hip-hop, and enrich your understanding of early 2000s musical innovation. This song, featuring playful lyrics and a catchy beat, offers a glimpse into the cultural landscape and showcases Kelis's unique style that defied genre boundaries. Explore the slang and cultural references while enjoying the song's infectious energy.

[English]

- Hey, we're going to the runway.

(woman laughs) Going to the road.

(tires squealing)

- Shh.

(all laughing)

(people chattering)

- [Woman] Everybody shut up!

(chains clanking)

- [Man] Come on, girl. (door creaking)

(upbeat music)

♪ Yeah, I'm telling you, boy ♪

♪ You're wasting your time on them ♪

♪ The good stuff's right here ♪

♪♪♪

♪ I seen you when you walked in, stealing all the light ♪

♪ You're the type of guy ♪

♪ That makes them fly girls fuss and fight ♪

♪ They can't love you more ♪

♪ Not the way you're wishing for ♪

♪ They go about it all wrong, experts get it right ♪

♪ Ooh, I'm telling you now, boy, put your eyes on me ♪

♪ Ooh, and if you call now boy, I'll throw my heart in free ♪

♪ Ooh, I can love you in one million ways ♪

♪ Ooh, and if you don't like it, send it back in thirty days ♪

♪ I know you're sick of them knowing who you are ♪

♪ All they wanna do is ride around in your fancy car ♪

♪ Gimme this, gimme that ♪

♪ And yeah I know it's so whack ♪

♪ All they wanna do is be seen with a superstar ♪

♪ Ooh, I'm telling you now, boy, put your eyes on me ♪

♪ Ooh, and if you call now boy, I'll throw my heart in free ♪

♪ Ooh, I can love you in one million ways ♪

♪ Ooh, and if you don't like it, send it back in thirty days ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ You don't know this is that good stuff ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪♪♪

♪ Bulletproof under the suit, no need for alarm ♪

♪ The way I flow through the club call me Disco Don ♪

♪ But my name, still Terrar, still the world at my palm ♪

♪ You chicken, heat front passenger seat load in my arm ♪

♪ Who she with next ♪

♪ One of two Clipse intended specs ♪

♪ Dance floor, hot sex, my hands rubbing her breast ♪

♪ What am I saying, baby ♪

♪ Discotech or discotheque ♪

♪ Either way, to miss my spray just swish your neck ♪

♪ Now that you've seen, you really wanted me ♪

♪ And those girls wasted their time ♪

♪ Thinking they could possibly ♪

♪ Yeah right ♪

♪ You want this, you don't want that ♪

♪ Here girls, he don't want it back ♪

♪ And if you want the next one, you should repeat after me ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ You don't know this is that good stuff ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Yo, you looking at stars ♪

♪ Yeah, you know who we are ♪

♪ Clipse, Kelis, Neptunes ♪

♪ Star Track, I'll be back, baby ♪

♪ Good stuff ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ This is the good stuff ♪

♪ You don't know this is that good stuff ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• You're wasting your time on them.

  ➔ Present continuous tense.

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous to indicate that the action of 'wasting time' is currently ongoing.

• I can love you in one million ways.

  ➔ Modal verb 'can'.

  ➔ The use of 'can' expresses ability or possibility.

• If you don't like it, send it back in thirty days.

  ➔ Conditional sentence.

  ➔ This structure indicates that one action is dependent on another action.

• All they wanna do is ride around in your fancy car.

  ➔ Infinitive form with 'to be'.

  ➔ The phrase indicates the purpose or desire of a subject using an infinitive.

• You're the type of guy that makes them fly girls fuss and fight.

  ➔ Relative clause.

  ➔ This clause provides additional information about the noun 'guy.'

• This is the good stuff.

  ➔ Simple present tense.

  ➔ The simple present is used for general facts or statements.

• I seen you when you walked in.

  ➔ Past simple tense.

  ➔ This tense is used to describe actions that have already been completed.