Green Light – English Lyrics

• By: John Legend, André 3000

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the electrifying sound of John Legend's "Green Light" featuring André 3000, a departure from Legend's signature style that blends funk and electro elements. Dive into the lyrics about seeking a 'green light' in romance and explore the cultural impact of this club-friendly hit, perfect for learning about rhythm and collaboration in music.

[English]

♪ We're just ordinary people ♪

♪ We don't know which way to go ♪

♪ 'Cause we're ordinary people ♪

♪ Maybe we should take it slow ♪

(piano lid slams)

- Well, time to go.

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ Give me just one night ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I see you move, I'm checking your smile ♪

♪ Working your back like, it's going out of style ♪

♪ Shake just a little bit faster ♪

♪ Shake just a little now girl ♪

♪ I'm dying to meet you, so let's mess around ♪

♪ Got an obsession, of us getting down ♪

♪ Come just a little bit closer ♪

♪ I just need permission, so ♪

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ Give me just one night ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ We could go all night ♪

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ One, two, three, green light ♪

♪ Well if it's what it seems like ♪

♪ They way you're moving baby ♪

♪ Let's me know that's it's gon' be right ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ One, two, three, red light ♪

♪ I wanna see what your bed's like ♪

♪ But if I be your buddy, get you studied ♪

♪ Is yo' head right? ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Do I have a girlfriend? ♪

♪ Well, technically no ♪

♪ No ♪

♪ If you be my girlfriend, then I'll make it so ♪

♪ You'll be my only true lover ♪

♪ No competition, no other ♪

♪ No other ♪

♪ Baby, it's just, the thrill of the chase ♪

♪ I've got a feeling, I'm winning this race ♪

♪ Baby, I'm getting much closer ♪

♪ I just need permission so ♪

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ Give me just one night ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ We could go all night ♪

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ One, two, three, green light ♪

♪ Well if it's what it seems like ♪

♪ They way you're moving baby ♪

♪ Let's me know that's it's gon' be right ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ One, two, three, red light ♪

♪ I wanna see what your bed's like ♪

♪ But if I be your buddy, get you studied ♪

♪ Is your head right? ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ So I went hard like Medusa staring at me ♪

♪ I told her, "Let's go, let's blow this lame factory" ♪

♪ She said, "What kind of girl do you think that I are? ♪

♪ The kind that you meet in a bar? ♪

♪ You think you can get whatever you want ♪

♪ 'Cause you some kind of star" ♪

♪ No, I'm a comet ♪

♪ I just want you woman ♪

♪ Hey, if I were you it would be me that I'd go home with ♪

♪ Three, the one and only ♪

♪ One thing you ain't considered ♪

♪ I heard you when you told your girl, "Ooh, he can get it" ♪

♪ Admit it ♪

♪ You did it ♪

♪ Let's hop a cab, and split it ♪

♪ I'm kidding ♪

♪ We both going to where you living ♪

♪ I got you giggling like a piglet ♪

♪ Oh, that's the ticket? ♪

♪ I hope you more like, Anita Baker, than Robin Givens ♪

♪ No, I don't know that lady, so let me quit it ♪

♪ I'm just style freeing, free styling which I seldom do ♪

♪ This is what I'm telling you ♪ ♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ To the bed I'm nailing you ♪

♪ Like I've been in jail for ♪ ♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Two years and then they let me loose ♪

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ Give me just one night ♪ ♪ You got you one, Legend. ♪

♪ Sometimes you gotta step ♪

♪ From behind that piano ♪ ♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Let 'em know what's going on ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Even Stevie Wonder got down sometimes. ♪

♪ We could go all night ♪

♪ Give me the green light ♪

♪ I'm ready to go ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ My mandate can't wait ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Participate ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ I'm ready to go right now ♪

♪ Good morning ♪

♪ Good morning, love ♪

- That was all right.

- Well done, sir.

I'll see you next week.

- All right.

Next time, let me know when you gon' do it, okay?

- All right bruh.

- All right.

- Hey, where are you going?

- My driver, he's gon' come, just wait.

- Call me.

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm dying to meet you, so let's mess around

  ➔ Present continuous for emphatic desire ('dying to') + infinitive of purpose ('to meet')

  ➔ "Dying to" is an idiom meaning to want something very much. The 'so' introduces a consequence or result of that desire – to "mess around".

• If you be my girlfriend, then I'll make it so

  ➔ Subjunctive mood ('be') in an 'if' clause expressing a hypothetical situation + future conditional ('I'll make')

  ➔ The use of 'be' instead of 'are' in the 'if' clause indicates a hypothetical or unreal situation. 'I'll make it so' means 'I will ensure that it happens'.

• I've got a feeling, I'm winning this race

  ➔ Present perfect continuous ('I've got') expressing a current feeling + present continuous ('I'm winning') suggesting a developing situation.

  ➔ "I've got a feeling" is an idiom meaning 'I believe'. 'I'm winning' suggests the speaker feels confident and is making progress.

• I hope you more like, Anita Baker, than Robin Givens

  ➔ Comparative structure ('more like...than...') expressing a preference.

  ➔ The speaker is hoping the person is sophisticated and classy (like Anita Baker) rather than problematic or difficult (like Robin Givens, referencing a past relationship).