Honest – English Lyrics

• By: Bazzi

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on an emotional journey with Bazzi's "Honest," a captivating R&B pop track that speaks volumes about trust and betrayal. Through its raw lyrics and soulful melodies, this song offers a unique window into expressing complex feelings in English, making it an excellent piece to connect with the nuances of contemporary English songwriting and emotional vocabulary.

[English]

If we had just been honest

woah, woah, woah, woah

Gonna turn my read receipts on

Just to let you know I won't respond

Darling ask me to do this

But I'm not looking for excuses

And had deleted all your info

Cause I heard about the info

Always know that you get ruthless

But I never thought that you could do this

Oh

When I fucked up all of these again, I gave y'all the intro

That was my dude, why you gotta pick him though?

I was selfish in the way that I acted

I keep doing things just to get your reaction

Yeah

I wonder if he still wit you now, fucking you like I used to

I know you think about all the things that we did when he's with you

And do you feel no shame?

Does it make you feel the same?

could we have got what we wanted

Ohhh, if we had just been honest

woah, woah, woah, woah

Why can't we just be honest

woah, woah, woah, woah

If we had just been honest

Remember

yeah

Late night, smokin', we under star projectors

Look in my eyes... will this last forever

I think we both know what was up wit this. it was goin'

But the sex is too good we got caught up in the moonlight

took my best friend and turn him into my opponent, oh yeah yeah

Did you forget that I gave y'all the intro

That was my dude, why you gotta pick him though?

I was selfish in the way that I acted

I keep doing things just to get your reaction

Yeah

I wonder if he still wit you now, fucking you like I used to

I know you think about all the things that we did when he's with you

And do you feel no shame?

Does it make you feel the same?

could we have got what we wanted

oh

If we had just been honest

woah, woah, woah, woah

Why can't we just be honest?

woah, woah, woah, woah

If we had just been honest

Maybe it's the pills

Maybe it's the drugs

Maybe it's the pride

pride, pride, pride, pride....

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
honest /ˈhɒnɪst/ B2	adjective - being true and not lying noun - a person who is honest
been /bɪn/ A1	verb - simple past tense and past participle of be
read /riːd/ A1	verb - to look at or examine something carefully
receipts /riːˈsiːpts/ B1	noun - a piece of paper that shows what you have bought
delete /ˈdɛlɪte/ B1	verb - to remove something from a computer or other electronic device
info /ˈɪnfəʊ/ A2	noun - information
heard /hɜːrd/ A1	verb - past tense and past participle of hear
ruthless /ˈrʌθləs/ B2	adjective - not showing pity or mercy
thought /θɔːt/ A1	verb - to have an idea or opinion about something noun - an idea or opinion
fucked /fʌkəd/ A1	verb - to have sex with someone in a rough or aggressive way
up /ʌp/ A1	adverb - towards the top adjective - not down
intro /ˈɪntroʊ/ A2	noun - a short piece of music played before a longer piece
selfish /ˈselɪfɪʃ/ B1	adjective - only thinking about yourself and not about other people
acted /ˈæktɪd/ A1	verb - past tense and past participle of act
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to hold or have something noun - a small metal box used for storing things
reaction /rɪˈækʃən/ B1	noun - a response to something
wonder /ˈwʌndə/ A2	verb - to feel surprised or curious about something noun - a feeling of surprise or curiosity
still /stɪl/ A1	adverb - at the present time adjective - not changed or affected
pride /praɪd/ A1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction that you have achieved something good verb - to feel proud of yourself

Key Grammar Structures

• If we had just been honest

  ➔ Third conditional (past perfect + would have)

  ➔ The clause uses the past perfect "had been" to talk about an unreal situation in the past, often followed by "would have" in the main clause (omitted here).

• Gonna turn my read receipts on

  ➔ Informal future with "going to" contracted to "gonna"

  ➔ The speaker uses the colloquial contraction "gonna" ("going to") to express an intention in the near future.

• Just to let you know I won't respond

  ➔ Purpose clause with "to + infinitive"; negative future with "won't"

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "to let" shows the reason for the action, and "won't" is the contracted form of "will not" expressing a future refusal.

• And had deleted all your info

  ➔ Past perfect (had + past participle)

  ➔ The verb "had deleted" shows an action that was completed before another past event.

• I was selfish in the way that I acted

  ➔ Relative clause with "that"; past simple

  ➔ "that I acted" is a relative clause describing "the way"; the main clause uses the simple past "was".

• I keep doing things just to get your reaction

  ➔ "keep + -ing" for habitual action; purpose infinitive "to get"

  ➔ "keep doing" expresses a continuous or repeated activity, and the infinitive "to get" shows the purpose of that activity.

• Could we have got what we wanted?

  ➔ Modal "could" + perfect infinitive "have got" (past possibility)

  ➔ "Could we have got" asks about a possible outcome that did not actually happen; "could" expresses ability or possibility, and "have got" is the perfect infinitive referring to the past.

• Maybe it's the pills

  ➔ Adverb "maybe" + present simple "is"; subject complement

  ➔ "Maybe" modifies the whole clause, suggesting uncertainty, and "it's" is a contraction of "it is" with a subject complement "the pills".