How Could You – English Lyrics

• By: Mario
• Album: Turning Point

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

It's kinda crazy babe, how I remember things

Like where you came from and how you had nothin'

I went and made you fly, put extras on your ride

Didn't miss a birthday, now you can't even remember mine

You made it clear to me (you wasn't down for me)

Love made me blind, baby (but now I see)

You had things up your sleeve (ho) don't even lie to me

I even heard it from your family

How could you let somebody lay where I laid?

How could you give him everything that we made?

How could you call him all the names that you used to call me?

How could you, how could you just forget about me?

How could you teach him all the things I taught you?

How could you put him on to the ghetto Kama Sutra?

How could you put me in the back and give him the front seat?

How could you, how could you just forget about me?

You must be out your mind, you got a lot of nerve

To think that I'm gon' chill after all the shit I heard

I damn near carried you, I could've married you

Good thing I found out 'fore I bought that seven-karat for you

I know you're sick about (the way I found you out)

Go 'head and pack it out (I hope he's got room in his house)

You should have thought of me before you hopped in them sheets

Damn I can't believe that you did this to me, baby

How could you let somebody lay where I laid?

How could you give him everything that we made?

How could you call him all the names that you used to call me?

How could you, how could you just forget about me?

How could you teach him all the things I taught you?

How could you put him on to the ghetto Kama Sutra?

How could you put me in the back and give him the front seat?

How could you, how could you just forget about me?

Girl, I tried to give you everything

Can't believe the ways you repaid me

Girl, you had it all

But I guess my all wasn't good enough for you

Baby I've accepted it, and I ain't gon' trip

Girl, I'm moving on

Sometimes I can't help but think, that another man's

Gonna get the one I made for me

How could you let somebody lay where I laid?

How could you give him everything that we made?

How could you call him all the names that you used to call me?

How could you, how could you just forget about me?

How could you teach him all the things I taught you?

How could you put him on to the ghetto Kama Sutra?

How could you put me in the back and give him the front seat?

How could you, how could you just forget about me?

How could you?

(How could you, how could you just go and lay there?)

(How could you, how could you give him everything?)

How could you girl? How could you?

(How could you, how could you call him names like that?) Ooh

(How could you babe? How could you babe?) How could you?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A1	verb - to have or keep an image or idea in one's mind from past experiences
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ A1	verb - to be unable to remember something
teach /titʃ/ A1	verb - to impart knowledge or skill to someone
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to freely transfer the possession of something to someone
call /kɔl/ A1	verb - to speak loudly to someone in order to get their attention
made /meɪd/ A1	verb - past tense of 'make'; to create or produce something
lay /leɪ/ A2	verb - to put something down gently or carefully
nerve /nɜrv/ B1	noun - boldness or effrontery
repay /riˈpeɪ/ B1	verb - to pay back money or respond to a kind act
ghetto /ˈɡɛtoʊ/ B1	noun - a part of a city where people live in poor conditions
Kama Sutra /ˈkɑmə ˈsuːtrə/ C1	noun - an ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior
karat /ˈkærət/ B2	noun - a unit of fineness for gold
accepted /əkˈsɛptɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of 'accept'; to consent to receive or undertake something
moving /ˈmuːvɪŋ/ A2	verb - present participle of 'move'; to change position
tried /traɪd/ A1	verb - past tense of 'try'; to attempt to do something
nerve /nɜrv/ B1	noun - boldness or effrontery

Key Grammar Structures

• It's kinda crazy babe, how I remember things

  ➔ Adverbial clause of manner/degree

  ➔ The clause "how I remember things" functions as an adverbial clause, specifying the **manner** or **degree** of the main clause. "How" introduces the clause, indicating how something is done.

• Like where you came from and how you had nothin'

  ➔ Noun clauses (embedded questions)

  ➔ "Where you came from" and "how you had nothin'" are noun clauses functioning as the object of the preposition "like". They are essentially embedded questions.

• I went and made you fly, put extras on your ride

  ➔ Compound sentences using "and"

  ➔ The sentence is a compound sentence, where two independent clauses are joined by the coordinating conjunction "and".

• Didn't miss a birthday, now you can't even remember mine

  ➔ Contrast (using comma to create a contrast)

  ➔ The comma creates a contrast between the two parts of the sentence, highlighting the change in the situation.

• You made it clear to me (you wasn't down for me)

  ➔ Indirect object and parenthetical phrase (wasn't down for me)

  ➔ "Me" is the indirect object. "You wasn't down for me" is a parenthetical phrase, providing additional information, that is separate from the main clause.

• Love made me blind, baby (but now I see)

  ➔ Contrast (using "but")

  ➔ The conjunction "but" introduces a contrast between the two clauses: love made him blind *but* now he sees.

• I even heard it from your family

  ➔ Adverb of emphasis "even"

  ➔ "Even" emphasizes that the information came from an unexpected source, reinforcing the betrayal.

• How could you let somebody lay where I laid?

  ➔ Question with modal verb "could"

  ➔ This is a rhetorical question using the modal verb "could" to express disbelief and accusation.

• How could you give him everything that we made?

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by "that"

  ➔ "That we made" is a relative clause, modifying "everything", specifying which everything he is talking about.

• How could you teach him all the things I taught you?

  ➔ Embedded question and object

  ➔ "How could you teach him all the things I taught you?" is a rhetorical question. "Him" is the indirect object, "all the things" is the direct object, and "I taught you" is an embedded question clause functioning as a noun modifying 'things'.