Know It Ain't Right – English Lyrics

• By: M.I.A.

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Let me take the time to tell you

I already know whats on your mind

I wanna stick around and make you

Understand I didn't commit crime

But you keep on thinking it's

In some other chick

Makes me feel I'm better off

Goin' on a trip

You keep on thinking it's

In some other bitch

That makes me wanna leave

And never call up 'til I'm rich

What you want come see me

I got bootleg love for free

I got Abdul in a taxi and

He'll drop you down for free

Natsumi and Tsunami

They make love like origami

They put a flower on the lover

Give it good licky lick what

Good licky lick, good licky lick

We know it ain't right but we do it anyway

I think I wanna get a little active

There's more to this than being your captive

New directions might need a little practice

I can make it a little less destructive

You putting guards up

Outside my shop

Get me with your swat what

And it don't it don't stop

You putting guards up

Outside my shop

Get me with your swat what

And it don't it don't stop

Ay, ay, ay

What you want come see me

I got bootleg love for free

I got Abdul in a taxi and

He'll drop you down for free

Natsumi and Tsunami

They make love like origami

They put a flower on the lover

Give it good licky lick what

Good licky lick, good licky lick

We know it ain't right but we do it anyway

We do it anyway, but we do it anyway

Key Grammar Structures

• I already know whats on your mind

  ➔ Present tense with 'know' to express certainty

  ➔ The verb 'know' in the present tense indicates a current state of certainty about the situation.

• I didn't commit crime

  ➔ Past simple with 'did' for negation

  ➔ The auxiliary verb 'did' is used to form a negative sentence in the past simple tense.

• Makes me feel I'm better off

  ➔ Present simple with 'makes' for causation

  ➔ The verb 'makes' in the present simple tense is used to express that something causes a certain feeling.

• We know it ain't right but we do it anyway

  ➔ Contraction 'ain't' for informal negation

  ➔ The contraction 'ain't' is an informal way to say 'is not' or 'are not', often used in spoken English.

• There's more to this than being your captive

  ➔ Present simple with 'there is' for existence

  ➔ The phrase 'there is' in the present simple tense is used to indicate the existence of something more.

• New directions might need a little practice

  ➔ Modal verb 'might' for possibility

  ➔ The modal verb 'might' is used to express a possible but not certain outcome.

• I can make it a little less destructive

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' for ability

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' is used to express ability or capability to do something.

• And it don't it don't stop

  ➔ Contraction 'don't' for informal negation

  ➔ The contraction 'don't' is an informal way to say 'do not', often used in spoken English.