Life Of The Party – English Lyrics

• By: The Weeknd
• Album: Trilogy

Lyrics & Translation

Through 'Life of the Party,' listeners can explore contemporary colloquialisms regarding nightlife and fame, while observing how The Weeknd uses haunting, rhythmic language to convey complex, often contradictory, emotions.

[English]

Hello, welcome to the other side

You're lost

Baby step outside your mind

You've been really good

You've been really good

You've been thinking 'bout being bad ever since I put you on

She got money for blow

Just check her damn nose

Prescription ain't an issue

You can mix it with the, uh

And if you wanna do it, baby

I'm right here with you

I'm on cloud 9

Baby you're behind

You can follow me

You can follow me if you want

To go downtown, with the drugs in your body

Take that step, you're the life of the party

Know that step, you're the life of the party

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh, yeah

I got two little ladies

I got one little room

There's a room full of niggas

Baby what you wanna do?

The way you move got me feeling so, uh

I been thinking about it baby

I been thinking about it lately

I'm so far gone and you are too

Show me how you go downtown

With the drugs in your body

Take that step, you're the life of the party

Know that step, you're the life of the party

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh, yeah

I love how you touch

How you feel

How you breath

Baby, how you do it so good?

How you twist with your lips got the room so small baby

Girl please don't go

You're gonna please my boys

You been thinking about it baby

Yeah, you're a star

Oh, you knocked one down

Girl, you knocked it down

Girl, there's one, two, three

Go downtown, with the drugs in your body

Take that step, you're the life of the party

Know that step, you're the life of the party

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
welcome /ˈwɛlkəm/ A1	verb - to greet someone arriving
prescription /prɪˈskrɪpʃən/ B2	noun - a doctor's written instruction for medicine
issue /ˈɪʃuː/ A2	noun - an important topic or problem for debate
downtown /ˈdaʊntaʊn/ A2	noun/adjective - the central part of a city
party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1	noun - a social gathering
drugs /drʌɡz/ A2	noun - illegal substances
lately /ˈleɪtli/ B1	adverb - recently
twist /twɪst/ B1	verb - to turn or rotate
knock /nɒk/ A2	verb - to strike a surface noisily
breath /brɛθ/ B1	verb - to take air into the lungs
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure of a person
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to come into physical contact
ladies /ˈleɪdiz/ A2	noun - polite term for women
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a famous performer

Key Grammar Structures

• You've been thinking 'bout being bad ever since I put you on

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ Used to describe an action that started in the past and is still continuing or has recently stopped, using "have been" + verb-ing.

• And if you wanna do it, baby, I'm right here with you

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ Used for real and possible situations, linking a condition with "if" to a likely result.

• You can follow me if you want

  ➔ Modal verb of possibility/permission

  ➔ The modal verb "can" is used here to offer an option or permission.

• I been thinking about it lately

  ➔ Informal Present Perfect

  ➔ The speaker omits the auxiliary verb "have" for informal speech, common in lyrics and colloquial English.

• I'm so far gone and you are too

  ➔ Adverbial intensifier

  ➔ The adverb "so" is used to intensify the state of being "far gone".

• How you twist with your lips got the room so small

  ➔ Relative Clause (implied 'that')

  ➔ The structure "The way [that] you twist..." implies an omitted "that" to connect the subject to the action.

• You're gonna please my boys

  ➔ Future with 'be going to'

  ➔ The speaker uses "gonna" (going to) to indicate a future intention or prediction.

• She got money for blow

  ➔ Non-standard/Dialectal Verb Usage

  ➔ In African American Vernacular English (AAVE), "got" is often used instead of "has got" or "has".