Love Love Love – English Lyrics

• By: Lenny Kravitz
• Album: Blue Electric Light

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful rock of Lenny Kravitz's "Love Love Love"! This track is not just a catchy tune; its straightforward yet powerful lyrics, celebrating universal love and unity, make it an excellent choice for English learners. You'll grasp common vocabulary and heartfelt expressions while experiencing Kravitz's signature blend of rock and funk, making language acquisition an electrifying journey.

[English]

Don't need no television

Don't need no movie stars

Don't need custom private planes

Don't need no politicians

Don't need no stocks and bonds

Don't need no cars or boats or trains

Don't need no diamond jewellery

Don't need no rare cigars

Don't need no magnums of champagne

Don't need no penthouse mansion

Don't need no Paris fashion

Don't need no shiny golden chain

There ain't nothing you can give me I'm already there

I got love

I got love love

I got love love love

Don't need no plastic surgery

Don't need no country clubs

Don't need no butlers, cooks or maids

Don't need no marijuana

Don't need no ecstasy

Don't need no blow or sleeping aids

Don't need no personal trainer

Don't need no fortune teller

Don't need no job that gets me paid

Don't need no more religion

Don't need no air condition

Don't need no one to get me laid

There ain't nothing you can give me I'm already there

I got love

I got love love

I got love love love

Your ways are never ever static

You're always keeping it erratic

I want you to know I'm emphatic

About your love that's enigmatic

You, me and God makes three

My eyes are open I see

Oh baby don't you understand

Don't need no private island

Don't need no chandelier

Don't need no million dollar view

Don't need no helicopter

Don't need no magazine

Don't need nobody else but you

There ain't nothing you can give me I'm already there

I got love

I got love love

I got love love love

You're all I need

Oh yeah

There ain't nothing you can give me I'm already there

I got love

I got love love

I got love love love

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Key Grammar Structures

• Don't need no television

  ➔ Double negative

  ➔ Non-standard English using "Don't" + "no" for emphasis. Standard form: "I don't need any television"

• There ain't nothing you can give me

  ➔ Double negative + contraction

  ➔ "Ain't" (contraction of "isn't") + "nothing" creates emphatic negation. Standard: "There isn't anything you can give me"

• I got love

  ➔ Informal possession

  ➔ "Got" replaces "have" in informal contexts. More formal: "I have love"

• Your ways are never ever static

  ➔ Emphatic adverb repetition

  ➔ "Never ever" intensifies negation through repetition. Standard alternative: "never"

• You're always keeping it erratic

  ➔ Present continuous for habits

  ➔ Present continuous ("are keeping") describes persistent habits, often with "always"

• About your love that's enigmatic

  ➔ Defining relative clause

  ➔ "That's enigmatic" defines which love is being discussed. Essential information without commas

• You, me and God makes three

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement (poetic license)

  ➔ Plural subject ("You, me and God") with singular verb "makes" breaks grammatical rules for poetic effect

• Don't need nobody else but you

  ➔ Triple negative for emphasis

  ➔ Non-standard combination of "Don't", "nobody", and "but" creates strong exclusivity emphasis

• You're all I need

  ➔ Ellipsis of relative pronoun

  ➔ Omission of "that" in relative clause ("all [that] I need"). Common in informal English

• I want you to know I'm emphatic

  ➔ Verb + object + infinitive

  ➔ Structure "want + object (you) + to-infinitive (to know)" expresses desire for someone's action