LOVE, MONEY, FAME – English Lyrics

• By: SEVENTEEN, DJ Khaled

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of K-pop with SEVENTEEN's 'LOVE, MONEY, FAME' featuring DJ Khaled! This song offers a fantastic opportunity to explore modern Korean phrasing and expressions of devotion. Its catchy R&B and hip-hop infused melody, coupled with relatable lyrics about prioritizing love, makes it an engaging and memorable track for language learners and music enthusiasts alike. Pay attention to how the members convey emotion through their vocals and the nuanced lyrical choices.

[English]

Choosing love over money and fame is easy to say, but hard to do.

Without deep, genuine love, it can feel nearly impossible.

So how to love..and how do you express it?

I, never before in my life time

Said to you what I’ve been feelin’

So let me tell you in our prime time

Cuz you changin’ me for better

You're the reason for my being

Yeah you’re the one who makes me breathe

Oh baby It’s all up to you

Forever my only GOAT

Love’s got so many paradigms

Won’t let that go confuse your mind

You know what I need is only you

(Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh)

Love is one word I’m sure about

No lies, no doubt, look at me now

Just trust me once baby

I’ll never let you down baby

Everyone wants it (Hey-) Love, Fame, Money (Ho-)

But only want you baby baby baby

I only want you baby baby baby

I don’t need money or fame To me that don’t mean a thing

I just need your love that’s more than enough

Baby baby yeh baby baby yeh

Poppin' time’s money, tiki-tokin

Don’t you see they’re wasted with cheap-talkin?

I can solve your problem with one dime piece

Time together, nothing melts in my ice cream

Scared that you’ll ever wanna leave me

Cause if you do, baby what did I achieve yeah

Fame, Money, Love there’s a lot

Only last one, only thing I want

Love’s got so many paradigms

Won’t let that go confuse your mind

You know what I need is only you

(Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh)

Love is one word I’m sure about

No lies, no doubt, look at me now

Just trust me once baby

I’ll never let you down baby

Everyone wants it (Hey-) Love, Fame, Money (Ho-)

But only want you baby baby baby

I only want you baby baby baby

I don’t need money or fame To me that don’t mean a thing

I just need your love that’s more than enough

Baby baby yeh baby baby yeh

When we are loving, I don’t need something

That’s where my heart is, with you always

When you are with me, I don’t need something

That’s where my heart is, with you always

Everyone wants it (Hey-) Love, Fame, Money (Ho-)

But only want you baby baby baby

I only want you baby baby baby

I don’t need money or fame To me that don’t mean a thing

I just need your love that’s more than enough

Baby baby yeh baby baby yeh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
choose /tʃuːz/ B1	verb - to select, pick out, or decide
love /lʌv/ A2	noun / verb - a deep feeling of affection / to feel deep affection for someone
money /ˈmʌn.i/ A2	noun - currency used to buy goods and services
fame /feɪm/ B1	noun - the state of being famous
deep /diːp/ B2	adjective - extending far down or inward; intense
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience emotion or sensation
genuine /ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/ B2	adjective - authentic, real
express /ɪkˈspres/ B2	verb / noun - to communicate or convey / a fast service
reason /ˈriː.zən/ B1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification
paradigm /ˈpær.ə.daɪm/ C1	noun - a typical example or pattern of something; a model
confuse /kənˈfjuːz/ B2	verb - to cause to become perplexed or bewildered
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb / noun - to believe in reliability or truth / confidence or faith in someone or something
enough /ɪˈnʌf/ A2	adjective / pronoun / adverb - sufficient / as much as needed

Key Grammar Structures

• Choosing love over money and fame is easy to say, but hard to do.

  ➔ Use of the infinitive 'to' after adjectives (e.g., 'easy to say')

  ➔ The phrase 'easy to say' shows how adjectives are followed by an infinitive to describe difficulty or ease.

• Without deep, genuine love, it can feel nearly impossible.

  ➔ Use of 'without' + noun phrase to indicate absence or lack

  ➔ 'Without' is a preposition indicating the absence of something—in this case, love.

• I, never before in my life time said to you what I’ve been feeling.

  ➔ Use of the present perfect continuous 'have been feeling' to describe an ongoing state

  ➔ The phrase 'have been feeling' emphasizes an ongoing emotional state up to the present moment.

• Love’s got so many paradigms.

  ➔ Use of 'has got' as a colloquial form of 'has', expressing possession

  ➔ 'Got' is a colloquial way to say 'has', used informally to indicate possession or existence.

• I don’t need money or fame to me that don’t mean a thing.

  ➔ Use of negative 'do not' + base verb 'need' for negation

  ➔ The phrase 'don’t need' is an informal contraction of 'do not need' used to express absence of requirement.

• When we are loving, I don’t need something.

  ➔ Use of the present continuous 'are loving' to describe an ongoing action

  ➔ 'Are loving' is present continuous tense, indicating an ongoing loving process.