Love Today – English Lyrics

• By: MIKA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the joyful world of MIKA's "Love Today," a song that not only gets you moving but also teaches you to embrace positivity and connection. With its catchy lyrics and upbeat tempo, it's a perfect tune to learn how music can inspire a celebration of love and life . Discover the language of happiness and let this song brighten your day as you improve your English .

[English]

(Mika humming)

(upbeat music)

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today ♪

♪ Anyway you want to ♪

♪ Anyway you've got to ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ I've been crying for so long ♪

♪ Fighting tears just to carry on ♪

♪ But now, but now it's gone away ♪

♪♪♪

♪ Hey, girl, why can't you carry on (carry on) ♪

♪ Is it 'cause your

just like your mother (like your mother) ♪

♪ A little tight, like to tease for fun (tease for fun) ♪

♪ Well you ain't gonna tease no other ♪

♪ Gonna make you a lover ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Love today, love today ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Anyway you want to ♪

♪ Anyway you've got to ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ Girl in the blue with the big bust on ♪

♪ Big bust on, big bust on ♪

♪ Wait till your mamma and your papa's gone ♪

♪ Papa's gone ♪

♪ Mamma, mamma, papa ♪

♪ Shock, shock me ♪

♪ Shock, shock me ♪

♪ Shock, shock ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today, gonna love today ♪

♪ I said, everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today ♪

♪ Anyway you want to ♪

♪ Anyway you've got to ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ Carolina sits on '95 ♪

♪ Give her a dollar and she'll make you smile ♪

♪ Hook her, book her, nook her ♪

♪ Walk away ♪

♪♪♪

♪ Girl dresses like a kid for fun (kid for fun) ♪

♪ Licks her lips like they're something other (something other) ♪

♪ Tries to tell you life has just begun (just begun) ♪

♪ Now you know she's getting something other ♪

♪ Than the love from her mother ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Love today, love today ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Anyway you want to ♪

♪ Anyway you've got to ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ Girl in the blue with the big bust on ♪

♪ Big bust on, big bust on ♪

♪ Wait till your mamma and your papa's gone ♪

♪ Papa's gone ♪

♪ Mamma, mamma, papa ♪

♪ Shock, shock me ♪

♪ Shock, shock me ♪

♪ Shock, shock me ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today, gonna love today ♪

♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪

♪ Gonna love today ♪

♪ Anyway you want to ♪

♪ Anyway you've got to ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love me ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

(Mika humming)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone); to like or enjoy very much. noun - an intense feeling of deep affection; a person or thing that one loves.
today /təˈdeɪ/ A1	noun - this present day.
carry /ˈkæri/ A2	verb - to support and move (someone or something) from one place to another; to continue (especially in the phrase 'carry on').
crying /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - shedding tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow.
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid that are secreted from the eyes, typically in response to an emotion or a physical irritant.
gone /ɡɒn/ A2	adjective - no longer present; departed; finished.
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman.
mother /ˈmʌðər/ A1	noun - a female parent.
fun /fʌn/ A2	noun - enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure.
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create; to cause to be or become.
lover /ˈlʌvər/ B1	noun - a person who loves another person, especially in a romantic or sexual relationship.
big /bɪɡ/ A1	adjective - of considerable size, extent, or intensity.
bust /bʌst/ B2	noun - a woman's chest or breasts.
shock /ʃɒk/ B1	verb - to surprise or upset someone very much; to cause a sudden, strong, and often unpleasant feeling. noun - a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience; a sudden electrical discharge.
smile /smaɪl/ A2	verb - to form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up. noun - a pleased, kind, or amused facial expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up.
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal; the state of being alive.
tease /tiːz/ B1	verb - to make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful or unkind way.
tight /taɪt/ B1	adjective - fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; difficult to move or open; fitting closely.
licks /lɪks/ B1	verb - to pass the tongue over (something) in order to moisten, taste, or clean it.
lips /lɪps/ A2	noun - either of the two fleshy folds that surround the mouth.

Key Grammar Structures

• Everybody's gonna love today

  ➔ Informal Future (gonna)

  ➔ The phrase "gonna" is an informal contraction of "going to", used to express future actions or intentions. It's very common in spoken English.

• Anyway you want to

  ➔ Ellipsis with Infinitive 'to'

  ➔ Here, the main verb after "to" is omitted because it's understood from the context (e.g., "want to love today"). This is a common feature of natural English speech and writing at higher levels.

• I've been crying for so long

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The "Present Perfect Continuous" tense is used to describe an action that started in the past, continued up to the present, and may still be ongoing or has just finished, emphasizing the duration of the action.

• Fighting tears just to carry on

  ➔ Gerund as Adverbial Participle & Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ "Fighting" acts as an adverbial participle phrase, describing the manner or circumstance of the main action. "Just to carry on" uses the infinitive of purpose, indicating why the action of fighting tears is being done.

• But now, but now it's gone away

  ➔ Present Perfect (Resultative Aspect)

  ➔ The "Present Perfect" tense (it's gone = it has gone) is used here to emphasize the current result of a past action: the problem or sadness is no longer present. The focus is on the state now.

• Is it 'cause your just like your mother

  ➔ Informal Contraction ('cause) & Comparative Phrase (just like)

  ➔ " 'Cause" is an informal spoken contraction of "because". "Just like" is a common comparative phrase used to show strong similarity. Note: "your" is likely a lyrical typo and should be "you're" (you are).

• Well you ain't gonna tease no other

  ➔ Informal Negative Contraction (ain't) & Double Negative for Emphasis

  ➔ "Ain't" is a non-standard, informal contraction for "am not", "is not", "are not", "has not", or "have not". The phrase "ain't gonna tease no other" is a double negative (ain't + no), which in informal English often functions to emphasize the negative, meaning "will not tease anyone else".

• Give her a dollar and she'll make you smile

  ➔ Implied Conditional (Imperative + Future) & Causative Verb (make)

  ➔ This is an implied conditional sentence, where the imperative "Give her a dollar" acts as the condition, followed by the result in the future tense ("she'll make you smile"). "Make" is a causative verb, meaning to cause someone to do something (here, to smile).

• Wait till your mamma and your papa's gone

  ➔ Time Conjunction (till) & Contraction of 'is' or 'has' ('s)

  ➔ "Till" is an informal variant of "until", indicating a point in time. The apostrophe 's' in "papa's gone" is a contraction of "is" (papa is gone) or "has" (papa has gone), with "is gone" being more common for a state of absence.

• Licks her lips like they're something other

  ➔ Conjunction 'like' (meaning 'as if') & Contraction 'they're'

  ➔ Here, "like" functions as an informal conjunction meaning "as if" or "as though", introducing a clause that describes the manner of licking her lips. "They're" is the contraction of "they are".