Love

• By: Keyshia Cole

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate something
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
kiss /kɪs/ A2	verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love noun - an act of kissing
gone /ɡɔːn/ A2	adjective - no longer present; departed
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to communicate information to someone
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true
waste /weɪst/ B1	verb - to use carelessly or extravagantly noun - material that is not wanted
figure /ˈfɪɡjər/ B1	verb - to calculate or discover noun - a number or amount
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury
difference /ˈdɪfərəns/ B1	noun - a point or way in which people or things are dissimilar
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
rainy /ˈreɪni/ A2	adjective - having much rain
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - to gradually disappear
empty /ˈempti/ B1	adjective - containing nothing; not filled or occupied

Grammar:

• WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LET ME DRIVE?

  ➔ Past Simple with 'just' for emphasis; causative 'let' + infinitive without 'to'.

  ➔ Uses past simple tense and 'just' emphasizes immediate past action. The phrase "let me drive" shows permission or allowing someone to do something.

• I USED TO THINK THAT I WASN'T FINE ENOUGH

  ➔ 'Used to' + infinitive to describe a past habit or state that is no longer true.

  ➔ "Used to think" indicates a belief or state that was true in the past but is no longer true. "Wasn't fine enough" uses an adjective with the adverb "enough" to express a lack of sufficient quality.

• BUT I WON'T WASTE MY TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

  ➔ Future Simple with 'won't' (will not) for a future intention; 'waste time' + gerund ('trying').

  ➔ 'Won't waste' shows a decision not to spend time on something. 'Trying to figure out' uses a gerund after "waste time", a common pattern in English.

• WHAT YOU SEE IN HER, YOU AIN'T SEEN IN ME

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun ('that' or 'which'); double negative ('ain't seen') for emphasis.

  ➔ "What you see in her" acts as a noun clause, functioning as the subject of the main clause. "Ain't seen" is a colloquial contraction of "haven't seen", adding emphasis and informality.

• NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS MISSIN'

  ➔ Past Simple Negative ('never knew'); noun clause with omitted 'that' ('what I was missin'').

  ➔ "Never knew" uses the past simple to describe a state of not knowing. "What I was missin'" is a noun clause acting as the object of "knew", and 'that' is omitted for brevity and flow.

• BUT I KNEW ONCE WE START KISSIN'

  ➔ Past Simple ('knew', 'start'); conjunction 'once' introducing a time clause in the present simple referring to the future.

  ➔ "Knew" is in the past simple, describing when the speaker realized something. 'Once we start kissin'' indicates a time condition, where the action of kissing initiates a realization. Notice 'start' is in the present simple although referring to a future action.