Lyrics & Translation
Explore the empowering anthem "Me, Myself & I" to learn English through its powerful and direct lyrics. This song is a great tool for understanding contemporary expressions about independence, self-worth, and navigating personal challenges. Its clear chorus and narrative verses make it an accessible and motivating song for language learners.
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Solo ride until I die
➔ "until" for duration/time
➔ The word "until" indicates the point in time when the action "Solo ride" will stop. It specifies the duration of the action.
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I don't need a hand to hold
➔ Infinitive of purpose
➔ The infinitive "to hold" explains the purpose or function of the "hand". It's a hand for holding.
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A world that they're tryna see
➔ Relative clause with "that"
➔ "that" introduces a relative clause "that they're tryna see" which describes or defines the noun "world". It specifies which world the speaker is referring to.
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get what I want when I want
➔ Nominal relative clause with "what"
➔ "what I want" acts as a noun phrase meaning "the thing that I want". It functions as the object of the verb "get".
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if time is money I need a loan
➔ First Conditional
➔ This sentence uses the first conditional structure (if + present simple, will + base verb) to express a real or very likely situation in the future and its probable result. Here, "I need a loan" is the consequence of the premise "if time is money".
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I'll always keep keepin' on
➔ "Keep + -ing" (gerund)
➔ The verb "keep" is followed by a gerund ("keepin' on" is an informal way of saying "keeping on") to indicate a continuous or repeated action.
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Except the beat that's in my heart
➔ "Except" as a preposition
➔ "Except" is used here to mean "apart from" or "excluding", indicating that everything else is not needed, but "the beat that's in my heart" is an exception.
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It changes though now that I'm famous
➔ "Now that" for cause/reason
➔ "Now that" is a conjunction that introduces a reason or cause for a current situation, implying that something has changed. The change in this case is "I'm famous", which is the reason for the subsequent situation.
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My heart's become too cold to break
➔ "Too... to..." construction
➔ This structure indicates that something is excessively (too) a certain way, making it impossible or very difficult (to + infinitive) to perform a specific action. Here, the heart is excessively cold, so it cannot be broken.
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All my life I've been told to wait
➔ Present Perfect Passive
➔ The present perfect passive ("I've been told") is used to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present, where the subject ("I") is the receiver of the action ("told"). The doer of the action is unknown or unimportant.
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