Moments – English Lyrics

• By: Jhené Aiko, Big Sean

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

These are the moments in time

That we've been waiting our whole life to find

That we've been searching for all through the night

Just tell me it will be alright

'Cause, baby, in a world full of cancer

Where everyone needs a ransom

My mama said, "Love is the answer"

So when I call you better answer me

Right now I need you here on me

No substitutes, you're the one and only

Please take away the stress I don't need

You got me on my knees, baby, James Brown, please

The time is ours, not for borrow

Both got a past full of sorrow

Let's cancel everything tomorrow

I always get caught in the moment

With you, with you

With you, with you

With you, with you

I get caught in the moment

With you, with you

With you, with you

With you, with you

I get caught in the moment

Hey, the past, that's history

The future, that's a mystery

The present, that's a gift, that's why they call it the present

I can't watch the news lately, it's been too depressing

I'd rather be with you, bodies pressing and decompressing

So much smoke in the air, look like we need decongestant

I know you need protection

I tell you what to do whenever you need direction

You know I'm overworkin', I cut the check like director

Take me daily, as directed

'Cause, baby, in a room full of dancers

You still are the answer

These other hoes nothing to focus on

I need somebody real to get close up on

Looking for someone who don't annoy you when they overstaying

It's looking like I am like 1:00 a.m.

I could put you to sleep faster than melatonin

Us zoning, wishing I could freeze-frame the moment

Oh, yeah

With you, with you

With you, with you

With you, with you

I get caught in the moment

With you, with you

With you, with you

With you, with you

I get caught in the moment

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, hol' up

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You better freeze the moment, seize it, own it

Focus is on it, our time to go in, yo' time be on it

Lose yourself and find something you won't let escape the moment, yeah

Everything you need to be contented is right here, right in this minute

You can have it when you understand that all that matters is right here

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Key Grammar Structures

• These are the moments in time

  ➔ Present Simple (be verb with demonstrative)

  ➔ The verb "are" shows the present simple linking the subject "These" with the complement.

• We've been waiting our whole life to find

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ "Been" is part of the present perfect continuous, showing an action that started in the past and is still continuing.

• Just tell me it will be alright

  ➔ Imperative + Future Simple

  ➔ "Tell" is in the imperative mood, giving a direct request, while "will be" expresses a future prediction.

• My mama said, "Love is the answer"

  ➔ Past Simple reporting verb + that‑clause (direct quote)

  ➔ "Said" is the past simple of the reporting verb, introducing the quoted statement.

• I always get caught in the moment

  ➔ Get + past participle (passive‑like) + adverb of frequency

  ➔ "Get" functions like a passive auxiliary, turning "caught" into a state of being affected.

• I can't watch the news lately, it's been too depressing

  ➔ Modal "can't" + infinitive; Present Perfect

  ➔ "Can't" expresses inability, followed by the infinitive "watch"; "has been" shows a present perfect state.

• I could put you to sleep faster than melatonin

  ➔ Modal "could" + infinitive; Comparative "faster than"

  ➔ "Could" expresses ability or possibility; "faster than" compares the speed of putting someone to sleep with melatonin.

• You better freeze the moment, seize it, own it

  ➔ "Had better" (ellipsis) for strong advice

  ➔ "Better" functions as the contracted form of "had better", giving a firm recommendation to "freeze".

• Everything you need to be contented is right here

  ➔ Relative clause with infinitive (you need to be…) + copular "is"

  ➔ "Need" introduces the infinitive "to be" inside the relative clause, while "is" links the subject "Everything" to the complement.