Lyrics & Translation
Learning a language can be a fun and empowering journey, and P!NK's "Most Girls" is a perfect song to start with if you're learning English. The lyrics are clear, confident, and repeat key phrases, making it easy to follow along and pick up new vocabulary related to independence and relationships. What makes this song special is its strong message of self-worth, which is a universal theme that can inspire you as you learn.
[English]
♪ There you go looking pitiful ♪♪ Just because I let you go ♪
♪ There you go talking 'bout you want me back ♪
♪ But sometimes it be's like that so ♪
♪ There you go ♪
("Most Girls" by P!nk)
("Most Girls" continues)
♪ I never cared too much for love ♪
♪ It was all a bunch of mush that I just did not want ♪
♪ Paid was the issue of the day ♪
♪ If a girlfriend's got some game ♪
♪ Couldn't be more fly gettin' paid was everything ♪
♪ But I'm not every girl ♪
♪ And I don't need that world to validate me ♪
♪ 'Cause shawty's got a job shawty's got a car ♪
♪ Shawty can pay her own rent ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if it is not in my heart ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the bling bling ♪
♪ Got my own thing got the ching-ching ♪
♪ I just want real love ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the mean green ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if he can't be everything ♪
♪ That I dream of ♪
♪ A man that understands real love ♪
♪ I was a girl about the floss ♪
♪ It was all about the cost how much he spent on me ♪
♪ Seek for a man who's got the means ♪
♪ To be givin' you diamond rings ♪
♪ It's what every fly girl could want or even dream ♪
♪ But I'm not every girl ♪
♪ And I don't need no G to take care of me ♪
♪ 'Cause shawty's got a job shawty's got a car ♪
♪ Shawty can pay her own rent ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if it is not in my heart no no ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the bling bling ♪
♪ Got my own thing got the ching-ching ♪
♪ I just want real love ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the mean green ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if he can't be ♪
♪ Everything that I dream of ♪
♪ A man that understands real love ♪
♪ But I'm not every girl ♪
♪ And I don't need no G to take care of me no ♪
♪ 'Cause shawty's got a job shawty's got a car ♪
♪ Shawty can pay her own rent ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if it is not in my heart oh most girls ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the bling bling ♪
♪ Got my own thing got the ching-ching ♪
♪ I just want real love ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the mean green ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if he can't be ♪
♪ Everything that I dream of ♪
♪ A man that understands real love ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the bling bling ♪
♪ Got my own thing got the ching-ching ♪
♪ I just want real love ♪
♪ Most girls want a man with the mean green ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if he can't be ♪
♪ Everything that I dream of ♪
♪ A man that understands real love ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm not most girls ♪
♪ Don't wanna dance if he can't be everything ♪
♪ I I just want real love said I gotta have real love ♪
♪ Everything that can you be everything that I dream of ♪
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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I don't need that world to validate me
➔ Negative contraction with do + not + infinitive (need) + object + infinitive of purpose (to validate)
➔ "I **don't** need that world to validate me" – the word **don't** shows the negative contraction.
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Most girls want a man with the bling bling
➔ Simple present tense with third‑person plural subject, verb + object + prepositional phrase (with the bling bling)
➔ "Most girls **want** a man with the bling bling" – **want** is the simple present verb for a plural subject.
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Shawty can pay her own rent
➔ Modal verb can + base verb (pay) + possessive pronoun + adjective (own) + noun
➔ "Shawty **can** **pay** her **own** rent" – the modal **can** expresses ability.
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Don't wanna dance if it is not in my heart
➔ Negative imperative with contraction (don't) + verb phrase (wanna = want to) + conditional clause introduced by if
➔ "**Don’t** **wanna** dance if it is not in my heart" – **Don’t** is the contracted negative imperative.
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It was all a bunch of mush that I just did not want
➔ Past simple of be (was) + noun phrase + relative clause (that I just did not want)
➔ "It **was** all a bunch of mush **that** I just did not want" – **that** introduces the relative clause.
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But I'm not every girl
➔ Contraction of be (am) with not + indefinite pronoun (every) + noun (girl)
➔ "I **'m** not every girl" – **'m** is the contraction of **am**.
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I just want real love
➔ Simple present verb (want) with adverb (just) + direct object (real love)
➔ "I **just** want real love" – **just** modifies the verb **want**.
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If a girlfriend's got some game
➔ Conditional clause with if + subject + verb (got) in present simple; contraction of is (girlfriend's = girlfriend is) omitted, forming a colloquial structure
➔ "If a **girlfriend's** got some game" – **girlfriend's** is the contracted form of **girlfriend is**.
