Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
---|---|
nasty /ˈnæsti/ B1 |
|
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1 |
|
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1 |
|
trashy /ˈtræʃi/ B2 |
|
sleazy /ˈsliːzi/ B2 |
|
classless /ˈklɑːsləs/ B2 |
|
freaky /ˈfriːki/ B2 |
|
pride /praɪd/ B1 |
|
dignity /ˈdɪɡnəti/ B2 |
|
integrity /ɪnˈteɡrəti/ C1 |
|
ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/ B1 |
|
female /ˈfiːmeɪl/ B1 |
|
hot /hɑːt/ A2 |
|
booty /ˈbuːti/ B2 |
|
stank /stæŋk/ B2 |
|
easy /ˈiːzi/ A1 |
|
walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
|
house /haʊs/ A1 |
|
respect /rɪˈspekt/ B1 |
|
cleavage /ˈkliːvɪdʒ/ B2 |
|
🚀 "nasty", "girl" – from “Nasty Girl” still a mystery?
Learn trendy vocab – vibe with music, get the meaning, and use it right away without sounding awkward!
Key Grammar Structures
-
You's a nasty, nasty
➔ Non-standard contraction
➔ Informal contraction of "You are" → "You's" (common in African American Vernacular English)
-
These men don't want no hot female
➔ Double negative
➔ "don't want no" = emphasizes negation (informal). Literally means "want no" despite "don't".
-
That's been around the block female
➔ Present perfect + idiom
➔ "been around the block" = idiom for having extensive experience (especially sexual). Present perfect shows life experience.
-
Change don't come your way
➔ Zero conditional (general truth)
➔ General truth structure: "If change doesn't come your way" (implied). Uses present simple for universal truths.
-
When she gets with ya, she lets it go
➔ Time clause (when) + phrasal verb
➔ "When" introduces time clause (present simple). "Lets it go" = phrasal verb meaning releases inhibitions/behaves freely.
-
You should be ashamed
➔ Modal verb (should) for advice/criticism
➔ "Should" expresses strong recommendation or moral judgment. Implies the subject is not meeting social expectations.
-
N-A-S-T-Y, you're nasty
➔ Initialism spelling + contraction
➔ Spelling out words letter-by-letter for emphasis. "You're" = contraction of "you are".
-
Girl, what you thinkin' 'bout lookin' that to' down
➔ Multiple elisions + rhetorical question
➔ Elisions: "thinkin'" (thinking), "'bout" (about), "lookin'" (looking), "to'" (tore down). Rhetorical question implies disapproval.
Related Songs

Kiss You
One Direction

Last Christmas
Backstreet Boys

Sailing
Rod Stewart

Alice By The Hudson
AJR

Pistol
Cigarettes After Sex

Rule The World
Take That

Rollin'
Meghan Trainor

Miss You Nights
Westlife

Fire In Me
John Newman

Fetish
Selena Gomez, Gucci Mane

Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)
Bonnie Tyler

Have Mercy On Me Now
Hillsong UNITED

Living In A Haze
Milky Chance, The Beaches

Rollacoasta
Robin Thicke, Estelle

I Feel You
Wonder Girls

Dopamine
Kungs, JHart

Love Life
Major Lazer, Azaryah

Angels On My Side
Rick Astley

Found You First
Alec Benjamin

Private Dancer
Tina Turner