Not Letting Go – English Lyrics

• By: Tinie Tempah, Jess Glynne

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the vibrant sounds of London with Tinie Tempah and Jess Glynne's hit song, 'Not Letting Go'. This track blends hip hop, R&B, and pop influences, offering listeners a chance to explore contemporary British music while learning about themes of love and perseverance. It's a perfect example of how music can reflect personal experiences and cultural pride.

[English]

Yes

Uh

Yeah

Yeah, ready for the summer, girl, your hair look killer

See your batty getting bigger but your waist looks slimmer

And I hope I'm still with you when your hair get thinner

I ain't gotta work it out, I know I'm on to a winner

And I love it when I see you sing a song in the mirror

When you play your favourite records where there ain't no filler

Chicky-cha chicky-chicky-cha, Sade, J Dilla

Now I'm on the right track, went from a train to a limo

Now we on the right track (right track), yeah

Used to know me back in college, now I got it like that

Could've gotten sidetracked, now I'm back on my feet

If I hadn't achieved, would you pack up and leave?

Now you're scratching on me like we're Adam and Eve

Playing remix to Ignition in the back of the Jeep, ah

She like the hook, but she don't know the verse

She know I love her even if I never say the words

You were something I can't replace

You made my heart work

You makin' me stronger

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

You were something I can't replace

You made my heart work

You makin' me stronger

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Oh-oh-oh oh oh

oh-oh-oh oh oh

go-oh-oh oh oh

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Oh-oh-oh oh oh

oh-oh-oh oh oh

go-oh-oh oh oh

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Livin' in a bubble, we ain't struggling in life

Ready for your trouble and a couple of fights

Why don't you stay over here and keep me up in the night

And when you're comin' in here, I'll do it just like you like

Girl, I'm ready for your lovin', girl, I keep on falling

You my lucky number that I keep on calling

Wanna never let me go, she said she fed up of tourin'

Because I kiss her in the night and I then leave in the mornin'

I tell her one, already know she the one

She 22 (two), we in Le Fontainebleau

And when she free, you know she call on me

And then I make her take it off and pull it all on me

Playin' in the sheets, don't sleep tonight

Playin' R. Kelly, "I Believe I Can Fly", yeah

She like the hook but she don't know the verse

She know I love her even if I never say the words

You were something I can't replace

You made my heart work

You makin' me stronger

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

You were something I can't replace

You made my heart work

You makin' me stronger

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Oh-oh-oh oh oh

oh-oh-oh oh oh

go-oh-oh oh oh

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Oh-oh-oh oh oh

oh-oh-oh oh oh

Go-oh-oh oh oh

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Yo, oi my size, I see you're quite shy

Guess I'm a sucker for those nice eyes

I ain't in it for the money or the fame

I'm the one that all the honeys couldn't tame, yo I changed

you make my heart work

You makin' me stronger

This thing we have

It can't be bought or sold, now

You were something I can't replace

You made my heart work

You makin' me stronger

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

You were something I can't replace

You made my heart work

You makin' me stronger

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Oh-oh-oh oh oh

oh-oh-oh oh oh

Go-oh-oh oh oh

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Oh-oh-oh oh oh

oh-oh-oh oh oh

Go-oh-oh oh oh

I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go

Key Grammar Structures

• See your batty getting bigger but your waist looks slimmer

  ➔ Comparative adjectives

  ➔ Using comparative adjectives like "bigger" and "slimmer" to compare the size of two things.

• I ain't gotta work it out, I know I'm on to a winner

  ➔ Modal verb 'gotta' and idiom 'on to a winner'

  ➔ 'Gotta' is a contraction of "got to", meaning "have to" or "must". "On to a winner" is an idiom meaning to be successful or have found something good.

• Could've gotten sidetracked, now I'm back on my feet

  ➔ Modal verb perfect 'Could've gotten' and idiom 'back on my feet'

  ➔ 'Could've gotten' is the perfect modal form used to express possibility in the past. 'Back on my feet' is an idiom, meaning to recover or to be doing well again.

• If I hadn't achieved, would you pack up and leave?

  ➔ Third conditional sentence

  ➔ Using the third conditional to express a hypothetical situation in the past and its unreal consequence.

• She like the hook, but she don't know the verse

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement and use of the word 'hook' and 'verse' in the context of a song.

  ➔ The sentence uses the informal "like" instead of "likes" (informal for a simple present tense) while explaining the structure of a song in a casual way.

• You were something I can't replace

  ➔ Use of the modal verb 'can't' (cannot) and the structure of the sentence.

  ➔ Using 'can't' (cannot) to express inability to replace someone or something.

• You makin' me stronger

  ➔ Present continuous tense, contraction of "making"

  ➔ Present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action and contraction of "making" to add to the casual tone.

• Girl, I'm ready for your lovin', girl, I keep on falling

  ➔ Present continuous tense and idiom 'keep on falling'

  ➔ Using the present continuous to express the speaker's state and the idiom 'keep on falling' to describe the continuous falling in love.