Play Nice – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
♪ They think that they know me ♪
♪ Hush my loves now don't you lie ♪
♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪
♪ Hush my loves now don't you lie ♪
♪ I might look sweet by I don't play nice ♪
♪ I can hear 'em talkin' in my sleep ♪
♪ Got one eye open while I'm listening ♪
♪ They think that they know me ♪
♪ Got me figured out ♪
♪ But they don't know anything that I'm about ♪
♪ And when I get the chance ♪
♪ I'll say so sweetly ♪
♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪
♪ If you think your words are nice ♪
♪ Better close your mouth, shut your lips real tight ♪
♪ Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself ♪
♪ To yourself and nobody else ♪
♪ So hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ I might look sweet but I don't play nice ♪
♪ I can hear 'em talkin' in my sleep ♪
♪ Hush ♪
♪ Even through all their whispering ♪
♪ They think that they know me, got me figured out ♪
♪ But they don't know anything that I'm about ♪
♪ I should warn them now to stay away ♪
♪ And I say ♪
♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪
♪ If you think your words are nice ♪
♪ Better close your mouth, shut your lips real tight ♪
♪ Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself ♪
♪ To yourself and nobody else ♪
♪ So hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ I might look sweet but I don't play nice ♪
♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪
♪ If you think your words are nice ♪
♪ Better close your mouth, shut your lips real tight ♪
♪ Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself ♪
♪ To yourself and nobody else ♪
♪ So hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ I might look sweet but I don't play nice ♪
♪ Hush my loves, now don't you lie ♪
♪ Karma's got a way of making things right ♪
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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They think that they know me.
➔ Present simple tense for general truths.
➔ The phrase "they think" indicates a belief or opinion.
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Karma's got a way of making things right.
➔ Possessive form to indicate ownership.
➔ The phrase "Karma's got" shows that karma possesses the ability.
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I might look sweet but I don't play nice.
➔ Modal verb 'might' to express possibility.
➔ The phrase "I might look sweet" suggests a potential appearance.
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Secrets aren't safe, keep 'em to yourself.
➔ Negative form to express denial.
➔ The phrase "aren't safe" indicates that secrets are not secure.
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But they don't know anything that I'm about.
➔ Present simple tense for habitual actions.
➔ The phrase "they don't know" indicates a lack of knowledge.
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If you think your words are nice.
➔ Conditional clause to express a hypothetical situation.
➔ The phrase "if you think" introduces a condition.
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Hush my loves, now don't you lie.
➔ Imperative form to give commands.
➔ The phrase "hush my loves" is a command to be quiet.
