Pretty Girl – English Lyrics

• By: Stefflon Don, Tiggs Da Author

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Stefflon Don's vibrant track 'Pretty Girl,' featuring Tiggs Da Author, and explore the dynamic fusion of dancehall and contemporary UK sounds. This song offers a glimpse into London's music scene and Stefflon Don's Jamaican heritage, perfect for learning about cultural influences in music.

[English]

Falling, falling for you

Falling, for you (Representing Stefflon Don to the world)

Falling, for you

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Me a gwan tan tuddy pon di buddy

When mi deh a Greenwich Farm

Rema bawl fi di sumn weh mek man run inna storm

From nineteen how long him a pree mi

Pretty face, and me eye dem dreamy

Mi nuh deady deady pon di sumn when me ride it

Quint mi position pon di back and me nuh slide it

Never get a love inna him life weh did like this

(Love inna him life weh did like this)

Love when you, love when you hold me

Baby, don't control me

Just know I run the town and all these bruddas wan' know me

Said they gon' do me but they never do me

Just copped the bust down

So make a brudda try fool me

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Falling, falling for you

Falling for you

Falling for you

Falling, falling for you

Falling for you

Falling for you

Cry me a river, but I hope you don't drown

Better be careful what you say outta your mouth

You know it ain't never safe when I'm around

They said bad girls never do no good, good

Got, got it, got it all

These diamonds on me, yeah, they fall

Slow down

Babe, I got racks up on racks up, they don't flow down

Love when you, love when you hold me

Baby, don't control me

Just know I run the town and all these bruddas wan' know me

Said they gon' do me but they never do me

Just cut the boss down

So make a brudda try fool me

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Pretty girl, you're taking your time

Why you do me like this?

You know me loving your whine

Pretty girl, you're giving me signs

Then you tell me you don't want me

Can you make up you mind?

Falling, falling for you

Falling for you

Falling for you (yeah yeah)

Falling, falling for you

Falling for you

Falling for you (yeah yeah)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A2	adjective - attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a deep affection for someone
sign /saɪn/ B1	noun - an indication or gesture that conveys information
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences verb - to be concerned about or to care for
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2	verb - to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command
town /taʊn/ A2	noun - a human settlement smaller than a city but larger than a village
drown /draʊn/ B2	verb - to die by submersion in water
careful /ˈkɛrfəl/ B1	adjective - making sure of avoiding potential danger, mishap, or harm; cautious
diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/ B2	noun - a precious stone, typically colorless, that is a form of carbon
racks /ræks/ B2	noun - a large amount of money or wealth

Key Grammar Structures

• Why you do me like this?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence using subject + do + object + like this

  ➔ 'Do' is used here to form a question in the present simple tense.

• Can you make up your mind?

  ➔ Modal verb + pronoun + base verb phrase

  ➔ 'Can' is a modal verb expressing ability or possibility, and it's followed by the pronoun 'you' and the base verb 'make up'.

• Cry me a river, but I hope you don't drown

  ➔ Imperative structure + modal verb + pronoun + conditional clause

  ➔ This phrase uses an imperative form ('Cry') followed by a pronoun 'me' and an object 'a river', with a contrasting clause 'but I hope you don't drown'.

• Love when you, love when you hold me

  ➔ Repeated phrase with present simple tense to emphasize habitual action

  ➔ The repetition of 'love when you' emphasizes the ongoing or habitual nature of the affection.

• From nineteen how long him a pree mi

  ➔ Informal expression with omitted auxiliary verb for emphasis, common in Jamaican Patois

  ➔ This is a colloquial structure from Jamaican Patois, where auxiliary verbs are often omitted for stylistic or rhythmic effect.

• Said they gon' do me but they never do me

  ➔ Reported speech with 'say' in past tense + 'gon'' (gonna) for future intention + double negatives

  ➔ 'Said' introduces reported speech, and 'gon'' (a colloquial form of 'gonna') indicates future intention; double negatives emphasize negation.