Sell Me Candy – English Lyrics

• By: Rihanna
• Album: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Rihanna's vibrant world with "Sell Me Candy," a track featuring catchy, chaotic beats that showcase her exploration of R&B and pop sounds. Learning this song lets you experience how she uses playful, sugary metaphors to express intense, irresistible desire—a fascinating look into the seductive language of modern R&B.

[English]

Sell me candy like the summer when it's meltin' in my hands

I know you're around like the ice cream man

I can hear you callin' whisper something in my ear

Sweet like sugar tell me what I wanna hear

I'm weak by your touch and when it's meltin' on my lips

A rush through my body, feel it in my fingertips

You selling me your fantasy that I wanna explore

Sound so good, spoil me rotten to the core, you know

Talk to me, take care of my dreams

All I need is you beside me

It's destiny, just let it be

Of the words you speak, baby, sell it to me

Sell me candy, sell me love

Sell me heaven, sell me doves

What's the charge? What's the cost?

(Come to daddy) you the boss

Be a professional, boy, you make a sale

I try to resist but every time I fail

The one temptation that I gotta endure

You're running through my garden

Now you're knocking at my door

Forbidden little kiss and you call it bittersweet

The shawty that you rocking with ain't nothin' like me

You selling me your fantasy that I wanna explore

Sound so good, spoil me rotten to the core, you know

Talk to me, take care of my dreams

All I need is you beside me

It's destiny, just let it be

Of the words you speak, baby, sell it to me

Sell me candy, sell me love

Sell me heaven, sell me doves

What's the charge? What's the cost?

(Come to daddy) you the boss

I want you, babe, more than you know

But don't you leave and don't you go

I want it all until time falls

These arms won't hold you wrong

I want your love, give you my trust

I wanna live for both of us

I wanna breathe ya, lay on your shoulder

I wanna warm ya when nights get colder

I want love, love, love

I want love, love, love

Talk to me, take care of my dreams

All I need is you beside me

It's destiny, just let it be

Of the words you speak, baby, sell it to me

Sell me candy, sell me love

Sell me heaven, sell me doves

What's the charge? What's the cost?

(Come to daddy) you the boss

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sell /sɛl/ A1	verb - to exchange something for money
candy /ˈkændi/ A1	noun - a sweet food made from sugar or syrup
melt /mɛlt/ A2	verb - to change from a solid to a liquid state
whisper /ˈhwɪspər/ A2	verb - to speak very softly
sweet /swit/ A1	adjective - having a taste of sugar
rush /rʌʃ/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of excitement
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B1	noun - an idea with no basis in reality
explore /ɪkˈsplɔr/ B1	verb - to discover or investigate
spoil /spɔɪl/ B1	verb - to treat someone with great kindness
temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/ B2	noun - a desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise
forbidden /fərˈbɪdən/ B1	adjective - not allowed
bittersweet /ˌbɪtərˈswit/ B2	adjective - having a pleasant taste with a mixture of bitter and sweet
destiny /ˈdɛstɪni/ B2	noun - a predetermined course of events
charge /tʃɑrdʒ/ A2	noun - the price asked for something
resist /rɪˈzɪst/ B1	verb - to fight against something

Key Grammar Structures

• Sell me candy like the summer when it's meltin' in my hands

  ➔ comparative clause with 'like' to describe similarity

  ➔ This line uses 'like' to introduce a comparison, highlighting that selling candy is similar to the summer melting in hands.

• I know you're around like the ice cream man

  ➔ simile using 'like' for comparison

  ➔ This line compares the presence or familiarity of 'you' to the ice cream man, implying closeness or availability.

• I'm weak by your touch and when it's meltin' on my lips

  ➔ prepositional phrase indicating cause and effect

  ➔ The phrase 'by your touch' explains the cause of the weak feeling, and 'when it's meltin' on my lips' describes the effect of that touch.

• Sound so good, spoil me rotten to the core, you know

  ➔ adjective phrase with 'so good' as a modifier

  ➔ The phrase 'Sound so good' describes how appealing or pleasing something seems, intensifying the sentiment of being spoiled.

• Talk to me, take care of my dreams

  ➔ imperative sentence with multiple verbs

  ➔ The speaker is issuing commands or requests vocally, asking someone to communicate and care for their hopes.

• What's the charge? What's the cost?

  ➔ interrogative sentence structure with prepositional phrase

  ➔ This is a yes/no question asking about the cost, using the question word 'what's' for 'what is'.