Sugar! Honey! Love! – English Lyrics

• By: Kali Uchis
• Album: Sincerely,

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Kali Uchis' evocative world with "Sugar! Honey! Love!" This track, rich with smooth R&B and soul, teaches the language of resilience—how to move past pain and embrace healing. Its blend of rawness and optimism, centered on the sweet affirmation of 'sugar, honey, love,' makes it a special lesson in emotional transformation.

[English]

Sugar, honey, love

So sweet to me

So sweet to me

Sugar, honey, love

Start from the top now

1... 2... 3...

Woop, there's another one

Who could I ever trust?

Here we go

Woop, there's another one

Who, tell me who can I trust?

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Woop, there's another one

Swear at this point, I've seen it all

So nothing shocks me anymore

Sick and tired of betrayal

Tell me, who can I trust?

And I did all my time

For a crime that wasn't mine

Made it out alive

Now I'm letting the sun

Shine on me and my

Sweet sugar honey love

Shine all your light to this world

Sugar honey love

And I, I had almost given up hope

'Til I met a love so pure and true

Day I met you babe

Freed me from the fear

You put the blood back to my heart

Every day was gray

You put color back in my world

Sugar honey, you gave me so much more to live for

And I did all my time

For a crime that wasn't mine

Made it out alive

Now I'm letting my son

Shine on me and my

Sweet sugar honey love

Shine all your light to this world

Sugar honey love

So sweet to me

So sweet to me

(Sugar honey love

So sweet to me

So sweet to me

Sugar honey love)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trust /trʌst/ B2	verb - to believe in the honesty or reliability of someone or something noun - confidence in someone or something
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of affection and care verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
honey /ˈhʌni/ A2	noun - a sweet, viscous food made by bees
sugar /ˈʃʊgər/ A2	noun - sweet crystalline substance used as a sweetener
shine /ʃaɪn/ B1	verb - to emit light, to be bright
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - the natural agent that makes things visible adjective - not heavy or dark
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
world /wɜːrld/ A2	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to produce tears as a result of emotion
alive /əˈlaɪv/ B1	adjective - living, not dead
crime /kraɪm/ B2	noun - an illegal act
fear /fɪər/ B2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by threats or danger

Key Grammar Structures

• I did all my time for a crime that wasn't mine.

  ➔ Past simple + relative clause

  ➔ The relative pronoun "that" introduces a clause describing the noun: I did all my time for a crime "that" wasn't mine.

• Who could I ever trust?

  ➔ Modal verb in a question (could) for possibility

  ➔ The modal "could" shows a tentative possibility: Who "could" I ever trust?

• I've seen it all

  ➔ Present perfect (have + past participle) for experience

  ➔ The contraction "I've" (= I have) marks present perfect: "I've" seen it all.

• Now I'm letting the sun shine on me

  ➔ Present continuous with causative-like "letting" + infinitive

  ➔ The verb "letting" shows permission/causation: Now I'm "letting" the sun shine on me.

• So sweet to me

  ➔ Adjective phrase with "so ... to" expressing degree/complement

  ➔ The adverb "so" intensifies the adjective: "So" sweet to me.

• Shine all your light to this world

  ➔ Imperative sentence (command)

  ➔ The base form "Shine" gives a direct command: "Shine" all your light to this world.

• I had almost given up hope

  ➔ Past perfect (had + past participle) for an action completed before another past event

  ➔ The auxiliary "had" marks the past perfect: I "had" almost given up hope.

• You put the blood back to my heart

  ➔ Simple past with verb "put" + object + prepositional phrase

  ➔ The verb "put" is used in the simple past: You "put" the blood back to my heart.