Super Freak

• By: Rick James
• Album: Street Songs

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
kinky /ˈkɪŋki/ B2	adjective - unconventional or sexually unusual.
spirits /ˈspɪrɪts/ B2	noun - the nonphysical part of a person, soul, feeling.
freak /friːk/ B2	noun - a very unusual person verb - to behave in a wild and irrational way adjective - very unusual or strange
taste /teɪst/ A2	verb - to perceive or experience the flavor of
special /ˈspeʃəl/ A2	adjective - different from what is usual
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to remain in place or delay action until a particular time or event
backstage /ˈbæksteɪdʒ/ B2	noun - the area behind the stage in a theatre
incense /ˈɪnsens/ B2	noun - a substance that is burned for its sweet smell
candles /ˈkændlz/ A2	noun - a stick of wax with a wick that is burned to give light
meet /miːt/ A1	verb - to encounter someone
move /muːv/ A1	verb - to go in a specified direction or manner
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a space within a building, enclosed by walls
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - difficult to accomplish
please /pliːz/ A1	verb - to make someone happy or satisfied
wild /waɪld/ A2	adjective - living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Grammar:

• The kind you don't take home to mother

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun.

  ➔ The full sentence would be 'The kind *that* you don't take home to mother'. The relative pronoun 'that' is often omitted when it is the object of the relative clause.

• Once you get her off the street ow girl

  ➔ "Once" as a subordinating conjunction indicating 'as soon as' or 'after'.

  ➔ "Once" introduces a time clause indicating that something will happen *after* a certain condition is met ('you get her off the street').

• She's never hard to please oh no

  ➔ Use of 'hard to' + infinitive to describe difficulty.

  ➔ 'Hard to please' means difficult to make happy. The structure indicates something is challenging to do.

• The kind of girl you read about in new wave magazines

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'in new wave magazines' acting as an adverbial modifier.

  ➔ The prepositional phrase specifies *where* you might read about this type of girl, modifying the verb 'read'.

• I really love to taste her every time we meet

  ➔ Use of 'to' + infinitive as a direct object.

  ➔ The infinitive phrase 'to taste her' functions as the direct object of the verb 'love'.

• She's a very special girl, The kind of girl you want to know

  ➔ Appositive phrase clarifying 'a very special girl'.

  ➔ The phrase 'The kind of girl you want to know' renames and provides more detail about what type of 'special girl' she is.

• From her head down to her toenails

  ➔ Use of "from... to..." construction to indicate a range or extent.

  ➔ This construction expresses the full extent of something, covering everything between the starting point (her head) and the ending point (her toenails).