Tested, Approved & Trusted – English Lyrics

• By: Burna Boy

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Baby, don't whine pon your seat

Come gimme that

Jump upon my body like animal

Dance make you feel like carnival

I go lock you down like criminal

One touch feelin' like one million

People just dey watch you like a cinema

Whine pon di ting like carnival

Make sure you do nobody else like me

Baby, don't whine pon your seat

Come gimme that

Jump upon my body like animal

Dance make you feel like carnival

I go lock you down like criminal

One touch feelin' like one million

People just dey watch you like a cinema

Whine pon di ting like carnival

Make sure you do nobody else like me

Uh, me, oh

Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

Tested, approved and trusted, oh, please me

Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

In a di middle of all of these beautiful girls in the world

Wey dey dance on the floor

As dem done manya nah to bend am

Me I just want sempe for the centre

Baby, gyrate your waistline, roll it now

No slow down just bring am to me now

Submit am, no teasing

Baby, don't whine pon your seat

Come gimme that

Jump upon my body like animal

Dance make you feel like carnival

I go lock you down like criminal

One touch feelin' like one million

People just dey watch you like a cinema

Whine pon di ting like carnival

Make sure you do nobody else like me

Wan jasi

The way you do fantastic

Have to put on glasses

Make you no blind me with this your body

When I see you whinin' fi di wall

Make me want to turn into the wall

Make me feel like we no dey for real life

Everything nice where you are

Baby, don't whine pon your seat

Come gimme that

Jump upon my body like animal

Dance make you feel like carnival

I go lock you down like criminal

One touch feelin' like one million

People just dey watch you like a cinema

Whine pon di ting like carnival

Make sure you do nobody else like me

Uh, me, oh

Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

Tested, approved and trusted, oh, please me

Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
whine /waɪn/ B1	verb - to move the body in a sexually suggestive way, often in dance
gimme /ɡɪmɪ/ A2	verb - give me (informal)
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to push oneself off the ground and into the air
animal /ˈænɪməl/ A1	noun - a living organism that feeds on organic matter
carnival /ˈkɑːrnɪvəl/ A2	noun - a festival with parades, music, and dancing
lock /lɒk/ A1	verb - to secure something with a lock
criminal /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/ A2	noun - a person who has committed a crime
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to come into physical contact with something
cinema /ˈsɪnɪmə/ A1	noun - a place where films are shown
gyrate /ˈdʒaɪreɪt/ B2	verb - to move in a circle or spiral, especially while dancing
waistline /ˈweɪstlaɪn/ B1	noun - the narrow part of the body between the ribs and hips
fantastic /fænˈtæstɪk/ A2	adjective - extremely good or attractive
blind /blaɪnd/ A1	verb - to make someone unable to see
tested /ˈtestɪd/ A2	adjective - having been tried or examined to check quality or reliability
approved /əˈpruːvd/ B1	adjective - officially agreed or accepted as satisfactory
trusted /ˈtrʌstɪd/ B1	adjective - believed to be good, honest, and reliable

Key Grammar Structures

• Baby, don't whine pon your seat

  ➔ Negative Imperative

  ➔ The use of 'don't' with a verb ('whine') creates a negative imperative, instructing the listener not to perform the action.

• Jump upon my body like animal

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ The phrase 'like animal' is a simile, comparing the action of jumping to the behavior of an animal.

• I go lock you down like criminal

  ➔ Future Tense with 'go'

  ➔ The use of 'go' before the verb ('lock') indicates future tense in informal English.

• One touch feelin' like one million

  ➔ Apostrophe for Contraction

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'feelin'' is used to contract 'feeling', a common feature in informal speech and lyrics.

• People just dey watch you like a cinema

  ➔ Non-standard Verb Form ('dey')

  ➔ The word 'dey' is a non-standard form of 'are' or 'is', often used in colloquial or dialectal English.

• Tested, approved and trusted, trusted

  ➔ Comma Splice

  ➔ The repeated use of 'trusted' with a comma creates a comma splice, which is acceptable in poetic or lyrical contexts.

• Baby, gyrate your waistline, roll it now

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verbs 'gyrate' and 'roll' are in the imperative mood, giving direct commands to the listener.

• Make sure you do nobody else like me

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase 'make sure you do' uses the subjunctive mood to express a command or suggestion.