That Girl – English Lyrics

• By: Pharrell, Snoop Dogg
• Album: In My Mind

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the language of love and neighborhood connections through Pharrell and Snoop Dogg's 'That Girl'. Discover slang, emotional expression, and cultural references that highlight the complexities of young love. Learn how music can express hidden feelings and bridge cultural gaps.

[English]

- HERE. - WHAT?

- OH, NO, I CAN'T ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW. - ( scoffs )

- WHAT? - LOOK.

YOU SHOULD START BY DELETING SOME OF THESE.

AMBER, AKIRA,

ASHLEY, AUTUMN.

I'M NOT EVEN DONE WITH THE As YET.

( hip hop music playing )

♪ WE DO THIS IN OUR SLEEP ♪

♪ That girl, that girl ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ YEAH ♪

- ♪ YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE? ♪ - ♪ That girl, that girl ♪

- ♪ I WANNA HOLLA AT YOU, MAN ♪ - ♪ That girl, that girl ♪

♪ YOU KNOW IT'S HARD FOR A PLAYER TO ADMIT THAT SOMETIMES ♪

♪ BUT I'M A SPIT THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ♪

- ♪ HEY, P, GIVE IT TO ME ONE TIME, NEPHEW ♪ - ♪ PREGO ♪

♪ THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAN ♪

- ♪ FROM AROUND MY WAY ♪ - ♪ She's from around the way ♪

- ♪ EVER TRY TO HOLD BACK YOUR FEELINGS ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪

- ♪ BUT IT JUST WOULDN'T STAY? - ♪ Wouldn't stay, wouldn't stay ♪

♪ BUT WHEN I FINALLY FOUND ♪

♪ THE WORDS TO SAY ♪

- ♪ I WANTED TO RUN AWAY ♪ - ♪ Run away, run away ♪

♪ SIMPLY RUN AWAY ♪

♪ YOU CAN TRY TO RUN AND HIDE ♪

♪ IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ♪

♪ YOU CAN LIE ♪

♪ TO YOURSELF THAT IT ISN'T ♪

♪ I'M SURE IT HURTS ♪

- ♪ WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENTION... ♪ - Gimme back my phone.

♪ THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE... ♪

- YOU NEED A REAL GIRL. - ♪ WITH THE GIRL ♪

♪ HEY, YES, SIR ♪

♪ THAT'S HER, BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THAT ♪

- ♪ BACK WHEN I MET HER ♪ - ♪ What? ♪

♪ THE LAVISH LIFE FROM ALL THE DOUGH SPUN ♪

- ♪ BEFORE THE DOUBLE R HAD THE HITCHHIKE THUMB ♪ - ♪ What? ♪

♪ HER FRIENDS DIDN'T LIKE DUDES LIKE US ♪

♪ BUT I ARRESTED THE COOCHIE AND THE FEELINGS GOT CUFFED ♪

♪ SPIDER WEB SEX MUST HAVE GOT CAUGHT UP ♪

- ♪ What? ♪ - ♪ BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT, I REMEMBER ONCE ♪

♪ SAYING LET'S -- ON THE PEONS ♪

♪ LET'S GO TO VEGAS AND WATCH CELINE DION ♪

- ♪ MAKE THEM SAY WHAT WE ON ♪ - ♪ What? ♪

♪ YOU SAID NO LIKE YOU WERE DOING IT FOR EONS ♪

♪ BUMP IT, I JUST HUM AND LET THE WATCH GIVE OFF THE NEONS ♪

♪ WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS ♪

♪ I LAUGHED TO MYSELF WHEN I CHANGED THE SCORE ♪

♪ YOU SAID MY SEX WAS A LOT, BUT MY BRAIN GAVE YOU MORE ♪

♪ AND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW YOUR EX WAS A TOY ♪

♪ I GUESS HE PLAYED GAMES, THERE'S ONLY DIAMOND DICE HERE ♪

♪ NOT TRYING TO JUSTIFY, BUT WHEN YOU SHUT YOUR EYE, YOU CAN TOUCH THE SKY ♪

♪ YOU IN TROUBLE, MA, AND YOU SHOULD PRAY ABOUT SPEED ♪

- ♪ BUT IF THIS ABOUT YOU, WHAT THAT SAY ABOUT ME? ♪ - ♪ What? ♪

♪ BUT WHEN I FINALLY FOUND THE WORDS TO SAY ♪

- ♪ I WANTED TO RUN AWAY ♪ - ♪ Run away, run away ♪

- ♪ SIMPLY RUN AWAY ♪ - ♪ Check it out ♪

- ♪ YOU CAN TRY TO RUN AND HIDE ♪ - ♪ That girl ♪

- ♪ IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ♪ - ♪ That girl ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF ♪

- ♪ THAT IT ISN'T, I'M SURE IT HURTS ♪ - ♪ That girl, that girl ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENTION ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ WITH THE GIRL ♪

♪ WHAT UP? WHAT UP? SEE I'M A CRIP IN DARK BLUE CHUCKS ♪

♪ AND I DOES WHAT I DOES, YEAH, I MIGHT SAY "CUZ" ♪

♪ IT'S REALLY WEIRD 'CAUSE A -- GOT LOVE ♪

♪ SNOOP DOGG'S A CRIP, AND THE GIRL WAS A BLOOD ♪

- ♪ What? ♪ - ♪ SHE TOLD ME THAT HER BABY DADDY WAS A THUG ♪

♪ NOW IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND IT WAS NOT WAS ♪

♪ I'M HOT ON LITTLE MAMA LIKE WOOD ♪

♪ MONDAY MORE STACK, TRYING TO GET MY CHEESE BACK ♪

♪ ALL THESE MEMORIES BREED SEEDS TO THE RHYTHM RHYME PLEASER ♪

♪ LAID BACK WHILE WE SIPPING ON A BREEZER ♪

♪ FRESH FOUR PACK SITTING IN THE FREEZER, AIN'T THAT KADESHA? ♪

♪ I HEARD SHE WAS A SKEEZER ♪

♪ SHE USED TO HIT THEM LIQS WITH THE VISA, WHEN I SEEN HER WITH THE HOMIES ♪

♪ I WAS LIKE, "JESUS!" IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MINUTE SINCE I SEEN HER ♪

♪ I HOPE HER MAN DON'T RUN UP 'CAUSE I'LL HAVE TO PULL THE NINA ♪

♪ THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAN ♪

♪ FROM AROUND MY WAY ♪

♪ EVER TRY TO HOLD BACK YOUR FEELINGS ♪

♪ BUT IT JUST WOULDN'T STAY? ♪

♪ BUT WHEN I FINALLY FOUND THE WORDS TO SAY ♪

♪ I WANTED TO RUN AWAY ♪

♪ SIMPLY RUN AWAY ♪

- ♪ YOU CAN TRY TO RUN AND HIDE ♪ - ♪ That girl ♪

- ♪ IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ♪ - ♪ That girl ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF ♪

- ♪ That girl ♪ - ♪ THAT IT ISN'T ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ I'M SURE IT HURTS ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENTION ♪

- ♪ THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE ♪ - ♪ Love, love ♪

- ♪ WITH THE GIRL ♪ - ( laughing )

- ♪ THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAN ♪ - ♪ That girl, that girl ♪

- ♪ That girl, that girl ♪ - ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪

- ♪ THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAN ♪ - ♪ That girl, that girl ♪

- ♪ THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAN. ♪ - ( music fades out )

ZAPORA, ZENA, ZOEY,

ZELDA.

ZAAQQUYSHA.

COME ON, BIG HEAD, LET'S GO.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection or deep attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or physical sensation
run away /rʌn əˈweɪ/ B1	phrasal verb - to escape or leave suddenly
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to put or keep out of sight
hard /hɑːrd/ A1	adjective - difficult to do or understand
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ A2	adjective - not the same
hurt /hɜːrt/ B1	verb - to cause pain or injury adjective - feeling pain
attention /əˈtɛnʃən/ B1	noun - the act of focusing the mind on something
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to make an attempt
player /ˈpleɪər/ B1	noun - a person who plays a sport or game; also slang for someone who dates many people
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - an activity for amusement or competition
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of a living being
word /wɜːrd/ A1	noun - a single unit of language
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ A2	adjective - not the same

Key Grammar Structures

• YOU SHOULD START BY DELETING SOME OF THESE.

  ➔ Modal verb for advice ('should') + base form ('start') and the 'by' + gerund construction ('by deleting').

  ➔ The sentence uses the modal 'should' to give advice, and the phrase 'start by' plus the gerund 'deleting' shows the method (the word to highlight is "should" and the method phrase "by deleting").

• YOU CAN TRY TO RUN AND HIDE.

  ➔ Modal 'can' expressing ability/possibility; 'try to' + infinitive; coordination of two verbs with 'and' (run and hide).

  ➔ This line shows the 'can' modal for capability, the 'try to' pattern with an infinitive, and a simple coordination of verbs with 'and' (run and hide).

• YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF.

  ➔ Modal 'can' + verb (lie); prepositional phrase 'to yourself' indicates target of action.

  ➔ The sentence uses 'can' to express capability/permission for lying, with 'to yourself' marking the indirect object of the action.

• I WANTED TO RUN AWAY.

  ➔ Past tense 'wanted' + infinitive 'to run' to express a past desire.

  ➔ The sentence uses the past tense 'wanted' with the infinitive 'to run' to express a past desire.

• SHE TOLD ME THAT HER BABY DADDY WAS A THUG.

  ➔ Reported speech with a that-clause: 'told me that ... was ...' (past tense).

  ➔ This line uses reported speech with a 'that' clause, converting direct speech into a past-tense reporting structure (told ... was).

• I HEARD SHE WAS A SKEEZER.

  ➔ Past reporting verb 'heard' + clause with 'was' (past simple).

  ➔ The sentence uses a reporting verb 'heard' followed by a clause with 'was', illustrating simple past reporting.

• THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAN.

  ➔ Existential 'there is/there's' + noun phrase; colloquial emphasis with 'man'.

  ➔ This line uses the existential there is construction 'there's' and adds casual emphasis with the word 'man'.

• LET'S GO TO VEGAS AND WATCH CELINE DION.

  ➔ Imperative 'Let's' (let us) + verb(s); 'to' + destination; 'watch' as a second verb joined by 'and'.

  ➔ This line employs the contracted imperative 'Let's' (let us) to propose actions, with 'to Vegas' as the destination and a second verb 'watch' coordinated by 'and'.

• GIMME BACK MY PHONE.

  ➔ Colloquial imperative 'gimme' = 'give me'; 'back' as an adverb indicating return; imperative mood.

  ➔ The line uses the casual contraction 'gimme' for 'give me' in an imperative command, with 'back' stressing the return of the phone.