The Anthem – English Lyrics

• By: Pitbull, Lil Jon
• Album: The Boatlift

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Everybody knows this right here

Your mother, your father, yous sister, your brother

Abuela y abuelo, everybody sing along

Mami el negro, cubano

Mami el negro, puertoriqueno

Mami el negro, dominicano

Mami el negro, mexicano

Mami el negro esta rabioso

El quiere tu azucar, y tu no se lo das

Esa morena esta sabrosa

Y cuando tu la tocas, ella se vuelve loca

Mami el negro esta rabioso

El quiere tu azucar, y tu no se lo das

Esa morena esta sabrosa

Y cuando tu la tocas, ella se vuelve loca

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Lets go

Hey hey, baby give it to me, don't play-play

She was like O.K K K

Started clapping her ass to ay bey bey, ay bey bey, ay bey bey

She told me that her mamas latin, dads asian

Abuela esta loca, abuelos hatian

Y yo soy cubano and I'm impatient

So do me a favor, lets skip conversation

I just wanna taste ya asap

Take ya asap, to the room asap

Zoom zoom asap, boom boom take that

Ooohh I like that

When you fight that

Mami el negro esta rabioso

El quiere tu azucar, y tu no se lo das

Esa morena esta sabrosa

Y cuando tu la tocas, ella se vuelve loca

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

See you with your heels, sexy shirt

I See you with your man, youu threw me a smirk

You See me with your girls, you started to flirt

Back of the club, hand up her skirt

Hand full of ass, I'm trying to hold on

Girls gone wild, all night long

She had no bra, and no thong

One more shot, baby its on (lets go)

She's a wild thing, and she loves to do wild things

So we did the wild thing, I'm a freak but I aint gon' lie

That thing was fine man, everybody say...

Mami el negro esta rabioso

El quiere tu azucar, y tu no se lo das

Esa morena esta sabrosa

Y cuando tu la tocas, ella se vuelve loca

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Get nasty, get freaky, you sexy, you fine

Get nasty, get freaky, you sexy, you fine

Go go go go girl

Go go go girl

Go go go girl

Go go go girl

Shake your ass to the beat, shake your ass to the beat

Shake your ass to the beat, shake your ass to the beat

Hey

Mami el negro esta rabioso

El quiere tu azucar, y tu no se lo das

Esa morena esta sabrosa

Y cuando tu la tocas, ella se vuelve loca

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro, (a mi que me importa)

Yo lo que quiero es esa loca, (dale dale loca)

Take it to the flo' now

Yo te doy lo tuyo

Ahora, dame lo mio

Yo te doy lo tuyo

Ahora, dame lo mio

Yo te doy lo tuyo

Ahora, dame lo mio (let's go now)

Yo te doy lo tuyo

Ahora, dame lo mio

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to produce musical sounds with the voice
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - to take part in a physical fight verb - to struggle against something
taste /teɪst/ A2	verb - to experience the flavor of something
flirt /flɜːrt/ B1	verb - to try to attract someone romantically
wild /waɪld/ B1	adjective - not controlled or restrained
impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ B2	adjective - not willing to wait
conversation /ˌkɒnvərˈseɪʃən/ B2	noun - a talk between two or more people
freak /friːk/ B2	noun - a person with unusual habits or interests
nasty /ˈnæsti/ B2	adjective - unpleasant or offensive
flirt /flɜːrt/ B2	verb - to try to attract someone romantically
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - to move back and forth or up and down quickly
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a part of a building
shirt /ʃɜːrt/ A1	noun - an item of clothing worn on the upper body
skirt /skɜːrt/ A1	noun - a type of clothing worn below the waist
beat /biːt/ A2	noun - the basic rhythmic unit in music
heels /hiːlz/ B1	noun - the back part of the foot

Key Grammar Structures

• Everybody knows this right here

  ➔ Simple Present Tense

  ➔ The verb "knows" is in the **simple present** to talk about a general fact.

• El quiere tu azúcar, y tú no se lo das

  ➔ Pronoun order with indirect + direct object pronouns (se lo)

  ➔ "se lo" combines the indirect object pronoun **"se"** (to him/her) with the direct object pronoun **"lo"** (it).

• Yo lo que quiero es esa loca

  ➔ Relative clause with "lo que" (what/that which)

  ➔ "lo que" functions as a **relative pronoun** meaning “what”. The clause "lo que quiero" = “what I want”.

• She was like O.K K K

  ➔ Informal reported speech (was like)

  ➔ "was like" is a colloquial way to introduce what someone said or thought, similar to "said that".

• Started clapping her ass to ay bey bey

  ➔ Verb + gerund after "start"

  ➔ "Started" is followed by the **gerund** "clapping" to express the beginning of an action.

• I just wanna taste ya asap

  ➔ Contraction "wanna" = want to + infinitive

  ➔ "wanna" combines **"want"** and **"to"**, followed by the infinitive "taste".

• Yo te doy lo tuyo, ahora, dame lo mío

  ➔ Double object pronouns & imperative with direct object pronoun

  ➔ "te" (to you) and "lo" (it) are **double object pronouns** in "te doy lo tuyo"; "dame" is the **imperative** of "dar" with direct object pronoun "lo".

• Get nasty, get freaky, you sexy, you fine

  ➔ Imperative verb for giving instructions or encouragement

  ➔ "Get" is used as an **imperative** meaning “become” or “show”.

• Take it to the flo' now

  ➔ Imperative mood with direct object pronoun

  ➔ "Take" is an **imperative** command; "it" is the **direct object pronoun** receiving the action.