Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Everybody knows this right hereYour 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
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sing /sɪŋ/ A1 |
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fight /faɪt/ A2 |
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taste /teɪst/ A2 |
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flirt /flɜːrt/ B1 |
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wild /waɪld/ B1 |
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impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ B2 |
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conversation /ˌkɒnvərˈseɪʃən/ B2 |
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freak /friːk/ B2 |
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nasty /ˈnæsti/ B2 |
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flirt /flɜːrt/ B2 |
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shake /ʃeɪk/ A2 |
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room /ruːm/ A1 |
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shirt /ʃɜːrt/ A1 |
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skirt /skɜːrt/ A1 |
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beat /biːt/ A2 |
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heels /hiːlz/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Everybody knows this right here
➔ Simple Present Tense
➔ The verb "knows" is in the **simple present** to talk about a general fact.
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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).
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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”.
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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".
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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.
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I just wanna taste ya asap
➔ Contraction "wanna" = want to + infinitive
➔ "wanna" combines **"want"** and **"to"**, followed by the infinitive "taste".
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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".
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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”.
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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.
