The Worst – English Lyrics

• By: Jhené Aiko
• Album: Sail Out

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with Jhené Aiko's "The Worst." This soulful R&B track offers a deeply emotional and relatable narrative about love, heartbreak, and resilience. By immersing yourself in its poignant lyrics and Aiko's expressive delivery, you can explore authentic English expressions of complex emotions and everyday relationship dynamics, making it a perfect song to enhance your language learning experience.

[English]

(sirens blaring)

(distorted voices speaking)

♪ Tell me whatcha say now ♪

♪ Tell me whatcha say ♪

♪ Come again ♪

♪ If you cannot stay down ♪

♪ Then you do not have to pretend ♪

♪ Like there is no way out ♪

♪ I shoulda never let you in ♪

♪ 'Cause you got me face down ♪

♪ And don't take this personal ♪

♪ But you're the worst ♪

♪ You know what you've done to me ♪

♪ And although it hurts, I know ♪

♪ I just can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ But I want you ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ But I love you ♪

♪ Tell me whatcha say now ♪

♪ Tell me whatcha say ♪

♪ You said that you would come again ♪

♪ You said that we would remain friends but ♪

♪ You know that I do not depend on ♪

♪ Nothing or no one ♪

♪ So why would you show up ♪

♪ So uninvited then ♪

♪ Just change my mind like that ♪

♪ Please don't take this personal ♪

♪ But you ain't shit ♪

♪ And you weren't special ♪

♪ 'Til I made you so ♪

♪ You better act like you know ♪

♪ That I've been through worse than you ♪

♪ I just can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ I can't keep runnin' away ♪

♪ But I don't need you ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ But I want you ♪

♪ But I want you ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ But I love you ♪ ♪ It's lost in hope, aye-aye ♪

♪ Everybody's like, he's no item ♪

♪ Please don't like him ♪

♪ He don't wife 'em ♪

♪ He one-nights 'em ♪

♪ I never listen, no ♪

♪ I should have figured though ♪

♪ All that shit you was spittin', so unoriginal ♪

♪ But it was you, so I was with it ♪

♪ Then to tell you the truth, wish we never did it ♪

♪ 'Cause I usually do stick to the business ♪

♪ But you came out the blue ♪

♪ And then you just flipped it ♪ ♪ God damn ♪

♪ God damn, baby, my mind's blown ♪

♪ Be forgettin' you live in a different time zone ♪

♪ I think I know what this is ♪

♪ It's just the time's wrong ♪

♪ And, yeah, I know what you did ♪

♪ But, baby, I'm grown ♪

♪ And my love is patient and kind of shit ♪

♪ If this is real we can build ♪

♪ Through different types of shit ♪

♪ If you was really the realest ♪

♪ Wouldn't be fightin' it ♪

♪ I think your pride is just ♪

♪ In the way ♪

♪ Funny how everything changed ♪

♪ Once you got all that you wanted ♪

♪ Nothing was ever the same ♪

♪ And though I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ I still want you ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ But I ♪

♪ But I love you ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ I don't need you, I don't need you ♪

♪ But I want you ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ I don't mean to, I don't mean to ♪

♪ But I love you ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
worst /wɜːrst/ B1	adjective - most bad; of the lowest quality noun - the most undesirable thing or person
hurt /hɜːrt/ B1	verb - to cause physical or emotional pain adjective - feeling pain; injured
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
need /niːd/ A1	verb - to require something because it is essential noun - something that is necessary
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to desire or wish for something noun - a desire or wish
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something noun - a strong feeling of affection
pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ B1	verb - to act as if something is true when it is not
personal /ˈpɜːrsənl/ B2	adjective - relating to a particular person; private
special /ˈspɛʃəl/ B2	adjective - different from what is usual; distinctive
better /ˈbɛtər/ B1	adjective - of higher quality or more desirable verb - to improve or surpass
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ B1	adjective - not the same as another or each other
lost /lɒst/ B1	verb (past participle) - to have misplaced something; to be unable to find one's way adjective - unable to find one's way; not having something
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
grown /ɡroʊn/ B2	verb (past participle) - to have increased in size, maturity or development adjective - fully developed; mature
patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ B2	adjective - able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed noun - a person receiving medical care
real /riːəl/ B2	adjective - actually existing; not imagined or pretended
build /bɪld/ B1	verb - to construct something by putting parts together
pride /praɪd/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep satisfaction derived from one's own achievements
changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ B2	verb (past participle) - to have become different; to alter adjective - different from what it was before