Think About That – English Lyrics

• By: Jessie J

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(TYPING)

(ETHEREAL SOUNDS)

♪ ♪

♪ (MMM, HMM...) ♪

♪ (YEAH, YEAH) ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'VE CARRIED THIS LOAD FOR WAY TOO LONG ♪

♪ I COULDN'T LET YOU GO UNDER A SPELL I DON'T DON'T DON'T ♪

♪ EGO REACTION, I GUESS I WAS HOLDING UP FACE ♪

♪ BY SAVING YOUR ASS YOU SPENT MY MONEY AND I LOST THEIR FATE ♪

♪ I SCREAM YES, YOU TOLD ME NAH ♪

♪ YOU FED ME FEAR, I SPOKE TO GOD ♪

♪ I WAS LIVING MY DREAMS THROUGH YOUR EYES ♪

♪ BUILDING MY LIFE ON YOUR LIES (YEAH) ♪

♪ YOU JUST LAUGHED WHEN I CRIED, THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ WHO WAS THE REAL SACRIFICE, THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT, THINK ABOUT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT, WOAH ♪

♪ ALL YOU DISTURB IS MY WORK AND PATIENCE ♪

♪ YEARS OF GRINDING, YOU TOOK IT, YOU BROKE IT, AND ALL CAUSE YOU FAKE IT ♪

♪ YOU WANNA BE FAMOUS, SAY IT, YOU WANNA BE FAMOUS ♪

♪ USING MY JUICE, WAS THIRSTY AS FUCK ♪

♪ ALWAYS LATE ALWAYS FADED ♪

♪ I SCREAM YES, YOU TOLD ME NAH ♪

♪ YOU FED ME FEAR I SPOKE TO GOD ♪

♪ I WAS LIVING MY DREAMS THROUGH YOUR EYES ♪

♪ BUILDING MY LIFE ON YOUR LIES ♪

♪ YOU JUST LAUGHED WHEN I CRIED, THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ WHO LIVES THE REAL SACRIFICE, THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT, THINK ABOUT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN YOU BLAMED ME ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE TIME THAT I CALLED YOU UP AND SAID I NEEDED SAVING ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN YOU SAID YOU CARED, YOU WERE LYING, TRYNA PHASE ME ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN I GOT SICK AND YOU MADE ME GO ON STAGE ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN YOU USED MY FATE TO STACK UP ON YOUR PAPER ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE TIME YOU TOLD MY LABEL LIES, YOU SAID SHE'S CRAZY ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THE FACT THEY SEE IT NOW, YOU'RE A SHARK, A CHEAT, A TRAITOR ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT, THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT (AHHH) ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT IT, THINK ABOUT IT ♪

♪ THINK ABOUT THAT, YEAH, THINK ABOUT THAT ♪

♪ ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I've carried this load for way too long

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The form **"have/has + past participle"** is used for actions that started in the past and continue up to now.

• I couldn't let you go under a spell

  ➔ Modal verb + negative (couldn't)

  ➔ The modal **could** expresses ability or permission in the past; **couldn't** is its negative form meaning "was not able to".

• You just laughed when I cried

  ➔ Simple Past + temporal clause with "when"

  ➔ The main verb **laughed** is in the simple past. The clause **when I cried** tells us the time of the action.

• By saving your ass you spent my money

  ➔ Gerund phrase as prepositional object

  ➔ The gerund **saving** follows the preposition **by**, forming a phrase that functions as the object of the preposition.

• Who was the real sacrifice, think about that

  ➔ Relative clause with "who"

  ➔ The word **who** introduces a clause that describes the subject "the real sacrifice".

• Think about the time when you blamed me

  ➔ Temporal clause with "when" + noun phrase "the time"

  ➔ The phrase **the time when** introduces a specific moment; **when** functions as a conjunction linking the two clauses.

• You told my label lies, you said she's crazy

  ➔ Parallel structure with two independent clauses

  ➔ The two clauses **You told my label lies** and **you said she's crazy** share the same subject **you**, creating a balanced, parallel rhythm.

• All you disturb is my work and patience

  ➔ Cleft sentence using "All ... is"

  ➔ The structure **All you disturb is …** puts focus on the thing being disturbed, a typical cleft construction.

• I was living my dreams through your eyes

  ➔ Past continuous (was + -ing)

  ➔ The verb phrase **was living** shows an ongoing action in the past that was interrupted or temporary.