Uptown Funk – English Lyrics

• By: Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English through 'Uptown Funk'! This track is perfect for learning colloquial expressions, rhythmic slang, and the language of confidence and celebration, all set to an infectious beat that makes language learning feel like a party.

[English]

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh ♪

♪ This hit, that ice cold ♪

♪ Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold ♪

♪ This one, for them hood girls ♪

♪ Them good girls, straight masterpieces ♪

♪ Stylin', wildin' ♪

♪ Livin' it up in the city ♪

♪ Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent ♪

♪ Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Called a police and a fireman ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Make a dragon wanna retire, man ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Say my name, you know who I am ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Am I bad 'bout that money ♪

♪ Break it down ♪

♪ Girls hit your hallelujah, ooh ♪

♪ Girls hit your hallelujah, ooh ♪

♪ Girls hit your hallelujah, ooh ♪

♪ 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you, ooh ♪

♪ 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you ♪

♪ 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you ♪

♪ Saturday night, and we in the spot ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch, come on ♪

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, oh ♪

♪ Stop ♪

♪ Wait a minute ♪

♪ Fill my cup, put some liquor in it ♪

♪ Take a sip, sign a check ♪

♪ Julio, get the stretch ♪

♪ Ride to Harlem, Hollywood, Jackson, Mississippi ♪

♪ If we show up, we gon' show out ♪

♪ Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Called a police and a fireman ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Make a dragon wanna retire, man ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn, hot damn ♪

♪ Bitch, say my name, you know who I am ♪

♪ I'm too hot ♪

♪ Hot damn ♪

♪ Am I bad 'bout that money ♪

♪ Break it down ♪

♪ Girls hit your hallelujah, ooh ♪

♪ Girls hit your hallelujah, ooh ♪

♪ Girls hit your hallelujah, ooh ♪

♪ 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you, ooh ♪

♪ 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you ♪

♪ 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you ♪

♪ Saturday night, and we in the spot ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch, come on ♪

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, oh ♪

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Before we leave ♪

♪ Lemme tell y'all a lil' something ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ I said Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Come on, dance, jump on it ♪

♪ If you sexy then flaunt it ♪

♪ If you freaky then own it ♪

♪ Don't brag about it, come show me ♪

♪ Come on, dance, jump on it ♪

♪ If you sexy then flaunt it ♪

♪ Well, it's Saturday night, and we in the spot ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch, come on ♪

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Doh ♪

♪ Doh doh doh, doh doh doh ♪

♪ Doh doh ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Don't believe me, just watch ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, oh ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Say what ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Say what ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Say what ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

♪ Say what ♪

♪ Uptown Funk you up ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - Having a high temperature. adjective - (Informal) Very attractive, fashionable, or exciting; popular.
funk /fʌŋk/ B2	noun - A style of music, especially popular in the 1970s, combining elements of soul, jazz, and rhythm and blues, characterized by a strong, syncopated rhythm. verb - (Slang, transitive, in 'funk you up') To energize, excite, or deeply impress someone with a vibrant, groovy style, often making them want to dance or feel good.
uptown /ˈʌptaʊn/ B1	adjective - Of, relating to, or situated in the upper or residential part of a town or city, often referring to a more fashionable or affluent area. noun - The upper part of a town or city.
damn /dæm/ B1	exclamation - Used to express anger, annoyance, or emphasis. adjective - (Informal) Used to emphasize something, often to express frustration or admiration.
masterpiece /ˈmɑːstəpiːs/ B2	noun - A work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A2	adjective - Attractive in a delicate or graceful way.
cold /kəʊld/ A1	adjective - Having a low temperature; lacking warmth. adjective - (Informal) Excellent, impressive, or very good.
gold /ɡəʊld/ A2	noun - A precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and a good conductor of electricity and heat. adjective - Made of gold; golden in color.
hood /hʊd/ B1	noun - (Informal, especially US) A neighborhood or district, especially one where people live who are poor or belong to a particular social or racial group.
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - A large town.
retire /rɪˈtaɪər/ B1	verb - To stop working because you have reached a particular age or because of ill health; to withdraw from a position or active life.
hallelujah /ˌhæləˈluːjə/ B2	exclamation - Used to express praise, joy, or relief, typically to God.
spot /spɒt/ B1	noun - (Informal) A particular place or location. verb - To see or notice someone or something.
liquor /ˈlɪkər/ B2	noun - Alcoholic drinks, especially distilled spirits.
check /tʃek/ B1	noun - A written order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account. verb - To examine something in order to ensure that it is correct or satisfactory.
sexy /ˈseksi/ B1	adjective - Sexually attractive or exciting.
flaunt /flɔːnt/ B2	verb - To display something ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.
freaky /ˈfriːki/ B2	adjective - (Informal) Very unusual, strange, or unconventional. adjective - (Informal, often sexual connotation) Sexually adventurous or unconventional.
brag /bræɡ/ B2	verb - To say something in a proud and boastful way.
watch /wɒtʃ/ A1	verb - To look at or observe attentively over a period of time.

Key Grammar Structures

• This one, for them hood girls

  ➔ Informal 'them' as demonstrative adjective

  ➔ In informal English, "them" is sometimes used instead of "those" before a plural noun to refer to specific people or things, functioning as a demonstrative adjective. Here, "them hood girls" means "those hood girls."

• Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty

  ➔ Informal 'Gotta' (got to) and Reflexive Pronoun

  ➔ "Gotta" is an informal contraction of "got to," indicating necessity or obligation. "Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, used when the subject and object of a verb are the same person.

• Make a dragon wanna retire, man

  ➔ Causative Verb 'make' with Bare Infinitive

  ➔ The causative verb "make" means to force or cause someone/something to do something. It is followed by an object and then a bare infinitive (verb without "to"). Here, "wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to."

• 'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you, ooh

  ➔ Informal 'gon'' (going to) for Future Intention/Prediction

  ➔ "Gon'" is an informal contraction of "going to," used to express a future intention or a prediction based on present evidence. It's often heard in spoken English.

• Saturday night, and we in the spot

  ➔ Omission of 'are' in Informal Speech

  ➔ In very informal spoken English, especially after pronouns like "we," "they," or "you," the verb "to be" (e.g., "are") is sometimes omitted. The full phrase would be "we are in the spot."

• Don't believe me, just watch, come on

  ➔ Imperative (Negative and Positive) with 'just' for Emphasis

  ➔ This line uses both negative ("Don't believe") and positive ("just watch", "come on") imperative forms to give commands or make requests. "Just" is used here to emphasize the action of watching.

• If we show up, we gon' show out

  ➔ First Conditional and Phrasal Verbs

  ➔ This is an example of a first conditional sentence, expressing a real or possible situation in the future ("If we show up") and its probable result ("we gon' show out"). It also features two phrasal verbs: "show up" (to arrive) and "show out" (to perform impressively or ostentatiously). "Gon'" is informal for "going to."

• Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy

  ➔ Comparative Adjective

  ➔ "Smoother than" is the comparative form of the adjective "smooth," used to compare the degree of a quality between two things. It follows the pattern "adjective-er + than."

• Before we leave / Lemme tell y'all a lil' something

  ➔ Conjunction 'before' and Informal Contractions

  ➔ "Before" is used as a conjunction here, introducing a subordinate clause of time. The line also features several informal contractions: "Lemme" for "let me," "y'all" for "you all," and "lil'" for "little." These are common in casual spoken English.

• Uptown Funk you up

  ➔ Phrasal Verb (Transitive and Separable)

  ➔ "Funk up" is a transitive phrasal verb, meaning to make something exciting, lively, or stylish, often with music. It is separable, meaning the object ("you") can be placed between the verb and the particle.