Walking – English Lyrics

• By: Joji, Jackson Wang, Swae Lee, Major Lazer
• Album: Head In The Clouds II

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of "Walking" by Joji, Jackson Wang, Swae Lee, and Major Lazer, where smooth R&B meets playful pop. This track offers a fantastic opportunity to explore contemporary English lyrics and the universal theme of longing, all while enjoying a creative blend of musical styles and a humorous, monster-movie-inspired video.

[English]

Woah, oh

Woah, oh

Woah, oh

Yeah

What it's gon' take? (Take)

What it's gon' take to make you

Shake your worries away (Shake)?

I'm finally seeing you face to face (Face, hey)

It's your beauty girl, plus your frame (Ooh, ooh)

You got what I want, I see you walking away

This feels too real, I hope we could be the same

Back and forth with you won't get nowhere

I just want to relive this over

I need you to know, I need you to know

In my mind we will never let go

So bright, baby, never turn the lights off

I'll be there to catch you if you fall

Will we matter at all? Oh (Yeah)

What it's gon' take? (Take)

What it's gon' take to make you

Shake your worries away (Shake)?

I'm finally seeing you face to face (Face, hey)

It's your beauty girl, plus your frame (Ooh, ooh)

And I can't wait (Wait)

In a lil' teeny 'kini shit 'cause you love to sunbathe (Bathe)

Usually I don't even trip but I can't see you walking away (Way)

She don't even know how I do all this shit in one day (Ooh)

I got the moves, yeah

You got the juice, yeah

We can get loose and go wild-wild-wild

Playing for keeps, yeah

Don't want to waste time

My pain with me, take a ride-ride-ride

Swerving in Phantoms, oh yeah (Oh yeah)

She said I look handsome, oh yeah (Oh, oh yeah)

Jump on the jet, we can talk when we land

Baby, now I got her in the palm of my hand

So girl let's cut all ties

Baby, you live life

Do this in your time

Baby, I don't mind

Do this like the young Skywalker (Walker)

Baby, you're a real smooth talker, just (Yeah, Ooh)

What it's gon' take? (Take)

What it's gon' take to make you

Shake your worries away (Shake)?

I'm finally seeing you face to face (Face, hey)

It's your beauty girl, plus your frame (Ooh, ooh)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to acquire or receive something verb - to require or need (e.g., "What does it take?")
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce something verb - to cause something to happen
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - to move back and forth quickly verb - to disturb or unsettle someone’s feelings
worries /ˈwʌr.iːz/ A2	noun - things that cause anxiety or concern
face /feɪs/ A2	noun - the front part of the head verb - to confront or deal with something
beauty /ˈbjuː.ti/ B1	noun - the quality of being attractive or pleasing
frame /freɪm/ B2	noun - a rigid structure that gives shape to something
walking /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/ A2	verb - the act of moving on foot
real /riːəl/ B1	adjective - genuine; not fake or imagined
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving out a lot of light; intelligent
catch /kætʃ/ B1	verb - to capture or seize something
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to move downwards, typically quickly and unintentionally
matter /ˈmæt.ər/ B1	noun - a subject or situation under consideration verb - to be important or to have significance
sunbathe /ˈsʌn.beɪð/ C1	verb - to sit or lie in the sun to get a tan
moves /muːvz/ A2	noun - actions or motions; a change of position
wild /waɪld/ B1	adjective - untamed; not domesticated; uncontrolled
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak or converse

Key Grammar Structures

• What it's gon' take?

  ➔ Contracted future tense with 'gon' (going to) and interrogative sentence structure.

  ➔ Uses the colloquial contraction "gon'" (going to) to express future intention in a question.

• I'm finally seeing you face to face

  ➔ Present continuous tense ('I'm seeing') to describe an action happening now, with an adverbial phrase.

  ➔ Emphasizes the immediacy of the action. "Finally" modifies the verb to show the state has changed

• You got what I want

  ➔ Simple past tense of 'get' (got) to express possession/having something.

  ➔ The verb "got" shows that the subject possesses something, in this case, "what I want".

• This feels too real, I hope we could be the same

  ➔ Use of 'too' as an intensifier; conditional clause (could be); subjunctive mood (could be).

  ➔ 'Too' emphasizes the intensity of the feeling. "Could be" is a conditional verb, used to express possibility and the subjunctive mood (if the speaker wishes/hopes).

• Usually I don't even trip but I can't see you walking away

  ➔ Use of adverb "Usually" to express frequency, and the contrast expressed with "but".

  ➔ "Usually" is an adverb of frequency. "But" is a conjunction to contrast the two clauses.

• I got the moves, yeah

  ➔ Simple past tense of 'get' (got) to express possession (moves). Informal use of "yeah" to emphasize or agree.

  ➔ The verb "got" shows possession of "moves". "Yeah" is a slang term for agreement/emphasis.

• We can get loose and go wild-wild-wild

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + base verb form; repetition for emphasis (wild-wild-wild).

  ➔ Shows possibility/ability with 'can'. The repetition "wild-wild-wild" reinforces the idea of being unrestrained.

• Swerving in Phantoms, oh yeah

  ➔ Present participle (-ing) as a verb used with the preposition "in"; colloquial, casual use of "oh yeah".

  ➔ "Swerving" is a verb in the gerund form, modifying the subject (implied "I"). The "in" preposition indicates movement in the car. "Oh yeah" is a casual expression of excitement.

• Baby, you're a real smooth talker, just

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement ('you're'); adjective ('real') to intensify a noun phrase; ellipsis (missing verb).

  ➔ "You're" correctly agrees with the subject. "Real" functions as an intensifier. The last word indicates ellipsis.