What You Want – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: CORTIS

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic way to immerse yourself in a new culture, and CORTIS's 'What You Want' is a great place to start with Korean. The song's repetitive and anthemic chorus makes it easy to pick up key phrases related to desire and ambition. What makes this song special is its raw and unfiltered energy, offering a glimpse into the mindset of today's youth in Korea and their drive to carve their own path.

[English]

Crash, Smash, Rock, Mash up

Ooh, take what you want

Money, style, fame, love, and what else?

Ooh, take what you want

Life’s too fast, why hold back anymore? It’s enough now

(What you want?!)

I want to see the whole world,

Stamp my passport – (What you want?!)

Well, when the blood on my forehead hadn’t even dried, I planned my steps

(What you want?!)

Leaving home to find what I’ve been wishing for, what we came for

Crash, Smash, Rock, Mash up

Ooh, take what you want

Money, style, fame, love, and what else?

Ooh, take what you want

Mediocrity won’t fill my hunger

Chug it down, yuh, like a hippo

Smelling like a teen, like Nirvana

Shout it out, yuh, ’cause we wanna

That’s what we’re all looking for

That’s what we’re all looking for

That’s what we’re all looking for

That’s what we’re all looking—

(One, Two, Three) For

If I’m just going to turn back, I’ll just

Climb over the wall

(What you want?!)

I want something that makes me run again,

My heart

(What you want?!)

A fresh song like late night, dawn delivery, I need that

(What you want?)

I want the whole world

To wake up and realize

Some people want (this)

Some people want (that)

I’m the same, in my 17 years of life

I chased love

I chased fame

So now I want the whole world

To know my name

Crash, Smash, Rock, Mash up

Ooh, take what you want

Money, style, fame, love, and what else?

Ooh, take what you want

Mediocrity won’t fill my hunger

Chug it down, yuh, like a hippo

Smelling like a teen, like Nirvana

Shout it out, yuh, ’cause we wanna

That’s what we’re all looking for

That’s what we’re all looking for

That’s what we’re all looking—

(One, Two, Three) For

[Korean]

Crash, Smash, Rock, Mash up

Ooh Take what you want

돈, 멋, 명예, Love and what?

Ooh Take what you want

Life’s too fast, 뭘 더 참아, 이젠 됐어

(What you want?!)

I want to see the whole world,

도장 찍어, 나의 passport (What you want?!)

Well, 이마에 피도 안 말랐을 때 계획한 행보

(What you want?!)

바라던 걸 찾아 집을 떠나 what we came for

Crash, Smash, Rock, Mash up

Ooh Take what you want

돈, 멋, 명예, Love and what?

Ooh Take what you want

적당히로는 배가 차지 않아

들이켜, yuh, 마치 하마

Smelling like a teen, 마치 Nirvana

소리쳐, yuh, cause we wanna

That’s what we all looking for

That’s what we all looking for

That’s what we all looking for

That’s what we all looking-

(One, Two, Three) For

난 걍 돌아갈 바엔 바로

넘어버려 담장

(What you want?!)

난 원해 다시 뛰게 할 무언갈,

나의 심장

(What you want?!)

야밤, 새벽 배송 같은 fresh song, I need that

(what you want?)

I want the whole world

to wake up and realize

Some people want (this)

Some people want (that)

나도 똑같아 17년 평생

쫓았었던 Love

쫓았었던 Fame

So now I want the whole world

to know my name

Crash, Smash, Rock, Mash up

Ooh Take what you want

돈, 멋, 명예, Love and what?

Ooh Take what you want

적당히론 배가 차지 않아

들이켜, yuh, 마치 하마

Smelling like a teen, 마치 Nirvana

소리쳐, yuh, cause we wanna

That’s what we all looking for

That’s what we all looking for

That’s what we all looking-

(One, Two, Three) For

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to desire or wish for something
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to remove or accept something
crash /kræʃ/ A2	verb - to collide violently or fail suddenly noun - a violent collision or computer failure
smash /smæʃ/ B1	verb - to break into pieces violently noun - an act of breaking or a success
rock /rɒk/ A1	verb - to move back and forth or to disturb noun - a type of music or a large stone
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the planet Earth or all people
passport /ˈpæspɔːrt/ B1	noun - a document proving identity for travel
plan /plæn/ A2	noun - a detailed proposal for doing something verb - to prepare a scheme or intend
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood or emotion
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - a piece of music with lyrics
fresh /frɛʃ/ A2	adjective - new or clean
fame /feɪm/ B1	noun - the state of being known or recognized
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or phrase used to identify someone verb - to give a title or identify
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - to stop sleeping or make aware
realize /ˈriːəlaɪz/ B1	verb - to become aware of or achieve

Key Grammar Structures

• Life’s too fast, 뭘 더 참아, 이젠 됐어

  ➔ Present continuous tense + contraction

  ➔ 'Life’s' is a contraction of 'life is', and 'too fast' indicates the present continuous tense, describing an ongoing situation.

• I want to see the whole world,

  ➔ Present simple with 'to' infinitive

  ➔ The verb 'want' is followed by the 'to' infinitive 'to see', expressing a desire or intention.

• Well, 이마에 피도 안 말랐을 때 계획한 행보

  ➔ Past tense with time clause

  ➔ The phrase '이마에 피도 안 말랐을 때' acts as a time clause, indicating when the action of planning took place in the past.

• That’s what we all looking for

  ➔ Contraction + present continuous

  ➔ 'That’s' is a contraction of 'that is', and 'looking for' is in the present continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action.

• 난 걍 돌아갈 바엔 바로 넘어버려 담장

  ➔ Conditional clause with '바엔'

  ➔ The phrase '돌아갈 바엔' is a conditional clause, meaning 'if I were to go back', expressing a hypothetical situation.

• Some people want (this) / Some people want (that)

  ➔ Present simple with object pronouns

  ➔ The verb 'want' is used in the present simple tense with the object pronouns '(this)' and '(that)', indicating different preferences.