White Knuckle Ride – English Lyrics

• By: Jamiroquai
• Album: Rock Dust Light Star

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Yeah, Gonna make it better

Ooh yeah

Yeah, Gonna make it right

Here it is

There's no way to make it better

Get's you down

It's pressure (pressure)

I'm serious

Trouble genie's on the way

Got a little something for you

It's pressure (pressure)

It gets ya down

Now it ain't what you know

But I knew that anyway

I can't let this pressure go

This pressure's here to stay, yeah

Yeah (white knuckle ride)

Gonna make it better (white knuckle ride, I'm on it, baby)

Yeah (white knuckle ride)

Gonna make it right (white knuckle ride, I'm on it)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

There's no easy way to make it better

There it is, There it is

Couldn't change it if I wanted

Taste it all the time

It's pressure (pressure)

Yeah hey!

Oh baby

Step into the light!

Don't know if I can recover (don't know if I can recover)

Got me 'round it's little finger (got me 'round it's little finger)

Pressure (pressure)

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa

There it is

Couldn't change it if I wanted

Taste it all the time

Step into the light!

Don't know if I can recover

Taste it all the time (I'm taste it all the time, yeah)

Yeah, (white knuckle ride)

Gonna make it better (white knuckle ride, I'm on it baby)

Yeah (white knuckle ride)

You know I'm gonna make it right (white knuckle ride, I'm on it)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

It's not so easy to control (It's not so easy to control it)

There's no easy way to make it better (I'm on it baby)

Took a white knuckle ride

Yeah, (white knuckle ride)

I'm gonna make it better (white knuckle ride, I'm on it baby)

In somehow inside, I (white knuckle ride)

I know I'm gonna make it right (white knuckle ride, I'm on it)

It's not so easy to control it

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

It's not so easy to control (pressure)

Took a white knuckle ride

I'm on it baby!

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Key Grammar Structures

• There's no way to make it better

  ➔ There + be + no + noun + infinitive (expressing impossibility)

  ➔ The phrase **"There's no way"** uses "there is" + "no" + noun to state that something is impossible, followed by the infinitive "to make".

• I can't let this pressure go

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' + not + base verb (ability/permission denied)

  ➔ "**can't**" is the contracted negative form of "cannot," showing that the speaker is unable or unwilling to let the pressure go.

• I couldn't change it if I wanted

  ➔ Past modal 'could' + not + base verb + conditional clause (second conditional)

  ➔ "**couldn't**" (could not) expresses past inability, and the clause "if I wanted" creates a hypothetical condition, a typical second‑conditional structure.

• I don't know if I can recover

  ➔ Present simple + negation + 'if' clause (indirect question)

  ➔ "**don't**" is the negative present of "do," and the following "if" clause acts as an indirect question about the possibility of recovery.

• I'm gonna make it right

  ➔ Future intention with 'going to' contracted as 'gonna'

  ➔ "**gonna**" is an informal contraction of "going to," used to express a planned future action: "I am going to make it right."

• It's not so easy to control

  ➔ Negative adjective phrase with infinitive complement

  ➔ "**not so easy**" negates the adjective "easy," and the infinitive "to control" explains what is difficult.

• I know I'm gonna make it right

  ➔ Verb of perception 'know' + present continuous with future intention

  ➔ "**know**" expresses certainty, and the clause "I'm gonna make it right" uses the present continuous with "gonna" to indicate a future plan the speaker is confident about.

• It gets you down

  ➔ Simple present + verb 'get' used idiomatically meaning 'to depress'

  ➔ "**gets**" is the third‑person singular of "get" in the present tense; the idiom "gets you down" means "makes you feel sad or discouraged."

• Taste it all the time

  ➔ Imperative verb form without subject (understood "you")

  ➔ "**Taste**" is used as a command; the subject "you" is omitted, which is typical for imperatives in English.