Who's Making Love

• By: Johnnie Taylor
• Album: The Very Best Of Johnnie Taylor

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fellows /ˈfel.oʊz/ B1	noun - men or boys
advice /ədˈvaɪs/ B1	noun - guidance or recommendations
cheating /ˈtʃiːtɪŋ/ B2	verb - act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage
woman /ˈwʊm.ən/ A1	noun - an adult female human being
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - feel deep affection for
old /oʊld/ A1	adjective - having lived for a long time
lady /ˈleɪ.di/ A2	noun - a woman
many /ˈmen.i/ A1	adjective - a large number of
fall /fɑːl/ A2	verb - to drop down unintentionally
bag /bæɡ/ A1	noun - a container
beat /biːt/ B1	verb - to hit repeatedly
treated /ˈtriː.tɪd/ A2	verb - to behave towards someone
sure /ʃʊr/ A2	adjective - certain
dreamed /driːmd/ B1	verb - experienced dreams during sleep
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter
question /ˈkwes.tʃən/ A2	noun - a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information
reason /ˈriː.zən/ B1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification
straighten /ˈstreɪ.tən/ B2	verb - to make or become straight
late /leɪt/ A1	adjective - after the expected or usual time

Grammar:

• All you fellows, gather 'round me

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verb "gather" is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or instruction to the "fellows".

• And let me give you some good advice

  ➔ "Let" + object pronoun + infinitive (bare)

  ➔ The structure "let me give" uses "let" followed by an object pronoun ("me") and the base form of the verb ("give"). It expresses permission or allowance for the speaker to do something.

• What I'm gonna, gonna ask you now

  ➔ Future with "gonna" (informal)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", indicating future intention. The repetition emphasizes the intention.

• There's something you never even thought of, and that is

  ➔ Relative clause (reduced) with omitted relative pronoun

  ➔ The clause "you never even thought of" modifies "something". The relative pronoun "that" or "which" is omitted.

• While you were out making love

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense (action in progress)

  ➔ The past continuous tense "were making" describes an action that was in progress in the past, happening at the same time as another action or event. It indicates that at a certain point in the past, you "were making love".

• Thinking that a woman is made to, To be beat on and treated so bad

  ➔ Passive voice with infinitive: "is made to be beat"

  ➔ "is made to be beat" uses passive voice to indicate the woman is subjected to being beaten. While grammatically unusual and arguably incorrect in formal writing, it emphasizes the act of being beaten.

• I know there are some women gives the other excuse

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement error ("women gives")

  ➔ The subject "women" is plural, so the verb should be "give" instead of "gives". This is likely a deliberate grammatical error used in informal speech or song lyrics.

• Reason why I ask this question

  ➔ Subordinate clause using "why" to introduce a reason

  ➔ "Why" is used as a subordinating conjunction to introduce the reason for asking the question. The full sentence could be "The reason why I ask this question is...". The "the reason" is omitted in this song which is common in colloquial speech