You Make Me Sick – English Lyrics

• By: P!NK

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into P!NK's early hit, "You Make Me Sick," and unpack the raw emotions of a love-hate relationship. Explore the potent lyrics and discover how P!NK's candid expression of vulnerability resonates with listeners, offering a glimpse into the complexities of human emotions and relationships.

[English]

(cars drive by) (cat yowls)

(horn beeps) (Pink laughs)

(wheels screech) (cars crash)

- (laughs) I know it.

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

♪ Got me lit like a candlestick ♪

♪ Get too hot when you touch the tip ♪

♪ I'm feeling it, I gotta get a grip ♪

♪ And it's driving me crazy, baby, don't you quit ♪

♪ Can't get enough of it ♪

♪ You got me going again ♪

♪ Baby, you got me going again, you make me sick ♪

♪ You were doing 8-0 on the freeway ♪

♪ In the six double O, bumping Isley ♪

♪ He was getting kind of close, kind of touchy ♪

♪ Because he had a little too much Hennessy ♪

♪ He told me that he wanna go home ♪

♪ With me up on the hill to my condo ♪

♪ Told me he would keep it all on the low-low ♪

♪ But I told him, boo, I don't really know though ♪

♪ He got closer to me, it started getting deep ♪

♪ He had me in a zone ♪

♪ When he started to show me things I never saw before ♪

♪ Baby, it was smooth, but I knew it was game ♪

♪ Hell-of-a cool, but you men are the same ♪

♪ The way he licked his lips and touched my hips ♪

♪ I knew that he was slick ♪

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

♪ Got me lit like a candlestick ♪

♪ Get too hot when you touch the tip ♪

♪ I'm feeling it, I gotta get a grip ♪

♪ And it's driving me crazy, baby, don't you quit ♪

♪ Can't get enough of it ♪

♪ You got me going again ♪

♪ Baby, you got me going again ♪

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ It was hot in the 6 now, so hot ♪

♪ Gotta pull all the windows down ♪

♪ Eyes lead and I'm thinking 'bout the sheets now ♪

♪ Wondering should I really take it there now ♪

♪ He told me he would make it worth it ♪

♪ Again, how many times have I heard this ♪

♪ Kind of funny, but I was not even nervous ♪

♪ Well, his slick-ass lines were kind of working ♪

♪ I felt my knees get weak, his body was calling me ♪

♪ Just couldn't take the heat ♪

♪ Anyway, it was 2 or 3, I had to get off the streets ♪

♪ Baby was cool, but I knew it was game ♪

♪ Said, he was too schooled to be screaming my name ♪

♪ Even though we made the best of it ♪

♪ I still told him this ♪

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪ ♪ So sick ♪

♪ Got me lit like a candlestick ♪

♪ Get too hot when you touch the tip ♪

♪ I'm feeling it, I gotta get a grip ♪

♪ And it's driving me crazy, baby, don't you quit ♪

♪ Can't get enough of it ♪

♪ You got me going again ♪

♪ Baby, you got me going again ♪

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ Mm, mm, mm ♪

♪ Mm, aah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

♪ Got me lit like a candlestick ♪

♪ Get too hot when you touch the tip ♪

♪ I'm feeling it, I gotta get a grip ♪

♪ And it's driving my crazy, baby, don't you quit ♪

♪ Can't get enough of it ♪

♪ You got me going again ♪

♪ Baby, you got me going again ♪

♪ You make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

♪ Got me lit like a candlestick ♪

♪ Get too hot when you touch the tip ♪

♪ I'm feeling it, I gotta get a grip ♪

♪ And it's driving me crazy, baby, don't you quit ♪

♪ Can't get enough of it ♪

♪ You got me going again ♪

♪ Baby, you got me going again ♪

♪ You make me sick, you make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

♪ Hot when you touch the tip ♪

♪ I'm feeling it, I gotta get a grip ♪

♪ And it's driving me crazy, baby, don't you quit ♪

♪ Can't no, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ Oh, you make me sick ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

♪ I want you and I'm hating it ♪

(music fades)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sick /sɪk/ B1	adjective - ill; not feeling well
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or cause to exist
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to desire or wish for
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - to feel intense dislike
lit /lɪt/ B2	adjective (slang) - exciting, excellent, or intoxicated
candlestick /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/ C1	noun - a holder for one or more candles
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to make physical contact with noun - the act of touching
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high temperature
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ B1	noun - an emotional state or sensation
grip /ɡrɪp/ B2	noun - a firm hold; a grasp verb - to hold tightly
driving /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/ B2	verb (gerund) - operating a vehicle; causing something to move
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - insane; wildly excited or enthusiastic
quit /kwɪt/ B1	verb - to stop doing something; to leave a place or job
again /əˈɡeɪn/ A1	adverb - once more; another time
cool /kuːl/ B1	adjective - moderately cold; stylish or impressive
smooth /smuːð/ B2	adjective - having an even surface; without roughness; easy or pleasant
slick /slɪk/ C1	adjective (slang) - clever, polished, or impressively smooth; also deceitful
game /ɡeɪm/ B1	noun - a form of competitive activity or entertainment; also a scheme
heat /hiːt/ B1	noun - high temperature; warmth
knees /niːz/ A2	noun (plural) - the joint between the thigh and the lower leg