Let Me Be Your Lover – English Lyrics

• By: Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull
• Album: Final Vol.1

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - A strong feeling of affection and care for another person. verb - To feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone.
party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1	noun - A social gathering of people for entertainment or pleasure, often involving food, drink, and music. verb - To enjoy oneself at a party or other social gathering, often by drinking alcohol and dancing.
alcohol /ˈælkəhɒl/ A2	noun - Colorless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks.
lover /ˈlʌvər/ A2	noun - A person with whom one is having a romantic or sexual relationship.
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B1	noun - An ideal or idyllic place or state; heaven.
rock /rɒk/ B2	verb - (Informal) To move someone or something back and forth, or to excite or please someone greatly.
loose /luːs/ B1	adjective - (Of a person) unrestrained or wild in behavior, especially in a social or sexual context; not firmly fixed in place.
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - To move quickly up and down or from side to side; to make something move in this way.
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - The whole physical structure of a human being or an animal.
slow /sləʊ/ A1	adjective - Moving or operating, or designed to move or operate, at a low speed; not quick or fast.
motion /ˈməʊʃən/ B1	noun - The action or process of moving or being moved.
deliver /dɪˈlɪvər/ B1	verb - To bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or ordered goods) to the proper recipient or address.
split /splɪt/ B1	verb - To divide or break into two or more parts; (informal, vulgar in context) to open one's legs, especially in a sexual context.
riddle /ˈrɪdl/ B2	noun - A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - To move at a speed faster than walking, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time. noun - An act or spell of running.
club /klʌb/ A2	noun - An organization for people who have a common interest or are engaged in a particular activity, often meeting regularly; specifically, a nightclub or venue for dancing and entertainment.
sexy /ˈseksi/ B1	adjective - Sexually attractive or exciting.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
bottle /ˈbɒtl/ A2	noun - A container, typically made of glass or plastic and with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
honey /ˈhʌni/ A2	noun - A term of endearment, used to address a loved one.

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm falling in love

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ Used to describe an action that is happening at the moment of speaking or a temporary situation. Here, it describes a process of "falling in love" that is currently ongoing.

• Spent my whole life waiting, for a girl like you

  ➔ Participle Phrase

  ➔ The present participle "waiting" acts as part of a phrase modifying the action of "spent my whole life", indicating what the life was spent doing.

• Baby tell me what I gotta do

  ➔ Embedded Question / Indirect Question

  ➔ An indirect question placed within another sentence, typically following a verb like "tell", "ask", "know", etc. The phrase "what I gotta do" uses an informal contraction of "have to".

• We can leave this party

  ➔ Modal Verb "can"

  ➔ "Can" is used to express ability or possibility. Here, "can leave" indicates that they have the ability or option to leave the party.

• Cause I've been spending all my money

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ Used to describe an action that started in the past and is still continuing in the present, often emphasizing the duration of the action, as seen in "I've been spending".

• You know there's just one thing left to do

  ➔ Existential "There is" + Passive Infinitive ("left to do")

  ➔ "There is" introduces the existence of something. "Left to do" is a passive infinitive construction meaning "that remains to be done."

• If you let me be your lover

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 1)

  ➔ A conditional clause (starting with "If") expresses a condition that, if met, will lead to a certain result. Type 1 refers to real or likely situations in the present or future.

• I'd do anything for you

  ➔ Conditional Main Clause (using "would")

  ➔ This is the main clause of a conditional sentence, typically using "would" (contracted here to "I'd") + base verb to express the hypothetical or likely result if the condition (from the "if" clause) is met.

• Girl you got me going

  ➔ Causative Verb "get" + Object + Present Participle

  ➔ The causative verb "get" is used here in the structure "get someone/something doing something" ("got me going") to mean "cause someone/something to start doing something."

• All my sexy ladies that came to lose their minds

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ A clause (starting with a relative pronoun like "that") that adds more information about a noun (here, "ladies") in the main sentence. "That" refers to "ladies" and modifies it.