Pretty Girl
Lyrics:
[English]
Falling, falling for you
Falling, for you (Representing Stefflon Don to the world)
Falling, for you
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Me a gwan tan tuddy pon di buddy
When mi deh a Greenwich Farm
Rema bawl fi di sumn weh mek man run inna storm
From nineteen how long him a pree mi
Pretty face, and me eye dem dreamy
Mi nuh deady deady pon di sumn when me ride it
Quint mi position pon di back and me nuh slide it
Never get a love inna him life weh did like this
(Love inna him life weh did like this)
Love when you, love when you hold me
Baby, don't control me
Just know I run the town and all these bruddas wan' know me
Said they gon' do me but they never do me
Just copped the bust down
So make a brudda try fool me
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Falling, falling for you
Falling for you
Falling for you
Falling, falling for you
Falling for you
Falling for you
Cry me a river, but I hope you don't drown
Better be careful what you say outta your mouth
You know it ain't never safe when I'm around
They said bad girls never do no good, good
Got, got it, got it all
These diamonds on me, yeah, they fall
Slow down
Babe, I got racks up on racks up, they don't flow down
Love when you, love when you hold me
Baby, don't control me
Just know I run the town and all these bruddas wan' know me
Said they gon' do me but they never do me
Just cut the boss down
So make a brudda try fool me
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Pretty girl, you're taking your time
Why you do me like this?
You know me loving your whine
Pretty girl, you're giving me signs
Then you tell me you don't want me
Can you make up you mind?
Falling, falling for you
Falling for you
Falling for you (yeah yeah)
Falling, falling for you
Falling for you
Falling for you (yeah yeah)
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Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ B1 |
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pretty /ˈprɪti/ A2 |
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girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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sign /saɪn/ B1 |
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mind /maɪnd/ B1 |
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control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2 |
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town /taʊn/ A2 |
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drown /draʊn/ B2 |
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careful /ˈkɛrfəl/ B1 |
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diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/ B2 |
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racks /ræks/ B2 |
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Grammar:
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Why you do me like this?
➔ Interrogative sentence using subject + do + object + like this
➔ 'Do' is used here to form a question in the present simple tense.
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Can you make up your mind?
➔ Modal verb + pronoun + base verb phrase
➔ 'Can' is a modal verb expressing ability or possibility, and it's followed by the pronoun 'you' and the base verb 'make up'.
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Cry me a river, but I hope you don't drown
➔ Imperative structure + modal verb + pronoun + conditional clause
➔ This phrase uses an imperative form ('Cry') followed by a pronoun 'me' and an object 'a river', with a contrasting clause 'but I hope you don't drown'.
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Love when you, love when you hold me
➔ Repeated phrase with present simple tense to emphasize habitual action
➔ The repetition of 'love when you' emphasizes the ongoing or habitual nature of the affection.
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From nineteen how long him a pree mi
➔ Informal expression with omitted auxiliary verb for emphasis, common in Jamaican Patois
➔ This is a colloquial structure from Jamaican Patois, where auxiliary verbs are often omitted for stylistic or rhythmic effect.
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Said they gon' do me but they never do me
➔ Reported speech with 'say' in past tense + 'gon'' (gonna) for future intention + double negatives
➔ 'Said' introduces reported speech, and 'gon'' (a colloquial form of 'gonna') indicates future intention; double negatives emphasize negation.