SWEET LIKE SUGAR – English Lyrics

• By: Richie Campbell
• Album: SWEET LIKE SUGAR - Single

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythm of Richie Campbell's "SWEET LIKE SUGAR"! This track is a perfect introduction to the vibrant fusion of dancehall, R&B, and hip-hop, showcasing how artists blend diverse musical traditions. Its catchy Patois phrases and energetic beat offer a fun and engaging way to experience modern Portuguese music with strong Caribbean influences, making it special for its fresh sound and cross-cultural appeal.

[English]

Gyal you’re sweet like sugar

Love your sweet aroma

Uh wann yuh wine all over

Tik Tok and bend over uh

Gyal yuh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal yuh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re sweet like sugar

Love your sweet aroma

Uh wann yuh wine all over

Tik Tok and bend over uh

Gyal yuh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal yuh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Outta this world we wah alien

Western but move like brazilian

Gyal said she dont want no man with no money

Go tell her me rich like uranium

Outta this world where we living in

Baby gyal stop acting innocent

Gyal say she ready she want me but me no fi tell nobody like [?]

Gyal come whine up on me likе a carnival

Whine up on me like a trini gyal [?]

Whinе up on me like you never fuck [?]

Are you too wider than the [?] pon a while

Whine up on me like a go-go gyal [?]

Bite me neck just like a cannibal

Gyal i fuck the way you give me [?]

Take a while [?]

You like the pain i’m in my uh uh [?]

Gyal you’re sweet like sugar

Love your sweet aroma

Uh wann yuh wine all over

Tik Tok and bend over uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re sweet like sugar uh

Whine all over

Love your sweet aroma

Tik Tok and bend over uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal come whine pon me now

Bend your knees, touch your toes

Make we tweak pon the floor

You need me, i need ya

Gyal come whine pon me now

Bend your knees, touch your toes

Make we tweak pon the floor

You need me, i need ya

Yeah come ride up on it like uh uh

Beat it up and tell it uh uh

Gyal i f**k the way you give me [?]

Take a while [?]

You like the pain i’m in my uh uh [?]

Whine up on me like a carnival

Whine up on me like a trini gyal [?]

Whine up on me till it tired

Da you want fi give up make you want fi grab wah [?]

Gyal you’re sweet like sugar

Love your sweet aroma

Uh wann yuh wine all over

Tik Tok and bend over uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re sweet like sugar uh

Wine all over uh

Love your sweet aroma uh

Tik Tok and bend over uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

Gyal you’re uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

(Gyal come whine pon me now

Bend your knees, touch your toes

Make we tweak pon the floor

You need me, i need ya

Gyal come whine pon me now

Bend your knees, touch your toes

Make we tweak pon the floor

You need me, i need ya)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Gyal /ɡjaːl/ C1	noun - Young woman, girl (Jamaican Patois slang)
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - Having a taste like sugar or honey; pleasant and enjoyable; charming.
sugar /ˈʃʊɡər/ A1	noun - A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, used as a sweetener.
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - To feel deep affection for someone/something; to like greatly. noun - A strong feeling of affection; a person or thing that is loved.
aroma /əˈroʊmə/ B1	noun - A distinctive, typically pleasant smell.
wine /waɪn/ B2	verb - To gyrate the hips and lower body in a sensual, rhythmic way, typically associated with Caribbean dance forms. noun - A dance move involving gyration of the hips, common in Caribbean dance.
bend /bɛnd/ A2	verb - To shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle; to incline the body. noun - A curve or angle in a road, river, or other object.
twerk /twɜːrk/ C1	verb - To dance in a sexually suggestive manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance. noun - A dance involving sexually suggestive thrusting hip movements.
knees /niːz/ A1	noun - The joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans.
toes /toʊz/ A1	noun - Any of the five digits at the end of the foot.
floor /flɔːr/ A1	noun - The lower surface of a room, on which one walks.
need /niːd/ A1	verb - To require (something) because it is essential or very important. noun - A thing that is wanted or required.
innocent /ˈɪnəsənt/ B1	adjective - Not guilty of a crime or offence; free from moral wrong; naive.
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - Mad, insane; extremely enthusiastic or obsessed; very surprising or unusual.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - The earth, together with all its countries and peoples; a particular part or aspect of life or the universe.
carnival /ˈkɑːrnɪvl/ B1	noun - A public festival involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of disguises, typically held just before Lent.
wide /waɪd/ A2	adjective - Of great or more than average width; extending over a large area.
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - To cease to move or operate; to prevent something from happening. noun - An act of stopping; a place where a bus or train stops.

Key Grammar Structures

• Gyal you're sweet like sugar

  ➔ Simile (using "like"), linking verb "be" (contracted form)

  ➔ A "simile" is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things using "like" or "as". "You're" is the contraction of "you are", where "are" is a "linking verb" connecting the subject "you" to the adjective "sweet".

• Love your sweet aroma

  ➔ Implied subject (omitted "I" or imperative), possessive adjective

  ➔ In songs, the subject "I" is often "implied" or omitted for rhythm and flow, meaning "I love your sweet aroma". "Your" is a "possessive adjective" showing that the "aroma" belongs to "you".

• Why your wine all over

  ➔ Imperative mood, colloquial spelling/language

  ➔ This phrase uses the "imperative mood", which gives a direct command or instruction. "Why" is a colloquial or phonetic spelling of "whine", a dance movement. So, it means "Dance your dance all over".

• Out of this world where we living in

  ➔ Prepositional phrase, colloquial relative clause (omitted auxiliary, misplaced preposition)

  ➔ "Out of this world" is a "prepositional phrase" used idiomatically to mean exceptional or amazing. "where we living in" is a "colloquial relative clause", omitting the auxiliary "are" (should be "where we are living") and ending with the preposition "in" which is often moved to the end in informal English.

• Baby gyal stop acting innocent

  ➔ Imperative mood, verb + gerund

  ➔ This is an "imperative" sentence giving a direct command. The verb "stop" is followed by a "gerund" ("acting"), which is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun, indicating that the action should cease.

• Gyal say she ready she want me but me no feel nobody like I'm crazy, man

  ➔ Colloquial subject pronoun ("me" for "I"), double negative ("no feel nobody")

  ➔ "Me" is used as a "subject pronoun" instead of the standard "I", common in informal English dialects like Patois. "No feel nobody" is a "double negative", where two negative words ("no", "nobody") are used in the same clause to emphasize the negation, which is non-standard in formal English but common in some dialects.

• Gyal come whine up on me like a carnival

  ➔ Imperative, phrasal verb, simile

  ➔ "Come whine up" is an "imperative" command. "Whine up" is a "phrasal verb" meaning to dance or move provocatively. The phrase "like a carnival" is a "simile", comparing the dancing to the energetic atmosphere of a carnival.

• Whine up on me like you never f**ked

  ➔ Imperative, colloquial present perfect (omitted auxiliary "have")

  ➔ This line is an "imperative" command. "like you never f**ked" is a colloquial usage of the "present perfect" tense. Standard English would be "like you have never f**ked" or "like you've never f**ked", where the auxiliary verb "have" is omitted for brevity and informal tone.

• You too wide and the place will f**k you right up

  ➔ Adverb "too" for excessive degree, simple future tense ("will"), phrasal verb

  ➔ "Too" is an "adverb" used before an adjective ("wide") to mean excessively or more than is desirable. "Will f**k you up" uses the "simple future tense" to predict a consequence. "F**k up" is a "phrasal verb" meaning to damage, spoil, or cause trouble.

• Bend your knees touch your toes / Make it twerk pon the floor

  ➔ Sequence of imperative verbs, colloquial preposition ("pon")

  ➔ This line features a "sequence of imperative verbs" ("Bend", "touch", "Make"), giving a series of direct commands. "Pon" is a "colloquial preposition", a common variant of "on" found in Caribbean English and other informal dialects.