This Time Baby

• By: Jackie Moore

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child
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
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
chance /tʃæns/ B1	noun - a possibility of something happening
prove /pruːv/ B1	verb - demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argument.
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality.
selfish /ˈselfɪʃ/ B2	adjective - (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
blow /bloʊ/ B1	verb - (of wind) move creating an air current. verb - to spend (money) freely
easy /ˈiːzi/ A1	adjective - achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
games /ɡeɪmz/ A1	noun - a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or chance.
fine /faɪn/ A1	adjective - of high quality; excellent.

Grammar:

• That's the way it's gonna be, yeah

  ➔ Future with "gonna"

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," used to express future intentions or predictions. It is less formal than "going to." Here, it expresses a strong belief about how things will be.

• We won't be in and out, up and down, all around

  ➔ Future negative with "won't"

  ➔ "Won't" is the contraction of "will not", used to express a negative prediction or intention about the future. The sentence uses parallelism with the phrases "in and out, up and down, all around" to emphasize instability.

• Ain't no use in me wastin' time

  ➔ Double negative and present participle after preposition

  ➔ "Ain't no use" is a double negative (although grammatically incorrect in formal English) which emphatically means "there's no point." "Wasting" is a present participle used as a gerund (noun) after the preposition "in."

• I ain't fixin' to play no games

  ➔ Future intention with "fixin' to" and double negative

  ➔ "Fixin' to" is a colloquialism meaning "about to" or "going to." The double negative "ain't... no" is used for emphasis (again, grammatically incorrect in formal settings).

• Tryin' to blow your mind

  ➔ Present participle of "try" followed by infinitive with "to"

  ➔ This construction shows continuous effort. "Trying to do something" means making an effort to achieve something. The infinitive "to blow" expresses the purpose of the action.

• Usin' you was so easy

  ➔ Gerund as subject

  ➔ "Using" is a gerund (verb acting as a noun) that functions as the subject of the sentence. It describes the action of using someone.

• I promise to be true only to you

  ➔ Promise followed by infinitive; preposition "to" expressing direction

  ➔ "Promise to be true" shows the structure "promise + to + verb", which expresses a commitment. "Only to you" uses the preposition "to" to indicate the direction of the truth – towards the specific person.