HIPS= The part of your body right below your waist.ĭEREON JEANS= A fashionable brand of jeans.
GLOSS= A transparent but shiny liquid you put on your lips (or on your nails) to make them shine. And something that happens very often in America is that N+T=N, so "want it" sounds here like "wannit". HE WANT IT= It should be "he want s it", but in very colloquial English they often drop the S for the 3rd person singular. If you put a ring on your girlfriend’s finger you’re asking her to marry you and you (boyfriend and girlfriend) become fiancé (male) and fiancée (female) until the day you get married that day you are bride (female) and bridegroom (male), and later you are husband and wife. YOU SHOULDA PUT A RING ON IT= You should have put a ring on my finger. SHOULDA= Should have (this is a very common way to pronounce it in conversational English, even in BrE). "DON’T PAY HIM ANY ATTENTION"= This is what she told her new friend when her exboyfriend began to shout at her. (They are practically on top of each other) I’M UP ON HIM, HE (is) UP ON ME= They are dancing closely with each other, both of them touching the other person. This spelling simply reflects the common black AmE feature of not pronouncing the R unless it is followed by a vowel (same as in BrE) Among black people, a brother/sister is another black person. YOU WANNA TRIP= You want to overreact, to go crazy.īROTHA= Brother. You decided to dip = you had suddenly stopped our relationship. I’M DOING MY OWN LITTLE THING= I’m minding my business, I’m living my life.ĭIP= To run fast away from something, to leave abruptly.
WE JUST BROKE UP= We have stopped our relationship a moment ago. PUT YOUR HANDS UP= In this context it means to show that you're there, ready to fight for your rights. For instance, pay attention to how she pronounces "attention" (that sounds like /ət en ʃ ə n/, but she makes it more similar to /ət ent ʃ ə n/) or "don't be mad once you see": "once you" has an assimilation and may sound /w ʌn ʃ u:/, but she makes it similar to /w ʌn tʃ u:/.ĪLL THE SINGLE LADIES= This song is addressed to all the single ladies, so she begins by asking them to listen. This is not something normal, but some people in America do it. Note on pronunciation: notice that when she pronounces the sound /ʃ / (sh) after an /n/ it sounds very similar to /tʃ/ (ch). If you don't, you'll be alone, and like a ghost, I'll be gone. Pull me into your arms, say I'm the one you want Is a man that makes me, then takes me, and delivers me to a destiny, to infinity and beyond! Your love is what I prefer what I deserve
Whoa oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh.ĭon't treat me to these things of the world (I'm not that kind of girl) Whoa oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh I need no permission did I mention "Don't pay him any attention"?Ĭuz you had your turn, but now you gon' learn what it really feels like to miss me. I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, and we tighter than my Dereon jeans Īctin' up, drank in my cup I can care less what you think. If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it. If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it ĭon't be mad once you see that he want it! 'Cuz I cried my tears straight for three good years you can't be mad at me.Ĭuz if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it I'm up on him, he up on me, " Don't pay him any attention."
You decided to dip, and now you wanna trip, ' Cuz another brotha noticed me. Up in the club, we just broke up, I'm doing my own little thing All the single ladies! (All the single ladies)Īll the single ladies! (Now put your hands up!)