Are You Gonna Go My Way
Lenny Kravitz · 1993
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Are you gonna go my way?
- And I got to, got to know, eh...
- I don't know why, we always cry
- This we must leave and get undone
Sing it again — final chorus
- Are you gonna go my way?
- And I got to, got to know...
- C'mon!
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I was born long ago
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I have come to save the day
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So that's why, you've got to try
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Though I'm not paid, I play this game
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But what I really want to know is
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I was ? long ago
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
So ? why, you've got to try
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
But what I ? want to know is
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
This we must ? and get undone
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And ? each other one by one
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "know" in the whole song?
"know"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "gonna" in the whole song?
"gonna"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And kill each other one by one
- But what I really want to know is
- I was born long ago
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- I am the chosen, I'm the one
- This we must leave and get undone
- We've got to dance, and be in love
Exercise 26
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" was released in 1993. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
Imagine you are making a short film with "Are You Gonna Go My Way" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 28
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→won't→that's→you've→gonna→don't→
Exercise 30
If you could ask Lenny Kravitz one question about "Are You Gonna Go My Way", what would it be and why?