If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys · 2003
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Some people want it all
- But I don't want nothing at all
- If it ain't you, baby
- If I ain't got you, baby
Sing the opening verse
- Mmm, mmm, mmm, yeah
- Some people live for the fortune
- Some people live just for the fame
- Some people live for the power, yeah
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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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:
And I've been there before
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If it ain't you, baby
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If I ain't got you, yeah
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If I ain't got you with me, baby
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Some people live for the fortune
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Some ? live for the fortune
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
That the ? things
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Some people ? it all
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
But ? means nothing
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And what ? would it be?
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 "people" in the whole song?
"people"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "want" in the whole song?
"want"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- If I ain't got you, baby
- Mmm, mmm, mmm, yeah
- Some people want diamond rings
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- But everything means nothing
- Hand me the world
- Some people live for the fortune
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "If I Ain't Got You" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "If I Ain't Got You" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
If you could ask Alicia Keys one question about "If I Ain't Got You", what would it be and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
what's→i've→don't→that's→
Exercise 30
Compare "If I Ain't Got You" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?