Luther
Kendrick Lamar · 2024
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Weekends, get it poppin' on the low
- Better days comin' for sure (if this world were)
- If it was up to me, I wouldn't give these nobodies no sympathy
- I'd take away the pain, I'd give you everything
Echo the hook
- If this world were mine
- Hey, Roman numeral seven, bae, drop it like it's hot
- If this world was mine, I'd take your dreams and make 'em multiply
- If this world was mine, I'd take your enemies in front of God
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:
Heartache, she only doin' what she know
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'ma make you say it loud
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Just so I can turn you on, baby
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If this world were mine
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
In this world, concrete flowers grow
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
If this ? were mine
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
In this world, ? flowers grow
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Better ? comin' for sure (if this world were)
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
In this world, concrete ? grow
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I'm not even ? I won't stress you out
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 "world" in the whole song?
"world"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "mine" in the whole song?
"mine"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Baby, you a star, strike, pose (right)
- I'ma make you say it loud
- If this world were mine
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Fah-fah, fah-fah-fah, fah-fah, fah
- Heartache, she only doin' what she know
- Just so I can turn you on, baby
Exercise 26
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 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
"Luther" was released in 2024. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→i'd→wanna→wouldn't→i'm→can't→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "Luther" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?