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U Got It Bad

Usher · 2001

U Got It Bad by Usher (2001) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You got it, you got it bad
  • When you're on the phone
  • Hang up and you call right back (oh, you)
  • You got it, you got it bad

Echo the hook

  • You got it bad
  • When you say that you love 'em
  • And you really know
  • Everything that used to matter, don't matter no more
you'reknowdon't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beendone it, humped around, ha

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Hang up and you callback (oh, you)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But you keep on'bout somebody else

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Like myall my cars

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Said I'mto have you, girl

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mtell it to the whole wide world"

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been there, done it, humped around, ha

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You got it, you got it bad

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You don't wanna have fun

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you keep on thinkin' 'bout somebody else

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you say that you love 'em

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? done it, humped around, ha

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It's all you ? about

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Flowers, ? and candy

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Look at your ? help me sing my song

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Every one of ? are just like me

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?

"you're"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Flowers, cards, and candy
  • I've been there, done it, humped around, ha
  • You got it, you got it bad

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • After all that this is what I found
  • Hang up and you call right back
  • Tell her, "I'm your man, you're my girl

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "U Got It Bad" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

you'reknowdon'tsomebody

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "U Got It Bad" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

you'reknowdon'tsomebody

Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "U Got It Bad" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

you'reknowdon'tsomebody

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • i've→
  • it's→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "U Got It Bad" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

you'reknowdon'tsomebody