You Get What You Give
New Radicals · 1998
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- You've got the music in you
- Don't let go
- You've got the music in you
- One dance left
Sing it again — final chorus
- You've got the music in you
- One dance left
- This world is gonna pull through
- Don't give up
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:
Wake up, kids, we got the dreamers' disease
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Frenemies, who, when you're down, ain't your friend
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You cannot find the light light
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You've got the music in you
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We only get what we give
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
One, two, one, two, ? ow
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
You ? your dreams are dying
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
You cannot ? a friend (friend)
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
This world is gonna ? through
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Cloning ? they're multiplying
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 "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "give" in the whole song?
"give"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- But when the night is falling
- What, what, what, what
- You've got a reason to live
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- One, two, one, two, three, ow
- This whole damn world can fall apart
- What's real can't die
Exercise 26
If you could change the ending of the story told in "You Get What You Give", what would happen instead?
Exercise 27
Describe the mood of "You Get What You Give" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 28
Who in your life would you dedicate "You Get What You Give" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
we're→you're→you've→don't→gonna→can't→
Exercise 30
"You Get What You Give" was released in 1998. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.