Justin just wants to party
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In his latest single, “Tack Back the Night,” Justin Timberlake wants to party and have some fun. He believes that everybody should be free to enjoy life however they choose.
This week’s Karaoke Korner takes a look at vocabulary words used in the lyrics.
ABOUT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Name: Justin Randall Timberlake
Nationality: American
Style: Pop, R&B
Albums: The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 (2013), The 20/20 Experience (2013), FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), Justified (2002)
Label: RCA
In brief: Born in Memphis, Tennessee, this 32-year-old singer and actor appeared on the TV shows Star Search and The New Mickey Mouse Club when he was a child. Justin was then a member of the popular boy band, ‘N Snyc. His first solo album, Justified, was released in 2002 and reached No. 1 on the UK Albums chart and No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart. His second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, brought him even greater success, helped along by the international hit, “What Goes Around Comes Around.” This year, Justin has released two big-selling albums, including The 20/20 popular track, “Take Back the Night.”
If you like Little Mix, check out: Michael Jackson, ‘N Snyc and Usher
Website: www.justintimberlake.com
“Take Back the Night”
By Justin Timberlake
Yeah, this was your city
You did it all and more
Broke every law except for one, babe
Attraction, are you ready
I know you feel it
Pull you nearer till you feel it again
I wanna do something right
But we can do something better
Ain’t no time like tonight
And we ain’t trying to save it till later
Stay out here living the life
Nobody cares who we are tomorrow
You got that little something I like
A little something I’ve been wanting to borrow
Tonight the night’s, come on surrender
I won’t lead your love astray
Your love’s a weapon
Give your body some direction
That’s my aim
Then, we could
Chorus
Take back the night
Come on, use me up
Until there’s nothing left
Take back the night
Dizzy, spinning, sweating
You can’t catch your breath
Take back the night
Don’t know when the sun is rising next
Take back the night
So if the feeling’s right
Then raise your glass
And let’s take back the night
Take back the night
They’re gonna try to shut us down
I’ll be damned if we’re gonna let them
Take back the night, take back the night
You know you’re gonna mess around
And find out there ain’t no one better
Take back the night
Rare, there’s not too many
No one but you in crowded rooms
We can do anything
Attraction can drive you crazy
The way you move, you go crazy
That’s incentive for me
(Chorus)
Exercises
Use the following nouns used in the lyrics to fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow to make them grammatically correct.
| direction | room | breath | glass |
1. Pam lost sight of her boyfriend when he walked off in the opposite ____________.
2. He took a deep ____________ and dived into the water.
3. Sam poured a ____________ of wine.
4. Somebody was laughing loudly in the next ____________.
Vocabulary
- dizzy (adj): feeling as if everything is spinning around you and that you are not able to balance
incentive (n): something that encourages you to do something
