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CHORUS Yeah, yeah, well, keep the price tag and take the
cash back
Everybody look to their left Just give me six strings and a half stack
Everybody look to their right And you can keep the cars, leave me the garage
Can you feel that? (Yeah) And all I, yes, all I need are keys and guitars
We're paying with love tonight
And guess what, in 30 seconds I'm leaving to Mars
It's not about the money, money, money Yeah, we’re leaving across these undefeatable odds
We don't need your money, money, money It's like this man, you can't put a price on life
We just wanna make the world dance We do this for the love, so we fight and sacrifice
Forget about the price tag every night
Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching, cha-ching So we ain't gon' stumble and fall, never
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling, ba-bling Waiting to see in the sign of defeat, uh uh
Wanna make the world dance So we gon' keep everyone moving their feet
Forget about the price tag So bring back the beat and then everyone sing, it's
not about
We need to take it back in time
When music made us all unite
And it wasn't low blows and video hoes CHORUS
Am I the only one getting tired?
WORKSHEET (PUPIL)
Instructions
Listening
Listen to the song and fill in.
buy – sale – price (x2) – cash – money (x6) – pay – heels – price tag (x2) – with
Vocabulary
Have a look at some words/expressions from the song and do the exercises below
a) Sunglasses = ……………………………………………………..
2. Vocabulary note:
“ ” can mean “ ” or “ ”. It’s not very good English but a lot of native
speakers use it. When we say “ ” something, we mean it’s not very
important. When Jessie J says “ ”, she means money isn’t
important to her.
Reading
Have a look at the lyrics and answer the following question.
1. Do you think that people today care too much about money and not enough about other
important things like love and happiness?
.............................................................................................................................................................................
Speaking
Discuss in groups.
Listening
Listen to the song and fill in.
buy – sale – price (x2) – cash – money (x6) – pay – heels – price tag (x2) – with
Vocabulary
Have a look at some words/expressions from the song and do the exercises below
a) Sunglasses = SHADES………………………………………..
4. Vocabulary note:
“ ” can mean “ ” or “ ”. It’s not very good English but a lot of native
speakers use it. When we say “ ” something, we mean it’s not very
important. When Jessie J says “ ”, she means money isn’t
important to her.
Reading
Have a look at the lyrics and answer the following question.
1. Do you think that people today care too much about money and not enough about other
important things like love and happiness?
YES....................................................................................................................................................................
Speaking
Discuss in groups.
Going further…
Vocabulary
Biography
Jessie J was born Jessica Ellen Cornish in Redbridge, London
on March 27, 1988. She went to Colins Performing Arts School
as a child and when she was 11 she was cast in Andrew Lloyd
Weber’s musica “Whistle Down the Wind”. When she was 17
she joined a girl group and soon after was signed as a solo
artist to Gut Records. The record company went bankrupt
before she released an album but the talented Jessie J didn’t
give up!
When Jessie’s first record deal didn’t work out, she turned to songwriting and got herself a contract
with Sony ATV where she started writing hit songs for Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Christina
Aguilera, and Alicia Keys. Her biggest songwriting hit was Miley Cyrus’ song Party in the USA”!
Sources
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/25307-jessie-j-bio
http://fr.urbandictionary.com
http://busyteacher.org