Jennifer lopez love dont cost a thing cover12/27/2022 LOVE DON'T COST A THING= Love costs absolutely nothing. But in colloquial English we use "cash" simply as a synonym for "money". In standard English, "cash" is the real money you can touch (coins and bank notes/bills), as opposed to cheques, credit cards and other forms of virtual money. THINK I'M GONNA= (coll.) Do you think I'm going to.? KEEP ME ICED= (coll.) Buy me a lot of diamonds/jewels (diamonds look like ice). In colloquial speech it is not uncommon to drop the subject pronoun if it is obvious, and also drop the auxiliary DO for questions. THINK YOU GOTTA.= (coll.) Do you think you have to. THE LAST THING I NEED.= I definitely don't need that. I GOT IT= (coll.) I have it, I've got it. Your birthday party? Sorry, I can't make it, I'll be away for a week= I can't go. It's too late, you can't make it to the trains= You won't arrive to the railway station in time. We took a taxi to be faster, but we couldn't make it= we didn't arrive there in time. Sorry, I can't make it= sorry, I won't be able to meet you. I need to be able to change that (infinitive) I'll never be able to learn this (future) I could dance tango, but I forgot (past) "Can" is a defective verb (it only has some tenses) and "Be able to" means the same but it's a complete verb (we can use it for all the tenses), so we use the verb "can" in the simple present tense, "could" for the future and conditional forms, and "be able to" for all the other forms. This song has many colloquial and slang forms, so there are many things to explain. Then you can win my heart, and get what's in my heart My love don't cost a thing, thing, thing, thing What I need from you is not available in stores So you're tryna' buy what's already yours Pullin' up your sleeve so I could see the rolley blingÄoesn't matter if you're ballin' out of control Knew that it was game when you looked at me 'K? 'cause the last thing I need is another bracelet. I just wish that you could've been here instead of a. Hello? Hi! You're not gonna be able to make it?.again.
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