Love the lie and lie the love
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
English
Compared to What
john legend
Compared to What by john legend — English lyrics with Spanish translation, line by line. Learn English through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
Compared to What by john legend is a great song to learn English through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as love, hangin, push. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Hangin' on, with a push and shove
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Possession is the motivation
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That is hangin' up the God-damn nation
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Looks like we always end up in a rut
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(Everybody now!)
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Tryin' to make it real, compared to what?
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Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs
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Song Vocabulary
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love
amar
hangin
colgando
push
empujar
shove
empujón
possession
posesión
motivation
motivación
god-damn
maldita sea
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