LYRICS

Worksheet
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Lyrics
It seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first and the truth
come second
Just stop for a minute and smile
Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious
Got your shades on your eyes and your
heels so high
That you can't even have a good time
CHORUS
Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that? (Yeah)
We're paying with love tonight
It's not about the money, money,
money
We don't need your money, money,
money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching, cha-
ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling, ba-
bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
We need to take it back in time
When music made us all unite
And it wasn't low blows and video hoes
Am I the only one getting tired?
Why is everybody so obsessed?
Money can't buy us happiness
Can we all slow down and enjoy right now
Guarantee we'll be feeling alright
CHORUS
Yeah, yeah, well, keep the price tag and
take the cash back
Just give me six strings and a half stack
And you can keep the cars, leave me the
garage
And all I, yes, all I need are keys and
guitars
And guess what, in 30 seconds I'm
leaving to Mars
Yeah, were leaving across these
undefeatable odds
It's like this man, you can't put a price on
life
We do this for the love, so we fight and
sacrifice every night
So we ain't gon' stumble and fall, never
Waiting to see in the sign of defeat, uh uh
So we gon' keep everyone moving their
feet
So bring back the beat and then
everyone sing, it's not about
CHORUS
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Instructions

Title: Price Tag

Artist: Jessie J
Level: Elementary (1st grade)
Practice: Introducing the topic
Reference: 9. Asking for information about the price and the quantity of
an article in a shop (Program for Modern Languages, 1st grade, 1A and
common 2nd year)

Listening
Listen to the song and fill in.

buy sale price (x2) cash money (x6) pay heels price tag (x2)
with
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Seems like everybody's got a And it wasn't low blows and video
. hoes
I wonder how they sleep at night Am I the only one getting tired?
When the ..
comes first and the truth comes
second
Just stop for a minute and smile

Why is everybody so serious?

Acting so damn mysterious Why is everybody so obsessed?
You got your shades on your eyes Money can't us happiness
And your so Can we all slow down and enjoy right
high now
That you can't even have a good Guarantee we'll be feeling alright
time
CHORUS
CHORUS
Yeah, yeah, well, keep the price tag
Everybody look to their left And take the back
Everybody look to their right Just give me six strings and a half
Can you feel that? Yeah stack
We'll them love And you can keep the cars
tonight Leave me the garage
And all I, yes, all I need are keys and
It's not about the , guitars
,
We don't need your And guess what, in 30 seconds
, I'm leaving to Mars
, Yes, were leaving across these
We just wanna make the world undefeatable odds
dance It's like this man,
Forget about the You can't put a on life
We do this for the love, so we fight and
sacrifice every night
Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-
ching So we ain't gonna stumble and fall,
Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling never
Wanna make the world dance Waiting to see, a sign of defeat, uh uh
Forget about the So we gonna keep everyone moving
their feet
So bring back the beat and then
We need to take it back in time everybody sing, it's not about
When music made us all unite
CHORUS
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Have a look at the lyrics and answer the questions.

1. What is the song about?

2. Underline the words related to shopping.
3. What does mean?

Vocabulary
Have a look at some words/expressions from the song and do the exercises below

1. Find the words in the song that mean

a =
) Sunglasses ..
b The sound a cash register =
) makes ..
c =
) Flashy, expensive jewelry ..
d A small piece of paper =
) attached to an item which ..
shows its price

2. Vocabulary note:
can mean or . Its not very good English
but a lot of native speakers use it. When we say
something, we mean its not very important. When Jessie J says
, she means money isnt 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?
.......................................................................................................................

2. Can money buy happiness?

.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................

Speaking
Discuss in groups.

1. Jessie J. says . Do you agree with her or not?

Why?
2. What is more important than money for you?
3. Do your parents give you allowance?
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4. What do you like spending your money on?

5. Do you save money?
6. Do you ever give money to charity or beggars?
7. Do you ever buy second-hand things?
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Instructions

Title: Price Tag

Artist: Jessie J
Level: Elementary (1st grade)
Practice: Introducing the topic
Reference: 9. Asking for information about the price and the quantity of
an article in a shop (Program for Modern Languages, 1st grade, 1A and
common 2nd year)

Listening
Listen to the song and fill in.

buy sale price (x2) cash money (x6) pay heels price tag (x2)
with
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Seems like MONEY, Can we all slow So we gonna keep
everybody's MONEY down and enjoy everyone moving
got a PRICE. We don't need right now their feet
I wonder how your MONEY, Guarantee we'll So bring back
they sleep at MONEY, be feeling alright the beat and
night MONEY then
When the We just wanna CHORUS everybody sing,
SALE make the it's not about
comes first world dance Yeah, yeah, well,
and the truth Forget about keep the price CHORUS
comes second the PRICE TAG tag
Just stop for a And take the
minute and Ain't about the CASH back
smile cha-ching, Just give me six
cha-ching strings and a
Why is Ain't about the half stack
everybody so ba-bling, ba- And you can
serious? bling keep the cars
Acting so Wanna make Leave me the
damn the world garage
mysterious dance And all I, yes, all
You got your Forget about I need are keys
shades on the PRICE TAG and
your eyes guitars
And your We need to
HEELS so take it back in And guess what,
high time in 30 seconds
That you can't When music I'm leaving to
even have a made us all Mars
good time unite Yes, were leaving
And it wasn't across these
CHORUS low blows and undefeatable odds
video hoes It's like this man,
Everybody Am I the only You can't put a
look to their one getting PRICE on life
left tired? We do this for
Everybody the love, so we
look to their fight and
right sacrifice every
Can you feel night
that? Yeah
We'll PAY So we ain't
them WITH Why is
gonna stumble
love tonight everybody so
and fall, never
obsessed?
Waiting to see, a
It's not Money can't
sign of defeat,
about the BUY us
uh uh
MONEY happiness
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Have a look at the lyrics and answer the questions.

4. What is the song about?

MONEY
5. Underline the words related to shopping.
6. What does mean?
JUST REMEMBER THAT YOUR BELIEFS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND YOU ARE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR POCKET

Vocabulary
Have a look at some words/expressions from the song and do the exercises below

3. Find the words in the song that mean

a
) Sunglasses = SHADES..
b The sound a cash register
) makes = CHA-CHING..
c
) Flashy, expensive jewelry = BA-BLING..
d A small piece of paper
) attached to an item which = PRICE TAG
shows its price

4. Vocabulary note:
can mean or . Its not very good English
but a lot of native speakers use it. When we say
something, we mean its not very important. When Jessie J says
, she means money isnt 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................................................................................................................

2. Can money buy happiness?

NO..................................................................................................................

Speaking
Discuss in groups.

1. Jessie J. says . Do you agree with her or

not? Why?
2. What is more important than money for you?
3. Do your parents give you allowance?
4. What do you like spending your money on?
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5. Do you save money?

6. Do you ever give money to charity or beggars?
7. Do you ever buy second-hand things?

Going further
Vocabulary

ba-bling = flashy, expensive jewelry

cha-ching = the sound of a cash register
damn = really mysterious (slang)
mysterious
heels = the part of a shoe, stocking, etc, designed to fit the
heel
low blows = verbal attacks designed to kick someone while they
are down
sale = the exchange of goods, property, or services for an
agreed sum of money or credit
shades = sun glasses (slang)
to slow down = another way to say stop being so 'rude'
stack = one stack is 1G
to stumble = to miss a step and fall or nearly fall
undefeatable = invincible probabilities
odds
unite = Joined together
video hoes = girls who are usually undress in music videos

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 Webers 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 didnt
give up!

When Jessies first record deal didnt 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
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http://busyteacher.org