Ain't Got No - I Got Life by Nina Simone (Listening)

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Ain't Got No - I Got Life

by Nina Simone

1. Listen the song and complete the lyrics:



Ain't got no home, ain't got no ____________
Ain't got no ___________, ain't got no class
Ain't got no __________, ain't got no schooling
Ain't got no wear, ain't got no __________
Ain't got no money, no __________ to stay
Ain't got no ___________, ain't got no mother
Ain't got no children, ain't got no sisters ___________
Ain't got no earth, ain't got no ____________
Ain't got no touch, ain't got no _________
Ain't got no love
Ain't got no ________, no cigarettes
Ain't got no ________, no country
No class, no ______________
No friends, no _____________
Ain't got no god
Ain't got ________more
Ain't got no earth, no ?
No ___________, no home
I said I ain't got no clothes
No job, no _____________
Ain't got __________ to live
And I ain't got no _______
But what ________ I got?
Let me tell ya what I've got
That __________ gonna take away
I got my ______ on my head
I got my ________, I got my ears
I got my eyes, I got my _________
I dot my mouth, I got my _________
I got my tongue, I got my _________
I got my neck, I got my _________
I got my _______, I got my soul
I got my _________, I got my sex
I got my arms, I got my _________
I got my fingers, got my __________
I got my feet, I got my _________
I got my ______, got my blood
Got life, I got my __________



2. Translate this paragraph from the song













Ain't got no earth, no ?
No food, no home
I said I ain't got no clothes
No job, no nothing
Ain't got long to live
And I ain't got no love
But what have I got?
Let me tell ya what I've got











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