The Group

The Pussycat Dolls was an american group of pop and R & B, formed by

choreographer Robin Antin. The group began as a burlesque troupe in

1995, in Los Angeles, California.

After attracting national attention, Antin negotiated a deal with Interscope Records and the troupe was re-created as a musical group in 2003.

The group is currently separated because the singers decided to

dedicate themselves to a solo career.At the beginning, the group was composed by the vocalist Nicole Scherzinger, Melody Thornton, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta,

Kimberly Wyatt and Carmit Bachar.

The song

“When I Grow Up” is the first single of the group on their

second album Doll Domination. It was

officially released on May 20, 2008.

The video clip won an award for Best Dance at MTV VMA (Video Music Awards) in 2008, competing with

Forever(Chris Brown), Closer (Ne-Yo), Damaged (Danity Kane) and 4

Minutes (Madonna).

Contextualization

• Barack Hussein Obama becomes the first black president of United States of America

• Death of Dercy Gonçalves in July 19

• Michael Phelps breaks the world records in all the eight swimming races he competed for gold medals in Beijing

• Global economic crisis

Lyrics Boy's call you sexy, and you

don't care what they sayYou See everytime you turn around they screaming your name

Now I've got a confession (HA-HA-HA-hA)When I was young I wanted attention (HA-HA-HA-HA)An I promised myself that I'd do anything (HA-HA-HA-HA)Anything at all for them to notice me (HA-HA-HA-HA)

Young Old

But I ain't complaining (Oh)We all wanna be famous (Oh)So go ahead and say what you wanna say (Oh)You don't know what it's like to be nameless (Oh)Want them to know what your name is (Oh)‘Cause see when I was younger I would say

When I grow upI wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow upI wanna see the world, drive

nice cars, I wanna have groupies

When I grow upBe on TV, people know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow upFresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene And Be careful what you wish for 'causeYou just might get itY-You just might get itY-You just might get it

And Be careful what you wish for 'causeYou just might get itY-You just might get itY-You just might get itGet it?

They used to tell me I was silly (HA-HA-HA-HA)Until I popped up on the TV (LA-LA-LA-LA)I always wanted to be a superstar (HA-HA-HA-HA)And knew that singing songs would get me this far (LA-LA-LA-LA)

But I ain't complaining (Oh)We all wanna be famous (Oh)So go ahead and say what you wanna say (Oh)You don't know what it's like to be nameless (Oh)Want them to know what your name is (Oh)‘Cause see when I was younger I would say

When I grow upI wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow upI wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupiesWhen I grow upBe on TV, people know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow upFresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene

And Be careful what you wish for 'causeYou just might get itY-You just might get itY-You just might get it

And Be careful what you wish for 'causeYou just might get itY-You just might get itY-You just might get itGet it?

I see them staring at meOh, I'm a trend-sellerYes this is true cause what I do, no one can do it betterYou can talk about me, cause I'm a hot topicI see you watching me, watching me and I know you want it, Oh!

When I grow upI wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow upI wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies

When I grow upBe on TV, people know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow upFresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene

And Be careful what you wish for 'causeYou just might get itY-You just might get itY-You just might get it

And Be careful what you wish for 'causeYou just might get itY-You just might get itY-You just might get itGet it? BE CAREFUL= LOOK OUT!

Grammar

• SLANGS – INFORMAL LANGUAGE

• Bucks – dolars• Donut ranger – policeman• Freak daddy – a handsome boy• Jerk, asshole – stupid

• Weird – strange

• Dumb – donkey, idiot

• Creepy – scary• Barbie Doll – Little Patricia• La la land – na unreal place

• In the song:• EX: Fresh and clean number one

chick. • Chick – beautiful girl

Thank you!

• Amanda Medeiros• Bruna Santos• Danielle Sarmento • Elisângela Lemes• Marina Moura

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