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Beyoncé & André 3000
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In this well-polished R&B song about her love for Jay-Z, Queen Bey talks about how they both manage to have a perfect marriage while maintaining their superstardom (Beyoncé was six months pregnant while filming the video for this song). This catchy tune was called both the most experimental and...
[Intro]
Boy
[Chorus]
Oh, killin' me softly
And I'm still fallin'
Still the one I need
I will always be with you
Oh, you got me all gone
Don't ever let me go
Say it real loud if you fly
If you leave me, you out of your mind
[Post-Chorus]
My baby is a ten
We dressin' to the nine
He pick me up, we eight
Make me feel so lucky, seven
He kiss me in his six
We be makin' love in five
Still the one I do this four
I'm tryin' to make us three
From that two
He still the one
[Verse]
There's ups and downs in this love
Got a lot to learn in this love
Through the good and the bad, still got love
Dedicated to the one I love, hey
Still love the way he talk, still love the way I sing
Still love the way he rock them black diamonds in that chain (Chain)
Still all up on each other, ain't a damn thing change
My girls can't tell me nothin', I'm gone in the brain
I'm all up under him like it's cold, winter time
All up in the kitchen in my heels, dinner time
Do whatever that it takes, he got a winner's mind
Give it all to him, meet him at the finish line
[Pre-Chorus]
Me and my boo, and my boo, boo ridin' (Ah)
All up in that black with his chick right beside him (Ah)
Ladies, if you love your man, show him you the fliest
Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it
Me and my boo, and my boo, boo ridin' (Ah)
All up in that black with his chick right beside him (Ah)
Ladies, if you love your man, show him you the fliest
Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it
[Chorus]
Oh (Oh), killin' me softly (Ooh, woah)
And I'm still fallin' (Ooh, woah)
Still the one I need
I will always be with you
Oh, you got me all gone
Don't ever let me go
Say it real loud if you fly
If you leave me, you out of your mind
[Post-Chorus]
My baby is a ten
We dressin' to the nine
He pick me up, we eight
Make me feel so lucky, seven
He kiss me in his six
We be makin' love in five
Still the one I do this four
I'm tryin' to make us three
From that two
He still the one
[Bridge]
Yup, I put it on him, it ain't nothin' that I can't do
Yup, I buy my own, if he deserve it, buy his shit too
All up in the store, shorty, trickin' if I want to
All up in the store, shorty, fly as we want to
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Damn, I think I love that boy, do anything for that boy, boy
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Now I'll never be the same, it's you and me until the end
[Pre-Chorus]
Me and my boo, and my boo, boo ridin' (Ah)
All up in that black with his chick right beside him (Ah)
Ladies, if you love your man, show him you the flyest
Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it
Me and my boo, and my boo, lip lockin'
All up in the back because the chicks keep flockin'
All that gossip in ten years, stop it
London, speed it up, Houston, rock it
[Chorus]
Oh (Oh), killin' me softly (Ooh, woah)
And I'm still fallin' (Ooh, woah)
Still the one I need
I will always be with you
Oh, you got me all gone
Don't ever let me go
Say it real loud if you fly
If you leave me, you out of your mind
[Post-Chorus]
My baby is a ten
We dressin' to the nine
He pick me up, we eight
Make me feel so lucky, seven
He kiss me in his six
We be makin' love in five
Still the one I do this four
I'm tryin' to make us three
From that two
He still the one
Countdown was written by Cainon Lamb & Ester Dean & Shea Taylor & The-Dream & Beyoncé & Wanyá Morris & Nathan Morris & Michael Bivins & Julie Frost.
Countdown was produced by Beyoncé & Shea Taylor.
The song’s music video was directed by Adria Petty, who previously helmed the clip for “Sweet Dreams.” It pays homage to several movies including the 1957 film Funny Face, where we see Beyoncé made up to look like the movie star Audrey Hepburn. The video recreates various pop culture milestones.
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