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“Take A Byte” furthers the strong feminist influence throughout Dirty Computer and pulls from the myths and stories of a diverse group of powerful women, both culturally and historically. These include the Ethiopian Bilquis, Queen of Sheba, Eve, from the Book of Genesis, Scheherazade from Arabian Ni...
[Verse 1]
I'm not the kind of girl you take home to your mama now
I tell you no lies (I tell no lies)
Your code is programmed not to love me, but you can't pretend
Oh, what a surprise
Maybe it's lust, maybe it's love, maybe it never ends
Ooh, say your goodbyes (Say 'em now)
Play in my hair and nibble there all on my mocha skin
Yeah, just take a byte
[Chorus]
Take a byte (Just take a byte)
Help yourself (Help yourself)
It's alright (It's alright)
I won't tell (It feels so good when you nibble on it)
Take a byte (Just take a byte)
Help yourself (You look so good, just help yourself)
Don't think twice (Don't think twice)
I won't tell
[Verse 2]
My random access memory wants you to come again
No, don't say goodbye (Don't say goodbye)
I saw my therapist, she thinks you are my magic sin
Oh, maybe she's right (Well, maybe she's right)
Well, I'll just lick an angel just to purify again
Ooh, angels are fun (They're so fun)
So dress me up, I like it better if we both pretend
Yeah, make love 'til we're numb (Oh)
[Chorus]
Take a byte (Just take a byte)
Help yourself (Just go ahead and help yourself)
It's alright (It's alright, it's alright)
I won't tell (Just take a byte)
Take a byte (Just take a byte)
Help yourself (It feels so good, just help yourself)
Don't think twice (Don't think twice)
I won't tell
Take a byte (Just take a byte)
Help yourself (Help yourself)
It's alright (It's alright)
I won't tell (It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, oh)
Take a byte (Won't you just take a byte?)
Help yourself (Go on and help yourself)
It's alright
I won't tell (I)
[Outro]
Just take a byte
Ooh, you look so good, just help yourself
Ooh, it's alright
Take a little byte, take a little byte
Take a little byte
Take a Byte was written by Janelle Monáe & Kellindo Parker & Nana Kwabena & John M. Webb, Jr. & Nate “Rocket” Wonder.
Take a Byte was produced by Nate “Rocket” Wonder.
Janelle Monáe released Take a Byte on Fri Apr 27 2018.
In the official tracklist reveal, Monáe reveals the inspiration behind the track:
[“Take a Byte” is] inspired by Eve in the Garden of Eden, Bilquis the Queen of Sheba in American Gods, Marlene Clark in Ganja & Hess, and Scheherazade in Arabian Nights.