Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
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Rina Sawayama
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“Tokyo Takeover“ is the Japanese bonus track for Rina Sawayama’s debut album, SAWAYAMA. Its roots trace back to a 2015 interview with SUITCASE Magazine in which it was first teased to be a part of her RINA EP. The song is about Rina’s struggle to embrace her Japanese identity while growing up in the...
[Verse 1]
Hey 原宿, how you hurting?
By Omotesando
Fuck 'em if they don't know what you're made of
死ぬまでラッキー
大人でハッピー
Hey Shimokita, señorita
銀座参上
Fuck 'em if they don't know what you're made of
死ぬまでラッキー
I guess I'm just happy (One, two, three, four)
どこまでも
[Pre-Chorus]
死ぬまでラッキーなんだよ (Wherever you go)
大人でハッピーなんだから
死ぬまでラッキーなんだ
あなたは大人
[Chorus]
T-O-K-Y-O
T-A-K-E (Takeover)
T-O-K-Y-O
T-A-K-E
[Verse 2]
Thriller
Don't understand her
Called a mystery
'Cause she's a winner
ざけんな もったいないよ
ここは東京、ロンドン
世界を面するステージ
[Interlude]
新宿のゴールデン街で見えた
満月のラブコール
Then all of the music stopped and 消えた
境界線を超えていた
[Chorus]
T-O-K-Y-O
T-A-K-E (Takeover)
T-O-K-Y-O
T-A-K-E
[Verse 3]
Hey 原宿, how you hurting?
By Omotesando
Fuck 'em if they don't know what you're made of
死ぬまでラッキー
大人でハッピー
Hey Shimokita, señorita
銀座参上
Fuck 'em if they don't know what you're made of
死ぬまでラッキー
I guess I'm just happy (One, two)
どこまでも
[Pre-Chorus]
死ぬまでラッキーなんだよ (Wherever you go)
大人でハッピーなんだから
死ぬまでラッキーなんだ
あなたは大人
死ぬまでラッキーなんだよ
大人でハッピーなんだから
死ぬまでラッキーなんだ
あなたは大人
[Chorus]
Hey 原宿, Y-O
T-A-K-E (Takeover)
Hey 原宿, Y-O
T-A-K-E
Hey 原宿, Y-O
T-A-K-E (Takeover)
Hey 原宿, Y-O
T-A-K-E
Tokyo Takeover was written by Henry Durham & Hoost & Rina Sawayama.
Tokyo Takeover was produced by Hoost.
Rina Sawayama released Tokyo Takeover on Fri Apr 17 2020.
Tokyo Takeover was written at a time a few years ago when I was feeling less confident about my Japanese identity and being in the UK, I was generally not as sure of myself then as I hadn’t met all of my amazing friends at this point who taught me to embrace both cultures, all aspects of them. The l...