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On the surface, “X” is a track detailing Chris moving on from an ex-girlfriend and bettering himself in her wake. However, the track also touches on Chris' ongoing battle with the media and public perception, and him “moving on” from the error of his ways.
“X” was released on iTunes as an instant g...
[Produced by Diplo]
[Verse 1]
If you're only as good as the company you keep
Then I'ma blame you for what they say about me
(Free your mind, let your conscience be free)
When I was by myself, I was fast asleep
Since you came around, I've been up for weeks
(Free your mind, let your conscience be free)
Yi-Yi-Yikes, I've been with the wrong crowd
I can make you a believer if I turn the nonsense down
I keep my secrets in a safehouse (A safehouse)
Better if I don't speak (Don't speak)
Devil's tryna tempt me
They just outline my shape out (Shape out)
Place me at the crime scene (Crime scene)
I can see from this high up
You ain't got a heart, girl (You ain't got a heart, girl)
Privacy is for the cheater
Obviously, you're deceivin'
[Pre-Chorus]
I know, I know just who you are
You put me on layaway
You just love to heart shop, oh, girl
I think that it's over
I think that it's over
[Chorus]
I swear to God I'm movin' on
(Mm, back up)
(Brap)
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more, ah-ah-ah
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more, ah-ah-ah
(I ain't trippin' off you, you, you, you)
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more
(I ain't trippin' off you, you, you)
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more
[Post-Chorus]
You just start a fight
I ain't fightin' back, I'm cool with it
I simply came here to party
Why would I trip off that bullshit
When I'm on that good shit?
[Chorus]
I swear to God I'm movin' on
(Mm, back up)
[Verse 2]
Substitute love for a better thing
I deal with my pain like a lonely child, yeah, yeah
I didn't build these walls for you to piss all on my castle
Go ahead, burn it down, I'ma build me another one
All these clouds
[Pre-Chorus]
I know, I know just who you are
You put me on layaway
You just love to heart shop, oh, girl
I think that it's over
I think that it's over
[Chorus]
I swear to God I'm movin' on
(Mm, back up)
(Brap)
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more, ah-ah-ah
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more, ah-ah-ah
(I ain't trippin' off you, you, you, you)
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more
(I ain't trippin' off you, you, you, you)
I ain't goin' back no more
I-I ain't goin' back no more
[Post-Chorus]
You just start a fight
I ain't fightin' back, I'm cool with it
I simply came here to party
Why would I trip off that bullshit
When I'm on that good shit?
[Chorus]
I swear to God I'm movin' on
(Mm, back up)
(Mm, back up)
X was written by Sevyn Streeter & Dewain Whitmore & RoccStar & Djemba Djemba & Diplo & Chris Brown.
X was produced by Diplo & Djemba Djemba & RoccStar.
Chris Brown released X on Tue Sep 16 2014.
“Doing Nothing, Nothing Doing” by Maxayn which was released in 1972.
Sample at 2:37
“X” peaked at #6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at #98 on the Hot 100 chart. Internationally, it peaked at #9 in Lebanon, #75 in France, and #91 in the U.K.
Talking to MTV News in March 2013, Chris talked about the track’s production:
It’s a pop song, but it’s still hip-hop. Pop producers added hip hop to it to make it more epic.
The song and the album title X has a couple different meanings. It can refer to an ex-girlfriend, in terms of you always look forward to moving forward from. It’s also about being a reject in a sense. In me being myself, being able to grow up, me not always hanging around the right crowd or doing th...