Major Lazer

Released: April 16, 2013

Featuring: Amber Coffman

Songwriter: Switch Amber Coffman David Longstreth Diplo

Producer: Switch Diplo

[Intro]
Yeah

[Verse 1]
Never got love from a government man
Heading downstream till the levee give in
What can I do to get the money?
We ain’t got the money, we ain’t getting out

Heading downstream till the levee gives in
And my dreams are wearing thin
All I need’s relief
I need, I need some sympathy, yeah

[Chorus]
Look at me
I just can’t believe what they’ve done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be (I just wanna be)
Look at me
I just can’t believe what they’ve done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
I just wanna dream (Dream, dream, dream)

[Verse 2]
All of my life been wading in
Water so deep, now we got to swim
Wonder will it ever end
How long, how long 'til we have a friend?
Coming down, feeling like a battery hen
Waves won’t break 'til the tide comes in
What will I do in the sunrise?
What will I do without my dreams? (Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh, hey)

[Chorus]
Look at me
I just can’t believe what they’ve done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be (I just wanna be)
Look at me
I just can’t believe what they’ve done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
I just wanna dream (Dream, dream, dream)

[Bridge]
We’re all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
We’re all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
We’re all together in the same boat
(Look at me
I just can’t believe what they’ve done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be)
I know you, you know me
Baby

[Outro]
I just wanna dream
I just wanna dream
I just wanna dream
Baby, you know me

Major Lazer is an electronic dancehall project created by producers Diplo and Switch in 2009. The current members of the group are Diplo, Walshy Fire, and Ape Drums. Former members include Switch, Skerrit Bwoy, and Jillionaire.

Major Lazer has released three full-length Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do in 2009, Free the Universe in 2013, Peace is the Mission in 2015. Their long anticipated fourth album, Music is the Weapon, is expected sometime in 2020.

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