Released: April 25, 2018

Songwriter: Tricky Stewart The-Dream Tinashe

Producer: Tricky Stewart The-Dream

[Verse 1]
Oh, I hope this don’t turn serious
But baby when you come around
I can’t seem to let those eyes go
Maybe I’m just curious
Cuz I ain’t ever been here before, no

[Pre-Chorus]
I ain’t that girl
No, no, not me
I watch them fall
They watch me leave
And I have never worn my heart on my sleeve
But now love’s looking at me, oh no

[Chorus]
Why if it ain’t love, I just can’t let you go
And why does it feel like my heart’s about to implode
And I put that on everything
It never meant much to me
Being in L-O-V-E

[Post-Chorus]
Ride with you, I’ll ride with you, die with you
If anything go down, baby, I’m gon’ side with you
For life, for life with you
Can’t you see I wanna hold you down
Oh, baby, I’m high with you
On high, I’m high for the first time in my life with you
It never meant much to me
Being in L-O-V-E

[Verse 2]
You know, lovin' make' em talk
Face in your neck, hands on my waistline
And you can see it in the wall
I'm facing affection even in the nightime
And you can see it in the dull
It started with a spark, now it's everywhere that we are
Don't want to feel, this could happen to me

[Chorus]
Why if it ain’t love, I just can’t let you go
And why does it feel like my heart’s about to implode
And I put that on everything
It never meant much to me
Being in L-O-V-E

[Post-Chorus]
Ride with you, I’ll ride with you, die with you
If anything go down, baby, I’m gon’ side with you
For life, for life with you
Can’t you see I wanna hold you down
Oh, baby, I’m high with you
On high, I’m high for the first time in my life with you
It never meant much to me
Being in L-O-V-E

Ride with you, I’ll ride with you, die with you
If anything go down, baby, I’m gon’ side with you
For life, for life with you
Can’t you see I wanna hold you down
Oh, baby, I’m high with you
On high, I’m high for the first time in my life with you
It never meant much to me
Being in L-O-V-E

Ride with you, I’ll ride with you, die with you
If anything go down, baby, I’m gon’ side with you
For life, for life with you
Can’t you see I wanna hold you down
Oh, baby, I’m high with you
On high, I’m high for the first time in my life with you
It never meant much to me
Being in L-O-V-E

[Outro]
Being in L-O-V-E
Being in L-O-V-E
(Can’t you see I wanna hold you down)
Being in L-O-V-E

Tinashe

Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe, known mononymously as Tinashe, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and former model born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Los Angeles, California.

Born on February 6, 1993, her rise to fame began with her acting on shows such as Two and a Half Men. Initially making her debut in the music industry via the short-lived girl group The Stunners—which also featured Hayley Kiyoko—she garnered attention from online music blogs with her 2012 mixtape, In Case We Die. Signing with RCA Records shortly after, she released two further mixtapes later that year and in 2013: Reverie and Black Water respectively. “2 On” was released in January 2014 as the lead single from her debut album, Aquarius, and remains her biggest solo single to date. Released in October that year, the album was praised by critics for its merging of old-school R&B sounds and fresh 2010s trends. The follow-up was subjected to much-criticised although “Player” was billed as the collection’s lead single as early as October 2015, songs released from the project failed to reach the label’s expectations, resulting in the release of an album’s worth of outtakes from the album, Nightride, in November 2016. Joyride was finally released on April 13: it features the singles “No Drama”, “Faded Love” and “Me So Bad”.

On February 18, 2019, Tinashe parted ways with her longtime record label RCA. By November that year, she inked a new management deal with Roc Nation and self-released Songs for You, her fourth studio album.