Tinashe

Released: February 5, 2016

Songwriter: Lukas “Lulou” Loules Chloe Angelides Alexander Kronlund Tinashe

Producer: De$ignated Club

[Pre-Chorus]
So you better stay up, player
Yeah, you better keep up, player
'Cause tonight is a game-changer
So you better stay up, player
So you better stay up, player
Yeah, you better keep up, player
'Cause tonight is a game-changer
So you better stay up, player

[Drop]

[Verse 1]
Playing with fire, if I burn, you do
If I hurt, you won't let it (you won't let it)
Stacked my deck like I ain't gon' lose
Like a victim, forget it

[Pre-Chorus]
So you better stay up, player
Yeah, you better keep up, player
'Cause tonight is a game-changer
So you better stay up, player

[Chorus]
You and I make so much love
Why you got me all fucked up?
Yeah, you got me holding back, holding back
But it ain't enough
You and I make so much love
Why you got me all fucked up?
Yeah, you got me holding back, holding back
'Cause it ain't enough

[Bridge]
I don't wanna give up, nah
But you're making it rough, nah
Bet you think you're so tough, nah
But you gotta keep

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, you better stay up, player
Yeah, you better keep up, player
'Cause tonight is a game-changer
So you better stay up, up, player, up

[Chorus]
You and I make so much love
Why you got me all fucked up?
Yeah, you got me holding back, holding back
But it ain't enough
You and I make so much love
Why you got me all fucked up?
Yeah, you got me holding back, holding back
'Cause it ain't enough
Player
Yeah, you got me holding back, holding back
'Cause it ain't enough
Player

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.

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