Tinashe

Released: October 2, 2015

Featuring: Chris Brown

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

Producer: Alexander Kronlund Lukas “Lulou” Loules

[Verse 1: Tinashe]
Live life like if I want, I do
If I want love, I get it (get it, I get it)
Fooled me twice, if I fall for you
If I go there, forget it

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

[Verse 2: Tinashe]
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: Tinashe]
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: Tinashe]
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

[Verse 3: Chris Brown]
Alright, baby girl, I don't want them other bitches
You be talking that shit, calling me a player, yeah (oh)
Ain't no competition, fuck the opposition
I'm the man of my city, just like the mayor (ooh)
I met her in the hotel lobby
Then we started loving in the elevator (in the elevator)
You know I had to eat that
Tongue on her body, see you later, alligator (woo)
Rolling 'round in the bed, smacking her on her ass
She a stone-cold killer, .45 in the bag
Mama told her never mess with a nigga like me (like me)
I took her to Fruit Town to meet my OG
I took her to the west side, like, "What's up?"
We was on the east side, we fucked
Now we sitting court-side, P-dub
Put me in the bed, you ain't gotta worry 'bout it

[Pre-Chorus: Tinashe & Chris Brown]
So you better stay up, player (yeah, you better stay)
Yeah, you better keep up, player (up, player)
'Cause tonight is a game-changer
So you better stay up, player, up

[Chorus: Tinashe & Chris Brown]
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

[Chorus: Tinashe & Chris Brown]
You and I make so much love (I don't wanna give up, nah)
Player (But you're making it rough, nah)
Yeah, you got me holdin' back, holdin' back (You got me holding back, holding back)
You and I make so much love (I been wanna give up, nah)
Player (But you're making it rough, nah)
Yeah, you got me holdin' back, holdin' back
'Cause it ain't enough

[Outro: Tinashe]
(Ain't enough) Player
(Ain't enough)

[Click here to read Tinashe's notes on working with Max Martin]

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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