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Rihanna - Rated R Album Lyrics



Rihanna - Rated R Lyrics






Mad House

Ladies and Gentleman, to those among you who are easily frightened we suggest you turn away now. To those of you who think you can take it we say "Welcome to the Mad house".
(Ooooh ooooh ooooh) [x2]
Mad house
(Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na)
C'mon, c'mon c'mon in, c'mon c'mon in
Mad house
(Ooooh ooooh ooooh) [x2]
Welcome to the mad house
(Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na)
C'mon, c'mon c'mon in, c'mon c'mon in
[Music fades]
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Writer: MAKEBA RIDDICK, ROBYN FENTY, WILLIAM KENNARD, SAUL MILTON
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




Wait Your Turn

It's just the way the game is played
It's best if you just wait your turn

The wait is ova, the wait is ova
[x4]

[Verse 1:]
I pitch with a grenade
Swing away if you're feeling brave
There's so much power in my name
If ya pop off and ya say it steady
I'm goin' do the wave
I'm such a f*cking lady
You don't have to be so afraid
'Cause I got room up on my team
You can play but hold up

It's just the way the game is played
It's best if you just wait your turn

[Chorus:]
It's getting crowded over here
But babe the wait is ova
Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win
The wait is ova
Fumble, don't you fumble
That's a flag on the play
Babe if you don't wanna
Then you don't have to wait
But together we gon' be taking over

It's just the way the game is played
It's best if you just wait your turn

[Verse 2:]
So you don't wanna wait
I hate to hear, that's such a shame
'Cause if you play it sideways
Ain't no time-out in my game
Then you already underway
I know you want to win
And you wish I would let you in
Get in line over here
You can play but hold up

It's just the way the game is played
It's best if you just wait your turn

[Chorus]

It's just the way the game is played
It's best if you just wait your turn

Baby, put the work in like a champion
But the crowd is screaming with their hands way up
Couldn't be with no one else
You're the only way I win

Baby, got the whole world standing up
Damn I'm glad I picked ya
Took a chance on love, baby love
The time is now and now the wait is ova

The wait is ova, the wait is ova
[x4]

[Chorus]

It's just the way the game is played
It's best if you just wait your turn

(Just wait your turn)
The wait is ova, the wait is ova
The wait is ova, the wait is ova
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Writer: TAKURA TENDAYI, MIKKEL ERIKSEN, ROBYN FENTY, TOR HERMANSEN, JAMES FAUNTLEROY, WILLIAM KENNARD, SAUL MILTON
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group




Hard

Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah yeah, yeah
Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah yeah, yeah

They can say whatever, I'ma do whatever
No pain is forever, yup, you know this
Tougher than a lion, ain't no need in tryin'
I live where the sky ends, yup, you know this
Never lyin', truth teller
That Rihanna reign, just won't let up
All black on, blacked out shades
Blacked out Maybach
I'ma rock this shit like fashion, as in
Goin' til they say stop
And my runway never looked so clear
But the hottest bitch in heels right here
No fear, and while you getting your cry on, I'm getting my fly on
Sincere, I see you aiming at my pedestal,
I betta let ya' know

That I, I, I, I'm so hard (So hard) ah yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard, (Too hard) that I, I, I,
I'm so hard,(So hard) ah yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard (Too hard) that I, I, I,
I'm so hard (So hard) ah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard (Too hard)
So hard, so hard, so hard, so hard

Ah yeah, yeah, yeah that Rihanna reign just won't let up
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah that Rihanna reign just won't let up
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah that Rihanna reign just won't let up
So hard, so hard, so hard, so hard

All up on it, know you wanna clone it
Ain't like me, that chick too phony
Ride this beat, beat, beat like a pony
Meet me at the top (Top, top) Gettin' loaded
Who think they test me now
Run through your town, I shut it down
Brilliant, resilient
Fan mail from 27 million
And I want it all
It's gonna take more than that, hope that ain't all you got
I need it all
The money, the fame, the cars, the clothes
I can't just let you run up on me like that (All on me like that) yeah
I see you aiming at my pedestal
So I think I gotta let ya' know

That I, I, I, I'm so hard (So hard) ah yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard, (Too hard) that I, I, I,
I'm so hard,(So hard) ah yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard (Too hard) that I, I, I,
I'm so hard (So hard) ah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard (Too hard)
So hard, so hard, so hard, so hard

Go hard or go home
Back to your residence
Soon the red dogs will give the block back to the presidents
I used to run my own block like Obama did
You ain't gotta believe me, go ask my momma then
You couldn't even come in my room, it smelled like a kilo
Looked like me and two of my boys playing casino
Trying to sell they peeping my bag they can't afford it
Tell 'em to give me back my swag, they tryin' to clone me
See my Louis tux, Louis flag, Louis frames, Louis belt
What that make me, Louis Mane?
I'm in an all white party wearin' all black
With my new black watch call it the heart attack
Cardiac arrest, cardiac a wrist
Yeah, they say they're hard
They ain't hard as this
Hard! The one word describes me, if I wasn't doin' this
You know where I be, too hard

Where dem girls talkin' trash, where dem girls talkin' trash
Where they at, where they at, where they at?
Where dem bloggers at, where dem bloggers at
Where they at, where they at, where they at?
Where your lighters at, where your lighters at
Where they at, where they at, where they at?
So hard, so hard, so hard, so hard

That I, I, I, I'm so hard yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard, that I, I, I,
I'm so hard,(So hard) yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm so hard (Too hard)
So hard, so hard,(So hard) so hard, so hard (Too hard)
That I, I, I
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Writer: Christopher A. Stewart, Terius Youngdell Nash, Jay W. Jenkins, Robyn R. Fenty
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group




Stupid In Love

Hmm stupid in love
Oh, stupid in love, hmm

Let me tell you something
Never, have I ever
Been a size ten in my whole life
I left the engine running
I just came to see
What you would do if I
Gave you a chance to make things right
So I made it, even though Katy
Told me that this would be nothing but a waste of time
And she was right, hmm
Don't understand it blood on your hands
And still you insist on repeatedly trying
To tell me lies
And I just don't know why, oh

This is stupid, I'm not stupid
Don't talk to me like I'm stupid
I still love you, but I just can't do this
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid

My new nickname is "You Idiot" (such an idiot)
Hmm that's what my friends are calling me when
They see me yelling into my phone
They're telling me let go
He is not the one
I thought I saw your potential
Guess that's what made me dumb
He don't want it, not like you want it
Scheming and cheating oh girl
Why do you waste your time?
You know he ain't right
You telling me this, I don't wanna listen
But you insist on repeatedly trying
To tell me lies
And I just don't know why

This is stupid, I'm not stupid
Don't talk to me like I'm stupid
I still love you, but I just can't do this
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid

Trying to make this work
But you act like a jerk
Silly of me to keep holding on (oh)
But the dunce cap is off
You don't know what you've lost
And you won't realize
Till I'm gone, gone, gone
That I was the one
Which one of us is really dumb

Oh ooh
No
No
No, I'm not stupid in love

This is stupid, I'm not stupid
Don't talk to me like I'm stupid
I still love you, but I just can't do this
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid

I may be dumb but
I'm not stupid in love
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Writer: Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, S Smith
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group




Rockstar 101

I told ya, I told ya
I told ya baby [x6]

Got up In the club
Posted in the back
Feelin so good
Lookin so badd
Rockin this skirt
Rockin this club
Got my middle finger up I don't really give a f*ck
Rockin these diamonds
I'm rockin this chain
Make sure u get a picture I'm rockin my fame
To be what you is you gotta be what you are
The only thing I'm missing is a black guitar

I'm a rockstar
Hey baby I'm a a rockstar
Hey baby
Big citys bright lights
Sleep all day long nites
[x2]

Oh baby I'm a [x7]

6 inch walker
Big shit talker
I never play the victim I'd rather be the stalker
So baby take me in
I disobey the law
Make sure you frisk me good check my panties & my bra
Wildin out
A crazy house with my white jacket on
Won't you come and sign me out
To be what you is you gotta be what you are
The only thing I'm missing is my black guitar

[Chorus x2]

Oh baby I'm a [x7]

Heeeeyyyy I'm rockin out tonite
Cause I can't wait til tommorow
I'm a live my whole life in the nite
Cause I ain't got time to borrow
I'm rockin out tonite
Why wait til tommorow
I'm a live my whole life in the nite

[Chorus x2]
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Writer: ROBYN FENTY, TERIUS NASH, CHRISTOPHER STEWART
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group




Russian Roulette

Uh, uh

Take a breath, take it deep
Calm yourself, he says to me
If you play, you play for keeps
Take the gun and count to three
I'm sweating now, moving slow
No time to think, my turn to go

And you can see my heart beating
You can see it through my chest
Said I'm terrified but I'm not leaving
I know that I must pass this test
So just pull the trigger (trigger, trigger, trigger)

Say a prayer, to yourself
He says, close your eyes
Sometimes it helps
And then I get, a scary thought
That he's here, means he's never lost

And you can see my heart beating
Oh, you can see it through my chest
Said I'm terrified but I'm not leaving
Know that I must pass this test
So just pull the trigger

As my life flashes before my eyes
I'm wondering will I ever see another sunrise?
So many won't get the chance to say goodbye
But it's too late to think of the value of my life

And you can see my heart beating
Ohh-oh, you can see it through my chest
Said I'm terrified but I'm not leaving, no
Know that I must pass this test

And you can see my heart beating
Oh, you can see it through my chest
I'm terrified but I'm not leaving, no
Know that I must pass this test
So just pull the trigger (trigger, trigger, trigger)
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Writer: Charles Harmon, Shaffer Smith
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave




Fire Bomb

Yeah
Whoa

Gunfire left a hole
In the tank
Losing gasoline

Fire is on my trail
And it's after me
Hope it don't get here
Before I get where I'm going
I gotta get where I'm going
Take off my mask to breathe

You could've been a apart of a
Masterpiece
Fluid in the breaks
Was the last to leak
That's the thing

Where I'm going
I don't need my breaks
Can't wait to see your face
When your front windows break
And I come crash through

The lovers need to clear the road
Oh, oh, oh
Cause this thing is ready to blow
Oh, oh, oh

I just wanna set you on fire
So I won't have to burn alone
Then you
Then you'll know where
I'm coming from
Fire bomb
Fire bomb

Seats go
But baby no
Doesnt have to be
Like the way that I'm at
A tragedy
Watching it burning
It's beautiful and it's blue
And it's pitiful
And it's through
It's the other half of me

I didn't do it
You lit from match for me
Now were flying
From the blast, baby
That's the thing

Where were going
We don't need no breaks
Can't wait to see your face
When your front windows break
And I come crashing through

The lovers need to clear the road
Oh, oh, oh
Cause this thing is ready to blow
Oh, oh, oh

I just wanna set you on fire
So I don't have to burn alone
Then you
Then you'll know where
I'm coming from
Fire bomb
Fire bomb

Baby we were killing em
They could'nthandle
The millionth degree
We were criminals
As we were burning
The world called
The police
Fire department
Ambulance
You call me crazy
Cause that was the
Only move
For me and you
To blow our flames
And

The lovers need to clear the road
Oh, oh, oh
Cause this thing is ready to blow
Oh, oh, oh

I just wanna set you on fire
So I don't have to ride alone
Then you
Then you'll know where
I'm coming from
Fire bomb
Oh, oh, oh
Fire bomb
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Writer: Robyn Fenty, James Fauntleroy, Brian Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group




Rude Boy

Come on rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Tonight
I'mma let you be the captain
Tonight
I'mma let you do your thing, yeah
Tonight
I'mma let you be a rider
Giddy up
Giddy up
Giddy up, babe

Tonight
I'mma let it be fire
Tonight
I'mma let you take me higher
Tonight
Baby we can get it on, yeah
we can get it on, yeah

Do you like it boy
I wa-wa-want
What you wa-wa-want
Give it to me baby
Like boom, boom, boom
What I wa-wa-want
Is what you wa-wa-want
Na, na-aaaah

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
You should Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Tonight
I'mma give it to you harder
Tonight
I'mma turn your body out
Relax
Let me do it how I wanna
If you got it
I need it
And I'mma put it down

Buckle up
I'mma give it to you stronger
Hands up
We can go a little longer
Tonight
I'mma get a little crazy
Get a little crazy, baby

Do you like it boy
I wa-wa-want
What you wa-wa-want
Give it to me baby
Like boom, boom, boom
What I wa-wa-want
Is what you wa-wa-want
Na, na-aaaah

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
I like the way you touch me there
I like the way you pull my hair
Babe, if I don't feel it I ain't faking
No, no

I like when you tell me kiss it there
I like when you tell me move it there

So giddy up
Time to giddy up
You say you're a rude boy
Show me what you got now

Come here right now

Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Come on rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me

Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me

Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
yeh yeh yeh ,

Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher




Photographs

[Rihanna:]
Here's a little story I gotta tell. about this boy I know so well. back in the days we were cool in all.
We fell in love. {I feel in love}
Thought he was the one for me.
Other boys I couldn't see.
Now look what happen to our love.
I'm like I couldn't be.
It should of been me and you.
It could of been you and me before you broke my heart, and now I'm standing here.
It should of been me and you.
It could of been you and me.
Now all I got are these photographs.

[Chorus:]
All I got, all I got, all I got are these photographs
All I got, all I got, all I got, is nothing with Out yoou
Yoou. yoou. yoou
Got nothing with out
Yoou, yoou, yoou
Got nothing without you.

[Rhianna:]
Now baby it's killing me.
I'm saying it's killing me
The fact that you ain't around
Baby I'm fallin down
I need me a remedy
Been lookin for remedies
I need you to be around
Baby I'm hurtin now
I know you're a better man [when I was your girl]
This land is a better land [when you're in my world]
Today would be better babe if there were like yesterday
So happy and love-ly hey hey heeeeyyyyy

[Chorus]

All I've got are these photographs
I remember when I used to make you laugh
I don't wanna be stuck in the past
But you're all that I had, that I had
I don't wanna lose what we built this far
This is me and you, you my superstar
I give anything baby heres my heart, my heart, my heart

[Will.I.Am:]
My heart don't stop
My heart be beatin ova
My lovin neva stop even though that it's ova
Girl I been reminiscing when I play that casanova
Way back when we was kissin on your grandmama sofa
Still I got us lovey dovey in my photo album
I got them pictures back when I was rockin Calvin [Klein]
You had your Guess jeans on, lookin sexy uh huh
Girl why couldn't I be the one

[Rhianna:]
Why, Why, Whhhyyyy
Why couldn't I be the one
Why, Why, Whhhyyyy
[Will.I.Am:]
Why couldn't you be the one
Why, Why, Whhhyyyy
[Rhianna:]
Why couldn't you be the one
Why, Why, Whhhyyyy

[Chorus]

All I've got
Is nothing without
All I've got
Is nothing without
All I've got
All I've got are these photographs...
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Writer: MICHAEL MCHENRY, ALAIN WHYTE, WILL ADAMS, ALLAN PINEDA, JEAN BAPTIST KOUAME
Copyright: Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Rights Management




G4L

I lick the gun when I'm done
'Cause I know revenge is sweet, so sweet
This is a gang.
Ladies bang, baby, bang.
Tell me what you need? Ohh...

Any motherf*cker wanna disrespect
Playin' with fire funna get you wet
How it feel down there on your knees?
Got these girls like a soilder, trip and it's goin down, down, down

I'm ready to roll
Girl, I'm with you
If they get you they get me
So Come! Let's go!
Bitch, I'm with you
Whip ya whip if you with me

[Chorus:]
You know I'm down
I'm down for life... loaded, reloaded
Now Let's go!
Gangsta for life... 'til the day that I die
Yeah, I promise I'll stand I'm by
You know that I'm down, you know we down
Gangsta for life...

We drivin' by with them headlights off
We know where you stay
Know what you did
We don't play that shit
Nigga, we don't play, no...

Everybody quiet when you did your dirt
Actin' like a Bitch finna get you hurt
Breakin lives down to the knees, oh
I got these girls like a soilder, trip and it's going down, down, down
I'm ready to roll
Girl, I'm with you
If they get you they get me
Come on! Let's go!
Bitch, I'm with you
Whip ya whip if you with me

[Chorus]

Oh Girl
Come on we ain't done yet
Got a lot to handle
We ain't take over the world yet
Boom!
We a army
Better yet a navy
Better yet crazy
Guns in the air
Guns in the air
Guns in the air

Can't hurt us again when you come around here
We got our guns, got our guns, got our guns, got our guns
We got our guns in the motherf*cking air, ohh

I'm down for life
Gangsta for life
I'm down for life
Gangsta for life

[Chorus]

I lick the gun when I'm down
'Cause I know revenge is sweet
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Writer: ROBYN FENTY, JAMES FAUNTLEROY, WILLIAM KENNARD, SAUL MILTON, BRIAN SEALS
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




Te Amo

Te Amo
Te Amo
She says to me
I hear the pain in her voice

Then we danced underneath the Candelabra
She takes the lead
That's when I saw it in her eyes
It's over

Then she says Te Amo
Then she put her hand around me waist
I told her no
She cried
Te Amo
I told her I'll never run away
But let me go

My soul hears a cry
Without asking why
I said Te Amo
Somebody tell me what she said
Don't it mean I love you
Think it means I love you
Don't it mean I love you

Te Amo
Te Amo
She's scared to breathe
I hold her hand
I got no choice uhh

Pulled me out on the beach
Danced in the water
I start to leave
She's begging me
And asking
Why it's over?

Then she says Te Amo
Then she put her hand around me waist
I told her no
She cried
Te Amo
I told her I'll never run away
But let me go

My soul hears a cry
Without asking why
I said Te Amo
Somebody tell me what she said
Don't it mean I love you
Think it means I love you
Don't it mean I love you

Listen we can dance
But you gotta watch your hands
Watch me all night
I'm moving to the light
Because I understand

That we all need love
And I'm not afraid
To feel the love
But I don't feel that way no

Then she says Te Amo
Then she put her hand around me waist
I told her no
She cried
Te Amo
I told her I'll never run away
But let me go

My soul hears a cry
Without asking why
I said Te Amo
Somebody tell me what she said
Don't it mean I love you
Think it means I love you
Don't it mean I love you
Think it means I love you
I love you

Te Amo
Te Amo
Don't it mean I love you
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Writer: MIKKEL ERIKSEN, TOR HERMANSEN, ROBYN FENTY, JAMES FAUNTLEROY
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group




Cold Case Love

[Verse 1:]
On my roof
Dark & I'm burning a rose
I don't need proof
I'm torn apart & you know
What you did to me was a crime
Cold Case Love
And I let you reach me one more time
But that's enough

[Hook:]
Your love was breaking the law
But I needed a witness
So pick me up when it's over
It don't make any difference
Will it ever be solved
Or am I taking the fall
Truth was there all along
Tell me how did we miss it

[Chorus:]
We opened up a cold case love
And It got the best of us
And Now prints, pictures & white outlines
Are all that's left at the scene of a crime
Of a cold case love

[Verse 2:]
Should've investigated
But love blinded eyes
Couldn't see (no)
And Then I tried to cage it
But your love ain't the kind you can keep
Release me now cause I did my time
Of this cold case love
My heart's no longer cold & confined
I've had enough

[Hook:]
Your love was breaking the law
But I needed a witness
So pick me up when it's over
It don't make any difference
Will it ever be solved
Or am I taking the fall
Truth was there all along
Tell me how did we miss it

[Chorus:]
We opened up a cold case love
And It got the best of us
And Now prints, pictures & white outlines
Are all that's left at the scene of a crime
Of a cold case love

[Bridge:]
We lost our way
Took this too far
Now I'll never find the pieces of my heart
We've lost enough
Looking for a truth
That was here all along

[Chorus: x2]
Cold case love
And It got the best of us
And Now prints, pictures & white outlines
Are all that's left at the scene of a crime
Of a cold case love

We opened up a cold case love
And It got the best of us
And Now prints, pictures & white outlines
Are all that's left at the scene of a crime
Of a cold case love
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Writer: JAMES FAUNTLEROY, ROBIN TADROSS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group




The Last Song

Here we are
Midair off of the cliff
Staring down at the end again
But then again, maybe we're finally, on
The road that's headed away
From all your complaining
Of hearing the same song
But baby we'll hear it when I'm gone

It's time to turn on
The last song (oh)
The last song (oh)

What if you wasted love and our love in time disappeared
And the sad song ends up being the last song you'll ever hear
It was ours
But I'd do it again
Holding hands with my friend again
But then again
Maybe we gave our all
A song we'll never forget
Maybe let them play it
Maybe it'll save the world
They gon' miss hearing it when it's gone

But it's time to turn on
The last song (oh)
The last song (oh)

What if we left every moment that we could spare
And the perfect song ends up being the last song you'll ever hear
You'll never know when the song's gonna play
The last song you'll hear is the one you made
Your song was beautiful
That's why I started singing it
But this song is our song, it's playing until the end
Even if it's the last song

The last song (oh)
The last song (oh)

What if you wasted love and our love in time disappeared
And the perfect song ends up being the last song you'll ever hear

Ooh
Ooh
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Writer: Benjamin James Francis Harrison, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, James Fauntleroy, Brian Seals
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group




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Rated R is the fourth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 20, 2009, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Recording sessions for the album began in March 2009 and took place at recording studios throughout United States and Europe. Rihanna was the executive producer of the album alongside Antonio "L.A." Reid and The Carter Administration. It features additional production by various record producers, including Chase & Status, Stargate, The-Dream, Ne-Yo, and Brian Kennedy. The record features several vocalists and instrumentalists, including Young Jeezy, will.i.am, Justin Timberlake and Slash, who played the guitars in "Rockstar 101".

Musically, the album represents a departure from her previous effort Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), which contained up-tempo and ballad-oriented songs. Rated R is a rock-influenced pop, hip hop and R&B album; it features a foreboding and atmospheric tone in terms of musical and lyrical direction, and it incorporates elements of dubstep. It also explores other genres, such as dancehall in "Rude Boy" and Latin-infusion in "Te Amo". Rated R received positive reviews from music critics, who commended Rihanna's mature performance and called the album her most layered and heartfelt effort. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 181,000 copies in its first week. It also attained top ten positions in over twelve other countries.

The album produced six singles, "Russian Roulette", "Wait Your Turn", "Hard", "Rude Boy", "Rockstar 101", and "Te Amo". "Russian Roulette" was released as the album's lead single and managed to reach top-ten in over 25 countries. "Hard" became her thirteenth US top-ten single, while "Rude Boy" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks. "Te Amo" attained top-ten positions around Europe and reached number one in Brazil.

To further promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her third worldwide concert tour Last Girl on Earth (2010-2011). Rated R is deemed as an important album in Rihanna's career and a groundwork inspiration for her follow-up releases.
Performed By: Rihanna
Genre(s): Pop, hip hop, R&B
Producer(s): Chase & Status, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Chuck Harmony, Brian Kennedy, Stargate, C. "Tricky" Stewart, Rob Swire, will.i.am, The Y's
Length: 51:49
Released: November 20th, 2009
Year: 2009

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