🎵 Waves // by Kanye West
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About this song (Last.fm)
“Waves” is about Kanye’s relationships with loved ones. Waves never truly die; they flux and reflux, but are ever present. The track features Chris Brown and Kid Cudi.
Chance the Rapper is credited with completing this song. When Kanye shared the tracklist’s first version of The Life Of Pablo (then called SWISH), “Waves” was originally part of it. The song was scrapped when Kanye revealed the final album title. After the Yeezy Season 3 presentation/album listening event in Madison Square Garden Read more on Last.fm.
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Waves Lyrics
“Waves” is about Kanye’s relationships with loved ones. Waves never truly die; they flux and reflux, but are ever present. The song features Chris Brown, who first worked with ‘Ye on “Down” in 2007. This… Read More
[Intro]
Turn it up!
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
Step up in this bitch like (Turn it up!)
I'm the one your bitch like
Yeah, I'm the one your bitch like (Turn it up!)
And I be talkin' shit like
I ain't scared to lose a fistfight (Turn it up!)
And she grabbin' on my, like
She wanna see if it'll fit right
That's just the wave (Turn it up!)
[Chorus: Chris Brown, Theophilus London]
(Yeah) Waves don't die (Real ting badmon!)
Let me crash here for the moment (Yeah)
I don't need to own it
No lie
Waves don't die, baby
Let me crash here for a moment (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Baby, I don't, I don't need to own you (Turn it up!)
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Sun don't shine in the shade, ugh (Turn it up!)
Bird can't fly in a cage, ugh (Turn it up!)
Even when somebody go away, ugh (Turn it up!)
The feelings don't really go away
That's just the wave
[Chorus: Chris Brown, Theophilus London]
(Yeah) Waves don't die (Real ting badmon!)
Let me crash here for the moment
I don't need to own it
No lie
Waves don't die, baby
Let me crash here for a moment (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Baby, I don't, I don't need to own you
[Refrain: Chris Brown]
No lie
No lie
No lie
You set the night on fire
I'm still gon' be here in the morning
No lie
[Bridge: Kid Cudi & Kanye West]
(Humming)
[Refrain: Chris Brown]
No lie (Yeah)
Ooh, babe, ooh, baby, oh, yeah
You set the night on fire
I'm still gon' be here in the morning
No lie
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