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2 Chainz

Countdown

Release date: 14th August 2012

From Based on a T.R.U. Story
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About This Track

2 Chainz enlists Chris Brown for a straightforward seduction track built on repetition and swagger. The production strips back to a simple countdown conceit, with Brown's chorus anchoring the song around the image of undressing and intimacy. 2 Chainz trades verses that move from text-message flirtation to explicit boasting, his delivery locked into the groove rather than pushing against it. The track trades in familiar territory: desire as conquest, the woman as prize to be won. There is little pretence to depth, and little need for it. What matters is the fit between the artist and the beat, the way Brown's melodic pull and 2 Chainz's rhythmic precision keep the song moving forward without strain.

"Countdown" is a track by 2 Chainz, from the album Based on a T.R.U. Story, released 14th August 2012. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

2 Chainz

2 Chainz

Lyrics

Countdown

[Chorus: Chris Brown, 2 Chainz]

Lights out, countdown

Want you to take it off right now

It's the countdown, about to wear you out

I just want to get up in it like, yeah

Lights out, yeah, countdown, yeah

Want you to take it off right now

It's the countdown (Yeah), about to wear you out (2 Chainz)

(Fuck it up, fuck it up)

[Verse 1: 2 Chainz]

(Uh)

Lights out, take your shirt off

My phone ringin' for some work, bird call (Ha)

Then I take your girl and swerve off (Skrrt)

Drop it in (Drop it in), load off (Tell 'em)

Facial expression, it started off with a text and

The textin' ended up special, but now you next to a blessin'

It's me, especially when I'm lookin' in your direction

If love is a drug, I'm arrested for your possession, uh

[Chorus: Chris Brown, 2 Chainz]

Lights out, countdown

Want you to take it off right now

It's the countdown, about to wear you out

I just want to get up in it like, yeah

Lights out, yeah, countdown, yeah

Want you to take it off right now (Yeah)

It's the countdown, about to wear you out (Yeah, uh)

(Fuck it up, fuck it up)

[Verse 2: 2 Chainz]

24/7, 365

When I'm in them thighs, I memorize what I did when I'm inside (True)

That in and out, that up and down, that side to side

I spray paint them walls, I vandalize

Crab legs by candlelight (Tell 'em)

I break 'em open, like I break you open

Break you off, countdown, I'm takin' off

You a hard worker, baby, you should date a boss

Five, four, three, two, one, I'm takin' off, gone

[Chorus: Chris Brown]

Lights out (Lights out), countdown

Want you to take it off right now (Ah-woo, woah)

It's the countdown (Countdown), about to wear you out (I want to, oh)

I just want to get up in it like, yeah (I want you, oh)

Lights out (Yeah), yeah, countdown (Yeah), yeah

Want you to take it off right now (Woo-hoo, woah)

It's the countdown (Wear you out), about to wear you out

(Fuck it up, fuck it up)

[Bridge: Chris Brown]

Please don't make it easy

'Cause I want you all night

And you got something to teach me

And, baby, when I get it

I'ma get in it and I'ma make love, love, oh

[Chorus: Chris Brown]

Lights out, countdown

Want you to take it off right now

It's the countdown (Down), about to wear you out (Out)

I just want to get up in it like, yeah

Lights out, yeah, countdown, yeah (Yeah)

Want you to take it off right now

It's the countdown, about to wear you out

(Fuck it up, fuck it up)

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Track details

From Based on a T.R.U. Story

2012
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Based on a T.R.U. Story
Based on a T.R.U. Story
2 Chainz
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2012
  1. —I'm Different
  2. —Yuck!
  3. —Like Me
  4. —Countdown
  5. —Wut We Doin?
  6. —Ghetto Dreams
  7. —Crack
  8. —Extremely Blessed
  9. —Dope Peddler
  10. —In Town
  11. —Money Machine
  12. —Stop Me Now
  13. —I Feel Good

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
2 Chainz, AC Burrell, Chris Brown, G’harah “PK” Degeddingseze
Producer
AC Burrell, G’harah “PK” Degeddingseze
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Kurt “KurtCurt” Lindsay
Assistant Recording Engineer
Iain Findlay
Mastering Engineer
Glenn Schick
Mixing Engineer
Finis “KY” White
Recording Engineer
Brian Springer, Jack “Suthernfolk” Brown
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