Beyoncé – Fake Your Way To The Top (2006) | Track profile | Dork

Beyoncé – Fake Your Way To The Top (2006) | Track profile | Dork

Lyrics

Fake Your Way To The Top

[JIMMY]

Thirteen years of solid gold platters

Rising cost and cocktail chatter

Fat DJs, stereophonic sound

The game of hits goes 'round and around

But you can fake your way to the top

'Round and around

(spoken)

Try that part right there, baby

[LORELL]

'Round and around!

[JIMMY]

Fake your way to the top

[DEENA]

'Round and around!

[JIMMY, spoken]

You fit right in there, didn't you, sweetheart?

[JIMMY]

You can fake your way to the top

[EFFIE]

'Round and around!

[JIMMY, spoken]

Shit, I knew you'd have it!

(sung)

But it's always real, so real

[DREAMETTES]

Always so real

[JIMMY]

When you're comin' down!

I know what's happenin'

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

I been around

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

Fakin' my way

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

Through every town

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

I make my livin'

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

Off of my sound

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

And the game of hits

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

Goes 'round and around and around and around

[DREAMETTES]

'Round and around and around and around

And 'round and around and around and around

And 'round and around and around and around

[JIMMY]

Lord, lord

A man gets lonely

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

Working hard on the road

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

He's away from his Mama

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]

It's a heavy load

[DREAMETTES]

Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY, spoken]

Time to bring up the lights. Yeah, let's see which one of these girls is going home with Jimmy tonight. I got a nice warm bed waiting on you. Alright, now, come on now, who wants to seat on Daddy's lap? Yeah, break it down

(sung)

Fake my way to the top

I gotta fake my way to the top

You know I made my way to the top

Yes, I did

And it's always real, so real

[DREAMETTES]

Always so real!

[JIMMY]

Oh, baby, when you coming down

I made my way

Yes, I did

Help me, help me, Jesus

[DREAMETTES]

Help me, Jesus!

[JIMMY]

Help me, help me, Jesus

[DREAMETTES]

Help me, Jesus!

[ALL]

Fake my way to the top!

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Credits

Writer: Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen
Producer: The Underdogs (Producers)
Bass: Harvey Mason Jr., James Johnson (Eidola), Nathan East
Drums: Anthony Moore (Drummer), Glendon Campbell, Gordon Campbell, Harvey Mason Jr., Harvey William Mason, Ricky Lawson
Guitar: Darrell Crooks, Eric Jackson, Michael Thompson, Randy Spendlove
Keyboards: Damon Thomas, Harvey Mason Jr., Kevin Randolph, Randy Spendlove
Arranger: Bill Condon, Damon Intrabartolo, Damon Thomas, David Campbell, Deborah Lurie, Harvey Mason Jr., Henry Krieger, Jerry Hey, Matt Sullivan, Randy Spendlove, The Underdogs (Producers), Tim Carmon
Assistant Recording Engineer: Aaron Walk, Bryan Smith (Engineer), Bryan Walk, Kevin Mills, Paul Smith, Sheldon Yellowhair
Audio Editor: Paul Rabjohns
Cello: Daniel Smith (Cellist), Jennifer Kuhn, Larry Corbett, Rudolph Stein, Steve Erdody, Suzie Katayama, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Choir: Camille Grigsby, Cassandra Grigsby, Chara Hammonds, Eric King, Erica King, Kalia Rafa, Kevin Shannon, Larry Greene, Melissa Bereal, Natalie Ganther, Nicole Ganther, Nicole Thrash, Raven Dillard, Richard Bowers, Robert Thrash
Contractor: Ivy Skoff, Jolie Levine
Copyright ©: DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures
Credited: Aaron Renner, Aaron Walk, Alan Grunfeld, Alyssa Park, Anatoly Rosinsky, Andrew Duckles, Anika Noni Rose, Anthony Moore (Drummer), Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Bill Condon, Bill Reichenbach, Bryan Smith (Engineer), Bryan Walk, Camille Grigsby
Harp: Gayle Levant
Label: Columbia Records, Music World Music, Sony Music Soundtrax, Sony Urban Music
Mastered At: Sony Music Studios
Mastering Engineer: Vlado Meller
Mixing Engineer: Aaron Renner, Chris Spilfogel, Manny Marroquin
Percussion: Harvey Mason Jr., Harvey William Mason
Phonographic Copyright ℗: DreamWorks, Sony BMG
Piano: Erik “Bluetooth” Griggs, Greg Phillinganes, John Beasley, Kevin Randolph, Tim Carmon
Publisher: Dream Girls Music, Dreamettes Music, Universal Geffen Music, Universal-Geffen Again Music
Recording Engineer: Chris Spilfogel, Dabling Harward, Jess Sutcliffe, Scott Campbell, Troy Halderson
Saxophone: Dan Higgins, Frederick Fiddmont
Trombone: Bill Reichenbach, Steve Holtman
Trumpet: Cary Grant, Jerry Hey, Wayne Bergeron
Viola: Andrew Duckles, David Stenske, Denyse Buffum, John Hayhurst, Kristin Wilkinson, Robert Becker, Shalini Vijayan
Violin: Alan Grunfeld, Alyssa Park, Anatoly Rosinsky, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Cynthia Moussas, Daphne Chen, Darius Campo, Dimitrie Leivici, Endre Granat, Gerry Hilera, Haim Shtrum, John Wittenberg, Josefina Vergara, Julian Hallmark, Kenneth Yerke, Mario DeLeon, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond, Peter Kent, Roberto Cani, Sara Parkins, Sharon Jackson, Songa Lee, Susan Chatman, Tereza Stanislav