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Oh

Release date: 25th July 2005

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'Oh' is a celebration of Southern hip-hop culture built on a bedrock of car culture, club swagger and regional pride. Ciara anchors the track with a hook that moves between boastful and inviting, whilst Ludacris arrives midway through to flex over production from Dre & Vidal that sits somewhere between trunk-rattling bass and the kind of crisp, spacious beat that lets every element breathe. The song moves through a catalogue of Southern touchstones: Cadillacs on chrome, wood-grain steering wheels, the neighbourhoods and aesthetics that define Atlanta's rap landscape. What makes 'Oh' work is its refusal to choose between club anthem and character study. Ciara positions herself as someone who can move through these spaces with confidence and discernment, dismissing advances with the same ease she commands the dancefloor. Ludacris, meanwhile, treats the track as an opportunity to catalogue his own status and sex appeal, his verse a masterclass in the kind of boastful, detail-rich rap that dominated the mid-2000s South. The two voices complement rather than compete, each bringing their own register to a song that feels rooted in a specific time and place.

"Oh" is a single by Ciara, released 25th July 2005. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Ciara.

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Lyrics

Oh

This is where they stay crunk, throw it up
Dubs on the Cadillac
White tees, Nike's, gangstas don't know how to act
Adamsville, Bankhead, College Park, Carver Homes
Hummers floatin on chrome
Chokin' on that home-grown
They got that Southern cookin'
They got them fellas lookin'
Thinkin' I was easy I can see it
That's when I say no, what fo'?
Shawty can't handle this
Ciara got that fire like

Oh, 'round here we ridin' slow
We keep it ghetto, you should know
Gettin' crunk off in tha club we gets low, oh
Oh (oh), all my ladies to tha flo'
Handle it ladies back it up
Gettin' crunk up in tha club we gets low, oh

Buddy take a new whip, paint strip, in a bowlin' ball
Still smoke, hundred spoke, wood-grain on the wall
Light-skinned thick chicks, fellas call 'em redbones
Close cuts, braids, long, gangstas love 'em all
They got that southern cookin'
They got them fellas lookin'
Wishin' I was easy, I can see it
That's when I say no, what fo'?
Shawty can't handle this
Ciara got that fire like...

Oh, 'round here we ridin' slow
We keep it gutta, you should know
Gettin' crunk off in the club we gets low, oh
Oh (oh), all my ladies to the flo'
Handle it ladies back it up
Gettin' crunk up in the club we gets low, oh

Southern-style, get wild, old skools comin' down
In a different color whip (whip, whip)
Picture perfect, you might wanna take a flick, flick, flick, flick, flick
Call up Jazze, tell him pop up the bottles
'Cause we got another hit (hit, hit)
Wanna go platinum? I'm who you should get, get, get, get, get
Ludacris on the track, get back trick, switch on the 'Lac, Im flexin' still
Same price every time, hot song, jumped on 'cause Ciara got sex appeal
And I keep the meanest, cleanest, baddest, spinning on stainless wheels
Could care less about your genius, I bump ya status,
I keep the stainless steel
Trunk-rattlin' what's happenin', huh?
I don't even think I need to speed
Bass-travelin', face-crackilin' huh?
Turn it up and make the speakers bleed
Dirty south we ballin' dawg
And neva think about fallin dawg
Ghetto harmonizing, surprising, runnin back cuz the song is called

Oh, round here we ridin' slow
We keep it ghetto, you should know
Gettin' crunk off in the club, we gets low, oh
Oh (oh), all my ladies to the flo'
Handle it ladies back it up
Gettin' crunk up in the club, we gets low, oh

Oh, round here we ridin' slow
We keep it ghetto, you should know
Gettin' crunk off in the club, we gets low, oh
Oh (oh), all my ladies to the flo'
Handle it ladies back it up
Gettin' crunk up in the club, we gets low, oh

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Andre Harris, Ciara, Ludacris, Vidal Davis
    Producer
    Dre & Vidal
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
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    Mastering Engineer
    Tom Coyne
    Mixing Engineer
    Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Vincent DiLorenzo
    Recording Engineer
    Kori Anders, Ralph Cacciurri, Sam Thomas, Vincent DiLorenzo
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