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ELHAE

Needs

Release date: 11th March 2016

From All Have Fallen
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About This Track

Elhae lays out his romantic requirements with directness and repetition. The track moves through a catalogue of needs: someone different, someone ready to listen, someone trustworthy. The refrain strips back to a simpler ask: companionship, loyalty, someone to build with. There's a tension between the specificity of his demands and the plainness of what he's actually asking for. The production holds space for his voice to land clearly. Verses build incrementally, each line a small addition to the picture, whilst the chorus pulls back to its central question. It's a song about wanting to be known and accepted, framed as a series of conditions that feel less like demands than like hopes.

"Needs" is a track by ELHAE, from the album All Have Fallen, released 11th March 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

ELHAE

ELHAE

Lyrics

Needs

[Intro]

Yeah, I got needs too

(Hol' up!)

[Verse 1]

I just need something that's different

I just need someone that's ready

I just need someone that listens (Yeah)

I just need someone that loves me

I just need someone that trusts me

I just need someone that does me right

I just need something I can hold on

Need someone I can be wit'

Need someone to get lit wit', yeah

I just need someone I can roll wit'

Be my one and only

Be my one and only (Yeah, yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't want to deal with the naggin' girl

The average girl (ooh, yeah)

And you the homie, you the baddest girl

I'm askin' girl

[Chorus]

Can you be my nigga? Yeah (ooh)

Can you be my, be my, be my?

Can you be my nigga? Yeah (oh)

Ohhh

Can you be my nigga? (Ooh—oh) Yeah

Can you be my, be my, be my?

Can you be my nigga? Yeah

Uh, yeah

Can you be my friend?

[Verse 2]

I just need someone that's calm (yeah)

I need someone who's strong (yeah)

I need a girl to put on (need a girl to put on)

I just need someone like me (yeah)

As freaky as she can be

Take it all night long, ohhh

I just need a different feel (yeah)

Tell me is it real, 'cause I don't have the time

I just need to know if you ready (yeah)

Baby girl, let's go steady (yeah), go steady

'Cause I don't wanna no no

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't want to deal with the naggin' girl (nah)

The average girl, yeah (yeah)

And you the homie, you the baddest girl

I'm askin' girl

[Chorus]

Can you be my nigga? Yeah (woo)

Can you be my, be my, be my?

Can you be my nigga? Yeah (oh) (aye, yeah)

Oh, can you be my nigga? Yeah (Woo!)

Can you be my, be my, be my?

Can you be my nigga? Yeah (hey-yeah)

Uh, yeah

[Outro]

Can you be my friend? My friend? My friend? (yeah)

My friend? My friend? My friend?

Yeah yeah, my nigga? My nigga? (my nigga, my nigga)

No, no

(Don't want to deal with the naggin' girl

The average girl, yeah)

My nigga? My nigga?

[Skit]

Great

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From All Have Fallen

2016
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Ayo The Producer, ELHAE, KEYZBABY
    Producer
    Ayo & Keyz
    Background Vocals
    Ré Lxuise
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