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Kelis

Rumble

Release date: 16th April 2014

From Food
Track 11
3:14
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About This Track

'Rumble' by Kelis is a pop track from the album 'Food' (2014). The lyrics register a fraught return, with the narrator trying to adjust to someone back in their life after years have passed. Lines frame the situation as strange and surreal, caught between what has been said and what is being asked for, with a sense of lingering history and uncertainty about whether the other person will stay, summed up by the plea not to go.

"Rumble" is a single by Kelis, from the album Food, released 16th April 2014. The track is 3:14 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Kelis.

About the Artist

Kelis

Kelis

Lyrics

Rumble

It's the strangest thing
To have you back in my face
With all those years passed
I guess I just got used to my space

I don't know how to feel
This whole thing seems so surreal
So you keep one foot out the door
I know I said 'leave' but, baby, don't go

We've got so much history
I hurt you, you hurt me
No, we don't need therapy
What I need is you here

And even though I know I'm right
Just like some lapse in my memory
You're back to me, hand on the door
I want you, baby, don't go

I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
My keys

You got so many issues but I guess I can top me, too
I'm just fine by myself
But I don't know who's gonna help you
I'm not no secretary, I'm nobody's Major D

But like a lapse in my memory
I want you, baby, don't go
Baby, don't go, baby, don't go
Baby, don't leave, yeah
Stay the night, baby
Don't go, baby, oh, hey, baby, don't, baby, don't go

I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
My keys

I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
My keys

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Track details

From Food

3:142014Single
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Album
Food
Food
Kelis
17th April 2014
Track number
11
Release year
2014
  1. 1Breakfast
    4:20
  2. 2Jerk Ribs
    4:13
  3. 3Forever Be
    3:32
  4. 4Floyd
    4:59

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    David Andrew Sitek, Kelis, Todd M. Simon
    Writer
    David Andrew Sitek, Kelis Rogers, Todd Simon
    Producer
    David Andrew Sitek
    Engineer
    Mark Bengtson, Matty Green, Zeph Sowers
    Bass
    David Andrew Sitek
    Drums
    Jake Najor
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Mark Bengtson
    Baritone Saxophone
    Sam Robles
    Mastering Engineer
    Joe LaPorta
    Mixing Engineer
    Michael Brauer
    Piano
    David Andrew Sitek
    Saxophone
    Sam Robles
    Trumpet
    Todd M. Simon, Todd Simon
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