TRACK

OTW

Release date: 20th April 2018

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About This Track

Khalid's 'OTW' is a stand-alone single released in April 2018, featuring Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack. The title is an acronym for 'on the way', and the track centres on the promise of availability, Khalid and his collaborators each offering to drop everything and show up for someone who matters. The chorus loops the assurance like a mantra, the repetition building a sense of reliability rather than urgency.

The production, handled by Nineteen85, leans into a retro-R&B mood with trap inflections, the verses trading off between the three vocalists. Ty Dolla $ign's contribution sketches a scene of coastal drives and easy intimacy, whilst 6lack's presence (though absent from the supplied lyrics) rounds out the collaborative dynamic. The song positions itself as something warmer than a casual proposition, the artists writing themselves as dependable rather than distant.

The track arrived as a summer release, its video directed by Calmatic and dropped in early July. It has accumulated over 700 million streams on Spotify, a commercial reach that underscores its appeal as a low-key but durable addition to Khalid's catalogue.

"OTW" is a track by Khalid, released 20th April 2018. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Khalid.

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Lyrics

OTW

[Intro: Khalid]

Na, na, na, oh, oh, ooh

Oh, no, oh, oh

Ayy

[Chorus: Khalid]

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day (Da-a-ay)

I'll be a-all day

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way (Yeah, yeah)

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day

I'll be all day

[Verse 1: Khalid]

Yeah, yeah, yeah

This the type of shit that you been waiting all year for

Back in town for a minute if you with it (Yeah, yeah)

Got a lot of time, I just need somewhere to spend it

I just press a button, and the top go missing

I kept the slip, so you know it's not rented, yeah, oh, oh

What you wanna do?

Worried 'bout your friends, they saw you this afternoon

I been reading your mind (Mind)

No fair, but you gotta let me know (No fair)

I'm all ears and I got a lot of room, in my whip (Oh, ayy)

If you wanna take it there, I'm on my way

[Chorus: Khalid]

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day (Da-a-ay)

I'll be all day

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way (Yeah, yeah)

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day

I'll be all day

[Verse 2: Ty Dolla $ign, Khalid]

(Dolla $ign, Dolla $ign)

Drop top the Porsche, put that bitch in sport

Out here in the field, oh yeah (Yeah), I'm already here, yeah

Come outside, looking like a snack, hurry up, get in, hell yeah (Yeah)

Come with me on this mission (Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah)

Riding down the coast (ooh yeah), I want that for sure (Ooh, yeah)

You say, "Play Khalid" (Ooh, yeah)

I say, "Pass the weed" (Ooh, yeah)

Pull up to the crib, oh, said you've never been before (Oh)

Put you in Provocateur, girl, I made you mi amor

You said you left your ex, that dude was always gassin' (Woah)

You said before me, you ain't never been this happy

You took an L with him and winning ever since (Ever since)

You hit my phone, I'm on my way, I cancel plans, yeah, yeah

[Chorus: Khalid]

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day (Da-a-ay)

I'll be all day (Oh, woah)

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way (Yeah, yeah)

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day (Day)

I'll be all day (Woah)

[Verse 3: 6LACK]

You tryna make a move

Tonight I got the time, tell me what you wanna do

Call the squad if you wanna rendezvous

They gon' push up on they own, I only got room for two

From the 'jects on the set, it's a Porsche, not a 'Vette

I confess, I'ma flex till they show some respect

Get away so we can make sense of your life

You was in park but I just put your shit in drive

Now coast like there's no tomorrow

Moving too fast, I'm open to drive slow (Yeah)

I don't want you to wonder where I go

Can learn a lot from this, and that's something that I know

[Chorus: Khalid]

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day (Da-a-ay)

I'll be all day

Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way (Yeah, yeah)

I'll be on the way

You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be all day (Day)

I'll be all day (Woah)

[Outro: Khalid]

Oh, day, day

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OTW

2018

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