TRACK

Knockout

Release date: 2nd February 2010

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'Knockout' pairs Lil Wayne with Nicki Minaj over a production from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, built around a boxing metaphor that collapses the distance between physical combat and sexual encounter. Wayne's verses play with chat-up lines and boasts, whilst Minaj's verse flips the script entirely, adopting an aggressive posture that treats the metaphor as licence for explicit threat and dominance. The track moves between seduction and aggression without settling into either register for long. The song trades in crude wordplay and double entendre, its energy sustained less by melodic hook than by rhythmic repetition and the sheer confidence of its performers. Minaj's contribution is the sharper moment, her delivery cutting through with a specificity that makes Wayne's smoother passages feel almost quaint by comparison. The whole thing is built to provoke and entertain in equal measure, which it does without apology.

"Knockout" is a track by Lil Wayne, released 2nd February 2010. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Lil Wayne.

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Lyrics

Knockout

[Intro]

(J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League) Uh

Yeah, uh-oh, ooh

Yeah (Uh)

[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]

Hey, Barbie, a-a-a-are you into Black men?

Hey-hey-hey, hey, Barbie

Hey, I could be your Black Ken (Wow)

'Cause once you go Black, you never go back

She wear her hair black, with curls in the back

[Pre-Chorus: Lil Wayne]

Then she threw that ass back, back, back

Then I fell to the mat

And after that, everything went black

[Chorus: Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne]

Baby, one-two-three, tell 'em, "Get the referee"

'Cause he can ('Cause he can)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

Get the telephone please, it's an emergency

'Cause he can ('Cause he can)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout; oh-uh)

Get the knockout

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]

Hey, Barbie, can I call you Barbara? (Hehe)

Hey, Barbie, yeah, can I call you tomorrow and today?

'Cause once you go Black, you never go back

And once you go Wayne, everybody else is whack

[Pre-Chorus: Lil Wayne]

Then she threw that ass back, back, back

Then I fell to the mat

And after that, everything went black

[Chorus: Nicki Minaj]

Baby, one-two-three, tell 'em, "Get the referee"

'Cause he can ('Cause he can)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

Get the telephone please, it's an emergency

'Cause he can ('Cause he can)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

[Verse 3: Nicki Minaj]

(Mm, uh) Aw, fuck it, give me that damn bucket

W-when I throw this pussy, you better not start duckin'

Oh, yo, how-how long with the blow

Look-look out in the crowd and everybody's yellin', "No"

Grab him by his locks and give us a good box

Then hit him below the belt, I wanna give him good top (Hey)

Top (Hey), top (Hey), give him good top

Hit him below the belt, I wanna to give him good top (Hey)

One, two, three, they yellin', "One, two, three"

I done hit 'em with that motherfuckin' crunk two-piece

Tell 'em, tell 'em to mop out, too late to cop out

Give 'em more head than toupees, that's the knockout

[Chorus: Nicki Minaj]

Baby, one-two-three, tell 'em, "Get the referee"

'Cause he can ('Cause he can)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

Get the telephone please, it's an emergency

'Cause he can ('Cause he can)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

Get the knockout (Get the knockout)

[Bridge: Lil Wayne]

So just knock me out

So just knock me out

Damn, just knock me out

So just knock me out, just knock me out

[Outro: Lil Wayne]

Just knock me out

Just knock me out

Just knock me out

Track details

Knockout

2010

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