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Lil Wayne

Receipt

Release date: 6th December 2005

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It's hard saying this to your face, Lil Wayne announces at the outset, so he does it over snares and bass instead. 'Receipt' frames itself as a love song built on a conceit of transaction and redemption, the chorus anchored to the idea of holding on to proof of purchase in order to reclaim affection. The track samples 'Lay-Away' by The Isley Brothers, grounding its meditation on commitment in soul tradition. Across two verses, Wayne moves between tenderness and recrimination. He traces a relationship from its beginning, when his partner was younger and called him brother, through to a present where she's proven her devotion against the noise of groupies and exes. There's gratitude in the specifics: breakfast after shows, a towel after the shower, presence when it matters. But there's also a reckoning. He's been faithful in his way; she's been faithful in hers. The song's central metaphor holds: love as something you can return to, provided you keep the receipt.

"Receipt" is a track by Lil Wayne, from the album Tha Carter II, released 6th December 2005. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Lil Wayne.

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Lyrics

Receipt

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah

It's kinda hard sayin' this shit to your face

So I do it over snares and bass

Music take me away

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt)

(Yeah, to redeem your love, that's exactly what I need)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, c'mon

[Verse 1]

Young bull

I know you love me like you never loved

You know you couldn't find a better thug

And, uh

You been peepin' me since I was younger

So young that you even called me your little brother

But I'm all grown up now, I got my own money

I'm married and divorced and my daughter is a woman

And guess what? My daughter want another

Sister or brother, and you lookin' like a mother

I took you from a clubber to a lover

And you took another bitch husband, the other bitch wasn't

Doin' shit for him

She say she did too much, I say she did nothing

She need to quit frontin'

I haven't hid nothin' and you love everything

Can't hide your feelings, won't let my pride conceal it

You got Wayne, I charge it to the game

And baby, you can keep the change, but

[Chorus]

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt)

It's kinda hard sayin' this shit to your face

So I do it over snares and bass

Music take me away

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt)

It's kinda hard sayin' this shit to your face

So I do it over snares and bass

Music take me away

[Verse 2]

Destiny Child CD, song number three

She cater to me 'til we fall asleep

Then we wake up and we pick up where we started

Then she make a nigga breakfast, Sprite, orange juice, and water

And she on stage waitin' for me after my show

So no time for groupies, straight to the top floor, yeah

Fresh out the shower, a smile and a towel

Then after an hour, she gon' need another shower

When I'm at home in my coupe or in the office

Or the streets of the Boot, I'm thinking 'bout you

And most of the girls that come by are cute

And they try to holler, but they all on mute

And my old girls turn they face up at me, yeah

They throw they purses and they makeup at me

'Cause you got Wayne, I charge it to the game

And baby, you can keep the change, but

[Chorus]

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt)

It's kinda hard sayin' this shit to your face

So I do it over snares and bass

Music take me away

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt)

It's kinda hard sayin' this shit to your face

So I do it over snares and bass

Music take me away

[Verse 3]

Come home, smell the food on the stove

She done cleaned the whole house, washed the dishes and the clothes

And when we out, we do it just how we supposed

Look good for the public, leave the drama in the Rolls

Royce, choice of car that we move in

She get high sometimes 'cause I'm always doin' it, yeah

You hear them hallways, we always doin' it

Work her, every time feel like the first one

Perfect when a nigga stressin' at work

She take away all of the pain, make it lesser than dirt

That's why you got Wayne, I charge it to the game

And baby, you can keep the change, but

[Outro]

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt)

(Yeah, to redeem your love, that's exactly what I need)

I got you

(I got to hold on, hold on to my receipt), yeah

It's kinda hard saying this shit to your face

So I do it over snares and bass

Music take her away

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Track details

From Tha Carter II

2005
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Tha Carter II
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Lil Wayne
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2005
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  2. —Fly Out
  3. —Get Over
  4. —Grown Man (2005)
  5. —Hit Em Up
  6. —I'm A Dboy
  7. —Lock and Load
  8. —Money on My Mind
  9. —On Tha Block #3 - Skit
  10. —Oh No
  11. —Shooter
  12. —Tha Mobb
  13. —Carter II
  14. —On Tha Block #1 - Skit
  15. —Mo Fire
  16. —Receipt
  17. —On Tha Block #2 - Skit
  18. —Best Rapper Alive
  19. —Fireman
  20. —Weezy Baby
  21. —Fly In

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