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Begging by Mabel

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Mabel

Begging

Release date: 12th October 2017

From Ivy to Roses (Mixtape)
Track 10
3:17
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About This Track

'Begging' by Mabel is a 2017 pop track from 'Ivy to Roses (Mixtape)'. The lyrics move through a push-pull of pleading and frustration, with the singer addressing a partner who seems to have withdrawn, urging them to say where they went and insisting that half measures will not do. It’s a flirtatious, agitated mood, captured in lines that frame the dispute as something the speaker “blame[s]” on the other person, before the argument cuts off mid-thought.

"Begging" is a track by Mabel, from the album Ivy to Roses (Mixtape), released 12th October 2017. The track is 3:17 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Mabel.

About the Artist

Mabel

Mabel

Lyrics

Begging

Put your, put your, put your hands up
Drop it to the floor for ya baby

You used to let me drive you crazy
So tell me where'd you go

Tell me where'd you go, oh, oh

Maybe this is good, but that's not good enough, oh, oh

I blame it on you 'cause

You're not even trying, baby
When we touch it's not the same

So why you tryna make me stay?
So why you tryna make me stay?

You've been self obsessed for months
You couldn't even love me once

But now you tryna make me stay
But now you tryna make me stay

Go on, try and make me stay (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging

Go on, try and make me stay (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees

Wanna see you begging (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging

We were hanging out in the same club
Bodies so busy, always rolling

No show, now you're ghosting
So tell me where'd you go

Tell me where'd you go, oh, oh

Maybe this is good, but that's not good enough, oh, oh

I blame it on you 'cause
You're not even trying, baby

When we touch it's not the same
So why you tryna make me stay?

So why you tryna make me stay?
You've been self obsessed for months

You couldn't even love me once
But now you tryna make me stay

But now you tryna make me stay
Go on, try and make me stay (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging
Go on, try and make me stay (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging (ooh ah)
Do it like you mean it, wanna see you on your knees
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging
I wanna see you on your knees
Under your skin
Bodies rolling, oh
No controlling
Bodies rolling, oh
You're not even trying baby
When we touch it's not the same
So why you tryna make me stay?
So why you tryna make me stay?
You've been self obsessed for months
You couldn't even love me once
But now you tryna make me stay
But now you tryna make me stay
Go on, try and make me stay (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging
Go on, try and make me stay (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging
Do it like you mean it, wanna see you on your knees
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging (ooh ah)
I wanna see you on your knees
Wanna see you begging

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Track details

From Ivy to Roses (Mixtape)

3:172017
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Ivy to Roses (Mixtape)
Ivy to Roses (Mixtape)
Mabel
13th October 2017
Track number
10
Release year
2017
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    Joel Pott, Josh Crocker, Mabel
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    Josh Crocker
    Engineer
    Josh Crocker
    Bass
    Josh Crocker
    Guitar
    Josh Crocker
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    Stuart Hawkes
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