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Semtex

Release date: 2005

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About This Track

'Semtex' by Pitbull is a track from the album 'Melodic Energy Vol.1', released in 2005. The lyrics are set up around punchy, percussive crowd-call energy, with repeated shouted interjections and a dance-night hook. In the verses, the words turn confrontational, with lines that reference physical threat. There is also explicit parental address in the chorus, paired with the repeated insistence to dance all night, giving the song a brash, confrontational party stance. One short sample phrase reads, ‘Dance all night (Dale)’.

"Semtex" is a track by Pitbull, from the album Melodic Energy Vol.1, released 2005. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Pitbull.

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Lyrics

Semtex

[Intro]

Pow, Pitbull, [?]

Pow, Pitbull, [?]

Agh, 2K pow (Pitbull, pow, pow)

Agh, 2K pow (Pitbull, woo)

[Chorus]

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale (Dale)

[Verse 1]

Pitbull's nothin' to play with

Cock back blow, leave him on the pavement

Mommy say ow, can I get an amen?

Now get down, we off the chain man

[Pre-Chorus]

Faster, let me see you shake ass

Faster, let me see you get cash

Faster, let me see you load that clip

Faster, Pitbull's a bastard

Whoa

[Chorus]

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale (Dale)

[Verse 2]

Dale loquita, I get loose

Take it to the floor, bring it back like ooh

You ain't a freak

That's somethin' I gotta prove

Now get on the floor and move

[Pre-Chorus]

Faster, let me see you shake ass

Faster, let me see you get cash

Faster, let me see you load that clip

Faster, Pitbull's a bastard

Whoa

[Chorus]

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale (Dale)

[Verse 3]

I'ma show you how we do in the dirty

Forty two shot click, bitch I'm worth

Rest in peace to Screw in Jersey

It's bad that he had to go early

[Pre-Chorus]

Faster, let me see you shake ass

Faster, let me see you get cash

Faster, let me see you load that clip

Faster, Pitbull's a bastard

Whoa

[Chorus]

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale (Dale)

[Verse 4]

I've been waiting for this moment all my life

Step on the gas, I'm ready to ride

Like Christopher Wallace I'm ready to die

So what you gonna do, huh?

[Pre-Chorus]

Faster, let me see you shake ass

Faster, let me see you get cash

Faster, let me see you load that clip

Faster, Pitbull's a bastard

Whoa

[Chorus]

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale (Dale)

[Verse 5]

I've been overlooked, underrated (Yeah)

I've been envied, I've been hated (Yeah, yeah)

Now I'm overbooked now that I've made it

[?] entertainment (Yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]

Faster, let me see you shake ass

Faster, let me see you get cash

Faster, let me see you load that clip

Faster, Pitbull's a bastard

Whoa

[Chorus]

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale, mommy

Dance all night (Dale)

Dale, dale (Dale)

Track details

From Melodic Energy Vol.1

2005
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