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Plies

Shawty

Release date: 10th July 2007

From The Real Testament
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About This Track

Plies' debut single pairs the rapper with T-Pain over a sample of Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Fantasy'. The track establishes Plies' voice as direct and boastful, detailing a relationship defined by material gesture and sexual prowess. T-Pain's chorus frames the dynamic as protective affection, a man stepping in when a woman is mistreated, even as the arrangement keeps emotional distance at the centre of the song's logic. The production leans on the sampled intro, giving the track a groove that sits between rap and R&B. Plies' verses are explicit about transaction and control, whilst T-Pain's melodic refrain softens the edges with a posture of care. The song's appeal rests on this tension: the beat is inviting, the hook is memorable, but the lyrical content reveals a relationship built on conditions rather than mutuality.

"Shawty" is a track by Plies, from the album The Real Testament, released 10th July 2007. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Plies

Plies

Lyrics

Shawty

[Intro: Plies & T-Pain]

Ay, what's happenin', homie?

This your lil' one Plies, man (Shawty, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Ay, Pain, I want you to tell 'em bout your shawty, homie

And I'ma tell 'em 'bout mine, dawg

[Chorus: T-Pain]

Even though I'm not your man, you're not my girl, I'ma call you my shawty

'Cause I can't stand to see you treated bad, I beat his ass for my shawty

And we ain't did nothin' that we ain't supposed to do, 'cause you my shawty (Woah-oh)

Baby girl, you know I be home, keep me on the ringtone, shawty, yeah

Sing it to me girl

[Verse 1: Plies]

Soon as I seen her, shit, told her I'd pay for it

Lil' mama the baddest thing 'round here, she already know it

I pointed at the donk and told her, "This supposed to be yours" (Ha-ha)

Showed her a couple stacks and told her I'd let her blow it

The hottest nigga in the city, baby, you can't ignore it

I showed her I was a real nigga and she went for it

First time I caught her shit, she ain't even know how to throw it back

Now she an animal, I got her sex game right (Game right)

I taught her how to talk to me while she take pipe

And opened her up and showed her what a real nigga like

I told her, "I 'on't usually do this, I 'on't fuck on the first night

'Cause after I beat ya, baby, I'm liable to fuck up ya whole life" (Ha!)

I got her trained, now she suck me with ice

I call her, "My Lil' Bust-It-Baby", 'cause she keep it tight

Whenever I tell her to bust, ain't gotta tell her twice

Whenever I wanna get off, she know how to get me right

[Chorus: T-Pain]

Even though I'm not your man, you're not my girl, I'ma call you my shawty

'Cause I can't stand to see you treated bad, I beat his ass for my shawty

And we ain't did nothin' that we ain't supposed to do, 'cause you my shawty (Woah-oh)

Baby girl, you know I be home, keep me on the ringtone, shawty, yeah

Sing it to me girl

[Post-Chorus: T-Pain]

Ohh (Whoa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Wh-oa-wh-oa, wh-oa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

Shawty, yeah

Oh-oh (Whoa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Wh-oa-wh-oa, wh-oa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

(Shawty, yeah) Shawty, whoa, w-w-wh-oa, oh

[Verse 2: Plies]

I love her to show off, 'cause all the dope boys want her

Know why they wanna beat bae, look all that ass on her

Look at how that pussy sit up in them shorts, you gotta want her

Love when she act like she bowlegged and bend the corner

She proud to be fuckin' me, 'cause I'm stuntin' on 'em

It feel good to be fuckin' a real nigga, don't it?

Ain't called her in two days, gotta let her mind wonder

But when she miss me, she call to tell me to jump on her

That's why I don't mind breakin' her off, 'cause she ain't with the drama

If you done ripped her before, you know how to cuff lil' mama

You know she gotta be somethin' 'cause I done beat her Honda

Bae snatchin', not now, I'm tellin' ya, I promise (Bae snatchin', I promise)

I exposed her to real, and now she hate lame

'Member she used to run from me, now she like pain

She call me sometimes just to ask me is it a thang

Ever since I ran up in shawty, she ain't been the same (Ain't been the same)

[Chorus: T-Pain]

Even though I'm not your man, you're not my girl, I'ma call you my shawty

'Cause I can't stand to see you treated bad, I beat his ass for my shawty

And we ain't did nothin' that we ain't supposed to do, 'cause you my shawty (Woah-oh)

Baby girl, you know I be home, keep me on the ringtone, shawty, yeah

Sing it to me girl

[Post-Chorus: T-Pain]

Oh-oh (Whoa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Wh-oa-wh-oa, wh-oa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

Shawty, yeah

Oh-oh (Whoa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Wh-oa-wh-oa, wh-oa), oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh (Whoa)

(Shawty, yeah) Shawty, whoa, w-w-wh-oa, oh

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Track details

From The Real Testament

2007
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Album
The Real Testament
The Real Testament
Plies
Release year
2007
  1. —Runnin' My Momma Crazy
  2. —Bid Long
  3. —Friday
  4. —Goons Lurkin'
  5. —Money Straight
  6. —The Real Testament Intro
  7. —Murkin' Season
  8. —I Kno U Workin
  9. —I Am the Club
  10. —100 Years
  11. —Got 'Em Hatin'
  12. —1 Mo Time
  13. —Water
  14. —I Just Want the Paper
  15. —You
  16. —On My Dick
  17. —Shawty
  18. —Kept It Too Real

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Drumma Boy, Eduardo Del Barrio, Maurice White, Plies, T-Pain, Verdine White, Wayne Miles
Producer
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