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Raye

Decline

Release date: 3rd May 2018

From Side Tape - EP
Track 2
3:08
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

Raye and Mr Eazi team up on a UK garage track built around a single, unshakeable refrain. The premise is straightforward: after giving everything to someone who took her for granted, she no longer answers. When they call, she declines. The hook lands with the weight of finality, repeated until it becomes less plea than proclamation. The production taps into garage's restless energy, all clipped rhythms and forward momentum, whilst Raye's vocal moves between conversational directness and something closer to rap. She catalogs the evidence of her devotion, then dismantles it piece by piece. There's a Beyoncé sample woven through the second half, a nod to the irreplaceable logic that underpins the whole thing. By the time the chorus returns, it feels less like rejection and more like self-preservation.

"Decline" is a single by Raye, from the album Side Tape - EP, released 3rd May 2018. The track is 3:08 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Raye.

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Raye

Raye

Lyrics

Decline

I was always there for you, oh
I was always on time
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
And now I don't know about you
But I know I'm gonna be fine
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
All you think that you said when you running it
Now you're belling up my line like an ambulance
Say 'fam-fam-a-lam' no I'm done with it
No a 999 no emergency
Baby na na no I ain't into you
I'm a block you soon you're bug a boo baby
Back a man come unavailable
And I know I'm gonna find myself a better you
Brace yourself 'cause you needed me
Throwing all up 'cause you need the freak
But this ship is done sailed, I don't need you, B
No, you had a good girl yeah baby
I was always there for you, oh
I was always on time
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
And now I don't know about you
But I know I'm gonna be fine
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
I be ringing all day
I be ringing you
I be ringing you all day
Hold up wait hear me now
And Beyoncé said irreplaceable
I was holding all this begging you this
You was a, mother mother what you play me for
Now you said stop 'cause you needed me
Going all out 'cause you need the freak
But this ship done sailed I don't need you, B
You had a good girl yeah baby
I was always there for you, oh
I was always on time
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
And now I don't know about you
But I know I'm gonna be fine
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
Now baby you don't get to play me
Now baby oh, when you call, I decline
Now baby you don't get to play me
Now baby oh, when you call, I decline
Thought it'd be me with a call
Just want to say I'm sorry
Not gonna lie and say that I not been acting funny
But if I do it again, then you believe me honey
Give me one try, one try
You'll never regret
Baby, I was always there for you oh
I was always on time
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
And now I don't know about you
But I know I'm gonna be fine
And I gave you my all
So now you call, I decline
Now baby you don't get to play me
Now baby oh, when you call, I decline (I was always there for you)
Now baby you don't get to play me
Now baby oh, when you call, I decline
Brb in a minute
You gon' shh when I talk let me finish
Getting all dressed up, I'm a kill it
You can move over there
I'm a BRB in a minute
You gon' shh when I talk let me finish
Why you go get gone I'm a get it
You can move over there

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Track details

From Side Tape - EP

3:082018Single
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Side Tape - EP
Side Tape - EP
Raye
4th May 2018
Track number
2
Release year
2018
  1. 1Crew
    3:56
  2. 2Decline
    3:08
  3. 3Confidence
    2:50
  4. 4Slower
    3:19
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    7 Aurelius, Fraser T. Smith, Irv Gotti, Ja Rule, Jin Jin, Mr Eazi, RAYE
    Producer
    Fraser T. Smith
    Engineer
    Fraser T. Smith
    Bass
    Fraser T. Smith
    Keyboards
    Fraser T. Smith
    Bass Programmer
    Fraser T. Smith
    Mastering Engineer
    Stuart Hawkes
    Mixing Engineer
    Fabian Marasciullo
    Percussion
    Fraser T. Smith
    Programmer
    Fraser T. Smith
    Synthesizer
    Fraser T. Smith
    Synthesizer Programmer
    Fraser T. Smith
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