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Solange

Mad

Release date: 30th September 2016

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About This Track

"Mad" is a track by Solange, from the album A Seat at the Table, released 30th September 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Solange

Solange

Lyrics

Mad

[Intro: Solange]

You got the light, count it all joy

You got the right to be mad

But when you carry it alone you find it only getting in the way

They say you gotta let it go

[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]

Now tell 'em why you mad, son

'Cause doing it all ain't enough

'Cause everyone all in my cup

'Cause such and such still owe me bucks

So I got the right to get bucked

But I try not to let it build up

I'm too high, I'm too better, too much

So I let it go, let it go, let it go

[Pre-Chorus 1: Solange]

I ran into this girl, she said, "Why you always blaming?"

"Why you can't just face it?" (Be mad, be mad, be mad)

"Why you always gotta be so mad?" (Be mad, be mad, be mad)

"Why you always talking shit, always be complaining?"

"Why you always gotta be, why you always gotta be so..." (Be mad, be mad, be mad)

I got a lot to be mad about (Be mad, be mad, be mad)

[Chorus: Solange]

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love, baby?

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]

Yeah, but I got a lot to be mad about

Got a lot to be a man about, got a lot to pop a xan about

I used to rock hand-me-downs and now I rock standing crowds

But it's hard when you only got fans around and no fam around

And if they are, then their hands is out and they pointing fingers

When I wear this fucking burden on my back

Like a motherfucking cap and gown

Then I walk up in the bank, pants sagging down

And I laugh at frowns—what they mad about?

'Cause here come this motherfucker with this mass account

That didn't wear a cap and gown

Are you mad 'cause the judge ain't give me more time?

And when I attempted suicide, I didn't die

I remember how mad I was on that day

Man, you gotta let it go before it get up in the way

Let it go, let it go

[Pre-Chorus 2: Solange]

I ran into this girl, she said, "Why you always blaming?"

"Why you can't just face it?"

"Why you always gotta be so mad?" (Be mad, be mad, be mad)

I got a lot to be mad about (Be mad, be mad, be mad)

[Chorus: Solange]

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love go?

Where'd your love, baby?

[Outro: Solange]

I ran into this girl, I said, "I'm tired of explaining"

Man, this shit is draining

But I'm not really allowed to be mad

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Track details

From A Seat at the Table

2016
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Album
A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Release year
2016
  1. —Mad
  2. —Don't You Wait
  3. —Closing: The Chosen Ones
  4. —Don't Touch My Hair
  5. —Interlude: Tina Taught Me
  6. —Weary
  7. —Rise
  8. —Don't Wish Me Well
  9. —Interlude: I Got So Much Magic, You Can Have It
  10. —Where Do We Go
  11. —Cranes in the Sky
  12. —Junie
  13. —Interlude: Dad Was Mad
  14. —F.U.B.U.
  15. —Interlude: The Glory Is in You
  16. —Borderline (An Ode to Self Care)
  17. —Scales
  18. —Interlude: For Us by Us
  19. —Interlude: Pedestals
  20. —Interlude: This Moment
  21. —Interlude: No Limits
  22. —Don't Wish Me Well
    4:16
  23. —Rise
    1:42
  24. —Mad (feat. Lil Wayne)
    3:55
  25. —Borderline (An Ode to Self Care) (feat. Q-Tip)
    3:03
  26. —Cranes in the Sky
    4:11
  27. —Weary
    3:14

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Lil Wayne, Raphael Saadiq, Sir Dylan, Solange
Composer
David Longstreth, Lil Wayne, Raphael Saadiq, Sir Dylan, Solange
Producer
David Longstreth, R8DIO, Raphael Saadiq, Sir Dylan, Solange
Co-Producer
Solange
Additional Vocals
Moses Sumney, The-Dream, Tweet
Arranger
Solange
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Kevin Peterson
Assistant Producer
Kevin Peterson
Executive Producer
Raphael Saadiq
Mastering Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mixing Engineer
Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, Stuart White
Recording Engineer
Blair Wells, Bobby Campbell, Gloria Kaba, Hotae Alexander Jang, Jake Aron, Ken Oriole, Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, Nino Villanueva, R8DIO, Steve Rusch, Thayod Ausar, Vic Wainstein
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