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YG

SLAY

Release date: 31st August 2018

From STAY DANGEROUS
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About This Track

YG and Quavo trade verses over a beat by Mustard on 'Slay', a track built on the kind of stripped-down confidence that needs no embellishment. The song moves between celebration and boast with an easy rhythm, its chorus a simple mantra: all you want to do is slay. YG sets the tone early, stacking images of luxury and loyalty, whilst Quavo arrives with a lighter touch, his verse pitched somewhere between admiration and amusement. The track's appeal lies in its directness. There is no metaphor where a statement will do, no restraint where swagger will serve. YG has described the song in interviews as a literal account of his own behaviour, which gives the whole thing a matter-of-fact quality that cuts through the usual posturing. Mustard's production sits low and steady beneath the vocals, letting the personalities do the work.

"SLAY" is a track by YG, from the album STAY DANGEROUS, released 31st August 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

YG

YG

Lyrics

SLAY

[Intro: YG]

I see you baby

Swear to God you don't go unnoticed

You killin' these bitches

You killin' these bitches

(Mustard on the beat, ho)

Ayy, it's YG, 4hunnid

It's YG, 4hunnid

[Chorus: Quavo]

One time if you a bad bitch (one time)

Two times just for the savage (two time)

All you wanna do is just slay, yeah

All you wanna do is just slay, just slay

All you wanna do is just slay (uhh)

All you wanna do is just slay, (whoop) just slay

Aww yeah

[Verse 1: YG & (Quavo)]

Ayy, my bad for a bad bitch (one time)

Complement your swag with a bad bitch (one time)

I don't spend too much time without my savages

So I fuckin' bought the Rollies for my savages

In a four-door Bentley truck, just us

I treat it like a coupe, damn, what the fuck?

Walk in the club, savage to the front, savage to the back

Got my savages holdin' you-know-what

Bet you like the way I do it, I been talkin' all this shit, girl I'm tryna prove it (one time)

If you heard it in a song, girl, I do it

If you a bad bitch, I fuck you to my own music

[Chorus: Quavo]

One time if you a bad bitch (one time)

Two times just for the savage (two times)

All you wanna do is just slay, yeah

All you wanna do is just slay, just slay

All you wanna do is just slay (uhh)

All you wanna do is just slay, (whoop) just slay

Aww yeah

[Verse 2: Quavo]

Big boys, big toys, slide all day with my homeboys

Who am I? When you do what I say

I'ma make sure that every day that you gon' slay (slay)

Good vibes, good days (bitch), no Ice Cube but it's Friday (it's Friday)

She love when a nigga hit it sideways

So every night, I'm gon' hit it sideways

I'ma throw a couple tags at ya (tags)

I'ma throw a whole bag at ya (bag at you)

And I love it when you mad at me

I just make you look back at me

[Chorus: Quavo]

One time if you a bad bitch (one time)

Two times just for the savage (two times)

All you wanna do is just slay, yeah

All you wanna do is just slay, just slay

All you wanna do is just slay (uhh)

All you wanna do is just slay, (whoop) just slay

Aww yeah

[Verse 3: YG & (Quavo)]

Shawty you bad, shawty you bad

Atlanta ass, I fly to Atlanta fast

Slide in it, hit you with the swag

That BM, BM swag, swag, swag

We could slide down P street

I'm from LA, girl, you know I got that woo-wee

But my savages don't P street

I'ma act like I don't see you, just act you don't see me

(One time) Good vibes, good vibes

I can tell you right from what you look like

And you know them good girls is hard to find

Like wack rappers and punchlines, yeah

[Chorus: Quavo]

One time if you a bad bitch (one time)

Two times just for the savage (two times)

All you wanna do is just slay, yeah

All you wanna do is just slay, just slay

All you wanna do is just slay (uhh)

All you wanna do is just slay, (whoop) just slay

Aww yeah

Track details

From STAY DANGEROUS

2018
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Mustard, Quavo, Ya Boy N.O.I.S., YG
    Producer
    Mustard
    Mixing Engineer
    Michael “MikFly” Dottin, MixedByAli
    Recording Engineer
    Ya Boy N.O.I.S.
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