"Work" lyrics

"Work"
(feat. Drake)

Work, work, work, work, work, work
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work!
He see me do mi
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt!
So me put in
Work, work, work, work, work, work
When you ah guh
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn
Meh nuh cyar if him
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

Dry! ...Me a desert him
Nuh time to have you lurking
Him ah go act like he nuh like it
You know I dealt with you the nicest
Nuh body touch me you nuh righteous
Nuh badda, text me in a crisis
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
All that I wanted from you was to give me
Something that I never had
Something that you've never seen
Something that you've never been!
Mm!
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
Just get ready fi

Work, work, work, work, work, work
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work!
He see me do mi
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt!
So me put in
Work, work, work, work, work, work
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
When yuh ago learn learn learn learn learn learn!
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!

Beg you something, please
Baby don't you leave
Don't leave me stuck here in the streets, uh huh
If I get another chance to
I will never, no never neglect you
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
I just hope that it gets to you
I hope that you see this through
I hope that you see this true
What can I say?
Please recognize I'm trying, babe!!!
I have to

Work, work, work, work, work, work
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work!
He see me do mi
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt!
So me put in
Work, work, work, work, work, work
When you ah guh
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn
Meh nuh cyar if him
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

Yeah, okay
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
We just need to slow the motion
Don't give that away to no one
Long distance, I need you
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
If you come over
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
I got niggas tryna end me, oh
I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling
How many more shots until you're rolling?
We just need a face to face
You could pick the time and the place
You spent some time away
Now you need to forward and give me all the

Work, work, work, work, work, work
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work
He se me do mi
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt!
So me put in
Work, work, work, work, work, work
When you ah guh
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn
Meh nuh cyar if him
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

Mm, mm
Mm, mm
Work, work, work, work, work, work
Mm, mm


Thanks to Marina Martin Fernandez, Lana, Maria, Lucy for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Monte S. Moir, Richard Stephenson, Allen Ritter, Matthew Jehu Samuels, Aubrey Drake Graham, Robyn R. Fenty, Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, Rupert Thomas Jr.
This song has Rihanna using Jamaican Patois where "work" means "sex", "haffi" is "have to" and "ah go" is "going to".
The singer said to Vogue in April 2016 about her singing on this track, "You get what I'm saying, but it's not all the way perfect. Because that's how we speak in the Caribbean." She added, "This song is definitely a song that represents my culture, and so I had to put a little twist on my delivery."
Allen Ritter, one of the song's producers, told genius.com that the idea of this song originally came together at a pool party at Drake's house.
Boi-1da, the co-producer, said about this track, "We were just having fun in the studio. We didn't even care if it had anything to do with what's going on right now; we were just doing something that we thought was cool for ourselves."
album: "Anti" (2016)
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