Rihanna - Anti Album Lyrics

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Consideration

[Rihanna:]
I come fluttering in from Neverland
Time could never stop me, no, no, no, no
I know you try to
I come riding in on a pale white horse
Sending out his to less fortunate
I do advise you
Run it back, run it on back
When you're breaking it down for me
Cause I can hear you two times
Run it on back, will it ever make sense to me?

I got to do things
My own way darling
Will you ever let me?
Will you ever respect me? No
Do things my own way darling
You should just let me
Why you will never let me grow?

[SZA:]
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind

[Rihanna:]
Let me cover your shit in glitter
I can make it gold, gold
Heard you're tryna sell your soul, baby
But I'm not sure, you're running low, lately
I needed you to please give my reflection a break
From the face it's seeing now
Darling would you mind giving my reflection a break
From the pain it's feeling now?

[Rihanna & SZA:]
I got to do things
My own way darling
You should just let me
Will you ever respect me? No
Do things my own way darling
You should just let me
Why you will never let me grow

When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind

[SZA (Rihanna):]
Getting can't get no peace
Getting can't get no peace
Get, get, getting no peace
Can't get no peace
(Get, g-g-get no peace oh)

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James Joint

I'd rather be smoking weed
Whenever we breathe
Everytime you kiss me
Don't say that you miss me
Just come get me

Don't know why just know I want to
Don't know why just know I want you

I'd rather be breaking things
Cause we can't see
We're too busy kissing
Just making scenes
Here come the police
They know about your history
How you live and love like "f*ck rules"?
Don't care why, just know I love you

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Kiss It Better

Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby

Been waiting on that sunshine
Boy, I think I need that back
Can't do it like that
No one else gonna get it like that
So I argue, you yell, had to take me back
Who cares when it feels like crack?
Boy you know that you always do it right
Man, f*ck your pride, just take it on back, boy
Take it on back boy, take it back all night
Just take it on back, take it on back
Mmm, do what you gotta do, keep me up all night
Hurting bad man, and it hurts inside when I look you in your eye

What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby

Been waiting on that sunshine
Boy, I think I need that back
Can't do it like that
No one else gonna get it like that
So I argue, you yell, had to take me back
Who cares when it feels like crack?
Boy, you know that you always do it right
Man, f*ck your pride, just take it on back, boy
Take it on back boy, take it back all night
Just take it on back, take it on back
Mmm, do what you gotta do, keep me up all night
Hurting bad man, and it hurts inside when I look you in your eye

What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby

I've been waiting up all night
Baby, tell me what's wrong
Go on and make it right
Make it all night long
I've been waiting up all night
Baby, tell me what's wrong
Go on and make it right
Make it all night long
Man, f*ck your pride, just take it on back, boy
Take it on back boy, take it back all night
Just take it on back, take it on back
Mmm, do what you gotta do, keep me up all night
Hurting bad man, and it hurts inside when I look you in your eye

What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you're willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better baby

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Work

[Chorus - Rihanna:]
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

[Verse 1 - Rihanna:]
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!
Mmmmm!
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
Just get ready fi...

[Chorus - Rihanna:]
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 you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!

[Verse 2 - Rihanna:]
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 tryin', babe!
I have to

[Chorus - Rihanna:]
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

[Verse 3 - Drake:]
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
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
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...

[Chorus - Rihanna & Drake:]
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

[Outro - Rihanna:]
Mmmmm, mmmmm
Mmmmm, mmmmm
Work, work, work, work, work, work
Mmmmm, mmmmm

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Desperado

Desperado
Sitting in a old Monte Carlo
A man whose heart is hollow
Uh huh, take it easy
I'm not tryna go against you
Actually, I'm going with you

Gotta get up out of here
And you ain't leaving me behind
I know you won't, cause we share common interests
You need me, there ain't no leaving me behind
Never know, no, just want out of here
Yeah, once we're gone, ain't no going back

If you want, take a peek and run away
Running from and it's out of luck
Yeah, yeah, there ain't nothing
There ain't nothing here for me
There ain't nothing here for me anymore
But I don't wanna be alone

Desperado
Sitting in an old Monte Carlo
We've both had our hearts broken
Take it easy
I'm not trying to go against you
I can be a lone wolf fishing

Gotta get up out of here
And you ain't leaving me behind
I know you won't, cause we share common interests
You need me, there ain't no leaving me behind
Never know, no, both flying out of here
Yeah, once we're gone, ain't no going back

If you want, we could be runaways
Running from and it's out of luck
Yeah, yeah, there ain't nothing
There ain't nothing here for me
There ain't nothing here for me anymore
I don't wanna be alone

Dear desperado
Yeah I don't wanna be alone
Dear desperado
Yeah I don't wanna be alone

If you want, we could be runaways
Running from and it's out of luck
Yeah, yeah, there ain't nothing
There ain't nothing here for me
There ain't nothing here for me anymore
But I don't wanna be alone

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Woo

[Travis Scott:]
Woo
Woo, woo, yeah
Woo, woo, yeah
Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah

[Rihanna:]
I bet she could never make you cry
Cause the scars on your heart are still mine
Tell me that she couldn't get this dick
She can almost be for us and me
Too bad she's just eating off your dreams
Let me know when you're ready to plea
Maybe you just need to send for me
Send for me, send for me
Send for me, send for me, send for me

[Travis Scott:]
Woo
Woo, woo, yeah
Woo, woo, yeah
Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah

[Rihanna:]
I've been thinking bout ya late night
I've been fiending on the yayo
Ain't nothing left to talk about
Boy show me what you wanna do
These days you been feeling like
Yeah I been feeling lonely too
I'mma f*ck it up won't you show me some
Run it back like you owe me something

[Travis Scott (Rihanna):]
Woo
Woo, woo, yeah
(Feel me up, feel me up)
Woo, yeah
(Feel me up, feel me up)
Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah
(Feeling me, feeling me, feeling me up)

[Rihanna:]
Tell me 'bout your picture perfect darling
Tell me how you think without the drugs
Maybe you just need to send for me
I don't even really love you
I don't even really care about you
I don't even really love you
I don't even really care about you no more
I don't even really care about you no more
I don't even really care about you no more

Send for me, send for me, send for me
Send for me, send for me, send for me

[Travis Scott (Rihanna):]
Woo (feel me up, feel me up)
Woo, woo, yeah (feel me up, feel me up)
Woo, woo, yeah (send for me, send for me, send for me)
Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah
Woo (I don't even really love you)
I don't even really care about you
Woo (I don't even really love you)
I don't even really care about you, no more
Woo, woo, yeah (no more
I don't even really care about you no more
I don't even really care about you no more)
Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah

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Needed Me

[YG:]
Mustard on the beat ho!

[Rihanna:]
I was good on my own, that's the way it was, that's the way it was
You was good on the low for a faded f*ck, on some faded love
Shit, what the f*ck you complaining for?
Feeling jaded huh?
Used to trip off that shit I was kickin' to you
Had some fun on the run though I give it to you

But baby, don't get it twisted
You was just another nigga on the hit list
Tryna fix your inner issues with a bad bitch
Didn't they tell you that I was a savage
F*ck your white horse and a carriage
Bet you never could imagine
Never told you you could have it

You needed me
Oooh, you needed me
To feel a little more, and give a little less
Know you hate to confess
But baby ooo, you needed me

You been rollin' around, shit I'm rollin up
Light and roll it up
Break it down like a pound, shit was never us
Shit was never us
That's the real on the real, are you serious?
How you feel, how you feel?
Used to trip off that shit I was kickin' to ya
Had some fun on the run though, I give it to ya

But baby, don't get it twisted
You was just another nigga on the hit list
Tryna fix your inner issues with a bad bitch
Didn't they tell you that I was a savage
F*ck your white horse and a carriage
Bet you never could imagine
Never told you you could have it

You needed me
Oooh, you needed me
To feel a little more, and give a little less
Know you hate to confess
But baby ooo, you needed me

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Yeah, I Said It

I ain't tryin' to think about it, no
Yeah, I said it, boy, get up inside it
I want you to homicide it
Going slow and I want you to pop it
And I think I kinda like ya
Up against the wall, we don't need a title

Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it, baby
Yeah, I said it, f*ck a title

Boy I always like to show
Get a little bit, come a little close, no
Take it home on your camera phone
Get a little bad, nigga, watch me blow it down

Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it, baby
Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it, baby
Yeah, I said it

You could be rough, boy, but you won't
Give me some love, boy, give it to me till the morn'

Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it, baby
Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it
Yeah, I said it, baby
Yeah, I said it

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Same Ol' Mistakes

I can just hear them now
"How could you let us down?"
But they don't know what I found
Or see it from this way around
Feeling it overtake
All that I used to hate
Worried 'bout every trait
I tried but it's way too late
All the signs I don't read
Two sides of me can't agree
When I breathe in too deep
Going with what I always longed for

Feel like a brand new person
(But you make the same old mistakes)
I don't care I'm in love
(Stop before it's too late)
Feel like a brand new person
(But you make the same old mistakes)
I finally know what is love
(You don't have what it takes)
(Stop before it's not too late)
(I know there's too much at stake)
(Making the same mistakes)
And I still don't know why it's happening
(Stop while it's not too late)
And I still don't know

Finally taking flight
I know you don't think it's right
I know that you think it's fake
Maybe fake's what I like
Point is I have the right
I'm thinking in black and white
I'm thinking it's worth the fight
Soon to be out of sight
Knowing it all this time
Going with what I always longed for

Feel like a brand new person
(But you make the same old mistakes)
But I don't care I'm in love
(Stop before it's too late)
Feel like a brand new person
(But you make the same old mistakes)
So how do I know that it's right?
(You don't have what it takes)
(Stop before it's not too late)

Man, I know that it's hard to digest
But maybe this story ain't so different from the rest
And I know it seems wrong to accept
But you've got your demons, and she's got her regrets
And I know that it's hard to digest
A realization is as good as a guess
And I know it seems wrong to accept
But you've got your demons, and she's got her regrets
But you've got your demons, and she's got her regrets

Feel like a brand new person
So how will I know that it's right?
In a new direction
So how will I know I've gone too far?
(Stop thinking You're the only option was)
Feel like a brand new person
I finally know what it's like
(Stop thinking you're the only option, oh)
So how will I know I've gone too far?
(Stop thinking you're the only option, oh)
And I know it's hard to describe
(Stop thinking you're the only option, oh)
So how will I know that it's right?
(Stop thinking you're the only option, oh)
I finally know what it's like
(Stop thinking you're the only option, oh)

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Never Ending

Lost in the mirror
I knew your face once, but now it's unclear
And I can't feel my body now
I'm separate from here and now
A drug and a drink
We lost connection, oh come back to me
So I can feel alive again
Soul and body try to mend

It's pulling me apart, this time
Everything is never ending
Slipped into a peril that I'll never understand
This feeling always gets away
Wishing I could hold on longer
It doesn't have to feel so strange
To be in love again
To be in love again
To be in love again

Lost in the mirror
I knew your face once, but now it's unclear
And I can't feel my body now
I'm separate from here and now

It's pulling me apart, this time
Everything is never ending
Slipped into a peril that I'll never understand
This feeling always gets away
Wishing I could hold on longer
It doesn't have to feel so strange
To be in love again
To be in love again
To be in love again

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Love On The Brain

And you got me, let go
What you want from me?
What you want from me?
I tried to buy your pretty heart, but the price too high
Baby you got me like oh
You love when I fall apart (fall apart)
So you can put me together
And throw me against the wall

Baby you got me like ah, woo, ah
Don't you stop loving me (loving me)
Don't quit loving me (loving me)
Just stop loving it babe (loving me)

Oh, and baby I'm fist fighting with fire
Just to get close to you
Can we burn something babe?
And I run for miles just to get a taste
Must be love on the brain
That's got me feeling this way
It beats me black and blue but it f*cks me so good
And I can't get enough
Must be love on the brain yeah
And it keeps cursing my name
No matter what I do
I'm no good without you
And I can't get enough
Must be love on the brain

Then you keep loving me
Just love me, yeah
Just love me
All you need to do is love me yeah
Got me like ah-ah-ah-ow
I'm tired of being played like a violin
What do I gotta do to get in your motherf*ckin' heart?
Baby like ah, woo, ah

Baby you got me like ah, woo, ah
Don't you stop loving me (loving me)
Don't quit loving me (loving me)
Just stop loving me (loving me)

Oh, and baby I'm fist fighting with fire
Just to get close to you
Can we burn something babe?
And I run for miles just to get a taste
Must be love on the brain
That's got me feeling this way
It beats me black and blue but it f*cks me so good
And I can't get enough
Must be love on the brain yeah
And it keeps cursing my name
No matter what I do
I'm not good without you
And I can't get enough
Must be love on the brain

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Higher

This whiskey got me feelin' pretty
So pardon if I'm impolite
I just really need your ass with me
I'm sorry 'bout the other night
And I know I could be more creative
And come up with poetic lines
But I'm turnt up off sizz' and "I love you"
Is the only thing that's in my mind

You take me higher, higher than I've ever been, babe
Just come over, let's pour a drink, babe
I hope I ain't calling you too late, too late
You light my fire
Let's stay up late and smoke a J
I wanna go back to the old way
But I'm drunk and still with a full ash tray
With a little bit too much to say

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Close To You

Nothing but a tear, that's all for breakfast
Watching you pretend you're unaffected
You're pulling our connections, expecting me to let you go
But I won't

No you don't need my protection
But I'm in love, can't blame me for checking
I love your direction, hoping that the message goes

Somewhere close to you
Close to you
Like so close if they hurt you, you wouldn't find out
Just say now, I'm coming right now, to be close to you

Said you let it go, you kept it
Working hard to perfect it
Now your fear is reckless, and it's out of your control
Would you let it go?

No you don't need my protection
But I'm in love, can't blame me for checking
I love your direction, hoping that the message goes

Somewhere close to you
Close to you
Like so close if they hurt you, you wouldn't find out
If you let me, I'd be there by now
Close to you

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Good Night Gotham

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Only if for a night

Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Only if for a night

Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh

Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Night, night, for a night, for a
Only if for a night

Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, for a night, oh
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh
Night, night, night
For a night, oh, for a night, oh

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Pose

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Stay dope, hoe rich
Gettin' dough, so rich
I smoke, yeah
And I ain't never liked a broke bitch
I ain't never f*cked with a hoe, bitch
Quiet down

Oh-oh-oh shit
So-oh-oh rich
Fired up, loaded
Ah, pose, bitch

Take it off
Wanna see you, work it, oh my god, pose bitch
And the thing is that I know you know
Pose, bitch, and you bouncing like I know you know
Bitch, I know you know
Bitch, I know you know
Stay love
All my haters so-so bro, pipe down
All these niggas also broke
Pose, bitch

Oh-oh-oh shit
So-oh-oh rich
Fired up, loaded
Ah, pose, bitch

Let me see you get it, na, na, na
Yass bitch, let me see you get it
Flaccid, I don't let you with it
Poes bitch, take a photo
Flick, flick, flick or f*ckin' shout out
All you lame ass bitches is a no go
Nitty-witty call f*cking loco, loco

Oh-oh-oh shit
So-oh-oh rich
Fired up, loaded
Ah, pose, bitch

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Sex With Me

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Sex with me, so amazing
All this all work, no vacation
Stay up off my Instagram with your temptation
Hit a switch on a fake nigga like a station
Sex with me, so amazing
Sex with me, so amazing
Vodka and water, and a lemon
And a few other things I can not mention

Oh-na-na-na-na
Five fingers on it
Five fingers
Hit it like you want it
I'mma hit it like I'm on it
Straight shots of the Buddha
Shots, shots, shots, shots
Baby, I'mma pick your poison
Oh-we, ah-yeah, you gon' need it
I'm off that la-la
I'mma get it real like jacuzzi, ah-yea

And sex with me, so amazing
All this all work, no vacation
Stay up off my Instagram with your temptation
Sex with me, sex with me, sex with me
So amazing, so amazing, mmmm

You know I got the sauce (sauce), you know I'm saucy
And it's always wet, a bitch never ever had to use lip gloss on it
I'mma need you deeper than six, not a coffin
We're not making love, tryna get nasty
Grab up your drugs, that make me happy
Sex with me is amazing, with her it'll feel alright
The sex doesn't get any better, make it long, let it be all night
I know, I know, I make it hard to let go
Tonight, all night, I'mma roll
Even if I'm alone

Sex with me, so amazing
All this all work, no vacation
Stay up off my Instagram with your temptation
Hit a switch on a fake nigga like a station

Sex with me, so amazing
Sex with me, so amazing
(This is the best there is)