Back to Basics

Verse 1

Uh

Don't even know what uh

You gon' do when I come through

Freak and I come through, freaky-freaky-freaky with it

You know how to freak, you know how to freak

Freaky-freaky-freaky with it

Verse 2

Uh, don't even know what to call it

Call it a movie, call it a book

Call it a novel, call it whatever you want

But you can't call it bluff, uh

Yeah, you can't call it bluff

Verse 3

Choir

Verse 4

It's been a while since I seen you

But I remember that smile and the way you greet me

Remember the last time I kissed you

That's when the sparks flew and you started missing me

Missin' me like I was on prison release

Like I was a former inmate, yeah, I was in the streets

Verse 5

Back to basics (basics)

Back when you were just my baby (baby)

Back when we used to make love (uh)

And you used to say, "Hush, baby" (hush)

Verse 6

Back when you used to drive me crazy (crazy)

Back when I used to drive you crazy (crazy)

Back when I used to talk dirty (dirty)

Back when you used to do what I asked of ya early (uh)

Chorus

Back before the fame and the paparazzi

Back when we were young and you didn't know Cardi

Back before I was on this Grammy, you had me (uh)

You know who you are, yeah

I ain't never gon' forget it

Bridge

Don't tell 'em

Don't tell 'em

Don't tell 'em

Don't tell 'em

Don't, don't, don't tell 'em, don't, don't

Don't tell 'em what we do

Verse 7

It's the kind of love, the kind of sex (uh)

That they don't understand (uh)

It's the type of stuff that you can't even explain to a friend (uh)

It's the freak in your game (game)

The freak in your face (face)

But when we leave this room, we ain't leavin' no trace (uh)

Verse 8

Get your hair back in place (place)

Get your lipstick on straight (straight)

Put your shoes back on and grab all of my tape (uh)

And we can get to work, uh

Then we can get to sex, uh

We can get to church, church

And then we can get to death, uh

Outro

Choir

Choir