Beyoncé, JAY-Z and Future appear on DJ Khaled's new song "Top Off," which he released early this morning. The star-studded collab marks the first single off the producer's upcoming album, Father of Asahd.
The high-energy track is full of attitude and braggadocio. Hov delivers a verse where he shouts out Meek Mill, his and Bey's daughter Blue Ivy and his insane $91,000 wine bill, while Future hops on the refrains, boasting about taking the top off his Maybach.
Bey's smooth vocals add a refreshing break to their back and forth, but she carries the same swagger as her rapper collaborators. "I'm the only lady here, still the realest n***a in the room," she sings in her first line.
The Carters previously linked up with Khaled a year ago with "Shining," which dropped right after the 2017 Grammys.
But the couple's collaborations go much further than that. There was also "Bonnie and Clyde" in 2002, "Crazy in Love" in 2003, "Upgrade U" and "Déjà Vu" in 2006, "Drunk in Love" in 2013 and many more. Their most recent duets were "Family Feud" and "4:44" from JAY-Z's 4:44 album, which released in 2017.
Listen to "Top Off" above and read through the lyrics below, courtesy of Genius.
[Intro: JAY-Z & DJ Khaled]Ah, all that shit real too, ahhhh
I ain't gon' stop
I see the...
I'm ain't gon' stop
I'm ain't... haha
We The Best Music
[Pre-Chorus: Future & DJ Khaled]
I took the top off the Maybach, I took the top off
Another one
I took the top off the Maybach, I took the top off
I, I took the top off my Maybach, n***a
I took the top off my Maybach
DJ Khaled!
[Chorus: Future]
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach, oh
I took the top off the Maybach, ah
I took the top off the Maybach, yeah
I took the top off the Maybach, yeah
I hear the po-po behind me, woo, ain't gon' stop (rrt, skrrt)
I see the po-po behind me, I ain't gon' stop (skrrt, skrrt)
I see the po-po behind me, rrt, ain't gon' stop (rrt, skrrt)
I dropped the top off the Maybach, f*ck these cops (rrt, rrt)
[Verse 1: JAY-Z]
V12, see ya, 12 (bye)
I do the whole dash with no seatbelt
Screamin', "Free my n***a, Meek Mill"
N***as can't wheelie in this free world
Meanwhile Georgie Porgie sinnin' and sendin' me threats
Save your breath, you couldn't beat a flight of steps
Try that shit with a grown man
I'll kill that f*ckboy with my own hand
And hop back in the coupe (woo, woo)
Let's go back to the mud, I hop right out the soup
Save all that woopty woop
Let's let the money talk, let the Uzi shoot
No jewels in this Patek Philippe
It's complicated, three million apiece
Sheesh, that's how we do time
Dujac by the mag, that's how we do wine
$91,000 for a wine bill
Keep it real with you, that was Juan's bill
My whole team ball
Everybody's a star but the team ball
'61 with the thing off
Me and Blue havin' a sing off
That's a raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second-hand store
That's a vintage piece
Kind that make haters kiss their teeth, you can't buy this new
I had to back-back-back, you know how I do
Two-tone with the powder blue (woo)
Realest shit to come out the stu'
Khaled is valid, every word is true
What these n***as gon' do without us, dude?
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach, rrt
I, I took the top off my Maybach, n***a
I took the top off my Maybach
[Verse 2: JAY-Z]
I chopped the top off, you notice
Ridin' 'round town with the FLOTUS
1.5 for the Landaulet
Bey, put these f*ckboys on notice (f*ckboys on notice)
[Verse 3: Beyoncé]
I'm the only lady here, still the realest n***a in the room
I break the internet, top two and I ain't number two
My body, my ice, my cash, all real, I'm a triple threat
F*ck it up and then leave, come back, f*ck it up and leave again
Top off the coupe and it look like Freaknik
In the hood, hollerin', "Free Meek"
Two deep, it's just me and JAY
Just posted in them courtside seats
Woo! I'm like hol' up...
Woo! I might roll up
If they're tryna party with the queen
They gon' have to sign a non-disclosure, ayy
[Chorus: Beyoncé & Future]
I took the top off the Maybach, yeah
I took the top off the Maybach (ain't gon' stop)
I took the top off the Maybach (rah)
I took the top off the Maybach (woo, woo)
Ayy, I took the top off of my Maybach, bitch
I took the top off of my Maybach, bitch
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
I took the top off the Maybach
[Bridge: Future]
Ooh-ooh, ooh, it's glittery, glittery
Ooh-ooh, it's pricy, pricy
Ooh-ooh, 1.5
Ooh-ooh, I'm hyphy, I'm hyphy
[Refrain: Future]
I hear the po-po behind me, woo, ain't gon' stop (rrt, skrrt)
I see the po-po behind me, rrt, ain't gon' stop (skrrt, skrrt)
I see the po-po behind me, rrt, ain't gon' stop (rrt, skrrt)
I dropped the top off the Maybach, rrt, f*ck these cops (rrt, rrt, rrt, rrt)
[Outro: DJ Khaled & Future]
We The Best Music
I took the top off, I took the top off
I took the top off, I took the top off
Roc Nation
I took the top off, I took the top off
I took the top off, I took the top off, ooh-ooh
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There is a 75 percent chance she's listening to Lorde right now.
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