Set It Off

Vanessa Hudgens

Your strategies, no mystery
I know you're schemin' on me
Yeah boy, you're schemin' on me
I know your plot and what I got
Your red dot is on me
You're like a SWAT team on me
Now this mami don't come that easy
My security's tigher than Fort Knox
Got chains all over like Houdini
And there's no key you've got to pick the lock

Cut into my wire
Trigger all my sirens
I'm on red alert
You set it off
Come on and disarm me
Trigger my alarm it's goin'
You set it off
Set it off

Beyond a doubt, you staked me out
You've got the blueprints on me
You're plannin' a B 'n' E
I play to win, I'm zeroed in
I got you locked in my sight
Infrared vision at night
Top level clearance is required
If your desire is to get with me
The game is on the stakes are higher
You conspire, I'm treasury

Cut into my wire
Trigger all my sirens
I'm on red alert
You set it off
Come on and disarm me
Trigger my alarm it's goin'
You set it off
Set it off

Just like every game we play
It's all about the chase
So come on and find the way

Cut into my wire
Trigger all my sirens
I'm on red alert
You set it off
Come on and disarm me
Trigger my alarm it's goin'
You set it off
Set it off
Set it off


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Set It Off Lyrics as written by Lesley Roy Katy Perry

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    people keep saying that this song has a sexual meaning, but i dont see it that way.

    i think its about a guy chasing a girl, and shes really hard to get, or very picky about her guys, but hes managed to catch her attention.

    MuffinPirateon October 13, 2008   Link
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    I think it's about how tough being famous is, like there trying to get everywhere. but they wont be able to get anything because of her securities

    esmemackinson April 06, 2010   Link

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