I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)
I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)

Typical
Hardly the type I fall for
I like when the physical
Don't leave me asking for more
I'm a sexy mama (mama)
Who knows just how to get what I want and (want and)
What I want to do is spring this on you (on you)
Back up all of the things that I told you (told you)

You been saying all the right things all night long
But I can't seem to get you over here to help take this off
Baby, can't you see
How these clothes are fitting on me
And the heat coming from this beat?
I'm about to blow
I don't think you know

I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)
I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)

You say you're a big boy
But I can't agree
'Cause the love you said you had
Ain't been put on me
I wonder
If I'm just too much for you
Wonder
If my kiss don't make you just
Wonder
What I got next for you
What you want to do? (do)

Take a chance to recognize that this could be yours
I can see, just like most guys that your game don't please
Baby, can't you see
How these clothes are fitting on me
And the heat coming from this beat?
I'm about to blow
I don't think you know

I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)
I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)

Come on, baby, loosen up my buttons, babe
Loosen up my buttons, babe
Baby, won't you loosen up my buttons, babe?
Loosen up my buttons, babe

Come on, baby, loosen up my buttons, babe
Loosen up my buttons, babe
Baby, won't you loosen up my buttons, babe?
Loosen up my buttons, babe

I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)
I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)

I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)
I'm telling you loosen up my buttons, baby (uh huh)
But you keep fronting (uh)
Saying what you going to do to me (uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothing (uh)


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Buttons Lyrics as written by Garrett Hamler Jason Lamont Perry

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  • +3
    General Comment

    lol the snoop version is heaps good ay. who cares if all their songs are about physical relationships, they're fun to dance to. and they are hot girls.

    hayles89on August 16, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This song = objectification, end of story.

    The woman having the 'upper hand' doesn't make it any less degrading. Women are marketed as sex objects in far too many aspects of society, and now we've got PCD thrown into the formula making everything a hundred times worse.

    MEDIA: Women are only good for sex! PUSSYCAT DOLLS: YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT WE ARE!

    They make me want to vomit and then go and get myself tested for sexually transmitted diseases.

    guitaresson April 19, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    sercute4e i sooo agree with u! u're complitely right!

    and u're right about noone saying nothing about those Nelly and P-diddy and other rappers sex songs which are patetic...

    pussycat dolls are good looking, talented both vocaly and dancing , selfconfident girls.. and every girl should try to be selfconfident !

    mikicaon May 27, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Kinda doesn't make sense asking what RnB songs mean to some one unless your gonna twist the words and make it into something else, they can only be about one thing and that is what the lyrics say. Hmmm, this song is obviously about: She wants to get (Bleeped) good and proper. But the guy is all talk. Really cool music saves this song from obscurity. Best on album? Oh yeah. they sound like the monsters from Pitch Black (y'know Vin Diesel) when they say: Baby, can't you see? How these clothes are fitting on me And the heat coming from this beat. So funny! Thre are some mistakes in the lyrics, worst one: Hardly the type I fall for I'm liking the physical Don't leave me asking for more

    I like WHEN the physical Don't leave me asking for more.

    HoseaFidelon January 07, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I really like this song lol i think its lyk cool as anyway its the next song coming out from the pussycat dolls

    teddabear625on April 16, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    dont have anything nice to say....dont say it at all. Oh yeah, they've never played this song on the radio where I live. 'Beep' is a big deal here tho. Cool song tho. I luv it! I have PCD's CD. No use wasting money on singles. I want to hear the whole album, motherfucker...

    loop-to-loopon May 10, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    what the hell are you doing saying something about this song? I thought u hated pop music? Oh yeah, and I live in illinois. It's not a shit hole. It's actually the best place in the US that u can live but that doesn't particularly mean that I like living here. OH YEAH AND I DONT BELIEVE IN JESUS! OR GOD!!!! and lastly, I'm fifteen, hun.

    loop-to-loopon May 12, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    can't stop listening to this song! :) i like how they say like "heat" and "beat" it's funny tehehe...so easily entertained (sigh)

    jynx1233on May 14, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    lol at ButNeverOutgunned and loop-to-loop

    alexmagubon May 15, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    BNOG, I think u have a crush on me...why else would u be replying to everything I say? and why else would I? CHEMISTRY! This is your way of flirting with me, I know. You can say it. And, you are a guy right?

    loop-to-loopon May 15, 2006   Link

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