Usher

Trading Places

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Trading Places Lyrics

Hey, I know what you used to
We gonna do something different tonight

Ohh-uuu
ohhh
ohhhh-uuu

Now we gonna do this thing a little different tonight
You gonna come over and pick me up in your ride
You gonna Knock, then you gonna wait, Oooo you gonna take me on a date
You gonna open my door, then ima reach over and open yours
Gonna pay for dinner, Take me to see a movie
And whisper in my ear, how bad you really wanna do me
Girl now take me home and get up in my benz
Pour me up a shot, and force me to the bed

Im always on the top, tonight im on the bottom
Cause we Trading Places
And I cant take no more tell me you aint stoppin
Cause we trading places
Now put it on me baby till i say Oooo Weee
And tell me to shut up before the neighbors here me
This is how it feels when you do it like me
We trading places
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it,
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it,
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it,
We're trading places

I'll be wakin you up, to a cup of folgers,
Pancakes and eggs, I owe you breakfast in bed, oh baby
And your orange juice sitting on the coaster
Toast on the side baby strawberry and grape jelly
You finished let me get that drink,
Pull the curtain from the window
Time to get up baby let me make this bed up
Today we going shopping blow 30 on me
Make it 60, spend it like you really love me
Skip dinner and we gonna rent a movie
You order chinese food right before you do me
You coming on strong baby let me wash me hands
She said hurry up then get your ass to bed

You get on top, tonight im on the bottom
Cause we Trading Places
And i cant take no more tell me you aint stopin
Cause we trading places
Now put it on me baby till i say Oooo Weee
And tell me to shut up before the neighbors here me
This is how it feels when you do it like me
We trading places
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it,
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it,
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it,
We're trading places

(yeah) Wash the car
(yeah) I’m gonna walk the dog
(yeah) Take out the trash
(yeah) With nothing but your t-shirt on
(yeah) I'm gonna press your shirt
(yeah) I'm gonna wrinkle mines up
(yeah) In the kitchen girl we crazy we don’t give a f**k
Where you want me?
ohhh ohhh
Ohh ohhh
uuuu babyyy
Give it to me babyyy
ohhhh ohhhhh
ohhhh ohhhhhhh
ooo-uuuu babyy
Babyyy yeaaa
oooo-uuu
ohhhhhhh
ohhhhhh
ohhhhhhh
uuuuu-uuuu

You get on top, tonight im on the bottom
Cause we Trading Places
And I cant take no more tell me you aint stopin
Cause we trading places
Now we gon do this thing a lil different tonight
Trading places

Stay tuned for part 2
You been me I been u
But we gonna switch this thing back
Ima put it on your ass

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iconartist On May 28, 2008

Yeah!

Burn

U Got It Bad

My Boo (feat. Alicia Keys)

Confessions Part II

Hey, I know what you used to
We gonna do something different tonight

Ohh-uuu
ohhh
ohhhh-uuu

Now we gonna do this thing a little different tonight
You gonna come over and pick me up in your ride
You gonna Knock, then you gonna wait, Oooo you gonna take me on a date
You gonna open my door, then ima reach over and open yours
Gonna pay for dinner, Take me to see a movie 
And whisper in my ear, how bad you really wanna do me
Girl now take me home and get up in my benz
Pour me up a shot, and force me to the bed

Im always on the top, tonight im on the bottom
Cause we Trading Places
And I cant take no more tell me you aint stoppin
Cause we trading places
Now put it on me baby till i say Oooo Weee
And tell me to shut up before the neighbors here me
This is how it feels when you do it like me 
We trading places
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it, 
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it, 
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it, 
We're trading places

I'll be wakin you up, to a cup of folgers, 
Pancakes and eggs, I owe you breakfast in bed, oh baby
And your orange juice sitting on the coaster
Toast on the side baby strawberry and grape jelly
You finished let me get that drink,
Pull the curtain from the window
Time to get up baby let me make this bed up
Today we going shopping blow 30 on me
Make it 60, spend it like you really love me
Skip dinner and we gonna rent a movie
You order chinese food right before you do me
You coming on strong baby let me wash me hands
She said hurry up then get your ass to bed

You get on top, tonight im on the bottom
Cause we Trading Places
And i cant take no more tell me you aint stopin
Cause we trading places
Now put it on me baby till i say Oooo Weee
And tell me to shut up before the neighbors here me
This is how it feels when you do it like me 
We trading places
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it, 
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it, 
Gonna get it, get it get it, get it get it, 
We're trading places

Stay tuned for part 2
You been me I been u
But we gonna switch this thing back
Ima put it on your ass

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2008-05-28 14:46:53

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by barefoot

17y ago

Does he really sing that last verse? Never noticed it before. LOL

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by BashTheFash

17y ago

This song is a joke. Usher likes to consider himself the more sensitive hip hop artist. Just more sexist bullshit, only this time mocking the opposite gender.

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by taylorbaby

17y ago

i swear, usher will N E V E R get old! every song he comes out with is hott.

but i think at the end, if you realllly listen to it it says " stay tuned for part two you've been me and i've been you and we gonna switch this thing back imma put it on your pussy"

but it fades out

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by HalfJack483

17y ago

Gahh....this is absolutely the gayiest song ever written.

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by nickbeam

16y ago

Umm...yeah he did. Call me gay (as my blond gf with double ds sleeps next to me) but am I crazy to think this song is about Usher getting it in the ass from a chick either by way of her hand or a dyldo? I mean...tonight you're the top, I'm the bottom? You been me I been you so now Ima put it in your ass?

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by 6DADADA

14y ago

I don't find this song to be about Usher getting it in the ass from a girl. Basically he's switching roles with the girl (not penetration-wise). She'll do the stuff he normally does before sex and act the way he does during sex. Instead of being on the top like he normally is (apparently) she is going to be on top and he'll be on the bottom. Hence - Trading Places. Just listen to the song while having sex and you'll be perfectly fine.

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