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Knock You Down Lyrics

Heh aha.. not again..
Ohh.. this ain’t supposed to happen to me..

[Kanye West]
Keep rockin, and keep knockin
Whether you Louie Vouitonn it up or Reebokin
You see the hate, that they’re servin on a platter
So what we gon’ have - dessert or disaster?

[Keri Hilson]
I never thought I’d.. be in love like this
When I look at you my mind goes on a trip
Then you came in.. and knocked me on my face
Feels like in I’m a race
but I already won first place

I never thought I’d fall for you as hard as I did
(as hard as I did, yeah)
You got me thinkin bout our life our house and kids (yeah)
Every mornin I look at you and smile
cause boy you came around and you knocked me down.. knocked me down

[Chorus]
Sometimes love comes around
(love comes around love comes around)
and it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
(knocks you down)
Sometimes love comes around
(love comes around)
and it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
(knocks you down)

[Ne-Yo]
I never thought Id
hear myself say (ooh)
Ya’ll gon head
I think I’m gonna kick it wit my girl today (kick it wit my girl today)
I used to be commander and chief
of my pimp ship flyin high (flyin high)
til i met this pretty little missile that shot me out the sky (ohhh shot me out the sky)

Hey, now Im crashing, don’t know how it happened
But I know it feels so damn good
Said if I could back, and make it happen faster
Don’t you know I would baby if I could
Miss independent (ohh, to the fullest), the load never too much
she helpin me pull it
she shot the bullet that ended that life
I swear to u the pimp in me just died tonight,
girl sometimes love

[Keri Hilson]

[Chorus]
Sometimes love comes around
(love comes around)
and it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
(knocks you down)
Sometimes love comes around
(love comes around)
and it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
(knocks you down)

[Kanye West]
Tell me now can you make it past your caspers
So we can finally fly off into NASA
you was always the cheerleader of my dreams that
seem to only date the head of football teams
and I was the class clown that, always kept you laughin
We, were never meant to be baby we just happen
so please, don’t mess up the trick.. hey young world I’m the new slick rick
they say I move too quick, but we can't let the moment pass us
Let the hourglass pass right into ashes
let the wind blow the ash right before my glasses
So I wrote this love letter right before my classes
How could a goddess ask, someone that’s only average
For advice
OMG, you listen to that bitch?
Whoa it’s me
Baby this is tragic
Cause we had it, we was magic


I was flyin, now I’m crashin
this is bad, real bad, michael jackson
now I’m mad, real mad, joe jackson
you should leave your boyfriend now, Imma ask him

[Keri Hilson]
Say u gotta put the good with the bad, happy and the sad
So will u bring a better future than I had in the past
oh Cause, I don’t wanna make the same mistakes I did
I don’t wanna fall back on my face again
Whoaa, whoaaa
I’ll admit it, I was scared to answer love's call
Whoaa, whoaaa
and if it hits better make it worth the fall

(When it comes around)

[Chorus]
Sometimes love comes around
(love comes around)
and it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
(knocks you down)
Sometimes love comes around
(love comes around)
and it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
(knocks you down)

Won’t see it coming when it happens (hey)
but when it happens you’re gonna feel it, let me tell you now
you see when love knocks you down

Won’t see it coming when it happens
but when it happens you’re gonna feel it, let me tell you now
you see when love knocks you down
yeah
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Submitted by
djmxbi On Mar 27, 2009
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Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

like what everyone else already said, this song is talking about love and how it just happens you cant control it, as kanye said: ' we just happen'. such a beautiful thing. i think its saying how love changes the way you think and can change things in your life.

now i especiallly love kanyes verse "tell me when you make it past your caspers (aka your ghosts, fears), so we can fly off to NASA" and he continues on saying she was his dream cheerleader and he was the class clown, it wasnt meant to be it just happened, as in no one wouldve predicted them two together but it just happened that way... "how could a goddess ask someone thats only average for advice?" love changes how you think, as well as how you class people. a princess can fall for a nerd

such a prettttyyy song :) ....*

Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

this is bad real bad michael jackson ...

he is saying this bad how he's crashing because she's choosing this new guy who has knocked her down ... and michael jackson had an album called "Bad"

now im mad real mad joe jackson ...

he's very upset now .. joe jackson was known to have a horrible temper and beat his kids.

thanks!

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I too was confused by this - Especially because MJ's death was right around the time this song was becoming popular... I was assuming it had to have been written long before and that it was referring to something else.

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Yes... my lyrics submission got accepted...:D

I Love This Song... it's definitely true... You Can't Help but love The person you're with when it happens... even if you weren't looking for a girlfriend/boyfriend

Memory
Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

Ha, this is easy, it's talking about how when you fall in love u just feel... yeh :) and hows u cant help who u fall in love with and u cant stop it or end that feeling.

i agree becausev i am going thru something like this song and i cant stop the feeling that i am in love with a guy younger then me!!!

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Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

I love this song!!! When i heard it in the radio i fallin in love with it rite from the start. i also love it because my boyfriend dedicated this song to me!!!:)!!!<3!!!But what i get stuck on is when keri says:

                "feels like i am in a race 
                    but i alreday won first place"??

can anyone tell me the meaning of this verse plz!

Memory

She's in a relationship with Kanye, But he's sort of the arrogant type that her friends don't approve of. But she knows him on a deeper level, & knows he's perfect for her.

But then she meets Neyo, Also perfect. But more the type she'd be expected to be seen with.

So she's saying she feels like she's competing for first place(Neyo) But she feels she already has a first place spot in Kanye.

I hope that makes sense.

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i'm first to comment this? whoaaa...haha.

this song is pretty good =]]

Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

"you was always the cheerleader of my dreams that seem to only date the head of football teams and I was the class clown that, always kept you laughin"

i really love that line by kanye west. i think this song is about a person who"s in love and in a relationship while in her relationship she fall in love with a another and cant seem to choose betwenn the two

Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

this song describes my life completely kanye west is my ex boyfriend; who me and him just fell apart after awhile and neyo is my new boyfriend who used to be a major flirt until he met me but my ex still tells me how us ending shouldnt have ever happened

"you was always the cheerleader of my dreams that seem to only date the head of football teams and I was the class clown that, always kept you laughin We, were never meant to be baby we just happen so please, don't mess up the trick.. "

its just hard to choose between the two honestly

Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

love this. simple message: you'll know when your love in love, and it happens when you least expect it.

so true!! :)

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Cover art for Knock You Down lyrics by Keri Hilson

This song is simply amazing!!!! All three of them are amazing artist

If i was her i would so pick Kanye lol

ah lolo. shame kgane do u want kanye

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