
Come Down Lyrics
[Intro]
When you see Jerusalem
How your heart will sing
They are with a blessing only God can bring
Y'all niggas got me hot, yuh
Uh, niggas, tell me how, yuh, yuh, say
[Verse 1]
Hey! Well, that's exactly what a nigga came for
Huh, you throwin' shots from afar
I'ma meet you at your front door
Uh, so hard to be doin' what you're really meant for, beauty
Huh, but don't I make it look easy?
Don't I make it look good?
[Chorus]
Hey, now you drank up all my liquor, come on
What I'm 'posed to do now?
And you talkin' all that shit, now come on
You gon' have to back it up, hey
If I get too high now, sugar, come on
I might never come down
You might not ever come down
Naw, let me get down
You might not ever come down
Naw-naw-naw, let me get down
You might not ever come down
Let me get down!
You might never ever come down
It took too long to get this high off the ground
Don't run, just stay awhile
[Verse 2]
C'mon, uh
Can't beat it, can't beat it, can't beat it
Can't beat it with a big bat, though
Can't see her with these pitch black Gucci frames on
Let me take these bitches off
Let me get the full scope, hold up
Huh, full screen, HD, let me take another picture
Let me pull it to the pre-show
Whoa, cool beans, cool beans
That's a whole lot of reefer
Let me help you with the pre-roll
[Chorus]
You drank up all my liquor, come on
What I'm 'posed to do now?
And you talkin' all that shit, now come on
You gon' have to back it up
If I get too high now, sugar, come on
I might never come down
You might not ever come down
Naw-naw-naw, let me get down
You might not ever come down
Now let me get down
You might not never come down
Naw, let me get down!
You might never ever come down
It took too long to get this high off the ground
Don't run, just stay awhile
You might never ever come down
It took too long to get this high off the ground
Don't run, just stay awhile
[Skit]
Before Vietnam, when boards were long and hair were short, the center of the surfing world was a place called Malibu
About
“Come Down” is the fourth single from Anderson .Paak’s sophomore LP Malibu. The song was produced by Hi-Tek, and is notable for its groovy bass line and chant vocals. The official remix features a guest verse from T.I.
The song was featured in a Nike commercial for Kevin Durant’s new signature shoe, the Zoom KD9. As well as the Madden 17 main-menu tracklist.
Producer Hi-Tek talked about how the song came together:
That beat—well, the bassline—I recorded that idea during the second Reflection Eternal album. I kept going back to it every so often, but I could never find the right drum pattern for it. One day, in 2015, I finally figured it out. I was chopping these drums up and it just clicked in my head, so I went back to that bassline. It was maybe 100 BPMs at the time, so I slowed it down—the Anderson .Paak joint is 98 BPMs, so I didn’t have to slow it down too much—but I slowed it down and added it to the drum track.
Anderson had DM’d me on Twitter and said, ‘Wassup, I’m trying to get some stuff from you. I’m wrapping my album up. I wanna see what you got.’ So I asked him what he was looking for and he said, ‘I want a ‘Devil’s Pie’-type joint.’ I was like, ‘Yo, God works in mysterious ways. I got it already!’ I had just worked on the track like three weeks before he hit me up.
I sent him the track. He hit me right back asking for a couple more. Usually, when artists do that, it means they don’t like what you sent them [laughs]. A month later, he hit me out of the blue and was like, ‘I’m working on your joint tonight.’ Then he hit me back a few days later and sent me the finished vocals, and I was like, ‘Wow, this shit’s outta here!’ I asked him, ‘Anything else you hearing on the track?’ He was like, ‘Think you can add some guitar?’ That’s where you hear more of the rock-type guitar when his verse starts, that was his idea. I had my man Cameron Brown—great guitarist, a young cat from Cincinnati—he played those guitar parts.
The way he attacked it reminds me of, like, James Brown. I salute Anderson, man. He gave me a chance to reinvent that Hi-Tek sound. That’s what people like from me.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 1.The Bird
- 3.The Waters
- 5.Put Me Thru
- 6.Am I Wrong
- 7.Without You
- 8.Parking Lot
- 9.Lite Weight
- 10.Room in Here
- 12.Your Prime
- 13.Come Down
- 14.Silicon Valley
- 15.Celebrate
- 16.The Dreamer