Huncho, Quavo
Yo, yo
[Verse 1: Liam Payne]
You know I've been takin' some time
And I've been keepin' to myself (Self)
I had my eyes up on the prize
Ain't watchin' anybody else
But your love, it hit me hard, girl
Yeah, you're bad for my health
I love the cards that I've been dealt
Do you feel the same as well?
[Pre-Chorus: Liam Payne & Quavo]
You know I used to be in 1D (Now I'm out, free)
People want me for one thing (That's not me)
I'm not changin' the way that I (Used to be)
I just wanna have fun and (Get rowdy)
One Coke and Bacardi (Sippin' lightly)
When I walk inside the party (Girls on me)
F1 type Ferrari (Six gear speed)
Girl, I love it when your body (Grinds on me, baby)
Oh, yeah, oh
[Chorus: Liam Payne & Quavo]
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me, baby
Now there's a lot of people in the crowd
But only you can dance with me
So put your hands on my body
And swing that round for me, baby (Swing)
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, strip that down, girl
Love when you hit the ground, girl (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, strip that down, girl
Love when you hit the ground
[Verse 2: Liam Payne]
You know that since the day I met you
Yeah, you swept me off my feet
You know that I don't need no money
When your love is beside me
Yeah, you opened up my heart
And then you threw away the key
Girl, now it's just you and me
And you don't care 'bout where I've been
[Pre-Chorus: Liam Payne & Quavo]
You know I used to be in 1D (Now I'm out, free, free)
People want me for one thing (That's not me)
I'm not changin' the way that I (Used to be)
I just wanna have fun and (Get rowdy, ooh)
One Coke and Bacardi (Sippin' lightly)
When I walk inside the party (Girls on me)
F1 type Ferrari (Six gear speed)
Girl, I love it when your body (Grinds on me, baby)
Ooh
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me, baby
Now there's a lot of people in the crowd
But only you can dance with me
So put your hands on my body
And swing that round for me, baby (Yeah)
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Post-Chorus: Ed Sheeran, Liam Payne & Quavo]
Oh, strip that down, girl (Ayy)
Love when you hit the ground, girl (Strip it down, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, strip that down, girl (Oh, ho, ho, ho)
Love when you hit the ground (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, strip that down, girl (Yeah)
Love when you hit the ground, girl (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, strip that down, girl (Ooh, oh)
Love when you hit the ground (Quavo)
[Verse 3: Quavo]
She gon' strip it down for a thug, yeah (Strip it down)
Word around town she got the buzz, yeah (Word)
Five shots in, she in love now (Shots)
I promise, when we pull up, shut the club down (Woo, hey)
I took her from her man, don't nobody know (Know)
If you popped the seal, better drive slow (Slow)
She know how to make me feel with my eyes closed (Skrrt-skrrt)
Anything goes down with the Huncho (Huncho)
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me, baby
Now there's a lot of people in the crowd
But only you can dance with me
So put your hands on my body
And swing that round for me, baby
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Outro: Liam Payne & Quavo]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on, strip that down for me (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ayy)
Don't say nothing, girl
Strip that down for me (Strip it down, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
All I want, girl
If you strip that down for me (Strip it down, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You're the one, girl
Come on, strip that down for me (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
About
Singer-songwriter Liam Payne has been in the studio since the beginning of 2017 working on his solo music. He posted pictures of him on his social media while being in the studio.
At the beginning of May 2017, Hip-hop rapper Quavo from the Hip-Hop group Migos first teased the collaboration. He announced the collaboration during in an interview with Tim Westwood saying, “I just came from a video today. My boy Liam from One Direction. We just shot that. Crazy vid. Crazy visuals. Crazy team. Cool guy, nice guy. It’s goin’ up. I wasn’t even supposed to say that. It’s gonna be a surprise though. Surprise!"
On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, Liam posted on his social media a snippet of “Strip That Down” with beats of the song playing. With the caption of the “Eyes” emoji. A day later, on Thursday, May 11, 2017, Liam revealed the title of the song and rapper Quavo from the Hip-Hop group Migos will be featured on the track. The snippet of the song was Quavo singing his part of the lyrics, “Get down girl, love when you hit the ground, girl”.
Strip That Down is co-written by British singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran who has worked with One Direction in the past as well. It was confirmed by Liam in an interview.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Going from being in a soft-pop-rock band, and also the weight of the One Direction success on top of you – and working with a new team and label – it was difficult to know if people were alright with me moving into the hip-hop lane. [“Strip That Down”] let me let loose a little bit, and push the boundaries as much as I could."
I was in a gym in L.A., and I got a call that said ‘You have to get to London now’. And we had literally just gotten to L.A., so we U-turned straight back to London — which of course you do for Mr. Ed Sheeran, because I’d do anything for the man. We went in, sat around and discussed a bunch of things about life, and [the song] basically just came together.
Quavo is the man! He turned the rap around in like 24 hours … It’s taken them a long time to get to the point where the Migos are now, with ’T-Shirt’ and ‘Bad and Boujee.’ I feel like they’re very well-structured men to take on this task, because if you accelerate too quickly into what fame is, it’ll mess with your head. They’ve had a lovely rise, and they can carry on doing this for many years.
- 1.Stack It Up
- 2.Remember
- 6.Say It All
- 7.Rude Hours
- 8.Live Forever
- 9.Weekend
- 10.Both Ways
- 11.Strip That Down
- 12.For You
- 13.Familiar
- 14.Polaroid
- 15.Get Low
- 16.Bedroom Floor
- 17.Hurting Me
- 18.Before It Ends
- 19.Down
- 20.Trouble
- 21.Nobody Else
