SHAKE IT OFF

Music & Lyrics by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox
Released Jul 12, 2005; Single from the album The Emancipation of Mimi


Oh ooh...

Everybody just, everybody just passed passed
Everybody just, everybody just passed passed

I gotta shake it off
Cause the loving ain't the same
And you keep on playing games
Like you know I'm here to stay
I gotta shake shake it off
Just like the Calgon commercial
I really gotta get up outta here
And go somewhere
I gotta shake it off
Gotta make that move
Find somebody who
Appreciates all the love I give
Boy I gotta shake shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me
Baby and that means I gotta
Shake you off

By the time you get this message
It's gonna be too late
So don't bother paging me
Cause I'll be on my way
See I grabbed all my diamonds and clothes
Just ask your momma she knows
You're gonna miss me baby
Hate to say "I told you so"
Well at first I didn't know
But now it's clear to me
You would cheat with all your freaks
And lie compulsively
So I packed up my Louis Vuitton
Jumped in your ride and took off
You'll never ever find a girl
Who loves you more than me

I gotta shake it off
Cause the loving ain't the same
And you keep on playing games
Like you know I'm here to stay
I gotta shake shake it off
Just like the Calgon commercial
I really gotta get up outta here
And go somewhere
I gotta shake it off
Gotta make that move
Find somebody who
Appreciates all the love I give
Boy I gotta shake shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me
Baby and that means I gotta
Shake you off

I gotta shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off (Gotta shake it off)
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off (ooh)
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off

I found out about a gang
Of your dirty little deeds
With this one and that one
By the pool, on the beach, in the streets
Heard y'all was
Hold up my phone's breakin' up
I'ma hang up and call the machine right back
I gotta get this off of my mind
You wasn't worth my time
So I've leaving you behind, yeah
Cause I need a real love in my life
Save this recording because
I'm never coming back home
Baby I'm gone
Don't you know

I gotta shake it off
Cause the loving ain't the same
And you keep on playing games
Like you know I'm here to stay
I gotta shake shake it off
Just like the Calgon commercial
I really gotta get up outta here
And go somewhere
I gotta shake it off (I...)
Gotta make that move (Gotta make that move)
Find somebody who
Appreciated all the love I give
Boy I gotta shake shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me
Baby and that means I gotta
Shake you off

I gotta shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off (ooh yeah)
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off (Gotta shake it off)
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off

I just gotta shake you off
Cause the loving ain't the same
And you keep on playing games (No no no no)
Like you know I'm here to stay (Now I gotta)
I gotta shake shake it off
Just like the Calgon commercial
I really gotta get up outta here
And go somewhere
I gotta shake it off (I really gotta go somewhere)
Gotta make that move
Find somebody who
Appreciated all the love I give
Boy I gotta shake shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me
Baby and that means I gotta
Shake you off (Shake you off)
I gotta shake it off
I gotta shake shate it off


Produced by Jermaine Dupri for So So Def Productions, Inc. and Mariah Carey for Maroon Entertainment, Inc.
Co-produced by Brian Michael Cox for BlackBaby, Inc.
Background Vocals: Mariah Carey, Johnta Austin.
Engineers: Brian Garten, John Horesco IV.
Assistant Engineer: Rufus Morgen.
Recorded at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta, GA and HoneyWest Studios, NYC.
Mixed by Phil Tan and Jermaine Dupri at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta, GA and
Phil Tan at Right Track Studios, NYC.
Mastered by Herb Powers at The Hit Factory, NYC.

(c) 2005 RYE Songs administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) / Shaniah Cymone Music / EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Baby Boy's Little Publishing Co. / Noontime South / WBM (SESAC) / Naked Under My Clothes / Chrysalis Music (ASCAP).