OFFICIAL LYRICS
Lift Off feat. Beyoncé
(Beyoncé)
We gon take it to the moon
Take it to the stars
How many people you know can take it this far?
I’m super charged
Bout to take this whole thing to Mars
Now we gon take it to the moon
Take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through to make it this far
So many scars
I’m bout to take this whole thing to Mars
(Kanye West)
Lift off
Lift off
Taking my coat off
Showin’ my tattoos
I’m such a show off
I feel the pain and then roll off
I got the whole city, they about to go off
How many ni**as with me up in this b**ch?
How many people wanna roll with me now?
Like you know na na na, you know me by now
Know me, know me by now
(Beyoncé)
We gon take it to the moon
Take it to the stars
How many people you know can take it this far?
I’m super charged
Bout to take this whole thing to Mars
Now we gon take it to the moon
Take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through to make it this far
So many scars
I’m bout to take this whole thing to Mars
(Kanye West)
Lift off
Like you know na na na, you know me by now
Know me, know me by now, you know me know me by now
Know me, know me by now...
(Jay-Z)
Lift off
Rappers hear watch the throne
They gon be pissed off
Earth is boring to em
Sh*t is making my d**k soft
When you Earnhart as me eventually you hit a big wall
5-4-3-2 we need fuel
Lift off
(Beyoncé)
We gon’ take it to the moon
Take it to the stars
How many people you know can take it this far?
I’m super charged
Bout to take this whole thing to Mars
Now we gon take it to the moon
Take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through to make it this far
So many scars
I’m bout to take this whole thing to Mars
(Countdown)
20 seconds and counting...
T minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal
12, 11, 10, 9, ignition sequence start
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, all engines running
Lift off, we have a lift off
Lift off (repeating til end)
(K. West, S. Carter, J. Bhasker, M. Dean, P. Williams, B. Mars, S. Samuel)
(BMI/ASCAP)
Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop since 1978, Jeff Bhasker, and Mike Dean for Dean’s List Productions.
Co-Produced by Q-Tip and Pharrell.
Additional Produc*tion by Don Jazzy.
Orchestral engineering: Pawel Sek.
Recorded by Noah Goldstein at Barford Estate, Sydney, AU.
Additional programming by LMFAO, Anthony Kilhoffer and Hit-Boy for Very Good Beats.
Mixed by Noah Goldstein, Mike Dean, LMFAO and Anthony Kilhoffer at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York.
Additional vocals: Seal, Mr Hudson, Don Jazzy, Bankulli and Ricardo Lewis.
Beyoncé appears courtesy of Parkwood/Columbia Records. Seal appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records.