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GRANT.

After Dark — the debut album

GRANT. is a contemporary R&B recording artist whose debut album, After Dark, is a late-night record about wanting someone you should leave alone. Seven songs. No skits. The project is released on Grant Music Group.

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After Dark

The debut album from GRANT.

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Whatever It Is

Lead single from After Dark.

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Big D Energy

From the album After Dark.

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Whatever It IsRead
[Intro]
Ooh, yeah
Mmm, I know better
I just don't do better
(Yeah)

[Verse 1]
Late night, phone on silent
You pull up like you never left
I told myself I was finished
Then you walk in wearing that dress
I know all your habits
I know when that story ain't true
Still I let you park it
Right outside the bedroom

[Pre-Chorus]
I done talked to God about you
Talked to my boys about you
Everybody say leave you alone
Then you call and I lose my mind

[Chorus]
It's whatever it is
Got me coming back like this
I ain't proud of it
But I can't quit
It's whatever it is
How you ruin me with a kiss
I should be over it
But I'm still in it
Whatever it is
You got that
Whatever it is
Don't stop

[Verse 2]
You with him on a Tuesday
In my sheets by one
We don't even do the questions
We just let the morning come
I ain't saying I'm a saint, baby
I just know how this ends
You say "this the last time"
Then you say it again

[Pre-Chorus]
I done talked to God about you
Talked to my boys about you
Everybody say leave you alone
Then you call and I lose my mind

[Chorus]
It's whatever it is
Got me coming back like this
I ain't proud of it
But I can't quit
It's whatever it is
How you ruin me with a kiss
I should be over it
But I'm still in it
Whatever it is
You got that
Whatever it is
Don't stop

[Bridge]
It ain't love like they sing about
It ain't clean, it ain't fair
It's the way you look when the lights go down
And I forget I should care
If I had one real good reason
I'd walk out that door
But you got that thing I can't name
And I keep choosing more

[Final Chorus]
It's whatever it is
Got me coming back like this
I ain't proud of it
(No I ain't)
But I can't quit
It's whatever it is
How you ruin me with a kiss
I should be over it
But I'm still in it
Whatever it is
You got that
(You got that)
Whatever it is
Don't stop

[Outro]
Ooh, whatever it is
Mmm, you got that
I know better
I just don't do better
(Don't stop)
Take Your TimeRead
[Intro]
Yeah
Lights low, don't talk too much
Just... take your time
(Mmm)

[Verse 1]
I been waiting all day for this
Watch you take that dress down slow
You already know what I came here for
So lock that door and let it go
Put your hands where you want 'em
I ain't in no rush tonight
If we gonna do what we came to do
Baby do it right

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't say you miss me
Show me
Don't tell me you need it
Come here
I want every minute
Off your body
Till the morning disappear

[Chorus]
Take your time
Don't you rush it, baby
Take your time
I want all of that
Take your time
Let me love on you slow
Take your time
We ain't leaving this bed
Take your time
(Take your time)
Take your time
(Don't stop)

[Verse 2]
Got that look when you bite your lip
That's the one that get me gone
I can feel you shaking when I pull you close
That's the part I been waiting on
Talk to me if you want to
Or just let that moan do the talking
I ain't counting the hours
We can stay till the sun start walking

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't say you miss me
Show me
Don't tell me you need it
Come here
I want every minute
Off your body
Till the morning disappear

[Chorus]
Take your time
Don't you rush it, baby
Take your time
I want all of that
Take your time
Let me love on you slow
Take your time
We ain't leaving this bed
Take your time
(Take your time)
Take your time
(Don't stop)

[Bridge]
I want it in the dark
Then I want it with the lights on
I want you on top
Then I want you when the strength gone
If your legs get weak
That's alright, I got you
We can start back over
Soon as you tell me to

[Final Chorus]
Take your time
Don't you rush it, baby
Take your time
I want all of that
Take your time
Let me love on you slow
Take your time
We ain't leaving this bed
Take your time
(Go 'head)
Take your time
(That's it)
Take your time
We got all night
Take your time
Don't stop

[Outro]
Mmm, take your time
Yeah
Leave that phone on the dresser
We ain't done
(Take your time)
Don't Act SurprisedRead
[Intro]
Yeah
Don't look at me like that
You already knew
(Uh)

[Verse 1]
I pulled up in the late night
You already had a bag packed
You said "we can't keep doing this"
Then you climbed up in my passenger
I ain't promise you no future
I ain't even promise you tomorrow
I just tell you how I feel it
And you keep on letting me borrow

[Pre-Chorus]
You got a man
I got a life
We still making bad decisions
Don't start with that "what we doing"
You been knowing my position

[Chorus]
Don't act surprised
Baby you knew
Don't act surprised
What a grown man do
Don't act surprised
When I call you late
Don't act surprised
You still on the way
Don't act surprised
(Don't act)
Don't act surprised
(You knew)

[Verse 2]
I ain't hiding in no shadows
I just don't do extra talking
If she with me she chose to be
That ain't on me, that's her calling
I can be your best mistake
I can be that after-twelve
I can make you forget his name
Then I send you back to yourself

[Pre-Chorus]
You got a man
I got a life
We still making bad decisions
Don't start with that "what we doing"
You been knowing my position

[Chorus]
Don't act surprised
Baby you knew
Don't act surprised
What a grown man do
Don't act surprised
When I call you late
Don't act surprised
You still on the way
Don't act surprised
(Don't act)
Don't act surprised
(You knew)

[Bridge]
I ain't no boy with a crush
I ain't no saint with a speech
I'm that late-night pull-up
You sworn you wouldn't see
If you wanted safe and easy
You would stay right where you is
But you like that trouble on you
That's the reason you still here

[Final Chorus]
Don't act surprised
Baby you knew
Don't act surprised
What a grown man do
Don't act surprised
When I call you late
Don't act surprised
You still on the way
Don't act surprised
You like how I do it
Don't act surprised
I ain't changing for you
Don't act surprised
(Don't act)
Don't act surprised
(You knew)

[Outro]
Yeah
Don't act surprised
You knew what it was
Mmm
Same time tomorrow
If you coming, come
(Don't act surprised)
You ChoseRead
[Intro]
Yeah
You can keep that story
I know why you here
(Mmm)

[Verse 1]
He at home thinking you running errands
You outside my door with that look again
You said last time was the last time
Now you trembling soon as I lock us in
Don't tell me you missed the conversation
Don't tell me you don't know what this is
You left that man in the living room
To come get this work like you always did

[Pre-Chorus]
I ain't stealing you
You walking in
I ain't making you stay
That's your decision
If you felt so guilty
You would turn around
But your body already
Gave you away

[Chorus]
You chose
Don't put that on me
You chose
When you came back for it
You chose
He at home
You in my sheets
You chose
And you shaking on me
You chose
(You chose this)
You chose
(Say it)

[Verse 2]
I can feel it soon as I touch you
That little catch you get in your breath
You talking like we need to stop this
While you pulling me deeper than last time, yeah
I ain't asking you to leave him
I ain't asking you to make it right
I'm just telling you the real deal
You keep choosing this every night

[Pre-Chorus]
I ain't stealing you
You walking in
I ain't making you stay
That's your decision
If you felt so guilty
You would turn around
But your body already
Gave you away

[Chorus]
You chose
Don't put that on me
You chose
When you came back for it
You chose
He at home
You in my sheets
You chose
And you shaking on me
You chose
(You chose this)
You chose
(Say it)

[Bridge]
Put that phone on silent
Don't you check that text
If you thinking about him
Why you moaning like that
You can go if you want to
I won't even trip
But you biting that lip
So I know you ain't leaving yet

[Final Chorus]
You chose
Don't put that on me
You chose
When you came back for it
You chose
He at home
You in my sheets
You chose
And you shaking on me
You chose
This the real deal
You chose
You can feel that
You chose
(You chose this)
You chose
(Don't lie)

[Outro]
Yeah
Go home if you want
Or take your clothes back off
Either way
You chose
(You chose)
HandcuffsRead
[Intro]
Yeah
You want her tied down
But you ain't holding nothing up
(Uh)

[Verse 1]
You cuff her when the lights off
Can't cuff a single bill though
Want her quiet in the bedroom
Then you wonder why she on go
She out here making it make sense
You out here making it worse
Every time she need a grown man
You turn it to a verse

[Pre-Chorus]
She tired of the talking
Tired of the back and forth
You say you going get it right
Then you leave her on the floor
She doing school and the late night
Kids, the house, and the weight
You just want to win the argument
She just want a man that stay

[Chorus]
You got her in handcuffs
Ain't putting it down right
Need to get your bag up
She up working every night
Doing it all on her own
You just want to argue
You got her in handcuffs
That ain't how you love her

[Verse 2]
She come through shaking on me
Then she drive back to your name
Not because you putting it down
Because she used to the pain
You don't touch her like she need it
Don't provide like she deserve
Then you mad she getting distant
Boy you getting what you earned

[Pre-Chorus]
She tired of the talking
Tired of the back and forth
You say you going get it right
Then you leave her on the floor
She doing school and the late night
Kids, the house, and the weight
You just want to win the argument
She just want a man that stay

[Chorus]
You got her in handcuffs
Ain't putting it down right
Need to get your bag up
She up working every night
Doing it all on her own
You just want to argue
You got her in handcuffs
That ain't how you love her

[Bridge]
Want her locked to the headboard
Won't lock down a future
Want control of her body
Can't control your excuses
If you loved her for real
You would pick up the slack
But you rather put her in cuffs
Than put some money on her back

[Final Chorus]
You got her in handcuffs
Ain't putting it down right
Need to get your bag up
She up working every night
Doing it all on her own
You just want to argue
You got her in handcuffs
That ain't how you love her
Get your bag up
(Get it up)
Put it down right
(Do it right)
You got her in handcuffs
Let that woman breathe

[Outro]
Yeah
She don't need another speech
She need a man that move
Handcuffs
That's all you ever do
(Get your bag up)
Big D EnergyRead
[Intro]
Yeah
Don't ask me to ask
I already know
(Uh)

[Verse 1]
I don't talk it out for twenty minutes
I walk in and take the room
You ain't got to tell me what you needed
I can read it off your look
That last one left you doing everything
Wanted debate instead of work
I don't need a speech to be a man
I just handle it, it get done

[Pre-Chorus]
Lay back
I got this
You ain't running nothing tonight
I been watching how they fumbled you
I'm about to do it right

[Chorus]
Big D Energy
That's what you came for
Big D Energy
I take control
Big D Energy
Don't ask, I handle it
Big D Energy
Then I put it down
Big D Energy
(Big D)
Big D Energy
(That's me)

[Verse 2]
I can pick you up and put you where I want you
You ain't got to hold the weight
If your legs start trembling on me
That's the part I like to make
I don't argue just to feel important
I don't shrink to make you stay
You been starving for a grown man
I can see it in your face

[Pre-Chorus]
Lay back
I got this
You ain't running nothing tonight
I been watching how they fumbled you
I'm about to do it right

[Chorus]
Big D Energy
That's what you came for
Big D Energy
I take control
Big D Energy
Don't ask, I handle it
Big D Energy
Then I put it down
Big D Energy
(Big D)
Big D Energy
(That's me)

[Bridge]
Not the boy with the excuses
Not the one that make you lead
I'm the reason you get quiet
When I tell you what you need
Hands up, face down, listen
I ain't playing with it, nah
You said you wanted that real deal
Well here that energy go

[Final Chorus]
Big D Energy
That's what you came for
Big D Energy
I take control
Big D Energy
Don't ask, I handle it
Big D Energy
Then I put it down
Big D Energy
You feel that
Big D Energy
Don't fight it
Big D Energy
(Big D)
Big D Energy
(That's me)

[Outro]
Yeah
I don't talk a man
I move like one
Big D Energy
That's the whole song
(Uh)
GetawayRead
[Intro]
Yeah
Leave that phone in the dresser
Grab your little bag
(Come on)

[Verse 1]
I can see it on your face
You been stuck in that same house
Same talk, same weight on you
You just need to get out
I already got the room booked
Tank full, night is clear
If he ask you where you going
You don't owe him that from here

[Pre-Chorus]
No plans
No speeches
No telling nobody
Just me
Just you
And the city in the rearview

[Chorus]
Let's getaway
Leave it all where it is
Let's getaway
Put your body in this seat
Let's getaway
We can disappear for two days
Let's getaway
Let 'em wonder where we went
Getaway
(Getaway)
Getaway
(Come on)

[Verse 2]
Windows down on the highway
Your hand right on my jeans
You laughing like you remember
How it feel to be free
We can stop wherever we want
We can stay inside that room
I ain't trying to fix your whole life
I just want tonight with you

[Pre-Chorus]
No plans
No speeches
No telling nobody
Just me
Just you
And the city in the rearview

[Chorus]
Let's getaway
Leave it all where it is
Let's getaway
Put your body in this seat
Let's getaway
We can disappear for two days
Let's getaway
Let 'em wonder where we went
Getaway
(Getaway)
Getaway
(Come on)

[Bridge]
Turn that phone off, baby
Let that world wait outside
If they looking for a reason
We ain't giving them a why
When the morning hit the curtains
We can talk about going back
But right now you with a real one
And we ain't doing it half

[Final Chorus]
Let's getaway
Leave it all where it is
Let's getaway
Put your body in this seat
Let's getaway
We can disappear for two days
Let's getaway
Let 'em wonder where we went
Getaway
Nobody needs to know
Getaway
Just ride
Getaway
(Getaway)
Getaway
(Come on)

[Outro]
Yeah
Two days
No noise
Getaway
That's all I need from you
(Mmm)

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