Love Lockdown by Kanye West

Love Lockdown
by Kanye West

I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
What I had to do, had to run from you
I'm in love with you, but the vibe is wrong
And that haunted me, all the way home
So ya never know, never never know
Never know enough, til it's over love
'Til we lose control, system overload
Screaming no no no, no no
I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
See I wanna move, but can't escape from you
So I keep it low, keep a secret code
So everybody else don't have to know

So keep ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Keeping ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Now keep ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Now keep ya love lockdown, you lose

I'm not loving you, way I wanted to
I can't keep my cool, so I keep it true
I got something to lose, so I gotta move
I can't keep myself, and still keep you too
So I keep in mind, when I'm on my own
Somewhere far from home, in the danger zone
How many times did it take til I finally got through
You lose, you lose
I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
See I had to go, I had to move
No more wasting time, you can't wait for life
Were just wasting time, wheres the finish line

So keep ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Keeping ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Now keep ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Now keep ya love lockdown, you lose

I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
I bet no one knew, I got no one new
No I said I'm through, but got love for you
But I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
Gotta keep it going, keep the loving going
Keep it on a roll, only god knows
If I'll be with you, baby I'm confused
You choose, you choose
I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to
Way I wanna go, I don't need you
I been down this road, too many times before
I'm not loving you, the way I wanted to

So keep ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Keeping ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Now keep ya love lockdown, ya love lockdown
Now keep ya love lockdown, you lose

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JEFF BHASKER, KANYE WEST, MALIK YUSEF JONES, LANEAH MENZIES

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It is the first single off West's 808s & Heartbreak.

Billboard confirmed that "Love Lockdown" sold 213,000 digital downloads in only four full days of release, therefore causing it to make a "Hot Shot Debut" at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Pop 100 at #13 and in early December it reached #10. This is West's highest debut of his career, and the second highest debut on the Hot 100 of 2008, tied with David Cook's "The Time of My Life". Read Full BioIt is the first single off West's 808s & Heartbreak.

Billboard confirmed that "Love Lockdown" sold 213,000 digital downloads in only four full days of release, therefore causing it to make a "Hot Shot Debut" at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Pop 100 at #13 and in early December it reached #10. This is West's highest debut of his career, and the second highest debut on the Hot 100 of 2008, tied with David Cook's "The Time of My Life". "Love Lockdown" is also only the tenth song of the millennium to debut in the top three, and only the second song by someone not from American Idol.

In Europe, "Love Lockdown" peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart, and #4 on the Irish Singles Chart. It also debuted at #38 in Italy and #39 in Sweden. In Australia the song debuted in its first week at #37 on the ARIA Charts and has peaked so far at #19. In New Zealand it has peaked at #11 so far on the RIANZ chart. On the German Singles Chart "Love Lockdown" debuted at #8, giving West his first top ten and highest charting single to date there.

On 3 December, 2008 Kanye stated on his blog that Love Lockdown has sold over 1.3 Million on iTunes.