Kanye West - Love Lockdown ACAPELLA

"Love Lockdown" is a song written and produced by American hip hop artist Kanye West. It is the first single off West's 808s & Heartbreak.

"Love Lockdown" was written by West less than ten days before it premiered live as the finale of the 2008 MTV VMAs on September 7, 2008. West has cited the track as his "favorite to date", saying "go where your heart takes you". The song marks a drastic change for West, standing as his first solo single to feature no rapping, instead sung using the vocal effect of Auto-Tune. Due to negative feedback from fans, Kanye re-recorded the song. In addition to re-recording the vocals, the newer version of the song uses "new taiko drums". The video reached number one on BET's 106 & Park for the first time on October 27, 2008. The new re-recorded version was uploaded on Kanye's blog on September 16, 2008.

The single, cover art, and a 30-second preview shortly appeared on the iTunes store on September 16, 2008, but the song was not available to download. The single was quickly taken off of the store, due to it being the first version. The second version of the song, along with the final artwork, was added to the store on September 18, 2008.

On November 8, 2008, an updated, remastered (and third) version of the song was released as a free download on Kanye's official blog. According to him, the new version contains "808 and tribal drums [that] sound way fuller"

The cover art for the single has been released, showing a deflated red heart-shaped balloon against a gray background, with the words "Love Lockdown" written in white below. West re-released an edited version of the cover art on his blog on September 16, 2008.

The cover is very similar to the album cover for 808s & Heartbreak.

Lyrics:
I'm not lovin 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
Screamin no no no, no no
I aint lovin 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 locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
You keep ya love locked down, you lose

I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to
I can't keep my cool, so I keep it true
I got somethin 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 aint lovin you, the way I wanted to
See I had to go, see I had to go
No more wastein time, we can't wait for life
Which is wastin time, wheres the finish line

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
You keep ya love locked down, you lose

I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to
I met no one new, I got no one new
No I said I'm through, but got love for you
But I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to
Gotta keep it goin, keep the lovin goin
Keep it on a roll, only god knows
Am I into you, baby I'm confused
You choose, you choose
I aint lovin you, the way I wanted to
Way I got to go, I don't need you
I been on this road, too many times before
I aint lovin you, the way I wanted to

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, you lose
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
If you keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, you lose

Category:

Music

Tags:

• kanye
• west
• Love
• Lockdown
• ACAPELLA
• instrumental
• beat
• vocals
• vocal
• 808's
• and
• heatbreaks

[alex06411]

ITS A BALLOON

[Thizz95757]

do you have a Heartless acapella??

[ChristineIsTheBest95]

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[afrod242424]

perfect meaning..

[TheArisz]

I always thought it was a ketchup dorritos chip..

[Dejasanders18]

Can you do a "All of the lights acapella" ?

[Dejasanders18]

Is there away you can do all of the llights acapella?

[GhettoChildTaZ]

anybody know where i can find the power acapella need it badly!!

[imdondiego]

@goalyssago

no its a condom

who the fuck on earth give a damn fuck about what it's about the song for god's sake

[djclvarsity]

were just wastin time. wheres the finish line?

[goalyssago]

@alex06411 no its candle wax :)