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"Earned It", alternatively titled "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Gray)", is a song originally by The Weeknd that Melanie Martinez covered during a live performance on March 16, 2015, at Republic Icehouse in Tyler, Texas.
A snippet of the song resurfaced several years later in 2023, and almost 2 minutes of the song later surfaced in early 2024.
Theme[]
Lyrics to the song play as lead character Anastasia pleases Christian's desires in the bedroom and begins her journey to reap all the benefits of his rich and powerful lifestyle. The Weeknd sings, "Cause girl, you're perfect/You're always worth it/And you deserve it/The way you work it/'Cause girl, you earned it."
The Weeknd told TIME about the tune's success, "I was arousing people's curiosity. I think the game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me because 'Earned It' was very important. It was slow, it was sexy and it was smooth—all traits in my music."[1]
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
I'ma care for you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you
[Verse 1]
You make it look like it's magic (oh, yeah)
'Cause I see nobody, nobody but you, you, you
I'm never confused
Hey, hey
And I'm so used to bein' used
[Pre-chorus]
So I love when you call unexpected
'Cause I hate when the moment's expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause girl, you're perfect
You're always worth it
And you deserve it
The way you work it
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah
Girl, you earned it, yeah
[Verse 2]
You know our love would be tragic (oh, yeah)
So you don't pay it, don't pay it no mind, mind, mind
We live with no lies
Hey, hey
You're my favorite kind of night
[Pre-chorus]
So I love when you call unexpected
'Cause I hate when the moment's expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause girl, you're perfect (girl, you're perfect)
You're always worth it (always worth it)
And you deserve it (and you deserve it)
The way you work it (the way you work it)
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah (earned it)
Girl, you earned it, yeah
[Bridge]
On that lonely night (lonely night)
We said it wouldn't be love
But we felt the rush (fell in love)
It made us believe it was only us (only us)
Convinced we were broken inside, yeah, inside, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause girl, you're perfect (girl, you're perfect)
You're always worth it (you're always worth it)
And you deserve it (and you deserve it)
The way you work it (the way you work it)
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah (you earned it)
Girl, you earned it, yeah (you earned it)
[Outro]
Na-na-na-na-na
Oh-oh-oh
Yeah, yeah
'Cause girl, you're perfect
The way you work it
You deserve it
Girl, you deserve it
Girl, you earned it, yeah, yeah
[Intro]
I'ma care for you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you
[Verse 1]
You make it look like it's magic (oh, yeah)
'Cause I see nobody, nobody but you, you, you
I'm never confused
Hey, hey
And I'm so used to bein' used
[Pre-chorus]
So I love when you call unexpected
'Cause I hate when the moment's expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause girl, you're perfect
You're always worth it
And you deserve it
The way you work it
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah
Girl, you earned it, yeah
[Verse 2]
You know our love would be tragic (oh, yeah)
So you don't pay it, don't pay it no mind, mind, mind
We live with no lies
Hey, hey
You're my favorite kind of night
[Pre-chorus]
So I love when you call unexpected
'Cause I hate when the moment's expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause girl, you're perfect (girl, you're perfect)
You're always worth it (always worth it)
And you deserve it (and you deserve it)
The way you work it (the way you work it)
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah (earned it)
Girl, you earned it, yeah
[Bridge]
On that lonely night (lonely night)
We said it wouldn't be love
But we felt the rush (fell in love)
It made us believe it was only us (only us)
Convinced we were broken inside, yeah, inside, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause girl, you're perfect (girl, you're perfect)
You're always worth it (you're always worth it)
And you deserve it (and you deserve it)
The way you work it (the way you work it)
'Cause girl, you earned it, yeah (you earned it)
Girl, you earned it, yeah (you earned it)
[Outro]
Na-na-na-na-na
Oh-oh-oh
Yeah, yeah
'Cause girl, you're perfect
The way you work it
You deserve it
Girl, you deserve it
Girl, you earned it, yeah, yeah
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