[INSTRUMENTAL — talkbox synth riff over clavinet, claps pounding in] [HOOK — teasing chant, call and answer] Hold that pose (hold it), hold that pose (hold it) Smile for the camera, baby, nobody knows Hold that pose (hold it), hold that pose (hold it) Whole life on layaway but it's packaged and it glows [VERSE 1 — playful, needling, quick flow] Devante got a BMW — the key fob, not the car Posted from the dealership — they never let him far Sunday brunch photos with the French toast stacked tall We split one plate four ways and he kept the photos all Miami trip in January — we all saw the sand He was at his cousin's crib in Reno, caption said "the brand" He borrowed my watch for a picture by the pier Gave it back with a hundred likes and said "it's a good year" [HOOK — teasing chant, call and answer] Hold that pose (hold it), hold that pose (hold it) Smile for the camera, baby, nobody knows Hold that pose (hold it), hold that pose (hold it) Whole life on layaway but it's packaged and it glows [INTERLUDE — talkbox talking, clavinet answering] (Hold that pose) ... uh-huh (Hold that pose) ... camera's off now (Hold that pose) ... talk to me, man [VERSE 2 — flow slows, the love shows] I knew him when his sneakers had the soles flapping loose Ate at my mama's table, called her "Ma" too Somewhere he decided that the image was the gig Repo man's the only one who never double-tapped the pic Last week he called me crying — landlord changed the locks Asked me not to tell the guys, then posted from my couch in socks Stayed up on my couch two weeks, turned my living room a stage I just want the boy back that I knew in seventh grade [HOOK — teasing chant, softer this time] Hold that pose (hold it), hold that pose (hold it) Smile for the camera, baby, nobody knows Hold that pose (hold it), hold that pose (hold it) Whole life on layaway but it's packaged and it glows [OUTRO — chant fading, talkbox trailing off] Hold that pose (hold it) ... (I just want the boy back)
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