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Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)

A 2013 club track about trading workweek seriousness for Friday night release.

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A 2013 club track about trading workweek seriousness for Friday night release.

The lyric treats 'getting dumb' as a collective, active verb, something you 'go out' and 'do,' not something that happens to you.

It frames release as a conscious, almost militant choice against the week's order.

Editor's note

2NE1's Weekend Anthem with Will.i.am

A 2013 club track about trading workweek seriousness for Friday night release.

I've been serious all the time / And tonight I'll lose my mind

The lyric treats 'getting dumb' as a collective, active verb, something you 'go out' and 'do,' not something that happens to you. It frames release as a conscious, almost militant choice against the week's order.

The phrase 'I've been serious all the time / And tonight I'll lose my mind' carries the whole weight. It's not a complaint about work, just a statement of fact that demands an opposite. The pressure of being 'serious' creates the need for its own erasure, and 'lose my mind' is the planned, almost dutiful answer.

That couplet holds the song's entire contract. It names the tension without dwelling on it, then immediately books the appointment for its cancellation.

The way 'dumb, dumb' gets chanted over the beat turns a state of mind into a physical pulse, a shared rhythm for the crowd.

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the pull of "getting dumb" the pull of "I've been serious all the time / And tonight I'll lose my mind" the pull of "lose my mind"
Lyrics

Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)

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I’ve been working every day

I’ll be waiting for turn of play

Call up my people

Lets play to town

Bring the fire

Lets burn it down

I’ve been serious all the time

And tonight I'll lose my mind

I wanna go out and have some fun

I’ve been working all week

But right now getting dumb

Yeah, we getting dumb

Get-getting dumb, yeah

We go out, get dumb

We drink, get dumb

Turn it up, get dumb

We all getting dumb

We all getting dumb

We all getting dumb

We all getting dumb, dumb

Watch out for the dumb, dumb

Watch out

Ey, uh huh

Ey, we getting dumb

Ey, getting dumb, ey

Watch out for the dumb, dumb

Watch out

Watch out, baby, it's the next shit

Jumbo size it's a big shit

Get yo head down, get a wig, bitch

Extensions, get pretty, pretty

Get it, get it, girl, get your nails done

Super model, honey, is the outcome

Got these boys going dumb, dumb

They ain’t getting none of my kitty, kitty

All my shit 'cause I not nice

Got my chicks and we look nice

Gotta go out, have a good night

Got so much soul like my home city

Got so much soul like my home city

Played that beat for my home city

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

‘Cause I know, I know

That you been waiting

For the weekend, weekend

So we can party like an animal, animal

So come on, come on, baby

Here we go, here we go

And check it out, because I

I’ve been working every day

I’ll be waiting for turn of play

Call up my people

Lets play to town

Bring the fire

Lets burn it down

I’ve been serious all the time

And tonight I'll lose my mind

I wanna go out and have some fun

I’ve been working all week

But right now getting dumb

Yeah, we getting dumb

Get-getting dumb, yeah

We go out, get dumb

We drink, get dumb

Turn it up, get dumb

We all getting dumb

We all getting dumb

We all getting dumb

We all getting dumb dumb

Watch out for the dumb dumb

Watch out

Ey, uh huh

Ey, we getting dumb

Ey, getting dumb, ey

Watch out for the dumb dumb

Watch out

Turn it up, burn it up

All my drinkers, just sip it up

I see nothing in your cup

Come on, baby, fill it up

Lets fill it up, lets get it up

Got the purple heated up

Where’s my table? Set it up

I got my crew, we rolling up

You know the name, no shame to mind

I got that, mhm hm, all the time

I can do it anytime

Me and my crew on the grind

Girl, you know what time it is

So keep it rocking, marvelous

We stay on top like finalists

Burn up the floor, like oxygen

‘Cause I know, I know

That you been waiting

For the weekend, weekend

So we can party like an animal, animal

So come on, come on, baby

Here we go, here we go

And check it out because

I know, I know

That you been waiting

For the weekend, weekend

So we can party like an animal, animal

So come on, come on, baby

Here we go, here we go

And check it out because I

I’ve been working every day

I’ll be waiting for turn of play

Call up my people

Lets play to town

Bring the fire

Lets burn it down

I’ve been serious all the time

And tonight I'll lose my mind

I wanna go out and have some fun

I’ve been working all week

But right now getting dumb

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What is "Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)" by 2NE1 about?

A 2013 club track about trading workweek seriousness for Friday night release. The lyric treats 'getting dumb' as a collective, active verb, something you 'go out' and 'do,' not something that happens to you. It frames release as a conscious, almost militant choice against the week's order.

Who performs "Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)"?

2NE1 performs "Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)", and this lyric page sits inside the 2NE1 catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)"?

Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "2NE1's Weekend Anthem with Will.i.am", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

Are there related songs to explore after "Gettin' Dumb (Feat. Will.i.am)"?

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