[Part 1: "Salute"]
[Intro: Jesy Nelson]
What am I? I am powerful. I walk forward with a fire that burns so deeply inside, it keeps the darkness away
I do not need a light at the end of the tunnel, I will light it myself. What am I? I am vulnerable. I give myself too easily
My heart leads me down a path that leaves me open to tears. But I will not consider my fears to be a negative
I will twist and turn them to my advantage
It is okay to fall, I will be brave. I am dramatic, you will know I am near. My head is held high, my eyes flaming, my confidence provokes. I will not be low. I will not bow down to anyone. You will know I am here
What am I? I am a lover. Faithful and true. A journey for only two people. My head, my heart, my body, my sanctuary, peace. I am a friend. I surround myself with sisters, a bond that is unbreakable. Inside and out, soul and mind. They exist within me forever. Their tears are my tears, their laughs are my memories. Our smiles and dreams chase any shadow away
What am I? I am a woman, I am an army on my own. Do not mistake my silence for lack of opinion. Do not mistake my kindness for weakness. Join me, we will be strong and dangerous. Together we are an empire. We will all rise as one. I ask you, what is a queen without a king? It makes no difference, she will always be a queen. And I salute all queens
Salute
Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits
(Recruits, recruits, recruits, recruits)
If you with me, let me see your hands, stand up and salute
(Salute, salute, salute, salute)
Salute
Salute
Salute
Salute
Salute
Salute
Salute
Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots
Representing all the women, salute, salute
[Verse 1: Jade Thirlwall]
Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits
If you with me, let me see your hands, stand up and salute
Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots
Representing all the women, salute, salute
[Pre-Chorus: Jesy Nelson + Jade Thirlwall & All]
It's who we are, we don't need no camouflage
It's the female federal and we're taking off
If you with me women, lemme hear you say
[Chorus: All]
Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits
If you with me, let me see your hands, stand up and salute
Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots
Representing all the women, salute, salute
Attention, salute
Attention, salute
Attention, huh
Representing all the women, salute, salute
[Verse 2: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, All & Perrie Edwards]
Sisters we are everywhere, warriors, your country needs you
If you ready ladies, better keep steady, ready, aim, shoot it
Don't need ammunition, on a mission and we'll hit you with the truth
Divas, queens, we don't need no man, salute
Sisters we are everywhere, warriors, your country needs you
If you ready ladies, better keep steady, ready, aim, shoot it
Don't need ammunition, on a mission and we'll hit you with the truth
Representing all the women, salute, salute
[Pre-Chorus: Jesy Nelson + Jade Thirlwall & All]
It's who we are, we don't need no camouflage
It's the female federal and we're taking off
[The beginning of the last line in the pre-chorus is changed by Jade Thirlwall to match the city in which the band performs]
Let me hear you say
[Chorus: All]
Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits
If you with me, let me see your hands, stand up and salute
Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots
Representing all the women, salute, salute
Attention, salute
Attention, salute
Attention, huh
Representing all the women, salute, salute
[Bridge: All, Jesy Nelson + Jade Thirlwall, Jade Thirlwall + Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall & (Leigh-Anne Pinnock)]
You think we're just pretty things?
You couldn't be more wrong, we're standing strong, we carry on
Knock us but we keep moving on (We're moving up, yeah)
Can't stop a hurricane, ladies, it's time to awake, yeah!
Attention, attention, individuals, originals
Huh, let me hear you say
[Chorus: All]
Ladies all across the world, listen up, we're looking for recruits
If you with me, let me see your hands, stand up and salute
Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps or lace up your boots
Representing all the women, salute, salute
Attention, salute
Attention, salute
Attention, huh
Representing all the women, salute, salute
[Outro: All]
Ladies, listen up—, listen up—
Attention
So l—, l— ladies
Listen—, listen—, listen up
Get down and dirty
Get down and dirty
L—, l—, l—, l—, listen up
So ladies—, ladies—
Listen up
(Huh) Representing all the women
[Part 2: "Down & Dirty"]
[Intro]
Get down and dirty
[Verse 1: Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock & All]
I'm tasty, delicious (I'm tasty, delicious)
I'm rough around the edges (I'm rough around the edges)
My mind is obsessive (Obsessive—, obsessive—)
My flex is aggressive
Glad I didn't listen to my teachers
Teachers teach you not to be a dreamer
I don't mind offending, I ain't 'bout pretending
Them haters be hating, my fashion be trending
Now I'm a believer, check out the stamps on my Visa
We international divas, but I started out making your pizzas
[Pre-Chorus: Perrie Edwards]
Yeah, if we only got one night
Forget about the world outside
Put your hands up real high
[Chorus: Leigh-Anne Pinnock & Jade Thirlwall]
(F—ck that) Get down and dirty
Get down and dirty
I know you heard me
Get down and dirty
(Everybody get down)
[Verse 2: Jade Thirlwall]
I don't ask the mirror, I know I'm the fairest
I'm bringin' the fire, so call me Daenerys (Daenerys—, Daenerys—)
They wanna know who I'm sneakin' into my place
They don't need to know, no-one's business how I play
[Pre-Chorus: Perrie Edwards & Leigh-Anne Pinnock]
Yeah, if we only got one night
Forget about the world outside
Put your hands up real high
[Chorus: Leigh-Anne Pinnock & Jade Thirlwall]
(F—ck that) Get down and dirty
Get down and dirty
I know you heard me
Get down and dirty
(Everybody get down)
Get down and dirty
I know you heard me
Get down and dirty
(Everybody get down)
[Bridge: All & Perrie Edwards]
Four bad [boom!] make way cause we approachin'
Plenty room in the Royce if you’re rollin'
If you wanna go fast, say "Yeah"
Put your hands in the air
[Chorus: Leigh-Anne Pinnock & Jade Thirlwall]
(F—ck that) Get down and dirty
Get down and dirty
I know you heard me
Get down and dirty
Get down and dirty
I know you heard me
Get down and dirty
(Everybody get down)
[Outro]
Everybody get down
Everybody get down
Everybody get down
Everybody get down
Down, down
Everybody get down
[Part 3: "DNA"]
[Intro]
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
DNA
DNA
DNA
A—, A—, A—, A— (Shh)
[Verse 1: Perrie Edwards]
Does he tell you he loves you when you least expect it?
Does he flutter your heart when he kisses your neck?
No scientist or biology, it's obvious, when he's holding me
It's only natural that I'm so affected
[Pre-Chorus: Jade Thirlwall]
Oh, oh, oh, and my heart won't beat again
If I can't feel him in my veins
No need to question, I already know
[Chorus: All]
It's in his DNA
D-D-D-DNA, it's in his DNA
And he just takes my breath away
Bre-bre-bre-breath away
I feel it every day
And that's what makes a man, not hard to understand
Perfect in every way, I see it in his face, nothing more to say
It's in his D-D-D-D-DNA
[Verse 2: Jesy Nelson with All]
It's the blue in his eyes that helps me see the future
Fingerprints that leave me covered for days, yeah, hey, yeah
Now I don't have any first degree
But I know what he does to me
No need to work it out, it's so familiar, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Pre-Chorus: Jade Thirlwall]
And my heart won't beat again
If I can't feel him in my veins
No need to question, I already know
[Chorus: All]
It's in his DNA
D-D-D-DNA, it's in his DNA
And he just takes my breath away
Bre-bre-bre-breath away
I feel it every day
And that's what makes a man, not hard to understand
Perfect in every way, I see it in his face, nothing more to say
It's in his D-D-D-D-DNA
[Bridge: Leigh-Anne Pinnock & All]
It's all about his kiss, contaminates my lips
Our energy connects, it's simple genetics
I'm the X to his Y, it's the colour of his eyes
He can do no wrong, no, he don't need to try
Made from the best, he passes all the tests
Got my heart beating fast, it's cardiac arrest
He's from a different strain that science can't explain
I guess, that's how he's made, in his D-D-DNA
(Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah)
[Chorus: All, Perrie Edwards & Jade Thirlwall]
It's in his DNA (Ooh, woah-woah-oh-oh-oh)
D-D-D-DNA (Oh), it's in his DNA (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
And he just takes my breath away
Bre-bre-bre-breath away (Bre-bre-bre-breath away, yeah)
I feel it every day
And that's what makes a man (What makes a man)
Not hard to understand (To understand)
Perfect in every way (In every way)
I see it in his face (It in his face)
Nothing more to say—
[Part 4: "Freak"]
[Intro: Jesy Nelson]
Shh (Oh-oh)
Shh (Oh-oh)
Shh (Oh-oh)
You don't get these kisses for free (Free—, free—, free—, oh-oh)
(The fre—, fre—, fre—, fre—, freak)
(The fre—, fre—, fre—, fre—, freak)
(The fre—, fre—, fre—, fre—, freak)
[Chorus: All & Jesy Nelson]
You don't get these kisses for free
See, I've got two sides of me, boy
(The fre—, fre—, fre—, fre—, freak)
The one you want your mother to meet (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
And the one that's a freak, boy (Yeah, yeah, yeah-ah)
(The fre—, fre—, fre—, fre—, freak)
[Post-Chorus: All & Jade Thirlwall]
No, I can't be tamed, make you scream my name
I ain't playing games no more (Playing ga-a-a-a-mes)
So, you don't get these kisses for free
I pray that you never meet, boy
(The fre—, fre—, fre—, fre—, freak)
