"Ain't About What You Got" is an unreleased song by Ariana Grande that was intended for her sophomore album, My Everything. The song was eventually given to the cast of the show STAR.
Background[]
A small portion of the song was able to "leak" as the show "STAR" heavily used Ariana’s backup vocals during their performance, which allowed for users to make resurrection edits. However, the edits only had the pre-chorus and chorus as that was all that was left of Grande's vocals in the song.
The edits were deleted from YouTube, but there was still a few people who managed to re-upload them. Snippets of Ariana's actual demo started leaking during September of 2021, and soon the full demo of the song leaked that same month on September 24, 2021.
On April 10, 2023, the original high quality WAV file leaked. The unmixed Pro Tools demo leaked on June 17, 2023, with the unmixed vocal stems and instrumental.
Audios[]
- Resurrection Edit - ( listen)
- Unmixed Pro Tools Demo - ( listen)
- Final Version - ( listen)
- Instrumental - ( listen)
Trivia[]
- Ariana reused some of her vocals from her original demo of "Ain't About What You Got" from her 2014 single, "Problem".
- The song is also what inspired her to make Problem in the first place.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Yeah
[Verse 1]
I heard a couple of bad things when you were with me
I used to think it was gossip I shouldn't believe, my bae
And I was going around thinking you were my baby (Oh, yeah)
Boy, you were taking the sugar from every lady (Oh, yeah)
[Pre Chorus]
Oh, it went on and on and on
Yeah, it went on for way too long
Oh, baby
[Chorus]
It ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
Ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
How does someone so sexy be so damn repulsive, babe?
It ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
[Verse 2]
All of my ladies will hit me up saying (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
You better open your eyes, girl
Your boy's been playing (You know)
Oh yeah
And even though on the outside, you're looking so tasty (Oooh yeah)
Well baby boy, on the inside you're nothing but shady
Na na na na na na
[Pre Chorus]
Boy, it went on and on and on
Yeah, it went on for way too long
Oh, baby
[Chorus]
It ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
Ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
How does someone so sexy be so damn repulsive, babe?
It ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
[Hook]
It ain't about what
Na na na na na na na
It's all about what
Na na na na na na na
It ain't about what
Na na na na na na na
It's all about what
Na na na na na na na
[Bridge]
On and on and on (on and on and on)
Went on for way too long (Ooh baby)
On and on and on (Oh baby hey)
Went on for way too long
Oooooooooh
[Chorus]
It ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
Ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
How does someone so sexy be so damn repulsive, babe?
It ain't about what you got
It's all about what you do with it
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Yeah.
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My Everything | |
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August 22, 2014 • 40:31 • Republic Records | |
Songs | |
Released | Bang Bang • Be My Baby • Best Mistake • Break Free • Break Your Heart Right Back • Cadillac Song • Hands On Me • Intro • Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart • Love Me Harder • My Everything • One Last Time • Only 1 • Problem • Too Close • Why Try • You Don't Know Me |
Unreleased | Ain't About What You Got • In The Morning • Lighter • Not Afraid of Love • Nothing Lasts Forever • Ridiculous • The Way It Is |
Artists | |
Ariana Grande • A$AP Ferg • Big Sean • Cashmere Cat • Childish Gambino • Iggy Azalea • Jessie J • Miley Cyrus • Nicki Minaj • The Weeknd • Tori Kelly • Zedd | |
Tour | |
The Honeymoon Tour |