Tinie Tempah – Written In The Stars (ft. Eric Turner) (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

Throwback to the Tinie Tempah s 12-year-old “Written In The Stars” track with Eric Turner. Listen to the iSHi-produced song. Stream, buy, read the lyrics, mp3 download.

Tinie Tempah Written In The Stars

“Written in the Stars” is a song by English rapper Tinie Tempah featuring American singer Eric Turner. Unlike his two prior breakthrough singles which were produced by Labrinth, the track instead features production by iSHi. It was released in September 2010 through Parlophone, digitally on the iTunes Store. It serves as the third official single from his debut album Disc-Overy. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Tinie Tempah’s second number-one single in the United Kingdom. The song was released as Tempah’s debut U.S. single and peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track also marks Tinie’s first top 10 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40.

“Written in the Stars” was used by Major League Baseball for their commercials relating to the 2011 postseason. It was also chosen by WWE as its theme song for WrestleMania XXVII. Recently, it was used as the introduction to the eighth season of the South Asian Softball League. Since the 2011–12 season, it has been used as the theme song for Sky Sports’ coverage of Premier League football. Samples of “Written in the Stars” can be heard in promos used for the USA Network sports drama Necessary Roughness. The song was chosen as Miss USA 2011 Evening Gown Competition’s background music. The New York Giants used the song as their entrance song in Super Bowl XLVI on 5 February 2012. It was also used in the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games in August 2012. In May 2016, Tempah performed the song live in Wembley Stadium before the FA Cup final.

Tinie Tempah – Written In The Stars (ft. Eric Turner) (prod. iSHi)

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Lyrics

[Hook: Eric Turner]
Oh, written in the stars
A million miles away, a message to the main, oh
Seasons come and go, but I will never change
And I’m on my way
(Let’s go!)

[Verse 1: Tinie Tempah]
Yeah, you’re listening now
They say they ain’t heard nothing like this in a while
That’s why they play my song on so many different dials
Cause I got more fuckin’ hits than a disciplined child
So when they see me everybody brrrap, brrraps
Man I’m like a young gun fully black Barack
I cried teardrops over the Massive Attack
I only make hits like I work with a racquet and bat
Look at my jacket and hat, so damn berserk
So down to earth, I’m bringing gravity back
Adopted by the major, I want my family back
People work hard just to get all their salary taxed
Look, I’m just a writer from the ghetto like Malorie Blackman
(Where the hell’s all the sanity at?) Damn
I used to be the kid that no one cared about
That’s why you have to keep screaming ’til they hear you out

[Hook: Eric Turner]
Oh, written in the stars
A million miles away, a message to the main, oh
Seasons come and go, but I will never change
And I’m on my way

[Post Hook: Eric Turner & Tinie Tempah]
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)

[Verse 2: Tinie Tempah]
Yeah, I needed a change, when we ate, we never tipped
Because we needed the change, I needed a break
For a sec, I even gave up believing and praying
I even done illegal stuff and was leaded astray
They say that money is the root to the evilist ways
But have you ever been so hungry, it keeps you awake?
Mate, now my hunger would leave them amazed, great
It feels like a long time coming, fam
Since the day I thought of that cunning plan
One day I had a dream, I tried to chase it
But I wasn’t going nowhere, running man
I knew that maybe someday I would understand
Tryna change a tenner to a hundred grand
Everyone’s a kid that no one cares about
You just gotta keep screaming until they hear you out

[Hook: Eric Turner]
Oh, written in the stars
A million miles away, a message to the main, oh
Seasons come and go, but I will never change
And I’m on my way

[Post Hook: Eric Turner & Tinie Tempah]
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (iSHI)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Eric Turner)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Let’s go)

[Outro: Eric Turner]
Oh, seasons come and go, but I will never change
And I’m on my way