What is “Savage” about?
"Savage" is a pure confidence track in which the group walks into a room, drops the temperature and dares anyone to be mad about it. The lyrics keep returning to the idea of refusing a box: the members wrote their own rules, broke every lock and insist nobody pulls off "the Prism thing" quite like them. Coming third on GLITCH, directly after the title track, it keeps the album's opening stretch defiant before the sugar-coated threats of "Cherry Bomb."
Savage lyrics
(Savage!)
(Yeah, we came like that)
Walk in the room, temperature drop
Ice in our veins, we don't stop
Designer attitude, custom-made
We're the ones who set the grade
Don't need permission, don't need a pass
We wrote the rules, first and last
Smile on our face but the game is cold
Five girls worth their weight in gold
They wanna be us, can't you tell?
We do it better, do it well
Watch and learn
We're savage, savage, yeah we're savage
Cutting through the noise like magic
Savage, savage, automatic
Bow down, this is how we have it
Sa-sa-savage! Don't be mad at it
We were born to be dramatic
Savage, savage, yeah we're savage
And we make it look so classic
Ayo, let me set the record straight
Five queens standing at the gate
They tried to put us in a box
But we broke every single lock
Rappers wanna rap, singers wanna sing
But nobody does it like the Prism thing
Visuals deadly, vocals insane
Say our name, say our name
They wanna be us, can't you tell?
We do it better, do it well
Watch and learn
We're savage, savage, yeah we're savage
Cutting through the noise like magic
Savage, savage, automatic
Bow down, this is how we have it
Sa-sa-savage! Don't be mad at it
(Savage!)
...
(You can't handle this)
We're savage, savage, yeah we're savage
Cutting through the noise like magic
Sa-sa-savage! Don't be mad at it
We were born to be dramatic
Savage!
(Savage...)