Gettaway

Previous track"**I'm Talkin'**"

"**Gettaway**" is the fifteenth track and last full song on Missy Elliott's debut album *Supa Dupa Fly*. It features Space Nine and Virginia "Nikki" Slim, credited as Nicole, and interpolates "Love No Limit (Puff Daddy's Mix)" by Mary J. Blige and "One In A Million" by Aaliyah.

## Backgroud

After East Coast rapper Nikki a.k.a. Virginia Slim had her first few commercial apparances on Ginuwine's 1996 single "Holler" and the original version of Timbaland's 1997 single "Luv 2 Luv U", she went on to collaborate with Missy on this song. But the feature credit on the album liner notes was mistakenly given to Missy's former protégé Nicole instead of Nikki, hence why many listeners don't even know that Nikki is featured on this song. Missy reportedly talked about the not given credit in an interview.

## Composition and Lyrics

"Gettaway" was produced by Timbaland (like all of the songs on *Supa Dupa Fly*) with a tempo of 81 BPM and in the C♯ minor scale.
It features a vocal loop that is backed up by drums and background melodys.

"Gettaway" was written by Missy Elliott, Space Nine, Virginia "Nikki" Slim and the songs producer Timothy Mosley. It has a rather basic song structure with three rap verses and a chorus between each and after the last verse. Space Nine raps the first verse, Missy raps the second verse, and Virginia Slim raps the third one. Missy sings the chorus, which interpolates the chorus of the Puff Daddy Mix of Mary J Blige's Love No Limit (Puffy Remix). It may be important to mention that the song has many outer space references, especially in Space Nine's and in Virginia Slim's verses. This may be due to the stage name of "Space Nine" and adds to the songs "galactical" feeling. After the last chorus (after Nikki's verse) Missy interpolates the chorus of Aaliyah's smash hit "One In A Million", which she and Timbaland respectively wrote and produced, as the songs outro. More specifically the flow is more reminiscent of the official remix of "One In A Million". Missy uses both these interpolates and changes the lyrics so slightly to brag about her rapping skills. This is the second time that Missy interpolated a song she wrote on *Supa Dupa Fly*, with the first one being on I'm Talkin'.

## Lyrics

**[Intro: Missy Elliott]**
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh
Uh-huh, ahhh, ahhh
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh
Yeah, yeah, uh-huh

**[Verse 1: Space Nine | with *Missy Elliott*]**
Close your eyes, visualize, Space Nine verbalize
You chastise, but can't stop my enterprise
Put your rhymes in a line, put your raps in a stack
I'll break you and your singer like Jinga, I mean umm
I spit lightning on you this tight thing
Space Nine inferno, one verbs be frightening
And for the sword fights tonight, my entourage is in camouflage
Remove your mask, let down your visage
But don't slip up, 'cause when I was in my ship, uh
That's when I get ripped up, the whole world, fuck it
G-S-E committee, got your panties shitty
Clique be sick, callosso, you itty bitty
*Space and Missy*, sip my style till you're pissy
Virginia bitch galactic, what the fuck

**[Chorus: Missy Elliott]**
(I be writing) I be writing, writing, writing rhymes everyday
(Writing rhymes everyday, yeah-yeah, uh-huh)
Don't you say no more you don't wanna battle (Ooh)
(You don't wanna battle)
Said I'm writing rhymes (Yeah), writing rhymes everyday
(Writing rhymes everyday, yeah; Uh-huh, yeah)
Don't you say no more you don't want to battle (Yeah, eh)
(No, no, ficky-ficky, yeah, no)

**[Verse 2: Missy Elliott]**
Mama, daddy, you ain't ready
Act like you know me, fly, as friends be, I'm sizzling
I'm chilling, man, you twisting, you sissy
You diss me, you wish we was fucking tight
Auntie, papa, smoke la la
Hallah, fala, don't bother to swalla
This bottle of Rémy, got plenty of weed
So give me-give me, give me, give me-give me, please
See's, no one, fly like these (Uh-huh)
Bees from over seas, we speak Chinese
Please, little one, like please flee
You know my rhymes get tight when I smoke all my weed

**[Chorus: Missy Elliott]**
(I be) I be writing (Yeah-yeah: Uh-huh), writing, writing rhymes everyday (Ohh, ahh)
(Writing rhymes everyday, yeah)
Don't you say no more you don't wanna battle (Ohh, ahh)
(You don't wanna battle)
Said I'm writing rhymes (No), writing rhymes everyday
(Writing rhymes everyday; Uh-huh)
Don't you say no more you don't want to battle (Uh, uh-huh, ficky)
Me-e, supa dupa..., ficky (Uhh-what?), fly!

**[Verse 3: Virginia "Nikki" Slim | *Missy Elliott* | both]**
We high tech like Timbo's, slap faces of dirty hoes
N-Y-M-B-A, a dirty combo when we play (*Ooh*)
Swirl like the milky way, deep like my black hole
I oppose to expose, chemical gases up your nose (*Ahh*)
Fade away like ozone, quazars, moves and shit
Ayo, Missy, where the clip? I think I need a hit
Shitty Bs up in the place wanna be down with whoever
Be all up in his face but ain't even on the level (Uh-huh, *ooh*)
I pull your wig back, let of steam like nasty pools (*Uh-huh*)
The heat be too hot; Melt down, now up in pot (*Ooh*)
Count down, three-two-one, lift off, now over-tize (*Uh-huh*)
Venus we circlize and Mars we tantalize (*Uh-huh*)
Comatose like Hale-Bopp, smoking trees non stop
Then I send a televise from satellite on Nightline
Yeah, wouldn't you like to get away? *Ahh*, to the moon
We shine like stars lock down like metal bars (*Haha*)

**[Chorus: Missy Elliott]**
I be writing (Yeah), writing, writing rhymes everyday (Yeah)
(Writing rhymes everyday; Uh-huh)
Don't you say no more you don't wanna battle
(You don't wanna battle; Yeah, yeah-yeah)
Said I'm writing rhymes (Baby), writing rhymes everyday (One-two)
(Everyday, yeah-yeah; Uh-huh)
Don't you say no more you don't want to battle (Yeah-yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
Haaaahhhhhh (Yeah, ooh)

**[Bridge: Missy Elliott]**
Ay-yo (Yuh), I'm kinda scared to do this (Mmhm)
'Cause Jimmy tryna scare me
Saying "I'mma give away my publishing" (Nah, ooh, damn!)
But um, it don't matter
'Cause I write my own shit (Uh-huh), do my own shit (Uh-huh)
Sing my own shit (Uh-huh)
Shit be a hit (Hahah, uh-huh)
Shit be a hit (Uh-huh, You know what?)

**[Outro: Missy Elliott]**
My style is a one in a million
I flow on and on and on (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
My rhymes give you a really good feeling (Say what? Say what? Uh-huh, uh-huh)
All day long (Rewind it! Yeah: Yeah, yeah)
My style is a one in a million (Say what, say what? Not anything?)
I flow on and on and on (Yeah, yeah, uh-huh, ooh)
My rhymes (Uh-huh, uh-huh) give you a really good feeling (Yeah, c'mon, say what?)
All day long (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, hahaha!)
Lemme listen?