Hush

Fanmade cover

**Hush** is an unreleased song by Teddy Sinclair. It was likely written and recorded during the studio sessions for her debut studio album as Verbalicious, *Verbal Issues*, but the project was scrapped. The song leaked on June 24, 2013.

## Lyrics

**[Chorus]**

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry

You’re gonna go to the dance tonight

Move them hips and shake that thing

Daddy might buy you a diamond ring

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry

You’re gonna go to the dance tonight

Move them hips and shake that thing

Daddy might buy you a diamond ring

**[Verse 1]**

I like it when I step in the room and y’all know my name

I like it when I see ya swing ya head, shake ya mane

I like it when I take the mic and when I get on stage

I like it when it’s gettin’ crowded, heavy, disarranged

I like it, lookin’ at the boys, none of ‘em are the same

I like it how the DJ drops the beat and makes it change

I like it how it’s gettin’ [?], they nobody tame

I like to see y’all in time and everybody say

**[Chorus]**

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry

You’re gonna go to the dance tonight

Move them hips and shake that thing

Daddy might buy you a diamond ring

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry

You’re gonna go to the dance tonight

Move them hips and shake that thing

Daddy might buy you a diamond ring

**[Verse 2]**

I like to see ya got your eyes closed, no one look around

I like to see ya arms in the air, wave ‘em ‘round

I like to see ya feet, on beat, stomp the ground

I like to see ya shout my name, baby, shout it proud

I like it when the guys get the girls gettin’ down

I like it movin’ by the speakers, baby, feel the pound

I like it when we havin’ fun, we all hit the town

I like it when I hear ya sing my lyrics, sing ‘em loud

**[Refrain]**

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

**[Verse 3]**

I like it how ya give it your all like there’s a point to prove

I like the people at the side watchin’ your every move

I like it how you ain’t uptight, you like to shake it loose

I like it when I’m in the club and I can hear my tunes

I like it how you’re synchronizing to this killer groove

I like it how you’re lovin’ everybody watchin’ you

I like it how it’s in slow motion, everything is smooth

I like it how it’s never over till the night is through

**[Chorus]**

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry

You’re gonna go to the dance tonight

Move them hips and shake that thing

Daddy might buy you a diamond ring

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry

You’re gonna go to the dance tonight

Move them hips and shake that thing

Daddy might buy you a diamond ring

**[Bridge]**

This beat makes me want to top romance

Feel the rhythm, baby, put you in a trance

Feel the melody, take full grasp

C’mon everybody, get up and dance

Last chance, I can see you’re all dressed to impress

And perfect all your moves so you got the finesse

In the day, you’re excited, what is the night hidin’?

A song so strong that you just can’t fight it

The language, it speaks to your soul, it’s unique

It’s controllin’ your feet, have you cravin’ the heat of the dance

Take the floor, you can’t help it no more

Let your animal instincts take over, explore

Just give into your senses and take all the chances

And hush while you rush to the floor for the dance

All the girls in the back, c’mon shake that thing

‘Cause daddy might buy you a diamond ring

**[Refrain]**

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

Hush... hush, hush, hush...

## Background

A snippet of Hush surfaced online on November 13, 2011, following the discovery of a 30-second preview on music licensing website, BMG. The song leaked in full on June 24, 2013, alongside other tracks from the *Verbal Issues* sessions.

Hush was leaked as the ninth track on *Verbal Issues*, but the track listing is most likely unofficial; for more information, see the album's page.

## Writing and Development

Hush was likely written during the development of the unreleased studio album, *Verbal Issues*, sometime after winning a BBC Radio 1 MC Battle in 2003 and before the album was scrapped in what seems to be late 2005.

#### Note

There is a chance this song can be accredited to Verbz due to the close proximity of the two eras in terms of time and music registrations. However, this is unlikely because the song was seemingly registered on BMI in a batch along with other Verbalicious songs including Hey Boy, which can be noted by the sequential numbers of the songs' work IDs. On both ASCAP and BMI, the song was registered before any confirmed Verbz tracks (Shopaholic, Swaggerific, etc.) were, something which is shown by the sizeable gap in the songs' work IDs, so it's safe to assume it's a Verbalicious song.

## Registrations

This song was assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that it was finished and ready for release at a point in time.

ISWC: T-011.202.375-2

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## Song Credits

#### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Teddy Sinclair, Carlos Keery-Fisher

## References

1. ↑ Warning... they're from the Verbalicous era. November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Night Owl on Gaga Daily.
2. ↑ "The unreleased debut album from Natalia Kills, Verbal Issues, has been leaked online!" June 24, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Leaving on Pop Hates Flops.
3. ↑ "she was signed soon after she won a Radio 1 MC competition when she was just 16." February 24, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via BBC.
4. ↑ "Verbalicious seems to have disapeared too. She had an album, Verbal Issues, in the pipeline but I guess it got shelved." September 14, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2022 via [Deleted User] on Digital Spy Forums.