Back In Time

Album

Global Warming

Label

Polo Grounds Music

Genre

Film Soundtrack

Media Type

45s

Duration

3:25

Composer(s)

Armando C. Pérez;Urales Vargas;Marc Kinchen;Big Syphe;Mickey Baker'Sylvia Robinson;Ellas McDaniel

Entered Chart

Apr 14, 2012

Peak Date

Jun 16, 2012

Released

March 27, 2012

Recorded

2011

Catalog #

Mr. 305

Pitbull opens this track by telling everyone he is "reporting live from Cape Canaveral',' before name-checking the song's producer, Big Syphe, and launching into lyrics that describe his hometown of Miami. The song was released to radio on March 26, 2012. The song serves as the theme tune for the sci-fi movie Men In Black 3. The Miami rapper got the job after director Barry Sonnenfeld 's daughter played him some of his music. Said the director: "My 19-year-old daughter turned me on to Pitbull. I'm thrilled that he wrote such a great song for our movie that totally gets it." This is the first time that co-star Will Smith has not recorded the Men In Black theme himself. His 1997 track "Men in Black" led the UK singles chart in the summer of 1997, but wasn't released as a single in the US so wasn't eligible for a chart position. Smith then recorded "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" for Men in Black II in 2002. "It's an incredible honor to be a part of such an amazing franchise as Men In Black and I have so much respect for Will Smith, especially with our similar musical backgrounds," said Pitbull in a statement. Pitbull raps, "to understand the future we have to go back in time." The song title serves as a reference to the movie's plot in which Smith's character Agent J must travel back in time in order to save his partner. The Miami MC revealed that he "used the slogan of the movie and flipped it back into the song that 'in order to understand the future, you have to go back in time'." This samples Mickey & Sylvia's 1956 tune "Love Is Strange." The female half of the duo, Sylvia Robinson, played an important part in rap's breakthrough into the mainstream. It was she who put together The Sugarhill Gang, who had the breakthrough Hip-Hop hit "Rapper's Delight" in 1980. The song's music video was filmed on the actual Men in Black 3 set, and it blends Pitbull's performance shots with scenes from the film. "As far as the sets that you see right now, it's just integrating and running parallel with everything that you see in the movie," Pitbull explained to MTV News. The guitar riff on both "Love is Strange" and this song was originated by the Blues musician Jody Williams.

(Let's)
Excuse me baby (go)
Yeah, you baby (back)
Ooh, you groovy baby (in)
Let's make a movie baby (time)
Excuse me baby (let's)
Yeah, you baby (go)
Ooh, you groovy baby (back)
Let's make a (in) movie baby (time)
It's Mr. Worldwide
Agent A, reporting live
From Cape Canaveral
MK, Big Syphe, let's ride
Back, back, in, in, time

Baby, oh, baby
Oh baby, my sweet baby
You're the one

Miami equals black mask, black gloves
With a little bit of rope to tie, I flipped it
Black suits, white shirts
Black glasses with a matching tie
Like Agent J or Agent K
And I wish the whole world would (okay)
I'm tryin' make a billion out of 15 cents
Understand, understood

I'm a go-getter, mover, shaker, vulture
Bury a boarder, record-breaker, won't ya?
Give credit where credit is due, don't ya
Know that I don't give a number two
Y'all just halfway thoughts
Not worth the back of my mind
But to understand the future
We have to go back in time

Baby, oh, baby
Oh, baby, my sweet baby
You're the one

I got the globe, yeah, in the palm of my hand
Wherever I spin it, that's where I land
Let's save the world
Men in Black, I know you understand
Stop the movement
They can try if they want to
Ignorar lo latino, si
They can try if they want to

What Pit solves is a bit raw
Took like jigsaw and built it all
Despite a big loss, I'd bet it all
And fought blind against the world, Ray Charles
Y'all just halfway thoughts
Not worth the back of my mind
But to understand the future
We have to go back in time

Baby, oh, baby
Oh, baby, my sweet baby
You're the one

(Let's) excuse me baby
(Go) yeah, you baby
(Back) ooh, you groovy baby
(In) let's make a movie baby
(Time) excuse me baby
(Let's) yeah, you baby
(Go) ooh, you groovy baby
(Back) let's make a (In) movie baby
(Time)

Baby
My sweet baby
My sweet baby
My sweet baby
You're the...
Baby, oh baby
Oh, baby, my sweet baby
You're the one