No Pole

Album

Love Sick

Label

Cactus Jack

Genre

Dance-pop

Duration

7:00

Composer(s)

Caleb Toliver;Ronald LaTour, Jr.;Daniel Stein;Douglas Ford

Entered Chart

Sep 11, 2024

Peak Date

Nov 13, 2024

Released

February 28, 2023

"No Pole" is a thoughtful tale about a woman striving to leave behind her life as a stripper, a life that once centered around "hitting the pole." The title is a direct nod to her decision to step away from the lifestyle and make a fresh start. Rather than merely observing, Toliver lends his voice to support her journey, weaving in reflections on his own lifestyle along the way. Toliver penned the song with Douglas Ford (also known as Dougie F. Ford), who also wrote "Xscape," the opener to Toliver's second album, Life of a Don, along with "Encouragement" and "Embarrassed" (featuring Travis Scott) for the Love Sick album. The production is courtesy of Cardo and DJ Fresh. Cardo's credits include Drake's "God's Plan" and Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria." DJ Fresh, meanwhile, has worked with the likes of Wiz Khalifa. Their beat is energetic and uplifting yet moody, giving "No Pole" a bit of a hypnotic, layered feel. "No Pole" made its way onto the deluxe edition of Toliver's Love Sick album, released on February 28, 2023. For over a year, it meandered in relative obscurity until TikTok users began sharing videos with "No Pole" in the background. The song picked up steam - one post after another - and by November 2024, the song finally secured a spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

Yeah, uh-uh, uh-uh
Uh-uh, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Uh-uh, yeah
She don't wanna strip no more, don't wanna hit that pole (oh)
Hit my old plug, I get it in and go (ooh, oh)
Shawty owe me something, better pay your toll (pay up, pay up)
I lick the spoon and I scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Like, did you get the memo?
She eat out of the relay
I'm poppin' hella Skittles
Then I can solve your riddle
We'll smoke you like it's menthol
This dude is crazy mental
A suave, hood hero
Got Johnny Dang dental
She's a nympho
She slobbin' on her pillow
Got chicken, Rob' De Niro
She's too gone and she can't hear ya (ooh, ooh, I know)
She don't wanna strip no more, don't wanna hit that pole
Hit my old plug, I get it in and go
She don't wanna strip no more, don't wanna hit that pole (oh)
Hit my old plug, I get it in and go (ooh, ooh)
Shawty owe me something, better pay your toll (pay up, pay up)
I lick the spoon and I scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Seein' way too many ones
I'm 'bout to throw some hundreds (I'm 'bout to throw some hundreds)
In that old life that you run from
Baby girl, keep running (ooh, keep running)
It's pressure with me, sexually (sexually)
Check my bank account (ooh, ooh)
It's precious to me (ah, ah)
I got my anchor out (ooh, ooh)
I'm locked in your sea
You know you're my baby now (ah, ah), you're special to me
I bought you time, I bought you diamonds, you can keep the receipt
I got you down, I got you loose, I guess you owe it to me
Is you down or nah? Fuck around, find your spot
I get you lit, lit, drunk, trip
Watch me slip inside
She don't wanna strip no more, don't wanna hit that pole (oh)
Hit my old plug, I get it in and go (ooh, ooh)
Shawty owe me something, better pay your toll (pay up, pay, up)
I lick the spoon and I scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
Scrape the bowl (skrrt, skrrt)
And I sent her away
Pull out, sent her on her way
She don't wanna hit the strip club, no, no
She don't wanna go strip, no, no
She don't wanna go strip, no way