Shot Clock

Album: Ella Mai (2018)
Charted: 62
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Songfacts®:

  • In the NBA, teams only get 24 seconds from time of possession to put up a shot. If they don't, the shot clock runs out and the other team gets the ball. Ella Mai is letting this dude know he's on the clock: he has 24 seconds to take his shot, or she's walking.
  • This was the very first song that Ella Mai recorded for her self-titled debut album other than her breakthrough single "Boo'd Up."
  • Mai told Billboard the song is about how "people are just complacent and know that time runs out." She added that it is one of her favorite tracks on the album as she loves the attitude she has on it.

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