Get Your Weight Off Of Me (found unreleased Michael Jackson demo; 1997-2001)
CD auctioned in 2018 containing the song
Status: Found
Date found: 22 Aug 2023
Found by: AYDOMAX (2023 leak) & Greg Sandoval (2024 leak)
Get Your Weight Off Of Me was a song recorded by Michael Jackson during recording sessions for his album "Invincible" with producer Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins. These sessions took place in 1997 and lasted until 2001. The exact year Get Your Weight Off Of Me was recorded hasn't been confirmed. The track was scrapped from Invincible but was mastered and planned to be released on the Michael Jackson Ultimate Collection in 2004, however, it was scrapped yet again. It's assumed the song was considered for Michael's second posthumous album Xscape, but it again didn't make the cut[1]
Snippets of the song had been circulating on the internet since 2010, but it was never known for sure by the community what snippets were real or fake. It became the most well-known unreleased song among fans.
Availability
While it remains unknown how many copies exist, the Michael Jackson Estate owns a copy and a CD with the date March 31st, 2014 on it. The CD with the song was auctioned in 2018, though nobody ended up buying it.[2] The date on the auctioned CD is the same day Xscape was announced.
The song was leaked on the internet on August 22, 2023 in Medium Quality, just days before Michael Jackson's birthday (August 29). However, the version that was shared was edited, the intro cut and added another false, increased speed, part of the break cut, last chorus was cut, and fans tried to do their best to return the song to it's original state. On March 17th, 2024, the full, unctut breakdown leaked.
On March 30, 2024, the full, unedited song leaked in HQ.
Korgnex, the person who leaked the first snippet in 2010, confirmed that the 2000 and 2004 versions are exactly the same (he has both masters).
You can also listen to the leaked snippets here
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Lyrics
(intro 0:00 - 0:22)
(verse 1 0:23 - 1:07) You took my heart in your hand taught me you're not like a man I'll never see you again (Listen!) (Dah!) (Ah!)
I was the fool you could take another heart you can break so let me go for my sake, baby
I'll get a message to you you know I'll never stop tryin', baby this will get by, baby (See?) (Dah!)
You got a lesson to learn you only get what you earn (No, no, no) I got this game (No, no, no, no) and I have to go my way alone, baby (Keep on going) (Why did you do it, baby?) (Ah!)
(chorus 1:08 - 1:30) Just get your weight off of me Why don't you just let me be (Hee-hee) You keep on hatin' on me (Dah!) (Mercy) (Ah!) You just don't have what it takes (Have mercy for me) So let me go for our sake (It's too much for me) No more of me left to break (Ah!) (Listen!) (Ah!)
(verse 2 1:31 - 2:15) I'm like your dog on a chain my thoughts of you still remain You signed the cards in your name (Listen!) (Dah!)
I got the pill you should take or bad disease I can shake Your every doctor's mistake, baby (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'll get a message to you you know I'll never stop cryin', baby this will get by, baby (This will get by, baby) (See?) (Dah!)
You got a lesson to learn You only got what you earn I got this game (Oh, oh, oh) and I have to go my way alone, baby (Hoooh) (Ah!)
(chorus 2:16 - 3:00) Just get your weight off of me (Hee-hee) Why don't you just let me be (Hoo-hoo-hoo) You keep on hatin' on me (You keep on messin' with me, baby) (Ah!) You just don't have what it takes (Hoo-hoo-hoo) So let me go for our sake (Hoo-hoo-hoo) No more of me left to break (Why don't you?) (You just, you just put it) (Ah!)
Baby (Baby) Just get your weight off of me (Just do it, baby) Why don't you just let me be (Why don't ya, baby?) (C'mon!) You keep on hatin' on me (I'm not satisfyin' you) (Why don't ya, baby?) (Ah!) You just don't have what it takes (No, no, baby) So let me go for our sake (Hoo-hoo-hoo) (Oh no) No more of me left to break (Hoo-hoo-hoo) (Hoo-hoo) (Aouw!)
(break 3:01 - 3:23) (3:09) (Just get your weight off of me) (3:21) (Just, just)
(continues 3:24 - 3:45) I'll get a message to you you know I'll never stop tryin', baby this will get by, baby (Hoaah!) (See?) (Yeah) (Dah!)
You got a lesson to learn (Hoaah) You get respect which you earn (Hoaah) I got this game (Oh, oh, oh) and I got to go my way alone, baby (Hoooh-hoooh) (Ah!)
(chorus out 3:46 - 4:30) Just get your weight off of me (Yeaaah) Why don't you just let me be (Yeaaah) You keep on hatin' on me (Hee) (You should just stop your messin', baby!) (Ah!) You just don't have what it takes (Hee-hee) So let me go for our sake (Just don't ya, baby?) No more of me left to break (You just, you just put it) (Ah!)
Just get your weight off of me (Don't do it, baby) Why don't you just let me be (Why don't ya, baby?) You keep on hatin' on me (Hatin' me, baby) (Ah!) You just don't have what it takes (Oh Lord, why?) So let me go for our sake (Oh why?) (Oh) No more of me left to break (Mercy) (Hoo-hoo)
(4:31 - 4:53) (Ah!) You ain't gonna ever get out (Just get your weight off of me) You just ain't gonna ever get out (Ah!) You ain't gonna ever get out (Just get your weight off of me) You just ain't gonna ever get out (Hoo-hoo) (Ah!) You ain't gonna ever get out (Just get your weight off of me) You just ain't gonna ever get out (Hoo-hoo-hoo) (Ah!) You ain't gonna ever get out (Just get your weight off of me) You just ain't gonna ever get out (Go on!) (Uuh!)
(4:54 - 5:15) (Ah!) (Just get your weight off of me) (Go on, baby!) (Ah!) (Just get your weight off of me) [beatbox] (Do it!) (Ah!) (Just get your weight off of me) [beatbox] (I gave my game) (Oh no!) (Ah!) (Just get your weight off of me) [beatbox]
(5:16) Going now.