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in their second collaboration since Chris Brown's "

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to sing the chorus instead of Chris however Santana stuck with the chorus done by Chris Brown.

Music video

The music video directed by Clifton Bell was released December 14, 2009. Trav,

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, Lloyd Banks, DJ Envy, and Jim Jones appeared in the video. Popular models including his future wife Kimbella Vanderhee and Rosa Acosta also made appearances in the video.

Charts

References

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