Title: The Way I Do
Length: 3:20
Genre: R&B, Hip Hop
Release Date: 17th March 2014
Label: FREEDOM
Written By: Melva Griffin, Lacy Brown, Laura Jackson and Chloe
Produced By: Melvin Griffin, Neavah Martinez

'The Way I Do' is the fifth single by british girl group The Dolls but is the forth to be taken from their debut album 'Dollhouse' which is expected to be released soon, the song was written by members Melva Griffin, Lacy Brown and Laura Jackson with Chloe writing her part of the song, the song was produced by member Melva Dixon along with their label boss Neavah Martinez, the song has a total length of three minutes and twenty seconds, the song is set for release on the 17th of March 2014 via FREEDOM records.

'The Way I Do' Is a mid-tempo hip-hop, pop, and R&B song. With an auto-tuned chorus, it samples the instrumentals and background vocals of Chloe, with the addition of additional bass, drum-loops, the song is a strong R&B track something that is not very common of The Dolls whom usually release Dance and/or Pop tunes.

The song starts with a simple R&B beat which only lasts for a few seconds before Melva's voice can be heard singing the first verse in her usual soft and sweet tone to het voice as Melva finishes singing the beat changes slightly to a more drum and bass sound and Lacy can be heard singing the first half of the second in a strong soulful tone but also gives it some attitude, after Lacy has finished singing the first half of the second verse the beat changes again becoming even more drum and bass like as Elle can be heard singing the second half of the second verse, in a soft tone again she also adds some attitude to the way she is singing after Elle finishes singing the beat once again changes to a more dance orientated urban sound as all the girls can be heard singing the first chorus of the song each adding their own individual tone to the chorus, after the girls stop signing the chorus the beat again changes back to the more drum and bass sound as Katie can be heard singing the first half of the third verse in a strong husky tone while also adding some attitude to her voice, after Katie has finished singing the beat changes again however this time instead of becoming a heavier drum and bass song it instead becomes a more of an almost folk like beat as Laura can be heard singing the second half of the third verse in a weak and light tone due to her being a weak singer, but she makes up for it with the attitude in her voice which is the strongest, after Laura has finished singing the beat then changes this time to the more heavier drum and bass song it is an instrumental for about ten seconds before Chloe can be heard rapping her section of the song Chloe's rapping is fast paced but manges to control and maintain it well showing her rapping skills to the maximum and boast a lot of attitude in her voice, the beat then changes again to the more dance orientated urban sound as the girls can be heard singing the second and final chorus to close the song again they each add their own individual style to the chorus after the finish singing the beat plays out for five seconds before the song ends.

The music video for the song will be kept simple due ti the pregnancy of member Melva, the video will see the girls in five different locations, Melva will be in a simple place with a piano, Katie will be in a street in London, Laura will be in the middle of a dessert Elle will be in a dance studio and Lacy will be in a club, the music video is expected to premiere a week after the single, the video will be uploaded to The Dolls official VEVO channel as well as youtube and it will also be put onto th FREEDOM records website after it's premiere.

Ron Slomowicz of About.com praised "The Way I Do " as a dance track unlike anything on the radio, comparing it to music by Magie and Chris BMarc Hogan of SPIN.com praised the song for its quality and sounding, while contrasting it with Chloe's song "The One", which was released at the same time, Hogan further writes that "The Dolls song really does keep building from beginning to end, starting with staccato pinpricks of synth and handclaps soon joined by thudding, slightly syncopated drum programming." The staff at Idolator.com writes "Unfortunately, it sounds to us as though The Dolls heart was missing from this one." They find that "their customary distance works against them in this one, and the result is a throwaway." Prefix's Andrew Winistorfer finds that the song "will not replace "No Spell" in anyone's mind when it comes to The Dolls." Bradley Stern of MuuMuse rated the song five out of five stars, lauding it as better than top 40 dance-pop songs. He writes "It’s that kind of fresh, it’s that kind of innovative: The lyrics, the melodies, the song structure, the delivery, the beats–there’s not one part of this song that contains even a single molecular flaw, A writer from Evention writes "“The Way I Do” is club music, The Dolls style... An icy Ibiza-sized anthem that’s just snatched the wig of every pop song released this year, without even sounding like it tried to... they sound too bored to seduce you, but too cool to care, and that’s just what makes them so darn enticing. Jim Tonze of The Guardian writes that "What’s striking about the track posted this month. The Way I Do, is how it involves elements of nearly everything we’ve talked about. It has the ravey club-banger aspect, it has the innovative yet commercialedge of early noughties R&B, and it has enough sadness in their vocals to draw in the indie crowd. Put simply, it’s the best-sounding identity crisis I’ve heard for a while' Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine positively reviewed "The Way I Do", deeming it a "sassy smash-in-the-making that should prove popular with fans of The Dolls and Chloe. Cinquemani went on to praise Chloe's rapping in the song's bridge, saying: "Chloe raps the verses in a nonchalant, dispassionate tone, as if she's dismissing the advances of a poor boy while simultaneously blowing on freshly painted fingernails". Allmusic's Andy Kellman said that "the snapping and swirling 'The Way I Do' is just as irresistible in its flippant playfulness as the previous single 'No Spell." Kellman elaborated: "The Girls scolds a hopeless suitor with such cutting nonchalance their basically swatting a fly, Doriah Lynskey from Blender said that "The Way I Do" is as coolly imperious as "No Spell". Lynskey positively described its lyrical conception saying that in the song The Dolls are "brushing away a would-be lover like dirt off their shoulders" While Daily Mirror reviewed the track saying it shows that The Dolls are no one-trick pony, further describing the song as "blending cute and clever mating rituals"

Melva
Elle
Laura
Katie
Lacy
Chloe
All


Your kiss, your smile
You're mine and its sunlight in my eyes
I miss, your breath
On my neck when we whisper in the night

Didn't wanna want you
Didn't wanna need you so bad
Didn't wanna wake up
To find that i was falling so fast
Didn't wanna need you
Didn't wanna need anyone
Now look what you've done

And i can't go on without you
I can't make it, i can't fake it
And i'm not that strong without you
Never thought i could love you
The way i do


Your touch, your skin
Can't believe the way you let me in
Don't rush tonight
I need you like the ocean needs the tide

Didn't wanna want you
Didn't wanna need you so bad
Didn't wanna wake up
To find that iwas falling so fast
Didn't wanna need you
Didn't wanna need anyone
Now look what you've done

That chronic, that powder, baby you're above it all
That natural high, even if I'd crash, you're worth the fall
Oxy's, PhP mix it with that ecstasy
But boy you can do, so much more to me
With the blink of an eye, you can make sweat
That voice of an angel, like a string quartet
You got me droppin to my knees, feeling so weak
I'm needing my fix, and you're what I seek
Nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, baby you got that addictive strain
Playing with my head, you're driving me insane
Pouring my love, right down the drain
But never would I ever, say your name in vein


And i can't go on without you
I can't make it, i can't fake it
And i'm not that strong without you
Never thought i could love you
The way i do

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