This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
It ain't nothing but an "us" thing
And it's time for us to step it up and respect
(Amen, ooh) (come on)
That level of sisterhood
That's been holding up our neighborhood
And if it wasn't for our mothers
There would be no brothers (amen)
And if it wasn't for our sisters
There would be no misters (ooh)
So it ain't nothing but a "us" thing
She's strong and that's a fact
Now it's time for us to take up the slack
Step it up, step it up, time to go to work
History hidden from me (oh)
To hide my identity (come on)
So I'd never feel
I am somebody (yes)
You've gouged my eyes (come on)
I see more clearly
You've tried to rob my humanity (told you now)
My spirit you tried to break (tried to ignore)
My soul you tried to take (don't hide your face)
There's no need to be afraid (by any means necessary)
'Cause I won't do unto you now (come on)
Amen (hey)
All that we've been through (tell everybody now)
Our time has come to rejoice (oh)
A new agenda's due (gotta step it up)
Amen
It's time to know the truth (give a little bit)
Our time has come to rejoice (respect)
A new agenda's due
Time to step it up, step it up
Better check yourself
I can bet if I check what we got left
(No, no)
Because of my gender (no)
I've heard "no" too many times (no)
Because of my race
I've heard "no" too many times (no, no, no, no)
(No) but with every "no"
I grow in strength, that is why (that is why)
African-american woman, I stand tall with pride
You want to know what it takes (tell 'em what they wanna know)
To rid yourself of me now (what's the plan? I wanna know)
There's nothing you can do (not a thing you can do)
Accept me for who I am now (gotta step it up)
Amen (come on with it now)
All that we've been through (hey)
Our time has come to rejoice (yeah)
A new agenda's due
Check it out, check it out, gotta check it out
It's a new thing, check it out, come on with it now
Time to step it up, come on, come on, step it up (hey)
Amen
All that we've been through (step it up, son)
Our time has come to rejoice (no time)
A new agenda's due
Amen (feel the vibe, feel the vibe)
It's time to know the truth (give it to 'em now)
Our time has come to rejoice (hey)
A new agenda's due
Step it up, step it up, it's time to step it up
Step it up, check it out, come on
Time to step it up, step it up
Better check yourself
I get vexed to protect what we got, left her alone
Looking for your own, here it is, I know what I'm saying
But the plan ain't playing at the rain
Gotta step it up, uh, to discuss a must
It ain't nothing but an "us" thing
Rewind back to the time
Where the color of our mother, had 'em call it a crime
Brother, what in the world? And the world says where
Is the black man's support the women and children?
Time to step it up, step it up, it's playoff time
And the rhyme go to check, so check yourself
(Amen) time to step it up, step it up
(A new agenda's due) here we go
Amen (hey)
All that we've been through (tell 'em 'bout it now)
Our time has come to rejoice (oh)
A new agenda's due (got to step it up)
Amen
It's time to know the truth (give a little bit)
Our time has come to rejoice (respect)
A new agenda's due (check it out)
Amen (all that we've been through)
All that we've been through (yeah)
Our time has come to rejoice (this is our time)
A new agenda's due
Amen (hey)
It's time to know the truth (it's time to know the truth)
Our time has come to rejoice (and it's time to rejoice)
A new agenda's due (respect now)
Amen
All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice
And it's time for us to step it up and respect
(Amen, ooh) (come on)
That level of sisterhood
That's been holding up our neighborhood
And if it wasn't for our mothers
There would be no brothers (amen)
And if it wasn't for our sisters
There would be no misters (ooh)
So it ain't nothing but a "us" thing
She's strong and that's a fact
Now it's time for us to take up the slack
Step it up, step it up, time to go to work
History hidden from me (oh)
To hide my identity (come on)
So I'd never feel
I am somebody (yes)
You've gouged my eyes (come on)
I see more clearly
You've tried to rob my humanity (told you now)
My spirit you tried to break (tried to ignore)
My soul you tried to take (don't hide your face)
There's no need to be afraid (by any means necessary)
'Cause I won't do unto you now (come on)
Amen (hey)
All that we've been through (tell everybody now)
Our time has come to rejoice (oh)
A new agenda's due (gotta step it up)
Amen
It's time to know the truth (give a little bit)
Our time has come to rejoice (respect)
A new agenda's due
Time to step it up, step it up
Better check yourself
I can bet if I check what we got left
(No, no)
Because of my gender (no)
I've heard "no" too many times (no)
Because of my race
I've heard "no" too many times (no, no, no, no)
(No) but with every "no"
I grow in strength, that is why (that is why)
African-american woman, I stand tall with pride
You want to know what it takes (tell 'em what they wanna know)
To rid yourself of me now (what's the plan? I wanna know)
There's nothing you can do (not a thing you can do)
Accept me for who I am now (gotta step it up)
Amen (come on with it now)
All that we've been through (hey)
Our time has come to rejoice (yeah)
A new agenda's due
Check it out, check it out, gotta check it out
It's a new thing, check it out, come on with it now
Time to step it up, come on, come on, step it up (hey)
Amen
All that we've been through (step it up, son)
Our time has come to rejoice (no time)
A new agenda's due
Amen (feel the vibe, feel the vibe)
It's time to know the truth (give it to 'em now)
Our time has come to rejoice (hey)
A new agenda's due
Step it up, step it up, it's time to step it up
Step it up, check it out, come on
Time to step it up, step it up
Better check yourself
I get vexed to protect what we got, left her alone
Looking for your own, here it is, I know what I'm saying
But the plan ain't playing at the rain
Gotta step it up, uh, to discuss a must
It ain't nothing but an "us" thing
Rewind back to the time
Where the color of our mother, had 'em call it a crime
Brother, what in the world? And the world says where
Is the black man's support the women and children?
Time to step it up, step it up, it's playoff time
And the rhyme go to check, so check yourself
(Amen) time to step it up, step it up
(A new agenda's due) here we go
Amen (hey)
All that we've been through (tell 'em 'bout it now)
Our time has come to rejoice (oh)
A new agenda's due (got to step it up)
Amen
It's time to know the truth (give a little bit)
Our time has come to rejoice (respect)
A new agenda's due (check it out)
Amen (all that we've been through)
All that we've been through (yeah)
Our time has come to rejoice (this is our time)
A new agenda's due
Amen (hey)
It's time to know the truth (it's time to know the truth)
Our time has come to rejoice (and it's time to rejoice)
A new agenda's due (respect now)
Amen
All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice
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