Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
The winds of fortune
Don't blow the same
She had to get up
And make a change
She had a kid now
But much too young
Her baby daddy is
Out having fun
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
His baby mama
She ain't so slow
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
I know you wanna Hit That
I know you wanna Hit That, Hit That
All of the world
Is getting way past me
Consequences are a lost party
That's the way
That's the way things go
What was a family
Is now a shell
We're raising kids now
Who raise themselves
Sex is a weapon
It's like a drug
It gets around into that
Ground that he just dug
She said "Now I'm on a run
I'm chasing guys for fun"
Her baby daddy
Hey, he's only one
She said "Now I'm on a run
I'm chasing guys for fun"
I know you wanna Hit That
I know you wanna Hit That, Hit That
Hey everybody's getting way past me
Consequences are a lost party
That's the way
That's the way things go
Well, you'd better wise up
Broken up, really such a shame
Better wind up
Take a chance, everything's a game
And the good stuff
Broken up, nothing's gonna change
Well,
The more he's trying
The more he's buying
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
His baby mama
Don't need know
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
I know you wanna Hit That
I know you wanna Hit That, Hit That
All of the world
Is getting way past me
Consequences are a lost party
That's the way
That's the way things go
Don't blow the same
She had to get up
And make a change
She had a kid now
But much too young
Her baby daddy is
Out having fun
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
His baby mama
She ain't so slow
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
I know you wanna Hit That
I know you wanna Hit That, Hit That
All of the world
Is getting way past me
Consequences are a lost party
That's the way
That's the way things go
What was a family
Is now a shell
We're raising kids now
Who raise themselves
Sex is a weapon
It's like a drug
It gets around into that
Ground that he just dug
She said "Now I'm on a run
I'm chasing guys for fun"
Her baby daddy
Hey, he's only one
She said "Now I'm on a run
I'm chasing guys for fun"
I know you wanna Hit That
I know you wanna Hit That, Hit That
Hey everybody's getting way past me
Consequences are a lost party
That's the way
That's the way things go
Well, you'd better wise up
Broken up, really such a shame
Better wind up
Take a chance, everything's a game
And the good stuff
Broken up, nothing's gonna change
Well,
The more he's trying
The more he's buying
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
His baby mama
Don't need know
He said "Now I'm on a roll
With all the girls I know"
I know you wanna Hit That
I know you wanna Hit That, Hit That
All of the world
Is getting way past me
Consequences are a lost party
That's the way
That's the way things go
Lyrics submitted by Shmeeper
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