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"
Last man standin', I'm shot
But I can't fear bleedin'
My nigga's face down, stretched out, no longer breathin'
I'm speedin', pump eatin', swervin' in the G and
Red & blue lights and squad cars is all I'm seein'
I told you motherfuckers 'No moves, no altercations'
Now it's half a tank a gas and a hostage situation
I'm facin', 25, with the 'L' so I'm stompin'
I can't shake One-Time bitch, I swear I'm dumpin'
Helicopters trailin' my ass, won't surrender
Only thang I'm givin' up is hollow points and middle fingers (fuck y'all!)
Whoever set this shit the fuck up, done got us fucked up
Runnin' outta time, and shit outta luck
Take that!
I ain't goin' down mothafucka'!
Take this!
My car roof could suck my dick!
I'm on a high-speed chase, with two money bags, *woman screams* and a
Screamin' ass BITCH
It's All Bad!
[cops] 'Possible 211 suspect driving southbound on the 215 driving an '84
Cutlass Supreme. Believed to be armed. Please proceed with caution.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
[cops] 'Everyone proceed with caution, suspect is believed to be a black male
Carrying female hostage. We got a runner fellas.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
They trynna cut me off against the gutta' lane
Trynna run these motherfuckers to the border man
Side-swiped the mothafuckin' El Camino!
Trynna get my black ass up outta San Bernadino
I catch the 215, to the 405
I'm catchin' hell trynna make it to the 5 I line!
They cut me off again I got to go the other way
Channel 5 in the sky we'll take 'em through L.A.
Quit screamin' BITCH (shut the fuck up!)
Ho' you slowin' me down, they ain't thinkin' 'bout yo' ass SHUT THE FUCK UP
Now!
The bitch didn't budge, so I shot her,'Bla! Bla!'
(stupid!)
(Fuck, take a look at you now!)
I kicked the door open , threw her body on the freeway
Continued the chase, wiped the blood off my face
Lookin' for an exit as soon as I reloads my mag'
Stuck in heavy traffic...
Nigga It's All Bad!
[cops]'Suspect has just thrown female hostage on the side of
The 605 freeway. We now have him in heavy traffic on the 105 heading
Westbound.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
[cops] 'Looks like he's trying pulling 1-8 10 and Central. He might try and
Make a run for it. Don't let him get away. Take this fucker.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
Now it's time for me to make my getawaaaaaay!
Fuck a hostage, I'm doin' this the nigga waaaaaay!
I jumped out the car, and started squezzin' the trigga'
(bla! bla! bla! bla!)
And duckin' at 'em, I'm bustin' at 'em, laughin' at 'em, trynna splat 'em,
Cussin at 'em
Like a true fuckin' G is supposed ta
I'm bustin' at the helicopter as I get closa'
Trynna shake 'em off my tail
I make's my way to the side of the freeway
Now I'm climbin' over the guard rail
I'm a felon, I can't take no shorts
I'm runnin' down Imperial past Imperial Courts
Stop to catch my breath 'til I heard the dogs barkin'
Now a nigga's runnin' past a nigga's gardens
I hear the helicopter closin' in, yellin' 'freeze'
But I'm yellin' back 'fuck you!', hittin' 'em up with see's (fuck yaa'll!)
A beautiful day for dyin', nigga I'm hearin' sirens
On sight, no warnins that these coward's 'll be firin'
I made my way to Avalon
Peepin' any, get in the corner
I got's ta think quick, or I'm a goner
Saw this nigga slippin' in a '98 Ac-Right
(Get the fuck out!)
Left him bleedin' at the light!
Now it's back on, the money bag full of riches
Fuck One-Time, that get in my way, I'm killin' these bitches
I'm doin' 85 loc, these fools can't touch me
Came across Western, hit the back at Kentucky
Fish trailin', mashin' on my brakes I had to stop
Awww Fuck! Ain't this a bitch?! A road block!
[cops]'Get out the car now I say, keep your hands up! Get out the car now or
I'm forced to shoot!'
[WC] Fuck that...
[cops] He's movin'!! He's movin'!!
[cops] 'Cease fire!! Cease fire damnit!!'
It's All Bad!
Dead on arrival!
Nigga It's All Bad!
Dead on arrival!
It's All Bad!
It's All Bad!
Nigga we all, dead on arrival!
But I can't fear bleedin'
My nigga's face down, stretched out, no longer breathin'
I'm speedin', pump eatin', swervin' in the G and
Red & blue lights and squad cars is all I'm seein'
I told you motherfuckers 'No moves, no altercations'
Now it's half a tank a gas and a hostage situation
I'm facin', 25, with the 'L' so I'm stompin'
I can't shake One-Time bitch, I swear I'm dumpin'
Helicopters trailin' my ass, won't surrender
Only thang I'm givin' up is hollow points and middle fingers (fuck y'all!)
Whoever set this shit the fuck up, done got us fucked up
Runnin' outta time, and shit outta luck
Take that!
I ain't goin' down mothafucka'!
Take this!
My car roof could suck my dick!
I'm on a high-speed chase, with two money bags, *woman screams* and a
Screamin' ass BITCH
It's All Bad!
[cops] 'Possible 211 suspect driving southbound on the 215 driving an '84
Cutlass Supreme. Believed to be armed. Please proceed with caution.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
[cops] 'Everyone proceed with caution, suspect is believed to be a black male
Carrying female hostage. We got a runner fellas.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
They trynna cut me off against the gutta' lane
Trynna run these motherfuckers to the border man
Side-swiped the mothafuckin' El Camino!
Trynna get my black ass up outta San Bernadino
I catch the 215, to the 405
I'm catchin' hell trynna make it to the 5 I line!
They cut me off again I got to go the other way
Channel 5 in the sky we'll take 'em through L.A.
Quit screamin' BITCH (shut the fuck up!)
Ho' you slowin' me down, they ain't thinkin' 'bout yo' ass SHUT THE FUCK UP
Now!
The bitch didn't budge, so I shot her,'Bla! Bla!'
(stupid!)
(Fuck, take a look at you now!)
I kicked the door open , threw her body on the freeway
Continued the chase, wiped the blood off my face
Lookin' for an exit as soon as I reloads my mag'
Stuck in heavy traffic...
Nigga It's All Bad!
[cops]'Suspect has just thrown female hostage on the side of
The 605 freeway. We now have him in heavy traffic on the 105 heading
Westbound.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
[cops] 'Looks like he's trying pulling 1-8 10 and Central. He might try and
Make a run for it. Don't let him get away. Take this fucker.'
[WC] It's All Bad!
Now it's time for me to make my getawaaaaaay!
Fuck a hostage, I'm doin' this the nigga waaaaaay!
I jumped out the car, and started squezzin' the trigga'
(bla! bla! bla! bla!)
And duckin' at 'em, I'm bustin' at 'em, laughin' at 'em, trynna splat 'em,
Cussin at 'em
Like a true fuckin' G is supposed ta
I'm bustin' at the helicopter as I get closa'
Trynna shake 'em off my tail
I make's my way to the side of the freeway
Now I'm climbin' over the guard rail
I'm a felon, I can't take no shorts
I'm runnin' down Imperial past Imperial Courts
Stop to catch my breath 'til I heard the dogs barkin'
Now a nigga's runnin' past a nigga's gardens
I hear the helicopter closin' in, yellin' 'freeze'
But I'm yellin' back 'fuck you!', hittin' 'em up with see's (fuck yaa'll!)
A beautiful day for dyin', nigga I'm hearin' sirens
On sight, no warnins that these coward's 'll be firin'
I made my way to Avalon
Peepin' any, get in the corner
I got's ta think quick, or I'm a goner
Saw this nigga slippin' in a '98 Ac-Right
(Get the fuck out!)
Left him bleedin' at the light!
Now it's back on, the money bag full of riches
Fuck One-Time, that get in my way, I'm killin' these bitches
I'm doin' 85 loc, these fools can't touch me
Came across Western, hit the back at Kentucky
Fish trailin', mashin' on my brakes I had to stop
Awww Fuck! Ain't this a bitch?! A road block!
[cops]'Get out the car now I say, keep your hands up! Get out the car now or
I'm forced to shoot!'
[WC] Fuck that...
[cops] He's movin'!! He's movin'!!
[cops] 'Cease fire!! Cease fire damnit!!'
It's All Bad!
Dead on arrival!
Nigga It's All Bad!
Dead on arrival!
It's All Bad!
It's All Bad!
Nigga we all, dead on arrival!
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