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"
Mmmm, what the hell was that?
(Hey y'all, I thought we bust this new hype before)
All across the land (new dance commercial take two)
Rio, Marbella, we gettin' stupid
Ha, Germany, Paris France, we gettin' stupid
Yeah, Stockholm Sweden, we love ya
Let me shed, it's easier said code red
Bust the new groove just hyped for the jughead
Bass thumpin' everybody's doin the bumpin' oops, I slipped on a move
I think it's time to bust somethin' sleazy, but cool and easy
(Is this the right one) yeah, this is for the hood
Better keep it greasy
Better yet on a smooth tip I don't want to sweat
I want my slimmie to get with this
Move your head and shoulders from side to side
Take your back foot, and then you let it slide
Yo, in a fade motion, lots of attitude, coast to coast
Then you're floatin' homeboys boastin',
You made his skeeze freeze
You've been chosen, P
Ladies and gentlemen, NPG introduces the
Jughead (jughead)(bum bum bum bum bump)
Yeah, we gettin' funky in the house tonight
Kickin' the jughead (doin' the jughead)
(Come on) come on, get stupid, get stupid
Kickin' the jughead (jughead)
Oh yeah, we gettin' funky in the house tonight
Kickin' the jughead, yeah (doin' the jughead) wait a minute
Wait a minute what's he doin' (get stupid, get stupid)
Mack Daddy in the house over there
What you doin' dawg(gettin' busy G, kickin' the jughead)
Yeah, baby's gettin' busy in my face cold housin' a future
Everything has been well placed
This daddy's to fly
He bust the jughead as he floats to the other side
You watch the rotation, there's a bit of hesitation
This is some new hype stuff you're facin'
You gotta come with a new git
The J-U-G-H-E-A-D, and I'm flowin' with it
You could say I'm on a roll
Npg and y'all, and we're gettin' bold, oh
Oh ya, bold steps must be taken
To bump a nation their scrutiny is what I'm facin'
As you pump the volume to what I'm sayin'
You'd catch me dead before you catch me doin' anything but the
Jughead (dead) (jughead) yeah, we gettin' funky in the house to night
Kickin' the jughead (doin' the jughead)
Yeah get stupid, get stupid
Kickin' the jughead (jughead)
Yo, yo, we gettin' funky in the house to night (aye)
Kickin' the jughead, ha ha (doin' the jughead) (get stupid, get stupid) (ooh)
Don't worry if you're lookin' silly
Look over here at me, workin' for Willie (check him out, man, check him out)
Gettin' busy in the corner (oh yes, is that legal)
Holdin' my own a you think that I'm posin'? (Yeah, man)
I'm just frozen on an upbeat (ho, man) clockin' a freak in a low pro (hut)
You know, discreet (what) Baby was laughing (hey) but before a no was even said (hey)
She's on the dance floor next beat kickin' the jughead
(Haha) yeah, get funky (gettin' funky in the house to night)
Kickin' the jughead
(Woo, come on, come on)
Get stupid, get stupid, kickin' the jughead
What's up wit' that?
Yeah, get stupid, get stupid
Yo, Marbella yeah, we gettin' stupid, yeah (gettin' funky in the house to night)
Say Rio, yeah, what about New York?
Yeah, L.A, yeah, get funky, yeah (gettin' funky in the house to night)
Atlanta, G.A. Yeah (doin' the jughead)
We gettin' funky in the house to night (well)
Yo, homie, kick it just like that (hey)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Say it, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (go)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (go)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that
Boy, we gettin' international in the house (gettin' funky in the house to night)
(get funky)(doin' the jughead) That's right, we gettin' international in the house, huh
We want this one to go worldwide, huh (gettin' funky in the house to night) (get funky)
(Doin' the jughead) Yeah, that's right, worldwide, huh
Not state-side, huh, give it up, huh
M-p-l-s, who turn the mutha out?
M-p-l-s, who turn the mutha out?
Aw yeah
That's what I'm sayin' (get funky) that's what I'm sayin' (get funky)
That's what I'm sayin'
Who turn the mutha out? That's what I'm sayin' (man, NPG, man, funk that!)
Tony, you were excellent
What you need is a manager
For what (I can make you) moneyminders are like parasites
They pose as wheelers and dealers for your rights
And most companies say that you need 'em
(Not me) but I kick back, observed, and watched them bleed 'em
(I'm honest) artists young and old
I can bring you to the top (where'd this unwritten law come from anyway?)
That years after the contract you should still be gettin' paid?
Boy, I'd go broke and hit the skids
Before I take care of a rich sucker's kids
My contract (hell, a contract ain't no pension plan)
My contract (years after this, my kids are still gonna make the grands)
Tony, you (and you laughed at my brother, Little Richard)
When he says u ain't gave him nothin'
Let's leave him out of this (hell, that ain't no joke)
His songs are still sellin', that man could die broke
So fellow artists, push for yours
You need me (and watch for Mr. Moneyminder as we settle the score)
Tony (oh)
(Hey y'all, I thought we bust this new hype before)
All across the land (new dance commercial take two)
Rio, Marbella, we gettin' stupid
Ha, Germany, Paris France, we gettin' stupid
Yeah, Stockholm Sweden, we love ya
Let me shed, it's easier said code red
Bust the new groove just hyped for the jughead
Bass thumpin' everybody's doin the bumpin' oops, I slipped on a move
I think it's time to bust somethin' sleazy, but cool and easy
(Is this the right one) yeah, this is for the hood
Better keep it greasy
Better yet on a smooth tip I don't want to sweat
I want my slimmie to get with this
Move your head and shoulders from side to side
Take your back foot, and then you let it slide
Yo, in a fade motion, lots of attitude, coast to coast
Then you're floatin' homeboys boastin',
You made his skeeze freeze
You've been chosen, P
Ladies and gentlemen, NPG introduces the
Jughead (jughead)(bum bum bum bum bump)
Yeah, we gettin' funky in the house tonight
Kickin' the jughead (doin' the jughead)
(Come on) come on, get stupid, get stupid
Kickin' the jughead (jughead)
Oh yeah, we gettin' funky in the house tonight
Kickin' the jughead, yeah (doin' the jughead) wait a minute
Wait a minute what's he doin' (get stupid, get stupid)
Mack Daddy in the house over there
What you doin' dawg(gettin' busy G, kickin' the jughead)
Yeah, baby's gettin' busy in my face cold housin' a future
Everything has been well placed
This daddy's to fly
He bust the jughead as he floats to the other side
You watch the rotation, there's a bit of hesitation
This is some new hype stuff you're facin'
You gotta come with a new git
The J-U-G-H-E-A-D, and I'm flowin' with it
You could say I'm on a roll
Npg and y'all, and we're gettin' bold, oh
Oh ya, bold steps must be taken
To bump a nation their scrutiny is what I'm facin'
As you pump the volume to what I'm sayin'
You'd catch me dead before you catch me doin' anything but the
Jughead (dead) (jughead) yeah, we gettin' funky in the house to night
Kickin' the jughead (doin' the jughead)
Yeah get stupid, get stupid
Kickin' the jughead (jughead)
Yo, yo, we gettin' funky in the house to night (aye)
Kickin' the jughead, ha ha (doin' the jughead) (get stupid, get stupid) (ooh)
Don't worry if you're lookin' silly
Look over here at me, workin' for Willie (check him out, man, check him out)
Gettin' busy in the corner (oh yes, is that legal)
Holdin' my own a you think that I'm posin'? (Yeah, man)
I'm just frozen on an upbeat (ho, man) clockin' a freak in a low pro (hut)
You know, discreet (what) Baby was laughing (hey) but before a no was even said (hey)
She's on the dance floor next beat kickin' the jughead
(Haha) yeah, get funky (gettin' funky in the house to night)
Kickin' the jughead
(Woo, come on, come on)
Get stupid, get stupid, kickin' the jughead
What's up wit' that?
Yeah, get stupid, get stupid
Yo, Marbella yeah, we gettin' stupid, yeah (gettin' funky in the house to night)
Say Rio, yeah, what about New York?
Yeah, L.A, yeah, get funky, yeah (gettin' funky in the house to night)
Atlanta, G.A. Yeah (doin' the jughead)
We gettin' funky in the house to night (well)
Yo, homie, kick it just like that (hey)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Say it, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (go)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (go)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that (yeah)
Yeah, homie, kick it just like that
Boy, we gettin' international in the house (gettin' funky in the house to night)
(get funky)(doin' the jughead) That's right, we gettin' international in the house, huh
We want this one to go worldwide, huh (gettin' funky in the house to night) (get funky)
(Doin' the jughead) Yeah, that's right, worldwide, huh
Not state-side, huh, give it up, huh
M-p-l-s, who turn the mutha out?
M-p-l-s, who turn the mutha out?
Aw yeah
That's what I'm sayin' (get funky) that's what I'm sayin' (get funky)
That's what I'm sayin'
Who turn the mutha out? That's what I'm sayin' (man, NPG, man, funk that!)
Tony, you were excellent
What you need is a manager
For what (I can make you) moneyminders are like parasites
They pose as wheelers and dealers for your rights
And most companies say that you need 'em
(Not me) but I kick back, observed, and watched them bleed 'em
(I'm honest) artists young and old
I can bring you to the top (where'd this unwritten law come from anyway?)
That years after the contract you should still be gettin' paid?
Boy, I'd go broke and hit the skids
Before I take care of a rich sucker's kids
My contract (hell, a contract ain't no pension plan)
My contract (years after this, my kids are still gonna make the grands)
Tony, you (and you laughed at my brother, Little Richard)
When he says u ain't gave him nothin'
Let's leave him out of this (hell, that ain't no joke)
His songs are still sellin', that man could die broke
So fellow artists, push for yours
You need me (and watch for Mr. Moneyminder as we settle the score)
Tony (oh)
Lyrics submitted by Gothy_Bura
Jughead Lyrics as written by Anthony Mosley Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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