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"
J-Boog
Raz-B
Lil Fizz
Omarion, now check this out
It's not my way to talk to strangers
But I feel like I already know you
And if you need somebody I want to manage you
I can tell that you been through
Some changes in your past relationships
But come on and walk through that door
'Cause I'm what you've been waitin' for
Whatever's on your mind (Let it out)
Girl, we got lots of time (We can talk)
Through all the good times and bad times
I want to be the gots ta be in your life
Gots ta be the one that makes you sad
Gots ta be the one you never had (Mmm, hmm)
Gots ta be the one that you want so damn bad
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything (Everything)
Gots ta be the only one you fight
Gots ta be the one that makes it right
Gots ta be the one you don't like half the time (The time)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
(Everything, yeah)
Girl, you just can't love anybody
I tell you I'm the right one for you
But you gots to believe me
'Cause everything that I tell you is true, yeah
I want to be your mother, your father
Your brother and your sister too
Be the good, be the bad
Be the gots ta love that you run to, girl
Whatever's on your mind (Let it out)
Girl, we got lots of time (We can talk)
Through all the good times (The good times) and bad times
I want to be the gots ta be in your life (Your life)
Gots ta be the one that works your nerves
Gots ta be the one you don't deserve (you don't deserve)
Gots ta be the only one man you serve (That you serve)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything (Your everything)
Gots ta be the one to change your fate (Oh)
Gots ta be the one you love to hate (You hate)
Gots ta be the one you let eat off your plate
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
(Gotta be your everything )
Listen
Things ain't always gonna be, be so easy, girl
And I can let you now for sure
That I'm gonna always be right here for the long run
I might make you mad you cuss me out, but you're still my girl
And I promise that I will never put my hands on you, girl
I want to be everything to you, girl
Gots ta be the one that you can't stand (Oh...)
Gots ta be the one you call your man (Ooh...yeah)
Gots ta be the one to put a ring on that hand (That hand)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything
(Gotta be your everything, your everything, your everything), yeah
Gots ta be the one you can't forget
Gots ta be the one you regret
Gots ta be the one like you ain't never met (Never met)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah (Listen)
I don't want you to love nobody but me
You and me can do almost anything
Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one you want)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt
You can't get mad at nobody but me
In fact I'm the only one you can receive
Gots ta be the one you want (Oh...)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Yeah...yeah...)
Gots ta be the one that make you sad (Gots ta be, yeah)
Gots ta be the one you never had (Oh)
Gots ta be the one that you want so damn bad
(Gotta be everything to you)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything
(Girl, you don't rally understand)
Gots ta be the only one you fight
Gots ta be the one that makes it right
Gots ta be the one you don't like half the time
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Gots ta be the one)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything
Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Gots ta be the one)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
Raz-B
Lil Fizz
Omarion, now check this out
It's not my way to talk to strangers
But I feel like I already know you
And if you need somebody I want to manage you
I can tell that you been through
Some changes in your past relationships
But come on and walk through that door
'Cause I'm what you've been waitin' for
Whatever's on your mind (Let it out)
Girl, we got lots of time (We can talk)
Through all the good times and bad times
I want to be the gots ta be in your life
Gots ta be the one that makes you sad
Gots ta be the one you never had (Mmm, hmm)
Gots ta be the one that you want so damn bad
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything (Everything)
Gots ta be the only one you fight
Gots ta be the one that makes it right
Gots ta be the one you don't like half the time (The time)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
(Everything, yeah)
Girl, you just can't love anybody
I tell you I'm the right one for you
But you gots to believe me
'Cause everything that I tell you is true, yeah
I want to be your mother, your father
Your brother and your sister too
Be the good, be the bad
Be the gots ta love that you run to, girl
Whatever's on your mind (Let it out)
Girl, we got lots of time (We can talk)
Through all the good times (The good times) and bad times
I want to be the gots ta be in your life (Your life)
Gots ta be the one that works your nerves
Gots ta be the one you don't deserve (you don't deserve)
Gots ta be the only one man you serve (That you serve)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything (Your everything)
Gots ta be the one to change your fate (Oh)
Gots ta be the one you love to hate (You hate)
Gots ta be the one you let eat off your plate
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
(Gotta be your everything )
Listen
Things ain't always gonna be, be so easy, girl
And I can let you now for sure
That I'm gonna always be right here for the long run
I might make you mad you cuss me out, but you're still my girl
And I promise that I will never put my hands on you, girl
I want to be everything to you, girl
Gots ta be the one that you can't stand (Oh...)
Gots ta be the one you call your man (Ooh...yeah)
Gots ta be the one to put a ring on that hand (That hand)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything
(Gotta be your everything, your everything, your everything), yeah
Gots ta be the one you can't forget
Gots ta be the one you regret
Gots ta be the one like you ain't never met (Never met)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah (Listen)
I don't want you to love nobody but me
You and me can do almost anything
Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one you want)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt
You can't get mad at nobody but me
In fact I'm the only one you can receive
Gots ta be the one you want (Oh...)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Yeah...yeah...)
Gots ta be the one that make you sad (Gots ta be, yeah)
Gots ta be the one you never had (Oh)
Gots ta be the one that you want so damn bad
(Gotta be everything to you)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything
(Girl, you don't rally understand)
Gots ta be the only one you fight
Gots ta be the one that makes it right
Gots ta be the one you don't like half the time
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Gots ta be the one)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything
Gots ta be the one you want (Gots ta be the one)
Gots ta be the one you flaunt (Gots ta be the one)
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be your everything, yeah
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Gots ta Be Lyrics as written by Harvey Jay Mason Mischke J Butler
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network
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