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"
Every time he call I come
But, this time I think about me (that's right)
And what I need (that's right)
Tonight I'm doin' me (that's right)
And I'ma have fun (that's right)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's right)
That's right, get crunk
That's right, get crunk
That's right, get crunk (ooh)
Let's go, let's go now, now ladies
Let's go, let's go now
If you always
Let's go, let's go now
Looking out for everybody else
Let's go, let's go now and not yourself
Let's go, let's go now, tonight
Let's go, let's go now
It's all about you, we gon' party, baby
Let's go, let's go now
C'mon, crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
I was driving, cruisin' on the highway
It was a Friday, midnight, when he called me
I was thinking "Hell no"
I already know what he wants surprise, surprise
So I changed plans and made some arrangements
I won't be chasing, someone that's replacing
That's when I called my girls up
We about to hit the club up
Tonight's the night (let's go)
You can miss me all you want
But I'm not coming over (that's right)
Tonight I'm doing me
I'll call you in the morning (that's right)
Hanging with my girls
Until the break of dawn (that's right)
You can't tell me no
'Cause I can do what I want (that's right)
Tonight I'm having fun
Tonight I'm going out
Let's ride up in a party
All night long
I'm turning off my phone
So we can get it on
Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh
He kept sending e-mails
Asking for details (hey)
"When are you leaving?"
"When will you get here?" (Hey)
Kept calling my cell phone
I send him straight to voice mail
Leave a message
I usually call back
This time I won't fall back
I know what the real be
You just wanna see me
'Cause he wanna
Tap, to tap, tap, tap, tap (that booty)
But he's not gonna get (that booty)
If he think that it's like that uh)
He can think that's nothing
You can miss me all you want
But I'm not coming over (that's right)
Tonight I'm doing me
I'll call you in the morning (that's right)
Hanging with my girls
Until the break of dawn (that's right)
You can't tell me no
'Cause I can do what I want (that's right)
Tonight I'm having fun
Tonight I'm going out
Let's ride up in a party
All night long
I'm turning off my phone
So we can get it on
Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh
I got my hands up on my back, back
Take it to the flow, flow
We gon' ride on out, that's right
Take it down low, that's right
What's up? I'm hot tonight
What's up? We in the spot tonight
What's up? That's right, that's right, that's right
Like this, uh this, like that, that, that
John, drop the beat and bring it back, back, back
What's up? What's up? That's right, that's right
You like it? I like it
You love it? I love it
You want it? You want it?
What's up? What's up?
You can miss me all you want
But I'm not coming over (that's right)
Tonight I'm doing me
I'll call you in the morning (that's right)
Hanging with my girls
Until the break of dawn (that's right)
You can't tell me no
'Cause I can do what I want (that's right)
Tonight I'm having fun
Tonight I'm going out
Let's ride up in a party
All night long
I'm turning off my phone
So we can get it on
Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
But, this time I think about me (that's right)
And what I need (that's right)
Tonight I'm doin' me (that's right)
And I'ma have fun (that's right)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk
I bet you won't get crunk (that's my jam)
I bet you won't get crunk (that's right)
That's right, get crunk
That's right, get crunk
That's right, get crunk (ooh)
Let's go, let's go now, now ladies
Let's go, let's go now
If you always
Let's go, let's go now
Looking out for everybody else
Let's go, let's go now and not yourself
Let's go, let's go now, tonight
Let's go, let's go now
It's all about you, we gon' party, baby
Let's go, let's go now
C'mon, crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
Crank that thang c'mon
I was driving, cruisin' on the highway
It was a Friday, midnight, when he called me
I was thinking "Hell no"
I already know what he wants surprise, surprise
So I changed plans and made some arrangements
I won't be chasing, someone that's replacing
That's when I called my girls up
We about to hit the club up
Tonight's the night (let's go)
You can miss me all you want
But I'm not coming over (that's right)
Tonight I'm doing me
I'll call you in the morning (that's right)
Hanging with my girls
Until the break of dawn (that's right)
You can't tell me no
'Cause I can do what I want (that's right)
Tonight I'm having fun
Tonight I'm going out
Let's ride up in a party
All night long
I'm turning off my phone
So we can get it on
Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh
He kept sending e-mails
Asking for details (hey)
"When are you leaving?"
"When will you get here?" (Hey)
Kept calling my cell phone
I send him straight to voice mail
Leave a message
I usually call back
This time I won't fall back
I know what the real be
You just wanna see me
'Cause he wanna
Tap, to tap, tap, tap, tap (that booty)
But he's not gonna get (that booty)
If he think that it's like that uh)
He can think that's nothing
You can miss me all you want
But I'm not coming over (that's right)
Tonight I'm doing me
I'll call you in the morning (that's right)
Hanging with my girls
Until the break of dawn (that's right)
You can't tell me no
'Cause I can do what I want (that's right)
Tonight I'm having fun
Tonight I'm going out
Let's ride up in a party
All night long
I'm turning off my phone
So we can get it on
Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh
I got my hands up on my back, back
Take it to the flow, flow
We gon' ride on out, that's right
Take it down low, that's right
What's up? I'm hot tonight
What's up? We in the spot tonight
What's up? That's right, that's right, that's right
Like this, uh this, like that, that, that
John, drop the beat and bring it back, back, back
What's up? What's up? That's right, that's right
You like it? I like it
You love it? I love it
You want it? You want it?
What's up? What's up?
You can miss me all you want
But I'm not coming over (that's right)
Tonight I'm doing me
I'll call you in the morning (that's right)
Hanging with my girls
Until the break of dawn (that's right)
You can't tell me no
'Cause I can do what I want (that's right)
Tonight I'm having fun
Tonight I'm going out
Let's ride up in a party
All night long
I'm turning off my phone
So we can get it on
Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, oh-ooh
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Crank that thang, c'mon
Lyrics submitted by Tribabe2007
That's Right Lyrics as written by Ciara Princess Harris Jonathan H. Smith
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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