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"
Uh, uh uh, I like it baby (yeah yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah (ooh oh oh oh)
Nivea, y'all, JE c'mon (uh)
It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me
So I'm tellin' everybody let him be
'Cause he's mine and I can't take no pigeons tryna take my baby
So I thought I had to let you know
Find someone that you can call your own
'Cause now you're walkin' in the danger zone
And if I touch you, I'll be wrong
If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own man
It was hard to find a girl that's really down for me
Seems like a lot of niggas tryin' me
'Cause they tryna take my baby, oh what the hell, no
So now you really better check yourself
Messin' with my girl is bad for your health and
So you know you will be dealt with
Better find your own, own girl
If you mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own girl (ooh)
Girl I'm warning you (girl I'm warning you),
If you want my man (if you want my man)
You should just keep your hands to yourself, now-now
And playa I'm warning you, if you want my girl
I suggest (I suggest) that you look but don't touch, now-now, yeah yeah
It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don't mess with my man
It's hard to find a girl that's really down for me, don't mess with my girl
Hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don't mess with my man
So hard to find a girl that's down for me, don't mess with my girl
If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya (if you mess with my man)
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own man
If you mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own girl
If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own man
If you mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, (find your own girl)
Yeah yeah yeah (ooh oh oh oh)
Nivea, y'all, JE c'mon (uh)
It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me
So I'm tellin' everybody let him be
'Cause he's mine and I can't take no pigeons tryna take my baby
So I thought I had to let you know
Find someone that you can call your own
'Cause now you're walkin' in the danger zone
And if I touch you, I'll be wrong
If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own man
It was hard to find a girl that's really down for me
Seems like a lot of niggas tryin' me
'Cause they tryna take my baby, oh what the hell, no
So now you really better check yourself
Messin' with my girl is bad for your health and
So you know you will be dealt with
Better find your own, own girl
If you mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own girl (ooh)
Girl I'm warning you (girl I'm warning you),
If you want my man (if you want my man)
You should just keep your hands to yourself, now-now
And playa I'm warning you, if you want my girl
I suggest (I suggest) that you look but don't touch, now-now, yeah yeah
It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don't mess with my man
It's hard to find a girl that's really down for me, don't mess with my girl
Hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don't mess with my man
So hard to find a girl that's down for me, don't mess with my girl
If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya (if you mess with my man)
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own man
If you mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own girl
If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, find your own man
If you mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don't mess with my girl, I'ma be the one to break it to ya
Here's a little advice for you, (find your own girl)
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