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"
[Chorus]
Deep inside you know the truth
He don't really love you
Baby, you've gotta face the truth
You know I'ma keep it real with you
Let's be real
I was December in the Chi
When I saw you walking by
With the tears in your eyes
And I walked up to your side
So I asked you how you feel
Girl is everything alright
I want you to keep it real
Girl you ain't got to lie
See that dude is a mark
A predator and a shark
And I knew that from the start
He wanted to break your heart
You ain't got to think twice
Cause I ain't that type of guy
I'd rather see you happy
I don't want to see you cry
Let's be real, come on now
Let's be real, he got no love
Like I have for you, really feeling bad for you
Out of all of this time he never had love I have for you
[Chorus]
He disrespect ya, he don't protect ya
I know it hurts but you got to keep your head up
He doesn't love ya, but I can treat you better
That's why I think me and you should be together
He doesn't need ya, bet I can please ya
He doesn't trust ya, forever triny to treat ya
He doesn't look at ya texture
You should tell him that he really got you messed
Tell him to beat it, me in your life you need it
I'm willing to do whatever, you really can't beat it
I'm your keeper, my words you need to keep it
Fresher, I could be the reason why you breathing
[Chorus]
He disrespect ya, he don't protect ya
When you in need he don't hurry to catch ya
Hurt and neglect ya, certain to stress ya
I ain't your daddy girl, you can do whatever
Let's be for real, come on now, Let's be for real, you know what's
Up Let's be real, come on now, let's be real, forever ma
It's best you let him go, or you will never know
What we could be, why can't you see
What we could be, why can't you see
I'm the one for you
[Chorus]
Deep inside you know the truth
He don't really love you
Baby, you've gotta face the truth
You know I'ma keep it real with you
Let's be real
I was December in the Chi
When I saw you walking by
With the tears in your eyes
And I walked up to your side
So I asked you how you feel
Girl is everything alright
I want you to keep it real
Girl you ain't got to lie
See that dude is a mark
A predator and a shark
And I knew that from the start
He wanted to break your heart
You ain't got to think twice
Cause I ain't that type of guy
I'd rather see you happy
I don't want to see you cry
Let's be real, come on now
Let's be real, he got no love
Like I have for you, really feeling bad for you
Out of all of this time he never had love I have for you
[Chorus]
He disrespect ya, he don't protect ya
I know it hurts but you got to keep your head up
He doesn't love ya, but I can treat you better
That's why I think me and you should be together
He doesn't need ya, bet I can please ya
He doesn't trust ya, forever triny to treat ya
He doesn't look at ya texture
You should tell him that he really got you messed
Tell him to beat it, me in your life you need it
I'm willing to do whatever, you really can't beat it
I'm your keeper, my words you need to keep it
Fresher, I could be the reason why you breathing
[Chorus]
He disrespect ya, he don't protect ya
When you in need he don't hurry to catch ya
Hurt and neglect ya, certain to stress ya
I ain't your daddy girl, you can do whatever
Let's be for real, come on now, Let's be for real, you know what's
Up Let's be real, come on now, let's be real, forever ma
It's best you let him go, or you will never know
What we could be, why can't you see
What we could be, why can't you see
I'm the one for you
[Chorus]
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Let's Be Real Lyrics as written by Jovan Camaran Campbell Jamal F. Jones
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