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"
Intro:
To my big brother Slug. Rock the house.
And my main man Ant yo. Rock the house.
To my best friend Murs man. Rock the house.
To my man Blueprint brother. Rock the house.
To my guy Mr. Dibbs dude. Rock the house.
To my girl Psalm One baby. Rock the house.
And my man Vast Aire yo. Rock the house.
And my man Immortal Technique. Rock the house.
Check it out.
Verse One:
The first time
We dropped a little somethin'
They start buzzin' like King Solomon was comin'
Album of the year was the topic of discussion
Once you got that little rush it's impossible to touch it
Then the ground froze and I'm growlin' in the stomach
Underground shows I'm devouring the public
It's all I know, but I'm a scholar of the subject
Where ever I go it's like they follow me or some shit
I ain't a part of no damn record business
I ain't got a single fan, I got brothers and sisters
Every time they raise their hands they bare witness
They listenin' and they know that a man who cares did this
Ever since I'm a pip squeak and can't even pee straight
Had some shit to speak on a beat break
Guaranteed to dig a little deeper with each take
Bleedin' on the beat till the meat on my knees shake
They call me a beast, I just think I'm the least fake
I know I'll be alone on my judgment day
I believe it to the bone what the fuck I say
My shit's etched in stone and it's done my way
One.Be.Lo. Rock the house.
And the Brand Nubian crew. Rock the house.
To the lord Rakim brother. Rock the house.
Mr. Lif, Kid Capri. Rock the house.
To my brother C-Rayz Walz. Rock the house.
And my man I-Self Define rockin' the house.
To my brother Toki Wright man. Rock the house.
And the Los Nativos rockin' the house.
Verse Two:
In 2003 I was the number one challenger
Then years started fallin' off the calendar
'04 champion, knee deep, kept my balance up
'05 and 6 I still didn't have an album, fuck
Jay-Z retired and came back
I'm still out here kickin' the same tracks
How in the world am I supposed to explain that?
Except that I hastefully chase what I aim at
And the same passion that I put in when I'm kickin' my shit
I rebuild my entire life brick by brick
And I couldn't tell the story till I knew what the endin' was
God give us messages, you better listen when he does
Y'all supportin' me, always there for me
Still got a babysitter, Pager Money came and saw me
I give you my life
Just give me an hour of yours
Check the album
Check us out on the tour
I never go to song without an album no more
If you ain't got the money steal it from the popular store
If you take away one thing just know above all
I ain't rich, but I'm livin' and I owe it to y'all
So Minneapolis. Rock the house.
And yes St. Paul. Rock the house.
And Chicago, Illinois man. Rock the house.
To my big brother Slug. Rock the house.
And my main man Ant yo. Rock the house.
To my best friend Murs man. Rock the house.
To my man Blueprint brother. Rock the house.
To my guy Mr. Dibbs dude. Rock the house.
To my girl Psalm One baby. Rock the house.
And my man Vast Aire yo. Rock the house.
And my man Immortal Technique. Rock the house.
Check it out.
Verse One:
The first time
We dropped a little somethin'
They start buzzin' like King Solomon was comin'
Album of the year was the topic of discussion
Once you got that little rush it's impossible to touch it
Then the ground froze and I'm growlin' in the stomach
Underground shows I'm devouring the public
It's all I know, but I'm a scholar of the subject
Where ever I go it's like they follow me or some shit
I ain't a part of no damn record business
I ain't got a single fan, I got brothers and sisters
Every time they raise their hands they bare witness
They listenin' and they know that a man who cares did this
Ever since I'm a pip squeak and can't even pee straight
Had some shit to speak on a beat break
Guaranteed to dig a little deeper with each take
Bleedin' on the beat till the meat on my knees shake
They call me a beast, I just think I'm the least fake
I know I'll be alone on my judgment day
I believe it to the bone what the fuck I say
My shit's etched in stone and it's done my way
One.Be.Lo. Rock the house.
And the Brand Nubian crew. Rock the house.
To the lord Rakim brother. Rock the house.
Mr. Lif, Kid Capri. Rock the house.
To my brother C-Rayz Walz. Rock the house.
And my man I-Self Define rockin' the house.
To my brother Toki Wright man. Rock the house.
And the Los Nativos rockin' the house.
Verse Two:
In 2003 I was the number one challenger
Then years started fallin' off the calendar
'04 champion, knee deep, kept my balance up
'05 and 6 I still didn't have an album, fuck
Jay-Z retired and came back
I'm still out here kickin' the same tracks
How in the world am I supposed to explain that?
Except that I hastefully chase what I aim at
And the same passion that I put in when I'm kickin' my shit
I rebuild my entire life brick by brick
And I couldn't tell the story till I knew what the endin' was
God give us messages, you better listen when he does
Y'all supportin' me, always there for me
Still got a babysitter, Pager Money came and saw me
I give you my life
Just give me an hour of yours
Check the album
Check us out on the tour
I never go to song without an album no more
If you ain't got the money steal it from the popular store
If you take away one thing just know above all
I ain't rich, but I'm livin' and I owe it to y'all
So Minneapolis. Rock the house.
And yes St. Paul. Rock the house.
And Chicago, Illinois man. Rock the house.
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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