The song 'Fortnight' by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word 'fortnight' shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
(Gunshot)
Yo Red Spider, is that 50 Cent Pac joint ready? Let me know, holla
[2Pac]
There's gonna be some stuff you gonna see that's gonna make it hard to smile in the future
[50 Cent]
Yeah nigga! Haha.. let's go nigga, this is what it is.. 2pac cut his bald, you wanna cut your head bald (you pussy nigga). 2pac wear a bandana, you wanna wear a bandana (what do we have here now?) 2pac put a cross on his back, you wanna put crosses on your back. Nigga you ain't 2pac, THIS is 2pac.
[2Pac]
Is it, money or women to funny beginnings, tragic endings
I can make a million and STILL not get enough of spending
And since my life is based on sinnin, I'm hellbound
Rather be buried than be worried, livin held down
My game plan to be trained and, military
Mind of a Thug Lord, sittin in the cemetary
Caught, I've been lost since my adolescence, callin to Jesus
Ballin as a youngster, wonderin if he sees us
Young black male, crack sales got me three strikes
Livin in jail, this is hell, enemies die
Wonder when we all pass is anybody listenin?
Got my, hands on my semi shotty, everybody's bitchin
Please God can you understand me, bless my family
Guide us all, before we fall into insanity
I make it a point, to make my peep bumpin warlike
Drop some shit, to have these stupid bitches jaws tight
[Chorus - 50 Cent] + (2Pac)
Til Makaveli returns, it's all eyes on me
(What do we have here now?)
And you can hate it or love it, but that's what it's gon' be
You shoulda listened, I told you not to fuck with me
(What do we have here now?)
Now can you take the pressure, that's what we gon' see
(Gunshot)
[50 Cent]
Now since you're cryin for mercy I promise
My success'll be the death of you
Lo and behold you sold your soul
Nigga there's nuttin left of you
Look in the mirror, ask yourself who are you?
If you don't know who you are, how could your dreams come true?
Motherfucker, I sat back and watched
You pretended to be 'Pac, you pretended to be hot
But you're not (have here now?) - I see it so clear
You can't take the pressure, you pussy
I warned you not to push me
You see me and chills run up your spine
God made men the same, boy, but your heart ain't like mine
Press, they look at me like I'm a menace
I was playin with guns
while your momma had your punk ass playin tennis
I'm a nightmare, you see me when you dream
Wake up, turn on your TV and see my ass again
You cowardly hearted, you couldn't make it on your own
Fuck The Source, I'm on cover of Rolling Stone
(YOU PUSSY!)
[Chorus - 50 Cent] + (2Pac)
Til Makaveli returns, it's all eyes on me
(What do we have here now?)
And you can hate it or love it, but that's what it's gon' be
You shoulda listened, I told you not to fuck with me
(What do we have here now?)
Now can you take the pressure, that's what we gon' see
(Gunshot)
G-G-G-G-G-Unit!
Til Makaveli returns, it's all eyes on me
(What do we have here now?)
And you can hate it or love it, but that's what it's gon' be
You shoulda listened, I told you not to fuck with me
(What do we have here now?)
Now can you take the pressure, that's what we gon' see
(Gunshot)
[2Pac]
Whoa...
Yo Red Spider, is that 50 Cent Pac joint ready? Let me know, holla
[2Pac]
There's gonna be some stuff you gonna see that's gonna make it hard to smile in the future
[50 Cent]
Yeah nigga! Haha.. let's go nigga, this is what it is.. 2pac cut his bald, you wanna cut your head bald (you pussy nigga). 2pac wear a bandana, you wanna wear a bandana (what do we have here now?) 2pac put a cross on his back, you wanna put crosses on your back. Nigga you ain't 2pac, THIS is 2pac.
[2Pac]
Is it, money or women to funny beginnings, tragic endings
I can make a million and STILL not get enough of spending
And since my life is based on sinnin, I'm hellbound
Rather be buried than be worried, livin held down
My game plan to be trained and, military
Mind of a Thug Lord, sittin in the cemetary
Caught, I've been lost since my adolescence, callin to Jesus
Ballin as a youngster, wonderin if he sees us
Young black male, crack sales got me three strikes
Livin in jail, this is hell, enemies die
Wonder when we all pass is anybody listenin?
Got my, hands on my semi shotty, everybody's bitchin
Please God can you understand me, bless my family
Guide us all, before we fall into insanity
I make it a point, to make my peep bumpin warlike
Drop some shit, to have these stupid bitches jaws tight
[Chorus - 50 Cent] + (2Pac)
Til Makaveli returns, it's all eyes on me
(What do we have here now?)
And you can hate it or love it, but that's what it's gon' be
You shoulda listened, I told you not to fuck with me
(What do we have here now?)
Now can you take the pressure, that's what we gon' see
(Gunshot)
[50 Cent]
Now since you're cryin for mercy I promise
My success'll be the death of you
Lo and behold you sold your soul
Nigga there's nuttin left of you
Look in the mirror, ask yourself who are you?
If you don't know who you are, how could your dreams come true?
Motherfucker, I sat back and watched
You pretended to be 'Pac, you pretended to be hot
But you're not (have here now?) - I see it so clear
You can't take the pressure, you pussy
I warned you not to push me
You see me and chills run up your spine
God made men the same, boy, but your heart ain't like mine
Press, they look at me like I'm a menace
I was playin with guns
while your momma had your punk ass playin tennis
I'm a nightmare, you see me when you dream
Wake up, turn on your TV and see my ass again
You cowardly hearted, you couldn't make it on your own
Fuck The Source, I'm on cover of Rolling Stone
(YOU PUSSY!)
[Chorus - 50 Cent] + (2Pac)
Til Makaveli returns, it's all eyes on me
(What do we have here now?)
And you can hate it or love it, but that's what it's gon' be
You shoulda listened, I told you not to fuck with me
(What do we have here now?)
Now can you take the pressure, that's what we gon' see
(Gunshot)
G-G-G-G-G-Unit!
Til Makaveli returns, it's all eyes on me
(What do we have here now?)
And you can hate it or love it, but that's what it's gon' be
You shoulda listened, I told you not to fuck with me
(What do we have here now?)
Now can you take the pressure, that's what we gon' see
(Gunshot)
[2Pac]
Whoa...
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