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.
[Omarion:]
uh, yea, once again
[chorus:]
I've been goin' through somethings (ohhh),
I been strugglin' with my inner and (yea,yea), I hustle, I'll do what I
can to get this money,(uh,yea,listen)I know I promised you somethings (somethings),
There's gotta be a better way,
It's not easy to make that change,
The streets keep callin' me
[verse1:]
Last night tryin' to make it home (make it home),
I get this call on my phone (on my cell),
Stop yellin' Slow down, I can't understand a word you sayin',
Did ya say my nigga got killed? (is he dead),
Did ya say he didn't make it? (is he dead),
Please tell me you know who did this, I'm on my way and somebody's gonna get it
Mash the pettle on the highway-seen him,
Heard my baby in the back ground - pleanin,
Come home and leave it alone -
It's out of the question girl it's on
What about his new boy child,
Did ya know that he was born?
I don't want to hear this shit right now, when they just stretched my nigga out
[chorus]
[verse2:]
Call my name sayin' how you gonna get paid,
No education 'cause of minimum wage,
Minimum wage equals minimum pay,
And you know real niggas want to play,
Won't you come on and move this way,
School don't garuntee a higher pay,
That's the shit that'll get me locked away,
Man they tryin' to give a nigga all day
Now I'm out here everynight comin' in late,
If you slip then I'm comin' for the take,
It's goin' fast and I need to hit the breaks,
The greater the risk the more you make,
All my thoughts are in the house, what about just shuttin' down,
But girl I really can't quit right now,
Notice on the floor they tryin' to through us out
[chorus]
[hook:]
Although (although),
I was raised right (ooooo),
Still these streets ain't nothin' nice they can't change the coast of life,
And you know that i know (i know),
That I must grow (must grow),
See my kids grow,
But still the streets are all I know
[chorus 2x's]
uh, yea, once again
[chorus:]
I've been goin' through somethings (ohhh),
I been strugglin' with my inner and (yea,yea), I hustle, I'll do what I
can to get this money,(uh,yea,listen)I know I promised you somethings (somethings),
There's gotta be a better way,
It's not easy to make that change,
The streets keep callin' me
[verse1:]
Last night tryin' to make it home (make it home),
I get this call on my phone (on my cell),
Stop yellin' Slow down, I can't understand a word you sayin',
Did ya say my nigga got killed? (is he dead),
Did ya say he didn't make it? (is he dead),
Please tell me you know who did this, I'm on my way and somebody's gonna get it
Mash the pettle on the highway-seen him,
Heard my baby in the back ground - pleanin,
Come home and leave it alone -
It's out of the question girl it's on
What about his new boy child,
Did ya know that he was born?
I don't want to hear this shit right now, when they just stretched my nigga out
[chorus]
[verse2:]
Call my name sayin' how you gonna get paid,
No education 'cause of minimum wage,
Minimum wage equals minimum pay,
And you know real niggas want to play,
Won't you come on and move this way,
School don't garuntee a higher pay,
That's the shit that'll get me locked away,
Man they tryin' to give a nigga all day
Now I'm out here everynight comin' in late,
If you slip then I'm comin' for the take,
It's goin' fast and I need to hit the breaks,
The greater the risk the more you make,
All my thoughts are in the house, what about just shuttin' down,
But girl I really can't quit right now,
Notice on the floor they tryin' to through us out
[chorus]
[hook:]
Although (although),
I was raised right (ooooo),
Still these streets ain't nothin' nice they can't change the coast of life,
And you know that i know (i know),
That I must grow (must grow),
See my kids grow,
But still the streets are all I know
[chorus 2x's]
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Streets Is Callin' Lyrics as written by Jefferies Feemster
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Anthem Entertainment
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