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"
Out in the wild we have the dinosaurs but listen very carefully
Yeah
Yo, whats up? SYG 2008
Orinda, Moraga, Pleasant Hill, Crescent Drive, New Found Glory, Yoda
Calavera's house, Creekside, Century Movie Theatre, bitch!
Obi-Wan, Lightsaber, Tice Valley, Gym Dodgeball, Santa
Halo 3, Set Your Goals, motherfucker!
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Well, shake yo' drink up and spray the motherfuckin' crowd
Shake yo' drink up and spray the motherfuckin' crowd
Throw yo' clique up and say it motherfuckin' loud
Throw yo' clique up and say it motherfuckin' loud
Now drop yo' 'bows on 'em and get buck-ass wild
Drop yo' 'bows on 'em and get buck-ass wild
You supposed to act up, play with a Black-and-fuckin'-Mild
You supposed to act up, play with a Black-and-fuckin'-Mild
'Cause them east bay Jedi don't give a fuck
Them west bay Jedi is quick to buck
Them north bay Jedi will cut you up
And them south bay Jedi will put you in a trunk
Now jump jump jump, Jedi
Stomp stomp stomp, Jedi
Jump jump jump, Jedi
Stomp stomp, Jedi
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
If you scared to throw it up, get the fuck out the club
If you scared to throw it up, get the fuck out the club
If you don't give a fuck, then throw that motherfucker up
If you don't give a fuck, then throw that motherfucker up
I'm with my homies in this bitch and you know we fucked up
I'm with my homies in this bitch and you know we fucked up
We cliqued up thirty deep and we always strapped up
We clicked up thirty deep and we always strapped up
Who you with? Who you with?
Who you with? Get crunk, who you with?
Who you with? Who you with?
Who you with? Get crunk, who you with?
Well, who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Well, who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Now who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Now who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Aye, check this out
I need all my real African-American people
To look around the motherfuckin' club
If you see a Jedi and he throwin' up a set and it ain't yo' set
Or it ain't yo clique
I want y'all Jedi to tell them out like this
I want you to get up in that motherfucker's face
This ain't no real motherfuckin' Chickasaw
This is a real motherfuckin' Chickasaw Nation
Keepin' it real
What? Okay!
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Put yo hood up (We some east bay Jedi)
Put yo hood up (We some east bay Jedi)
Put yo clique up (We some west bay Jedi)
Put yo clique up (We some west bay Jedi)
Represent yo shit, muthafucka (We some north bay Jedi)
Represent yo shit, muthafucka (We some north bay Jedi)
Represent yo click, muthafucka (We some south bay Jedi)
Represent yo click, muthafucka (We some south bay Jedi)
Yeah
Yo, whats up? SYG 2008
Orinda, Moraga, Pleasant Hill, Crescent Drive, New Found Glory, Yoda
Calavera's house, Creekside, Century Movie Theatre, bitch!
Obi-Wan, Lightsaber, Tice Valley, Gym Dodgeball, Santa
Halo 3, Set Your Goals, motherfucker!
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Well, shake yo' drink up and spray the motherfuckin' crowd
Shake yo' drink up and spray the motherfuckin' crowd
Throw yo' clique up and say it motherfuckin' loud
Throw yo' clique up and say it motherfuckin' loud
Now drop yo' 'bows on 'em and get buck-ass wild
Drop yo' 'bows on 'em and get buck-ass wild
You supposed to act up, play with a Black-and-fuckin'-Mild
You supposed to act up, play with a Black-and-fuckin'-Mild
'Cause them east bay Jedi don't give a fuck
Them west bay Jedi is quick to buck
Them north bay Jedi will cut you up
And them south bay Jedi will put you in a trunk
Now jump jump jump, Jedi
Stomp stomp stomp, Jedi
Jump jump jump, Jedi
Stomp stomp, Jedi
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
If you scared to throw it up, get the fuck out the club
If you scared to throw it up, get the fuck out the club
If you don't give a fuck, then throw that motherfucker up
If you don't give a fuck, then throw that motherfucker up
I'm with my homies in this bitch and you know we fucked up
I'm with my homies in this bitch and you know we fucked up
We cliqued up thirty deep and we always strapped up
We clicked up thirty deep and we always strapped up
Who you with? Who you with?
Who you with? Get crunk, who you with?
Who you with? Who you with?
Who you with? Get crunk, who you with?
Well, who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Well, who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Now who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Now who run this bitch? We run this bitch
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Aye, check this out
I need all my real African-American people
To look around the motherfuckin' club
If you see a Jedi and he throwin' up a set and it ain't yo' set
Or it ain't yo clique
I want y'all Jedi to tell them out like this
I want you to get up in that motherfucker's face
This ain't no real motherfuckin' Chickasaw
This is a real motherfuckin' Chickasaw Nation
Keepin' it real
What? Okay!
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' hood up, put yo' hood up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Put yo' clique up, put yo' clique up
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' shit, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Represent yo' clique, motherfucker
Put yo hood up (We some east bay Jedi)
Put yo hood up (We some east bay Jedi)
Put yo clique up (We some west bay Jedi)
Put yo clique up (We some west bay Jedi)
Represent yo shit, muthafucka (We some north bay Jedi)
Represent yo shit, muthafucka (We some north bay Jedi)
Represent yo click, muthafucka (We some south bay Jedi)
Represent yo click, muthafucka (We some south bay Jedi)
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Put Yo Hood Up Lyrics as written by Jonathan H Smith Sammie Norris
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