Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
Aye What's Happenin'
All you haters should get at me cause I hear ya and
I'm watchin' but I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is,
[Chorus]
What up, what's happenin'
All u haters can get at me (hey)
Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' (hey)
But I'm still here I ain't stoppin'
So What up, what's happenin'
All u haters should get at me
Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin'
But I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is what up
What it is bro (bro)
What it do mane (man)
Still the man from the pan to the blue flame
Still gettin' dough and make it rain with the loose change
I bet that what he did a show, now that's a damn shame
I guess that what he hatin' for boy u so damn lame (Sucker nigga)
Ya Click the same, a destined bunch of walkin' shit stain
Disgraced the A ya give the city such a bad name
You way back in my rear view mirror I'm in the fast lane
Still I hear ya loud and clear on ya lil' song
Go on getcha dissin' on while the king on
Your self esteem gone (why) cause I'm back now
Let's see if we can't teach these niggas how to act now
Ya Kissin' ass then, ya just as bad now
I check ya ass then, I shut ya ass down
And I deliver front and center, never back down
Who get the last laugh now sucker nigga
[Chorus]
I got a front street swag and a side street hustle
Center Hill, Cedar Ave. that's where I be sucker
South Grand Church Street, the first with that work
But we can get it to commercial, if ya need somethin' chirp with
Hey what I care bout who you askin', sayin' they ain't heard of me
I'm certified, certainly
Them videos ain't hurtin' me
I still ride with the window rolled down all around the A town like it's finn'a go down
If it was ever any questions, niggas finna' know now
Won't retire my thrown or surrender no crown
I never bow down (Never)
And never say die (Never)
Just to whom it may concern and who so ever may try
I'm forever Westside
And the featherweight dies
Tell them take your best shot
Goin' get yourself hot
Cause I yell Bankhead and you felt left out
I ain't mention yo name
That's what all this bout?
[Chorus]
From Summer Hill to the hills up in Hollywood
A house full, gettin' to it, you know how we do it (Yeah)
Yeah we smoke great (great)
And we drink good (good)
Then we ball hard, just like G's should
Buy what we want
Drive what we want
G4 up up and away we go, we fly where we want
Haters smile like they like it when they really don't
Wish they could just wish me away
That's what they really want
"I really hate his ass"
"I don't like him either"
"We'll do a song together, maybe then we can beat him"
"Somehow he must be stopped"
"Somethin' must be done"
"If we can't knock him off, let's just try him when he get caught with guns"
"Then if he really done (Yeah) and we really won (Yeah)
"Any more ideas? "
"Suggestions anyone? "
"How bout we stay up all night, on the blog sites,
Spread vicious lies and nasty rumors we could all write"
But that's alright
Let the nerds hate
Cause in my face though, them words get ate
And hatin's hard work, when I just bounce back
This God's work
Tell all the haters I'm back!
[Chorus]
All you haters should get at me cause I hear ya and
I'm watchin' but I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is,
[Chorus]
What up, what's happenin'
All u haters can get at me (hey)
Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' (hey)
But I'm still here I ain't stoppin'
So What up, what's happenin'
All u haters should get at me
Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin'
But I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is what up
What it is bro (bro)
What it do mane (man)
Still the man from the pan to the blue flame
Still gettin' dough and make it rain with the loose change
I bet that what he did a show, now that's a damn shame
I guess that what he hatin' for boy u so damn lame (Sucker nigga)
Ya Click the same, a destined bunch of walkin' shit stain
Disgraced the A ya give the city such a bad name
You way back in my rear view mirror I'm in the fast lane
Still I hear ya loud and clear on ya lil' song
Go on getcha dissin' on while the king on
Your self esteem gone (why) cause I'm back now
Let's see if we can't teach these niggas how to act now
Ya Kissin' ass then, ya just as bad now
I check ya ass then, I shut ya ass down
And I deliver front and center, never back down
Who get the last laugh now sucker nigga
[Chorus]
I got a front street swag and a side street hustle
Center Hill, Cedar Ave. that's where I be sucker
South Grand Church Street, the first with that work
But we can get it to commercial, if ya need somethin' chirp with
Hey what I care bout who you askin', sayin' they ain't heard of me
I'm certified, certainly
Them videos ain't hurtin' me
I still ride with the window rolled down all around the A town like it's finn'a go down
If it was ever any questions, niggas finna' know now
Won't retire my thrown or surrender no crown
I never bow down (Never)
And never say die (Never)
Just to whom it may concern and who so ever may try
I'm forever Westside
And the featherweight dies
Tell them take your best shot
Goin' get yourself hot
Cause I yell Bankhead and you felt left out
I ain't mention yo name
That's what all this bout?
[Chorus]
From Summer Hill to the hills up in Hollywood
A house full, gettin' to it, you know how we do it (Yeah)
Yeah we smoke great (great)
And we drink good (good)
Then we ball hard, just like G's should
Buy what we want
Drive what we want
G4 up up and away we go, we fly where we want
Haters smile like they like it when they really don't
Wish they could just wish me away
That's what they really want
"I really hate his ass"
"I don't like him either"
"We'll do a song together, maybe then we can beat him"
"Somehow he must be stopped"
"Somethin' must be done"
"If we can't knock him off, let's just try him when he get caught with guns"
"Then if he really done (Yeah) and we really won (Yeah)
"Any more ideas? "
"Suggestions anyone? "
"How bout we stay up all night, on the blog sites,
Spread vicious lies and nasty rumors we could all write"
But that's alright
Let the nerds hate
Cause in my face though, them words get ate
And hatin's hard work, when I just bounce back
This God's work
Tell all the haters I'm back!
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by C-Dolla$$$_yadigg?, edited by Mellow_Harsher
What's Up, What's Haapnin' Lyrics as written by Clifford J. Harris Clifford Harris
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