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"
Yo loon, loon
Come here for a second
I want to holla at ya
What's up
Yo, you know that girl?
You was with the other day
Yea, she got a man?
Maybe, why?
I'm trying to get her to holla
Put me down
Yesterday, I was playing ball
Around my way
When I saw you with a girl,
That I never seen before
And girl, I gotta holla
Oh, tell her I said what's up
Oh, I want to know what's up
Oh, tell her I'm the,
I'm the fliest and I'm h-o-t
Oh, tell her I'm Mario,
Oh, that I'm a Romeo
So, why don't you let her know?
Can you hook it up for me?
[Chorus]
I'm feeling your girlfriend
Can you put me on?
She needs a boyfriend
Who can put it on
It ain't gotta be serious
We can just chill and have fun
Girl, you've got to put me on
I can't wait
Can you call her up
Or find some way
For us to meet and talk
Hit the movies
Or let's take a long walk
Oh, tell her I said what's up
Oh, I want to know what's up
Oh, tell her I'm the,
I'm the fliest and I'm h-o-t
Oh, tell her I'm Mario,
Oh, that I'm a Romeo
So, why don't you let her know?
Can you hook it up for me?
[Chorus]
I'm curious, I gotta know just how she feels
I'm serious, so baby tell me what's the deal
I know that she's the one
Don't make me wait to long
Girl, you know you've got to put me on
[Chorus]
Come here for a second
I want to holla at ya
What's up
Yo, you know that girl?
You was with the other day
Yea, she got a man?
Maybe, why?
I'm trying to get her to holla
Put me down
Yesterday, I was playing ball
Around my way
When I saw you with a girl,
That I never seen before
And girl, I gotta holla
Oh, tell her I said what's up
Oh, I want to know what's up
Oh, tell her I'm the,
I'm the fliest and I'm h-o-t
Oh, tell her I'm Mario,
Oh, that I'm a Romeo
So, why don't you let her know?
Can you hook it up for me?
[Chorus]
I'm feeling your girlfriend
Can you put me on?
She needs a boyfriend
Who can put it on
It ain't gotta be serious
We can just chill and have fun
Girl, you've got to put me on
I can't wait
Can you call her up
Or find some way
For us to meet and talk
Hit the movies
Or let's take a long walk
Oh, tell her I said what's up
Oh, I want to know what's up
Oh, tell her I'm the,
I'm the fliest and I'm h-o-t
Oh, tell her I'm Mario,
Oh, that I'm a Romeo
So, why don't you let her know?
Can you hook it up for me?
[Chorus]
I'm curious, I gotta know just how she feels
I'm serious, so baby tell me what's the deal
I know that she's the one
Don't make me wait to long
Girl, you know you've got to put me on
[Chorus]
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Put Me On Lyrics as written by Alicia Augello-cook Kerry Brothers Jr.
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