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"
Boss Hogg, see you over there
Getting hustled on mayn, I see you on that corner
Getting that money, but you know what
You need to come fuck with your boy
I got some shit on my mind, uh
[Slim Thug]
I'll show you, how to get that do'
I'll show you how to show up, and get that hoe
I'll show you, how to get that Lac
I'll show you how to get a brick, out them packs
I'll show you, how to set up shop
I'll show you how to hit the block, and wet up drops
I'll show you, how to shake them cops
I'll show you how to stash them glocks, and cash in stocks
I'll show you, how to get your grind on
And get your shine on, without getting your mind blown
I'll show you, how to get six cars
I'll show you how to constantly, spit hit bars
I'll show you, how to live your dreams
I'll show you how to get yourself, a gangsta team
I'll show you, how to crawl like me
I'll show you how to get rich, and ball like me
[Hook]
We'll show you, how to grind and hustle
If you can't do it, show you how to find a hustle
We'll show you, how to mash and get it
Pulling all nighters, busting your ass to get it
We'll show you, how to get that do'
Get with your click, so you niggaz can split that do'
We'll show you, it ain't hard to do
So open your ears, and listen to these Boyz N Blue
[Kyleon]
I'll show you, how to cop that glock
I'll show you how to chop that rock, I'll show you how to shop that block
I'll show you, how to work that wrecks
I'll show you, how to work that set
I'll show you, how to clock that time
If it get hectic cock that pound, I'll show you how to cook that crack
Move that stract if you lose, how to get that back
No shorts no losses, gotta get that stack
I'll show you, the heart of a hustler
Not a nigga out here acting, trying to play the part of a hustler
I'll show you, how to invest your mail get client tail
I'll show you mo'fuckers, how to protect your sales
You looking at a heavy weighter, check your scale
Cause I'm the heart of this city, like the Metro rail nigga
[Hook]
[Chris Ward]
I'll show you, how to move them birds
You want to talk fly, I'll show you how to use them words
I'm a hustler I'll show you, how to get that do'
You want to rap, I'll show you how to spit that flow
Nigga I'll show you, how to get that stick
I'll show you, how to whip that brick
I'll show you how to flip that quick, top down all around your town
I'll show you, how to flip that six
Nigga I'll show you, how to move that drank
Ball out of control, back and fourth abuse that bank
Nigga I'll show you, how to lose that skank
If a brother plex left right jab, and use that shank
Boy, I'll show you how to fuck them hoes
Get some seduction suction, then duck them hoes
Nigga I'll show you, how to be like me
But even with help from me, you couldn't be like me nigga
[Hook]
Getting hustled on mayn, I see you on that corner
Getting that money, but you know what
You need to come fuck with your boy
I got some shit on my mind, uh
[Slim Thug]
I'll show you, how to get that do'
I'll show you how to show up, and get that hoe
I'll show you, how to get that Lac
I'll show you how to get a brick, out them packs
I'll show you, how to set up shop
I'll show you how to hit the block, and wet up drops
I'll show you, how to shake them cops
I'll show you how to stash them glocks, and cash in stocks
I'll show you, how to get your grind on
And get your shine on, without getting your mind blown
I'll show you, how to get six cars
I'll show you how to constantly, spit hit bars
I'll show you, how to live your dreams
I'll show you how to get yourself, a gangsta team
I'll show you, how to crawl like me
I'll show you how to get rich, and ball like me
[Hook]
We'll show you, how to grind and hustle
If you can't do it, show you how to find a hustle
We'll show you, how to mash and get it
Pulling all nighters, busting your ass to get it
We'll show you, how to get that do'
Get with your click, so you niggaz can split that do'
We'll show you, it ain't hard to do
So open your ears, and listen to these Boyz N Blue
[Kyleon]
I'll show you, how to cop that glock
I'll show you how to chop that rock, I'll show you how to shop that block
I'll show you, how to work that wrecks
I'll show you, how to work that set
I'll show you, how to clock that time
If it get hectic cock that pound, I'll show you how to cook that crack
Move that stract if you lose, how to get that back
No shorts no losses, gotta get that stack
I'll show you, the heart of a hustler
Not a nigga out here acting, trying to play the part of a hustler
I'll show you, how to invest your mail get client tail
I'll show you mo'fuckers, how to protect your sales
You looking at a heavy weighter, check your scale
Cause I'm the heart of this city, like the Metro rail nigga
[Hook]
[Chris Ward]
I'll show you, how to move them birds
You want to talk fly, I'll show you how to use them words
I'm a hustler I'll show you, how to get that do'
You want to rap, I'll show you how to spit that flow
Nigga I'll show you, how to get that stick
I'll show you, how to whip that brick
I'll show you how to flip that quick, top down all around your town
I'll show you, how to flip that six
Nigga I'll show you, how to move that drank
Ball out of control, back and fourth abuse that bank
Nigga I'll show you, how to lose that skank
If a brother plex left right jab, and use that shank
Boy, I'll show you how to fuck them hoes
Get some seduction suction, then duck them hoes
Nigga I'll show you, how to be like me
But even with help from me, you couldn't be like me nigga
[Hook]
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