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.
Living the life - KS ft Jay Smoke & Lil' Madd
Verse 1: Jay Smoke
Thugs and gangstas ridin' down my streets
I'm gon' keep it all real, straight from BYT
I'mma listen to Pac, I got a homie down the lane
Who's like B.I.G, he's a V.I.P
And when you walk down the streets, he's like Jay, I peace!
I'm Jay, king in my hood, give a gun I'm a soldier
Gonna fire 12 rounds in ya head like I'd told ya
Never forget you haters I'm gon' wipe you out clean
Then I'll slip outta prison like Michael Scoffield
9 shots ain't dead, my big boss 50
Check-it-check-it slim shady, brother Lil Weezy
Just give me the ray, we 'bout to cop me a mansion
Wannabe rappers in the hood, but they not dancin'
Check me out on the stage, I be all fancy
Have my planted schemes to be rich, OR Plan C
But you gotta understand I'm just tryina' make a difference
Just tryina' make a change of world filled up with destruction
And stand up on your feet and start to make a livin'
Why you wastin' time at home by just watchin' television
Live your own life, be your own boss
Wanna live your own dreams?
Then what you waitin' for?
Pick up the phone and tell you ain't comin' home
Cuz you with Jay Smoke listening to his brand new song
Chorus:
Cuz you know we got it
So I wanna show you
How I live my life..
So come on everybody
Let me show you I live my life
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Verse 2: Lil' Madd
Chilling with some thoughts in my head
A classic what you gon' see ahead
I'm illin',just came back fresh
Infected like a bitch got AIDS
What you gon' do, tell me what you gon' say
I'm used to the hate I feel so great
I'mma tell this out only once in a while
You think you're lucky? hell yeah that's right
M,A,double D right here with the clique
NG (next gen)forever,I ain't faking bout shit
You think that the shit, I tell you it was foreplay
You been patient,lemme give you that sexy
Uh, I been waiting for this life
A kid with his thoughts, can't you hear my cries
So I reach for the sky, one jump at a time
I'm the king, one city a time
Nobody can't stop me, don't even dream it
Call me messiah,i be redeeming
Shit, I be killing these rappers
I got shiny paper, so go ahead wrap 'em
Chorus:
Cuz you know we got it
So I wanna show you
How I live my life..
So come on everybody
Let me show you I live my life
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Verse 3: KS
Don't know what the ruckus is about
Motherfuckers act cocky 'fore they hear me out
They define my music as incredibly cool
I produce the shit, piano keys my tool
This investment cost me a fortune
Show interest, get impressed, fend margins!
Rest is a bliss, fine things sniff around me
Like the bitch out the club tryina' fan me
And you know I got a family
I never got up on stage cuz of family
I try to stand my ground, fakers ain't shit
I tell the truth man, no lying one bit
I ain't a motherfucker, I ain't underground
But I got talent you ain't ever never found
That's my view, I like to motivate
You haters talk a lotta' shit, take a break
Yeah, I'm about middle class
But a lotta' bitches want me and my dick on they ass. (ass)
I don't crib with the past
You gotta move fast, first class!
Yeah, its about invasion
Comin' out with a crew, next generation, ('ration)
Got my homeboy Jay Smoke
Lil Madd bro, lets get 'em! 'case closed!'
Chorus:
Cuz you know we got it
So I wanna show you
How I live my life..
So come on everybody
Let me show you I live my life
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Verse 1: Jay Smoke
Thugs and gangstas ridin' down my streets
I'm gon' keep it all real, straight from BYT
I'mma listen to Pac, I got a homie down the lane
Who's like B.I.G, he's a V.I.P
And when you walk down the streets, he's like Jay, I peace!
I'm Jay, king in my hood, give a gun I'm a soldier
Gonna fire 12 rounds in ya head like I'd told ya
Never forget you haters I'm gon' wipe you out clean
Then I'll slip outta prison like Michael Scoffield
9 shots ain't dead, my big boss 50
Check-it-check-it slim shady, brother Lil Weezy
Just give me the ray, we 'bout to cop me a mansion
Wannabe rappers in the hood, but they not dancin'
Check me out on the stage, I be all fancy
Have my planted schemes to be rich, OR Plan C
But you gotta understand I'm just tryina' make a difference
Just tryina' make a change of world filled up with destruction
And stand up on your feet and start to make a livin'
Why you wastin' time at home by just watchin' television
Live your own life, be your own boss
Wanna live your own dreams?
Then what you waitin' for?
Pick up the phone and tell you ain't comin' home
Cuz you with Jay Smoke listening to his brand new song
Chorus:
Cuz you know we got it
So I wanna show you
How I live my life..
So come on everybody
Let me show you I live my life
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Verse 2: Lil' Madd
Chilling with some thoughts in my head
A classic what you gon' see ahead
I'm illin',just came back fresh
Infected like a bitch got AIDS
What you gon' do, tell me what you gon' say
I'm used to the hate I feel so great
I'mma tell this out only once in a while
You think you're lucky? hell yeah that's right
M,A,double D right here with the clique
NG (next gen)forever,I ain't faking bout shit
You think that the shit, I tell you it was foreplay
You been patient,lemme give you that sexy
Uh, I been waiting for this life
A kid with his thoughts, can't you hear my cries
So I reach for the sky, one jump at a time
I'm the king, one city a time
Nobody can't stop me, don't even dream it
Call me messiah,i be redeeming
Shit, I be killing these rappers
I got shiny paper, so go ahead wrap 'em
Chorus:
Cuz you know we got it
So I wanna show you
How I live my life..
So come on everybody
Let me show you I live my life
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Verse 3: KS
Don't know what the ruckus is about
Motherfuckers act cocky 'fore they hear me out
They define my music as incredibly cool
I produce the shit, piano keys my tool
This investment cost me a fortune
Show interest, get impressed, fend margins!
Rest is a bliss, fine things sniff around me
Like the bitch out the club tryina' fan me
And you know I got a family
I never got up on stage cuz of family
I try to stand my ground, fakers ain't shit
I tell the truth man, no lying one bit
I ain't a motherfucker, I ain't underground
But I got talent you ain't ever never found
That's my view, I like to motivate
You haters talk a lotta' shit, take a break
Yeah, I'm about middle class
But a lotta' bitches want me and my dick on they ass. (ass)
I don't crib with the past
You gotta move fast, first class!
Yeah, its about invasion
Comin' out with a crew, next generation, ('ration)
Got my homeboy Jay Smoke
Lil Madd bro, lets get 'em! 'case closed!'
Chorus:
Cuz you know we got it
So I wanna show you
How I live my life..
So come on everybody
Let me show you I live my life
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Say aye, hey hey hey hey
Lyrics submitted by RareHerb
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