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"
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Where all my
Uh, yeah
C'mon, c'mon, uh
To all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
To all my ladies that be givin' it up, ah
C'mon
Baby, this ain't your typical, every day, one night thing
It's a physical, I'ma love you tonight thing
Love callin' your name, put your phone in the Range
And roll over, I just really wanted to hold ya
With time get to know ya, that's a good chick
Before it's all over, I'ma meat this chick
Probably treat this chick, mo' betta
'Cause if you ain't know, thugs and ladies go together
Poppin' my collar, partner, who in the spot?
Baby, Rule in the spot, and the mug and the watch ugly
Half of y'all hate me, half y'all love me
The ones that hate me only hate me 'cause they don't trust me
And they say I'm lucky, you think I got time
To blow all this dough and do all these shows?
Or flight in the llama chargin' white Rolls
Uh-oh, another episode
Do I do?
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
Ladies just wanna hold a name Miss Atkins
That's why they show love with mo' passion than average
And I ain't mad at you, never leave you alone
'Cause the song when I'm home, like the song when I'm gone
We both grown, both got minds of our own
Plus we hit it off like first sight like "Love Jones"
Been in many zones, baby, love it all, hate it all
From prissy women to women that go to shadows
But you know, the Rule be livin' it up
And got all y'all, givin' it up
I like a little, ooh baby, how cute are you?
With a body that rides on sexual
I got a stick, I'll ride right next to you
Doin' doughnuts and cuts, then I'll open it up
On the freeway, hand on the wheel, foot on the clutch
Rule baby, not givin' it up
What, do I do?
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
We get right
C'mon, we get live
C'mon, we get right
Live yo' life
Love, you so sexy I just want you next to me
Your whole vibe's like a sign in ecstasy
'Cause it ain't nothin' but a Inc thang, baby
I know the world is goin' crazy
I wanna, feel your passion, come when you askin'
Laugh when you cryin', cry when you laughin'
But ain't nothin' happenin', homegirl got a little uptight
Turned off the light and started crackin'
The radio blastin' "Between Me and You"
But, you ain't on the low with that freaky things you do
Girl, I thought you knew (what I do)
You know I know (what you do)
'Cause it ain't a good night if you don't act right
Like, Teddy P let's "Turn Off the Lights"
And, grind it out, takin' no times out
'Til the sun come out
Do I do? (Let me find out)
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
We get right
C'mon, we get live
C'mon, we get right
It's my time
Rule, baby
Yeah, uh, uh, uh
Do a roll, uh
Do I do
Low key
We out, we out
Where all my
Uh, yeah
C'mon, c'mon, uh
To all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
To all my ladies that be givin' it up, ah
C'mon
Baby, this ain't your typical, every day, one night thing
It's a physical, I'ma love you tonight thing
Love callin' your name, put your phone in the Range
And roll over, I just really wanted to hold ya
With time get to know ya, that's a good chick
Before it's all over, I'ma meat this chick
Probably treat this chick, mo' betta
'Cause if you ain't know, thugs and ladies go together
Poppin' my collar, partner, who in the spot?
Baby, Rule in the spot, and the mug and the watch ugly
Half of y'all hate me, half y'all love me
The ones that hate me only hate me 'cause they don't trust me
And they say I'm lucky, you think I got time
To blow all this dough and do all these shows?
Or flight in the llama chargin' white Rolls
Uh-oh, another episode
Do I do?
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
Ladies just wanna hold a name Miss Atkins
That's why they show love with mo' passion than average
And I ain't mad at you, never leave you alone
'Cause the song when I'm home, like the song when I'm gone
We both grown, both got minds of our own
Plus we hit it off like first sight like "Love Jones"
Been in many zones, baby, love it all, hate it all
From prissy women to women that go to shadows
But you know, the Rule be livin' it up
And got all y'all, givin' it up
I like a little, ooh baby, how cute are you?
With a body that rides on sexual
I got a stick, I'll ride right next to you
Doin' doughnuts and cuts, then I'll open it up
On the freeway, hand on the wheel, foot on the clutch
Rule baby, not givin' it up
What, do I do?
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
We get right
C'mon, we get live
C'mon, we get right
Live yo' life
Love, you so sexy I just want you next to me
Your whole vibe's like a sign in ecstasy
'Cause it ain't nothin' but a Inc thang, baby
I know the world is goin' crazy
I wanna, feel your passion, come when you askin'
Laugh when you cryin', cry when you laughin'
But ain't nothin' happenin', homegirl got a little uptight
Turned off the light and started crackin'
The radio blastin' "Between Me and You"
But, you ain't on the low with that freaky things you do
Girl, I thought you knew (what I do)
You know I know (what you do)
'Cause it ain't a good night if you don't act right
Like, Teddy P let's "Turn Off the Lights"
And, grind it out, takin' no times out
'Til the sun come out
Do I do? (Let me find out)
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, I do
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
What, you do
To everybody that be livin' it up, we say
What, do I do?
And all my ladies that be givin' it up, uh
My love's (c'mon) for you
We get right
C'mon, we get live
C'mon, we get right
It's my time
Rule, baby
Yeah, uh, uh, uh
Do a roll, uh
Do I do
Low key
We out, we out
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