Let's Take A Ride Lyrics

Lyric discussion by The Wordsmith 

Cover art for Let's Take A Ride lyrics by Justin Timberlake

This is a heartfelt song about Justin's gay lover and his female friend. The song starts with a request to his male lover:

"Hop in the car and go with me You don't have to pack everything Don't you wanna feel the breeze? And forget everything, baby"

His life partner got laid off his job and is feeling down in the dumps, and Justin wants to make him feel better.

In another verse Justin is telling his gay lover's female friend that if she wants she can come for the car ride too, but she has to sit in the back because he wants his lover beside him in the passenger seat.

The three of them take a nice drive in the country and momentarily forget about all their worldly troubles.

I think this song is written to Justin's mother maybe before he became famous and she worked to make ends meet. This day she came in crying after loosing her job. So he just tells her to put her coat on and just go for a ride to take her mind off of it? The song is non sexual in the wording of the song. So, I take it that he dedicated this song to his mum who he is very close too and supported him in his early years.