1. 50 Cent “21 Questions”
I just wanna chill and twist a lye
Catch suns in my 7-45
You drive me crazy shorty I
Need to see you and feel you next to me
I provide everything you need and I
Like your smile I don't wanna see you cry
Got some questions that I got to ask and I
Hope you can come up with the answers babe
[Chorus]
Girl, it’s easy to love me now
would you love me if I was down and out?
Would you still have love for me?
Girl, it’s easy to love me now
would you love me if I was down and out?
Would you still have love for me girl?
If I fell off tomorrow would you still love me?
If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me?
If I got locked up and sentenced to a quarter century,
Could I count on you to be there to support me mentally?
If I went back to a hoopty from a Benz, would you poof and disappear like
some of my friends?
If I was hit and I was hurt would you be by my side?
If it was time to put in work would you be down to ride?
I'd get out and peel a ***** cap and chill and drive
I'm asking questions to find out how you feel inside
If I ain't rap 'cause I flipped burgers at Burger King
Would you be ashamed to tell your friends you feelin' me?
In the bed if I used my tongue would you like that?
If I wrote you a love letter would you write back?
Now we can have a lil' drink you know a nightcap
And we could go do what you like, I know you like that
[Chorus]
Now would you leave me if you're father found out I was thuggin'?
Do you believe me when I tell you, you the one I'm loving?
Are you mad 'cause I'm asking you 21 questions?
Are you my soul mate? 'Cause if so, girl you a blessing
Do you trust me enough, to tell me your dreams?
I'm staring at ya' trying to figure how you got in them jeans
If I was down would you say things to make me smile?
I treat you how you want to be treated just teach me how
If I was with some other chick and someone happened to see?
2. And when you asked me about it I said it wasn't me
Would you believe me? Or up and leave me?
How deep is our bond if that's all it takes for you to be gone?
We only humans girl we make mistakes, to make it up I do whatever it take
I love you like a fat kid love cake
You know my style I say anything to make you smile
[Chorus]
Could you love me in a Bentley?
Could you love me on a bus?
I'll ask 21 questions, and they all about us
Could you love me in a Bentley?
Could you love me on a bus?
I'll ask 21 questions, and they all about us
All he wants to do is just sit back and relax. Lye is slang for weed in New York where 50 comes
from.To “stunt” is to show off; “catching stunts” involves a car, in this case a BMW 745. 50 plays
on the car reference in the previous line by stating that the girl drives him crazy.
A great hook from Nate the Don, it nicely summarizes the question that the song asks: if I weren’t
rich and famous, would you still want to be with me?
50 knows that some of his so-called “friends” would dip out on him if he lost his money; he wants
to know if this chick would be the same way.
50 needs his girl to be “down to ride” (willing to help) if he ever should need to “put in work” (sell
“work”, i.e. drugs)
50 wants to know if his job would make her embarrassed to say that she’s taken.I find the “Burger
King/feelin' me” rhyme a bit contrived, but charming
fathers are typically over-protective of their daughters, especially if they don’t approve of their
dating choices.50 wants to know if your love for him is strong enough to overcome objections from
her father. To “thug” is to engage in criminal activities such as drug dealing and robbery
He wishes to know if the woman truly loves him or if she’s just after him for his wealth. He wants
her to ride with him regardless of his financial situation cause true love is not based on
materialistic things
3. Kanye west “Heartless”
[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
[Verse 1]
How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, while I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
[Verse 2]
How could you be so Dr. Evil, you bringin' out a side of me that I dont know...
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me fo'
Homie I dont know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
4. [Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
[Verse 3]
Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night....
[Chorus]
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
In these first few lines, Kanye follows very subtly the entonation for the first couple of lines of
Stevie Wonder’s “Part Time Lover”. Women can be cruel and cold like the winter sometimes He
tells his girl when she’s shouting at him to remember who she’s talking to. Because he was the
man she once loved. Being “heartless” means someone who is Devoid of compassion or feeling
pitiless.
Have no feelings for anyone, unkind, harsh, cruel or really just doesn’t care if they leave someone
and break their heart You'll never find nobody better than me In the end, the heartless girl will
figure out that Kanye coming into was the best thing that could have ever happened to her.
Although Kanye uses a double negative here, it’s simply his dialect, and does not hint at any
emotional confusion or contradicting feelings.
5. Mr Hudson “Supernova” ft. Kanye west
[Mr Hudson]
Chorus:
And I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right
Verse 1:
They got it all
They've got all the things I thought I wanted
But I can't fall
To fake anymore
To live this facade and smile as the warm champagne pours
Out on the lawn we'll pretend we're having tonnes of fun in this world where we don't belong
Some bloke all alone
Is she thinking of me
Did she forget what we once had
Chorus:
And I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right get it right
[Kanye West]
Verse 2:
Oh they got it all you can see they got it all
They got the cars the boat and the beautiful house by the shore
And you know there's more
But I can't take another minute of y'all
He wants his kids and the dog
He wants his breakfast in bed
He's got his trust fund saved
Not a worry in his head
He's not you or me
I wanna break up the scene and see you running back to me
Chorus:
Coz I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
6. Just give me a chance to get it right get it right
Yeah I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova tonight
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right get it right
[Mr Hudson]
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
[Mr Hudson & Kanye West]
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
[Mr Hudson]
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
(repeats in the background)
[Kanye West]
Yeah I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right get it right
[Mr Hudson & Kanye West]
Yeah I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova tonight
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right get it right
He says that he feels like taking off and says it like he is agitated and annoyed by what has
happend and the he goes on to say “just give me the chance” he says this verse in pain and envy by
saying “they’ve got it all”The relationship that Mr.Hudson is developing with the lady in question
is driving him mad. Whatever he tries to doesn’t seem to work, so the only solution he has left is to
leave the girl he loves to save himself from the torment