Wherever You Are
9th Wonder/Murs Lyrics

Met her at Montreal right outside a concert hall
I met her in Montreal outside a concert hall

Her name was Rose, my reply was no response at all
I didn't say anything in response when she told me her name was Rose

Half Moroccan and half French
She was of mixed Moroccan and French heritage

Couldn’t keep talking, I panicked I was too tense
I was too nervous to keep the conversation going

Froze up like Elaine
I was as awkward as Elaine from Seinfeld

She smiled, broke the ice so I started to spit my game
She smiled and made me feel more comfortable, so I started flirting with her

I said Rose, that’s a pretty name
I told her that I thought her name was pretty

And if I never got to see your city it would be a shame
I would be disappointed if I never got to see the city she was from

Be my personal tour guide
I asked her to show me around the city

We could see the sites from the inside of your ride
We could drive around and see the sights

Got to the bus around four or five
We arrived at the bus around 4 or 5pm

Walk me to the door, it was snowing outside
She walked me to the door of the bus and it was snowing outside

I guess the bus close enough to make contact
The bus was close enough that we could touch hands

Whispered in her ear, she should give me her contact
I whispered in her ear that she should give me her contact information

Slipped me some paper then she started to fall back
She gave me a slip of paper with her contact info and then stepped back

Rocket mail dot com, how the fuck I’ma call that
I didn't know how to contact her at first because she gave me an email address from a lesser-known email provider

Well fuck then, don’t call back
I was frustrated and decided not to try calling her

Blown off by this female
She blew me off

If this was 98 I had never heard of e-mail
If this was 1998, I wouldn't have known what email was

Then she explain the details
Then she explained why she couldn't see me

Parent's strict, she wasn’t allowed to see males
Her parents were strict and wouldn't let her see guys

Got home and copped me a laptop
I bought a laptop when I got home

From this basehead right outside of the crack spot
I bought the laptop from someone near a spot where people smoked crack

Plugged in the modem, got a Hotmail account
I connected to the internet with a modem and got a Hotmail email account

Time to see what the world wide web was all about
I was excited to explore the internet

Send a message, she replied the next day
I sent her a message and she replied the next day

Welcome to the internet sweetie, now let’s play
She welcomed me to the internet and flirted back

We shared stories, we wrote essays
We talked about our lives and wrote long messages

I remember every word like it was yesterday
I remember everything we said like it was very recent

Back and forth for like three months
We messaged each other back and forth for about three months

Finally popped the question, asked her when we could meet up
I asked her when we could finally meet in person

Response seemed like it never came
She didn't reply for a while and it seemed like she might not answer

And when it finally did I was forever changed
When she finally replied, it changed things between us permanently

She said my heart belongs to you but my body to another
She told me that she had feelings for me, but that she was already with someone else

And should I refuse I’d bring shame to my mother
She felt pressure to stay with her current partner because it would be shameful to refuse

Words on the screen never brought such pain
Reading her message was more painful than anything else I'd ever read on a screen

Kept trying to reach her, all attempts were in vain
I tried to contact her again and again, but it didn't work

So I check my inbox for your name
I kept checking my email inbox for any messages from her

Looked for the messages that never came
I looked for messages from her that never arrived

If we’ll never get together it would be a shame
It would be a shame if we were never able to be together

Wherever you are I know that you feel the same
I believe that she feels the same way I do, no matter where she is

Wherever you are, wherever you are
No matter where she is, she is still on my mind