Swizz Beatz produced a remix of "Teenage Love Affair" featuring LL Cool J, using a sample from Slick Rick's 1988 song "Teenage Love" on it.
According to Keys' official website and official fan club, the music video for "Teenage Love Affair," directed by Chris Robinson (with whom she had previously worked with on 2001's "Fallin'" and 2003's "You Don't Know My Name," among others), was filmed at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Derek Luke plays Keys' love interest, and Anthony Hamilton, Jackie Long, Albert Daniels, Tristan Wilds, and Tanisha Scott make cameo appearances in the video as well. The video is based on Spike Lee's 1988 film School Daze, starring Laurence Fishburne, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and Kyme, among others. The video premiered across the U.S. on April 23, 2008 on MTV's TRL. That same day, Keys also appeared on BET's 106 & Park to premiere the video.
Teenage Love Affair
Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj Lyrics
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Baby dial your number
Can you pick up the phone
Cause I wanna holla
Daydreamin' about you all day in school cant concentrate
Wanna have your voice in my ear till mama come and say its too late
Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
Cause you are my baby baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care what nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
Its a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Another secret meeting
On the fifth floor staircase
I'm gonna give you this letter
Of all the things I can't say
Want u to be my first my last my ending and beginning
I write your name in my book your last name my first I'm your Mrs.
Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
I just don't want to say goodbye
Cause you are my baby baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care what nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
Its a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Hey boy
You know I really like being with you
So maybe we can go to first base
Because I feel you
Second base
Want you to feel me too boy
Third base
Betta pump the brakes and baby slow down
I gotta go home now
Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
Cause you are my baby baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care what nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
Its a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
My baby baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Nothing really matters
In Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj's song "Teenage Love Affair", the lyrics are centered around a young, innocent love affair. The song's protagonist is impatient to speak to her lover and cannot wait to call him once she gets home. She is daydreaming and cannot focus on her studies. She longs to hear his voice and speak with him until her mother calls her back to reality.
The singer also explains that she had a secret meeting with her lover on the fifth floor of a staircase. She is too nervous to say everything she wants to say, so she gives him a letter instead. She expresses that she wants him to be her first and last, and she even writes his last name as her first in her book. The song ends with her stating that nothing else matters, and she is determined to stick around because this love affair is of great importance to her.
The song is very nostalgic and vividly depicts young love, all its highs and lows. The lyrics take the listener back to the innocence of teenage love, where everything feels so new and exciting. The song is relatable, as it can remind people of their first crush or love affair.
Line by Line Meaning
Can't wait till I get home
Excited to get home to call and talk to loved one
Baby dial your number
Asking loved one to answer phone
Can you pick up the phone
Requesting for loved one to answer phone call
Cause I wanna holla
Wanting to talk to loved one
Daydreamin' about you all day in school cant concentrate
Thinking about loved one all day and unable to focus on schoolwork
Wanna have your voice in my ear till mama come and say its too late
Desiring to talk to loved one until a parent interrupts
Cause the lights are on outside
Feeling exposed as the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
Wishing for a hiding place to avoid being seen
Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
Feeling sad about ending the conversation with loved one
Cause you are my baby baby
Expressing love towards loved one
Nothing really matters
Believing that everything else is insignificant
I don't really care what nobody tell me
Not caring about other people's opinions
I'm gonna be here
Determined to be present for loved one
Its a matter of extreme importance
Viewing relationship with loved one as very important
My first teenage love affair
Referring to first experience with romantic love as a teenager
Another secret meeting
Planning to meet with loved one secretly again
On the fifth floor staircase
Referring to location of secret meeting place
I'm gonna give you this letter
Planned to communicate feelings in a letter
Of all the things I can't say
Acknowledging difficulty in expressing feelings in person
Want u to be my first my last my ending and beginning
Desiring a lasting relationship with loved one
I write your name in my book your last name my first I'm your Mrs.
Daydreaming about being married to loved one
Hey boy
Addressing the loved one
You know I really like being with you
Expressing enjoyment of time spent together
Just hanging out is fine
Preferring to spend time in a casual setting
So maybe we can go to first base
Suggesting advancing the level of physical intimacy
Because I feel you
Having strong romantic feelings for the loved one
Second base
Suggesting further physical intimacy
Want you to feel me too boy
Wanting loved one to reciprocate physical intimacy
Third base
Suggesting more advanced physical intimacy
Betta pump the brakes and baby slow down
Suggesting to slow down and be cautious with physical intimacy
I gotta go home now
Realizing the need to end physical interaction
My baby baby
Affectionately calling to the loved one
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: HAROLD LILLY JR, MATTHEW KAHANE, ALICIA AUGELLO-COOK, JO BRIDGES, CARL HAMPTON, TOM NIXON
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