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Ashanti Lyrics


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Ooo oh ooo oh
Ooo oh ooo oh oh oohh
Excuse me miss
What is your name
And do you know the power deep inside of you
I know all that you've been through
You're trying to forge a brand knew you
You can't be someone's friend to the point where it hurts you
Or has you out here sacrificing all of your virtues (Nooo)
Are you comfortable in your own skin
Lowering your vibrations for your friends
Don't loose you for anybody else
Who are you at home when your by yourself
When will you get it together
When will your love flow like a river through you (Be true)
Your light shines brighter than diamonds and pearls
Don't steal your shine (Shine shine shine)
From the world (World world world)
Cause we need you
My ex told me
You would find no body else
To love you quite like myself
But do I really need your love
Or can I find that inside me?
Should have never 'llowed no man to defind me
That puzzle piece don't fit
Get behind me
But I think he was just there to remind me
No body's got a shine quiet like me
When will you get it together (Yeah)
When will your love flow like a river through you (Be true)
Your light shines brighter than diamonds and pearls
Don't steal your shine (Shine shine shine)
From the world (World world world)
Cause we need you
Ashanti (Ashanti)
Well when you gonna be the best you?
I wish I never had to loose
Love for you
Sometimes we can't see who we are meant to be
But when you sitting 'lone look inside yoself
Cause you will never ever find no body else
Quite like you
Hey yo Ashanti (When will you)
Aye it's Ar man (Get it)
Aye man look pick up the phone first off (Together when)
I've been thinking though (Will your love flow)
You know last time what we talked about (Like a river through you)
Like you should give him a second chance man (Be true)
Before you do what you bout to do (Your light shines)
You feel what I'm saying (Brighter than)
Like you know (Diamonds)
You don't always gotta cut people off (And pearls)
You could just take a break you know what I mean (Don't steal your shine)
Just take you a break (From the world, shine)
But don't do nothing permanent or stupid (Shine)
Hit me back man damn (Cause we need you)
Sometimes we just need time to grow and to evolve
And to be able to love ourselves
More than anybody else
Cause who can love us more than ourselves
Who can put into you what you can put into you
But we also have people that




Don't necessarily see the value in us
And those people just have to go

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Ashanti's song Only U express the singer's intense feelings for the person she is singing to. She cannot wait to be with him ("I can't wait to get next to you"), and she feels unable to resist him ("I just can't leave you alone"). She admits that the person has a hold on her - he makes her behave in ways she would never normally do, and she can't stop feeling the way she does about him. The singer is "crazy 'bout the way" the person makes her say his name, and she implies that she would go insane without him. The chorus repeats the idea that only this person can make her feel the way that she does and take her to "that" place. She is clearly infatuated with him, and she is willing to do whatever it takes to keep him to herself.


The song is a slow-tempo R&B track that heavily features the use of the 808 drum. The production on the track is credited to Irv Gotti and 7 Aurelius. The song also heavily samples DeBarge's Stay with Me from their album In a Special Way, which was released in 1983. The song achieved critical and commercial success, reaching the number one position on the Billboard charts for several weeks. It was also certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States. In addition to its success, the song has been covered by various artists.


Line by Line Meaning

Oooh
Expressing intense excitement and anticipation


I can't wait to get next to you
Looking forward to being in close physical proximity to the person


I just can't leave you alone
Unable to resist the person's irresistible appeal


Boy you got me doing things that I would never do
Experiencing a new level of spontaneity and daring inspired by the person


And I can't stop the way I'm feeling if I wanted to
Having intense and uncontrollable feelings for the person


I'm crazy 'bout the way that you could make me say your name
Being captivated by the person's ability to trigger strong emotions and reactions in her


And if I couldn't have you I would probably go insane
Feeling that life would be unbearable without the person


'Cause only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
Acknowledging that the person has a unique ability to evoke powerful emotions in her


And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Recognizing that the person has the power to transport her to a higher emotional and physical state


Boy you stay inside my mind, ain't no denyin' that
Having constant thoughts about the person


And only you could do them things that got me coming back
Feeling drawn to the person because of the unique experiences and feelings they provide


It's gotta be the realest thing that I have ever felt
Believing that the connection with the person is genuine and substantial


And I do what I gotta do to keep you to myself
Taking action to maintain a close and exclusive relationship with the person


Crazy 'bout the way you feel
Having intense positive feelings about the person's touch and presence


I just gotta have you here
Longing for the person's physical presence and companionship


And I wanna let you know
Communicating the depth of her feelings to the person


I won't ever let you go
Promising to maintain a close relationship with the person




Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Ashanti Lott, D'Ante Ridgeway

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