I don't listen to enough rap and hip-hop* but I should. Am glad I caught this set of songs. It's a fantastic piece of art talking about abusive relationships. Part I is from the point of view of the guy and Part II has Rihanna singing the woman's side of the story. The music is intense and dark.
Rihanna wasn't keen on Part II. She didn't think Part II could live up to Part I's success. Skylar Grey, who co-wrote the song, did a piano-only demo and that convinced Rihanna to do the song. This is Grey's demo without either of the big stars:
And now Part II with Rihanna and Eminem from SoundCloud; the YouTube video was pretty bad:
Part II lyrics:
Rihanna: "On the first page of our story
The future seemed so bright
Then this thing turned out so evil
I don't know why I'm still surprised
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you'll always be my hero
Even though you've lost your mind"
Rihanna: "So maybe I'm a masochist
I try to run but I don't wanna ever leave
Til the walls are goin' up
In smoke with all our memories"
Eminem: "It's morning, you wake, a sunray hits your face
Smeared makeup as we lay in the wake of destruction
Hush baby, speak softly, tell me you're awfully sorry
That you pushed me into the coffee table last night
So I can push you off me
Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me
Run out the room and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the
Destructive path that we're on, two psychopaths but we
Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other's backs
That we'll have each other's backs, 'cause we're that lucky
Together, we move mountains, let's not make mountains out of molehills,
You hit me twice, yeah, but who's countin'?
I may have hit you three times, I'm startin' to lose count
But together, we'll live forever, we found the youth fountain
Our love is crazy, we're nuts, but I refused counsellin'
This house is too huge, if you move out I'll burn all two thousand
Square feet of it to the ground, ain't shit you can do about it
With you I'm in my fuckin' mind, without you, I'm out it"
* For those ignorant of the difference between hip hop and rap: hip hop is a culture including music (rap, beat mixing, scratching etc), dance (breaking) and art (graffiti). Rap is the music bit of hip hop but the terms are sometime used interchangeably. So now you know.
Here's Part I. Megan Fox may distract you from fully appreciating the music, best listen with eyes closed. Incidentally she donated her fee form this video to a battered women's shelter.
Rihanna wasn't keen on Part II. She didn't think Part II could live up to Part I's success. Skylar Grey, who co-wrote the song, did a piano-only demo and that convinced Rihanna to do the song. This is Grey's demo without either of the big stars:
And now Part II with Rihanna and Eminem from SoundCloud; the YouTube video was pretty bad:
Part II lyrics:
Rihanna: "On the first page of our story
The future seemed so bright
Then this thing turned out so evil
I don't know why I'm still surprised
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you'll always be my hero
Even though you've lost your mind"
Rihanna: "So maybe I'm a masochist
I try to run but I don't wanna ever leave
Til the walls are goin' up
In smoke with all our memories"
Eminem: "It's morning, you wake, a sunray hits your face
Smeared makeup as we lay in the wake of destruction
Hush baby, speak softly, tell me you're awfully sorry
That you pushed me into the coffee table last night
So I can push you off me
Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me
Run out the room and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the
Destructive path that we're on, two psychopaths but we
Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other's backs
That we'll have each other's backs, 'cause we're that lucky
Together, we move mountains, let's not make mountains out of molehills,
You hit me twice, yeah, but who's countin'?
I may have hit you three times, I'm startin' to lose count
But together, we'll live forever, we found the youth fountain
Our love is crazy, we're nuts, but I refused counsellin'
This house is too huge, if you move out I'll burn all two thousand
Square feet of it to the ground, ain't shit you can do about it
With you I'm in my fuckin' mind, without you, I'm out it"
* For those ignorant of the difference between hip hop and rap: hip hop is a culture including music (rap, beat mixing, scratching etc), dance (breaking) and art (graffiti). Rap is the music bit of hip hop but the terms are sometime used interchangeably. So now you know.
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