16
Secret Nights and Forbidden Love: Craig David's Tale in '16'
Lyrics
I was checking this girl next door
Expresses the speaker's initial interest in a girl next door.
When her parents went out
Describes the opportunity arising when the girl's parents go out.
She phoned said, "hey boy, come on right around"
The girl invites the speaker over, creating an intimate setting.
So I knock at the door
Describes the speaker knocking at the girl's door.
You was standin' with a bottle of red wine, ready to pour
Details the girl's appearance with a bottle of red wine.
Dressed in long black satin and lace to the floor
Describes the girl's attire in long black satin and lace.
So I went in, then we sat down start kissing, caressing
The speaker and the girl engage in kissing and caressing.
Told me about jacuzzi, sounded interesting
The girl mentions a jacuzzi, sparking the speaker's interest.
So we jumped right in
The speaker and the girl jump into the jacuzzi.
All calls diverted to answer phone
All calls are redirected to voicemail, indicating privacy.
Please leave a message after the tone
Voicemail message prompt, suggesting secrecy or a hidden relationship.
I mean me and her parents were kind of cool
Highlights a cool relationship with the girl's parents.
But they were the fine line between me and you
Emphasizes a fine line between the speaker and the girl's parents.
We were just doing things young people in love do
Both the speaker and the girl are young, doing things in love.
Parents tryna find out what we were up to
Parents are curious about the activities of the couple.
Saying, parents tryna find out what we were up to
Reiteration of parents trying to discover the couple's actions.
Oh yeah
Confirmation or agreement with the previous lines.
Saying, fill me in
Chorus questioning the speaker's actions and seeking an explanation.
Why were you creeping round
-Why were you creeping round late last night
-Can you fill me in
-Why were you creeping
-Why, why were you creeping round late last night
-Can you fill me in
-Why were you creeping round
-Why were you creeping round late last night
-Can you fill me in
-Why were you creeping
-Why, why were you creeping round
-Spit a sixteen, a sick quick sixteen
Rap verses detailing the speaker's experiences, growth, and musical journey.
I been doing doing this since I was sixteen
-Been a few years, let's call it sixteen
-A brand new flow for two thousand sixteen
-Spit a sixteen, a sick quick sixteen
-I been doing doing this since I was sixteen
-Been a few years, let's call it sixteen
-A brand new flow for two thousand sixteen
-Seen, it's like I'm living a dream
-Nineteen ninety nine when I first came on the scene
-Skinny young breh from out Southampton
-With a bunch of melodies for days, know what I mean
-Lean and mean, embodied the whole scene
-Packin' on muscle like bars of protein
-Crushin' every microphone that I be holding
-'Cause you know I be training dirty but sometime keeping it clean
-Whenever the coast was clear and she'd ask me to come out
-I'd say, "hey girl, come on right around"
-So she knocked at the door
-I was standing with the keys in my hand to the 4x4
-Jumped in my ride, checkin' that nobody saw
-The club we went in
-We got down bounced bounced to the rhythm
-Saw it was early morning
-Thought we'd better be leavin'
-So I gave you my jacket for you to hold
-Told you to wear it 'cause you felt cold
-I mean me and her didn't mean to break the rules
-I weren't trying to play your mum and dad for fools
-We were just doing things young people in love do
-Parents tryna find out what we were up to
-Saying, fill me in
-Why were you creeping round
-Why were you creeping round late last night
-Can you fill me in
-Why were you creeping round
-Why why were you creeping oh yeah, oh yeah
-Fill me in
-Why were you creeping round
-Why were you creeping round late last night
-Can you fill me in
-Why were you creeping round
-Why were you creeping round
-Spit a sixteen, a sick quick sixteen
-I been doing doing this since I was sixteen
-Been a few years, let's call it sixteen
-A brand new flow for two thousand sixteen
-Spit a sixteen, a sick quick sixteen
-I been doing doing this since I was sixteen
-Been a few years, let's call it sixteen
-A brand new flow for two thousand sixteen
-Seen, so let me run up on this beat
-No nonsense whenever you 'round me
-It don't make sense, but time I ain't wastin'
-If I come to mess about, we on the mess alone ting
-But then I sing, I flip the whole ting
-One verse song, other verse I be rappin'
-And if I get bored or the beat is tumbling
-Man like me, I press stop and just start beatboxin'
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