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except with cereal
Standing in the back, looking around?
Are you going to waste your time thinking
How you've grown up or how you missed out?
Th-th-th-th-things are never going to be the way you want
Where's it going to get you acting serious?
Th-th-th-th-things are never going to be quite what you want
Even at 25, you got to start sometime Jimmy Eat World (Ft. Davey von Bohlen) – A Praise Chorus
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If you don’t know, now you know, nigga
Dally and his crew just taught you a lesson, so now you better go tell your crew and everybody you know that he isn’t to be fucked with.
& you ain't got no seconds to run niether this shit is lethal
Infected with the evils Dally Auston – Alright
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I don't wanna go
Like I'm on the "Truman Show"
Best to let go
You don't wanna know
Ya better blow Young the Giant – It's About Time
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The Truman Show is a 1998 film starring Jim Carrey. He plays the main character, Truman Burbank, who starts to discover that his entire life is a television show – this is a common reference in rap
Spoiler Alert:
At the end of the movie, Truman reaches the door out of the dome that has been used to simulate his life. After thinking of nothing but escape, he hesitates; he doesn’t know what the real world is like, which is a scary concept and could have led him to stay.
Similarly, YTG may not want to know what is behind the metaphorical door, choosing instead to “let go” and continue with the lives they know
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The “burning sunlight” is symbolic of love and desire. In the heat of the moment all they are worried about are each other, leading to a kiss
When the night starts slippin'
When the night starts slippin' away
Boy, you keep my heartbeat skippin' when you touch me
Even though the time is tickin' away
Just tell me it's not over
And we'll never reach the end
Oh, when the night starts slipping away
Save the day Selena Gomez – Save the Day
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Similar to how she feels in “Slow Down”, Selena is dreading the end of the night because it means she and her man must part ways.
All she wants to do is spend more time with him, but the next day is nearing and that leads to a bunch of uncertainties.
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Selena is caught up in the common question of whether what she is feeling for this guy is love or lust.
She hopes that he has some insight because if it is love, she doesn’t plan on leaving him. Selena is not one to let love go easily, as shown in her song “Come & Get It”:
But if I can be honest, baby, you're all that I've got
You're so cool, not
But if you didn't notice, you got me playing the fool, with you Selena Gomez – I Like It That Way
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Selena is using sarcasm to tell this guy that he is not as attractive or cool as he thinks he is. Despite this, she realizes that she is still hooked on his love
Also note the hot/cold imagery that is representative of the indecisive nature of their relationship – similar to the theme in Katy Perry’s song, “Hot N Cold”
