Poetry project
By: Monica Gamboa
Artist:
Birth name: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.
Also known as: Lil Wayne
Born: September 27, 1982 (age 31)
Origin: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Generes: Hip-Hop
Occupations: Rapper, producer, CEO
Years active: 1994–presentL
Lables: Young Money, Cash Money
"How to love" Lyrics
Cut the music up, litttle louder .....yeahh
You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
how to love, how to love
You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever,
now you're in a corner tryna put it together
how to love, how to love
For a second you were here, now you over there
Its hard not to stare, the way you moving your body
Like you never had a love, Never had a love
When you was just a youngin' your looks were so precious
But now your grown up So fly it's like a blessing but you can't have a man look at you for five seconds Without you being insecure
You never credit yourself, so when you got older
It's seems like you came back ten times over
Now you're sitting here in this *----- corner
Looking through all your thoughts and looking over your shoulders
See you had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
How to love, How to love
See you had a lot of moments that didn't last forever
Now you're in this corner tryna put it together
How to love, How to love
For a second you were here now you over there
It's hard not to stare the way you moving your body
Like you never had a love, Had a love
Oh, you had a lot of dreams that transformed to visions
The fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions,
but its wasn't your fault, wasn't in your intentions
To be the one here talking to me, Be the one listenin',
But I admire your popping bottles and dippin'
Just as much as you admire bartending and stipping
Baby, so don't be mad, Nobody else tripping
You see a lot of crooks and the crooks still crook
See you had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
How to love, how to love
See you had a lot of moments that didn't last forever
Now you in this corner tryna put it together
How to love, How to love
Oh, see I just want you to know, that you deserve the best
You're beautiful, you're beautiful.....Yeah
And I want you to know, you're far from the usual
Far from the usual
You see you had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
How to love, how to love
See you had a lot of moments that didnt last forever
Now you in this corner tryna put it together
How to love, how to love
See you had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
How to love, how to love
Yeah, see you had a lot of moments that didn't last forever
Now you in this corner tryna put it together
How to love, how to love, mmmmm.
Theme
Wayne had said the song is about women who "don't know how to love because there's deep reasons for them not knowing how to love...And what I mean by deep reasons is deep and dark reasons." Furthermore Wayne stated regarding the track that "A lot of people don't open up that can and I figured that I can open up that can of worms and see what happens."
Realease Date
Released: May 31, 2011
Format: CD Single, Digital download
Recorded: 2011
Genre: R&B
Length: 4:00
Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic
Writer(s): Dwayne Carter, Jr., Noel Fisher, LaMar Seymour, LaNelle Seymour, Jermaine Preyan, Marcus Boyd
Setting of the Song
Cut the music up, litttle louder....yeahh
You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
how to love, how to love
You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever
Now you're in a corner tryna put it together
how to love, how to love
For a second you were here, Now you over there
Its hard not to stare, the way you moving your body
Like you never had a love, Never had a love
Literary Elements:
Tone: sadness, supporting a women, sadly, that doesn't know how to love
Similes: "When you was just a youngin' your looks were so precious
But now your grown up So fly it's like a blessing"
Analogies: "The fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions", Which means shes making some bad decisions in life over her past.
Symbolism:
Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out
how to love, how to love".