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What's wrong? What are you afraid of?
The Love Below
She stays alone, never sheds a single tear
She stays in the coolest moods, clearly woman of the year
She and all her girlfriends, they go out dressed to win
She comes back to the cooler side of town
but she lives in my lap
[Chorus]
She lives in my lap [Repeat: x6]
Forever my fiance
She lives in my lap
Don't need no chain
She lives in my lap
I'll get the courage one day
Make me want you, make me miss you
make me wonder where you are, then forget you
Girl remind me, just who we are
We're oh so close, but yet so far
Baby why are you acting like this?
I don't care about any of them
I care about you!
Baby I Love you!
You've got me open wide (I love you)
Just Come inside (baby)
It's yours (it's yours)
I'm yours (I'm yours)
For sure (for sure)
Play baby play
[Chorus: Repeats]
The Love Below
She stays alone, never sheds a single tear
She stays in the coolest moods, clearly woman of the year
She and all her girlfriends, they go out dressed to win
She comes back to the cooler side of town
but she lives in my lap
[Chorus]
She lives in my lap [Repeat: x6]
Forever my fiance
She lives in my lap
Don't need no chain
She lives in my lap
I'll get the courage one day
Make me want you, make me miss you
make me wonder where you are, then forget you
Girl remind me, just who we are
We're oh so close, but yet so far
Baby why are you acting like this?
I don't care about any of them
I care about you!
Baby I Love you!
You've got me open wide (I love you)
Just Come inside (baby)
It's yours (it's yours)
I'm yours (I'm yours)
For sure (for sure)
Play baby play
[Chorus: Repeats]
Lyrics submitted by hottscubbard
Track duration: 04:27
"She Lives in My Lap" as written by Dino D. Hawkins, Adrian Miller, Eric Vidal, Nick Vidal, Y
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP, A SIDE MUSIC LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"She Lives In My Lap" is a glimpse of a strained relationship. The mental battles that a person goes through in any long term romance. Our protagonist (3000) understands that he has his girlfriend/love interest (Dawson) "under his thumb." Knowing that, he feels overtly secure in the relationship, letting her roam across town with her girlfriends "dress to win."
She's so much "his," that he wants her to roam free so he can remember what it is to miss her, want her, and worry about her fidelity towards him. His passion is dying for her as she obliges to anything he says. This is apparent based on her being "forever his fiance," meaning that they'll be committed (marriage) when he's ready. These two are "oh so close," because she's so much "his," but "yet so far," due to his dying passion for her.
From time to time, our protagonist loses some of his security, and acts up. Again, she's willing to do anything to make him happy based on the love interest's monologue in the interlude. Once his ego is replenished as she reassures her commitment to him, he knows that he'll continue this selfish cycle based on the section after the interlude, as he sings "I'm yours" repeatedly, only to end with "play let it play," which means he'll continue this.
To understand this more throughly, think of a time when you've had the "upper hand" in a romance. A time when your partner was so committed to you, that you've uncovered every part of that person, as your passion for them dissipates each day you see them. You really start to stop caring what they do because you know they'll come back to you; almost like a dog. The moment that person starts to act differently from the usual adoration that you receive from them, you starts to worry a bit, and act up. Once you're reassured that they're "still in your lap," your feelings don't really change, as you continue to not care.
Andre 3000 does a great job depicting the course of a romance through this entire album, as each song is a snapshot of small parts of a relationship. The attraction, the sex, the adoration, the contemplativeness,etc. He does a great job summing it all up by telling the audience his entire romantic history in the "A Life in The Day of Benjamin Andre." Cheers to that album.
[Intro: Rosario Dawson]
[laughter]
What's wrong? What are you afraid of?
The Love Below
"What are you afraid of?" Then it's followed by "The Love Below" which means in this context a deeper love.
[Verse 1: Andre 3000]
She stays alone, never sheds a single tear
She stays in the coolest moods, clearly woman of the year
She and all her girlfriends, they go out dressed to win
She comes back to the cooler side of town
but she lives in my lap
Again, if you listen to the entire CD, you know that "cooler side of town" is a metaphor for himself. He calls himself "Ice Cold" so the cooler side of town means she's coming to see him. The first verse is discussing how strong she is, how powerful she is. She and all her girlfriends are phenomenal women. Yet, through all of this, she STILL comes back to him. She can't shake him. She's woman of the year, but can't get out of his lap/cycle/circle.
[Chorus: Andre 3000]
She lives in my lap [repeat 6X]
Forever my fiance
She lives in my lap
Don't leave, don't stay.
She lives in my lap
I'll get the courage one day
Forever my fiance gives it away. Forever the one I COULD possibly settle down with, IF he gets the courage. Don't leave (I love you), Don't stay (I can't commit).
Verse 2: Andre 3000]
Make me want you, make me miss you
make me wonder where you are, then forget you
Girl remind me, just who we are
We're oh so close, but yet so far
This is Andre talking about how complicated the situation is. He loves her. He wants her. But his insecurities make him just want to forget all about her. They're so close, IF he could just get his insecurities under wraps.
Baby why are you acting like this?
I don't care about any of them...
I care about you!
Baby I Love you!
Again, more evidence of his insecurities. He's sabotaging this love. He's sabotaging his own feelings because he's insecure.
[Adblibs]
I had a woman down for me...
Now Im realizing that I love her?
It's important to realize what song the adlibs came from. For those who don't know, the adlibs are from Geto Boy's "My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me." More evidence of the mind vs heart complications.
Andre 3000 went DEEP with this track, and the beat matched the energy. There aren't too many artists who actually dig deep with concepts and match it with the lyricism. Props to Dre 3k. Hope this cleared things up.