Madonna – 4 Minutes

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[Repeat x8]
I'm outta time and
All I got is four minutes, eh

Come on, ah
Yeah, ah
Break down
Come on

Hey, uh
Come on
Break down

Come on boy
I've been waiting for somebody
To pick up my stroll

Well don't waste time
Give me a sign
Tell me how you wanna roll

I want somebody to speed it up for me
Then take it down slow
There's enough room for both

Well, I can handle that
You just gotta show me where it's at
Are you ready to go
(Are you ready to go)

If you want it
You already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want
If you feel it
It must be real just
Say the word and
I'm a give you what you want

Time is waiting
We only got four minutes
To save the world
No hesitating
Grab a boy
Grab a girl
Time is waiting
We only got four minutes
To save the world
No hesitating
We only got four minutes,
Four minutes

Keep it up, keep it up,
Don't be a pretty
Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That's right, keep it up, keep it up,
Don't be a pretty Madonna, uh

You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
Sometimes I think what I need
Is a you intervention, yeah

And you know I can
Tell that you like it
And that it's good, by the way
That you move, ooh, hey

The road to hell is paved
With good intentions, yeah

But if I die tonight
At least I can say I did
What I wanted to do
Tell me, how 'bout you?

If you want it
You already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want
If you feel it
It must be real just
Say the word and
I'm a give you what you want

Time is waiting
We only got four minutes
To save the world
No hesitating
Grab a boy
Grab a girl
Time is waiting
We only got four minutes
To save the world
No hesitating
We only got four minutes,
Four minutes

Keep it up, keep it up,
Don't be a pretty Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That's right, keep it up, keep it up
Don't be a pretty Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

Breakdown, yeah
(Tick tock tick tock tick tock)
Yeah, uh huh
(Tick tock tick tock tick tock)
I only got four minutes, to save the world

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Track duration: 03:10

"4 Minutes" as written by Timothy Z./hills Madonna/mosley

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group

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  • +1
    General Comment:She writes alot about the law of attraction and this kind of secret that she knows and she is always hinting and putting random subliminals or double meanings into her words that can be taken in so many ways that it is hard to decifer unless you are into these things, like kabbalah, law of attraction, worship of baphomet and hecate, some people translate it into even christianity although Madonna frequently bashes religion.
    Flag ALLSEEINGIon February 13, 2013   Link
  • 0
    Memory:Agreed with the preceding blogger! Here's the New Detroit Math.
    Four Minutes X 30 Years =Rock Brilliance! Madonna Saved and Changed the world one brilliant song at a time after another. Music is Her American Life and Ray of Light. She Lives to Tell and Takes a Bow and that is indeed Something to Remember. Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone is an American success story who made it from nothing and made something of her life-through song, dance and humanitarian work, the lady is the outcome of the happier aspects of the American Dream. Like the song says "Are you ready to go?/There's enough room for both!...Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock..." For good ol' Madge, Music is a God-given gift of beauty. Four Minutes=Immortality. For Madonna, may it ever be so. Madonna Forever!
    Flag rabbitbunnyon November 01, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Madonna's a legend!
    Flag youdontmissmeon May 08, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Do you know that it would take 4 minutes for the world to end in a nuclear war?

    "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"
    "Sometimes I think what I need is a new intervention"
    "But if I got a night"

    Maybe about nuclear Armageddon?
    But that's reading WAY into it.
    Flag foufilleon June 11, 2010   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:This song is about "The Law of Attraction". It's a warning to everyone as to what's going on on a cosmic level. If you're not familiar with Rhonda Byrnes book the secret that came out around 2006, Madonna is trying to pass on some very important information as to what's going to happen in 2012 and IS happening now. The law of attraction is a universal law that says what you put your attention on you attract. So if you say I am a healthy person you attract health, but if you say I don't want cancer...guess what you're attracting? Yup...cancer. "4 minutes to save the world is just that." 4 minutes to try to educate the masses. I teach this as well as mind, body, and spirit. Visit my website for more info on the changes we are currently going through and will go through. I have links on my links page that should help. Much love and peace!
    Flag Leombson May 20, 2010   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion:OH GOD IF A SONG DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE MEANING BEHIND IT THEN IT'S TERRIBLE!1!!!!11!12!

    It's a good song to dance to. Just because it isn't about the war in Iraq and global warming and saving the whales and falling in love all at the same time doesn't mean it's "OMG sooooo pointless".

    Some of the nicest things in the world have a very minor 'point'. If you really hate this song that much, then don't freaking listen to it and go on about your lives. Nobody's strapping you to a chair and forcing you to listen.

    And by the way.

    If your favorite artist makes ONE song you don't approve of, then that automatically means they sold out and they're going too mainstream? Wow guys. Just wow.
    Flag ReoPlusOneon January 15, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:I believe that this song is about life.
    and Madonna and Justin has only 4 minutes to tell you this to make you realize
    (save the world - by knowing what you want - achieving it)
    it's a message if you really analyze.

    It has many meanings, if you take it literally it can mean sex, or partying (grab a boy or grab a girl)
    if you analyze the verse more it's more about life - doing what you want to do - seizing the day.
    living life to the fullest. re-thinking life (Sometimes I think what I need is a new intervention, yeah)
    it's to live your life... and not regretting it.
    (The road to hell is paved with good intentions, yeah)
    (But if I got a night
    At least I can say I did what I wanted to do
    Tell me, how bout you?)

    it's about life. :)
    Flag ami7minaon July 24, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Prior to reading this last page or so of interpretations, I had no idea what the song was about. Having listened to the song again from this new perspective and recently learned more about the law of attraction, I believe she very well may be singing about just that. She is a very exploratory and spiritual person. Makes sense she'd write a song about how the mind works with the universe.
    Flag wahoo4UVAon July 13, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is not the best Madonna song but I had a lot of fun dancing to it at prom...have no idea what it mean but it is fun to dance to.
    Flag songofsongson June 30, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I
    Love this song.
    Flag BarbieIsMyHomegirlon June 04, 2009   Link

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