Yo what up this Wyclef with Mary J about
to serenade this girls with my acoustic guitar
Yo fellas having problems with your chicks I
want you right now
To turn the lights down low pull your girl
up next to you I want to sing them this song

If death comes for me tonight girl
I want you to know that I loved you
And though right now I tough I wouldn’t dare
Only to you I would reveal my tears

So tell the police I ain’t home tonight
Messing around with you is gonna get me life
But when I look into your eyes eh
You’re worth that sacrifice yeah yeah

If this is the kind of love my mom used to warn me about
Man I’m in trouble I’m in real big trouble
If this is the kind of love that the old folks used to warn me about
Man I’m in trouble I’m in real big...I need ya to do me a favor

Someone please call 911
Tell them I’ve just been shot down and the bullets in my heart
And it’s piercing through my soul
Feel my body getting cold
So cold so cold
Someone please call 911
The alleged assailant is five foot one
And she shot me through my soul
Feel my body getting cold

Mary
So cold
Sometimes I fell like I’m a prisoner
I think I’m strapped here for a while yeah yeah
And every breath I fight to taaa-aake
It’s as hard as the four walls I’m wan-na break
I told the cops he wasn’t here tonight
Messing around with me is gonna get you life oh yeah yeah
But every time I look into your eyes
Man it’s worth the sacrifice uuhh

If this heres the kind of love that your mom used to warn you about
Mary you’re in trouble (I’m in real big trouble)
you’re in real big trouble (lord knows I’m in trouble)
If this is the kind of love that the old folks used to warn me about
I’m in trouble I’m in real big

You got anything to say girl
Someone please call 911 yeah yeah
Tell them I’ve just I got shot down Tell them Mar just got shot down
And it’s piercing through my soul (I’m losing blood, ya'll)
Feel my body getting cold
So cold so cold
Someone please call 911 (can you do that for me)
The alleged assailant was five foot one
And she shot me through my soul (and he shot me through my heart)
Feel my body getting cold
(he didn’t care, he didn’t worry, he didn’t wonder)
Wyclef Mary J blige
I'm feelin ya girl, I understand.



Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal

Track duration: 04:27


911 (Feat. Mary J. Blige) song meanings
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    General Comment:this song breaks my heart
    Flag riccaroni31on December 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about two people who love each other, but they both keep doing things to hurt the other person, making it an emotionally dangerous relationship. It has great imagery of getting shot and being left dying for each time they betray each other. I love where she sings "He didn't care, he didn't worry, he didn't wonder," it's so raw and painful.
    Flag atdi05on April 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:its not meant as literal as that lukasa, its definitely a metaphor for what lander said, about falling in love and desperately struggling to express it.

    its very passionate, very raw and emotional. i love it.
    Flag KurupTon April 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:"the alleged assailant is 5'1" " ??? is that right
    Flag Lukasa101on December 16, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:im jumping on the "this song is amazing" bandwagon. i love it so much.

    I used to think that it was about gang involvement between two lovers. But now i think that it is what people above have said, it is about someone falling hard for this woman.
    Flag Lukasa101on October 06, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I think the song is about falling for someone (and wanting so much to express it)...
    Calling 911 here is just used to indicate that the man has been shot (maybe by cupid's arrow) and that he's finally falling.
    And that the alleged assailant is 5 foot 1 (generally a woman's height) which is pictured in the song as mary j. The man is head over heels that the he thinks that woman shot him 'through his soul".

    I just love this song.
    Flag landeron September 03, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This song is fucking amazing.
    Flag -=TiedToTheTracks=-on June 21, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i luv dis song, think its about forbidden luv of some sort
    Flag LJlostismine4evaon March 29, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:awesome song, very raw and powerful. they go great together
    Flag paradise iceon March 22, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Report the lyric and I'll fix.
    Flag Idanon March 22, 2002   Link

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