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H.E.R.

Mean It

Release date: 18th June 2021

From Back of My Mind
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About This Track

"Mean It" is a track by H.E.R., from the album Back of My Mind, released 18th June 2021. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about H.E.R..

About the Artist

H.E.R.

H.E.R.

Lyrics

Mean It

[Intro]

Did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

[Verse 1]

Maybe I should be more like you

Buildin' up on a lie, then coverin’ up the truth

Oh, I thought that ain't what you do

Tellin' me that you closed off, why did you take your clothes off?

[Pre-Chorus]

Replays in my mind, just walk away from me

If she’s in the way of me, it's way too much for me

[Chorus]

'Cause when you lied to me, oh, I stayed up

But you be fakin', you a snake, I didn't complain, no

You were my favorite, now you ain't shit, I regret it

But I believed you when you said it

Did you mean it, did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm, mm-hmm, hmm

Did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm (Yeah), mm-hmm, hmm

[Verse 2]

Maybe I should be more like her

Just forget about what's right, just forget about my worth

Maybe I should be heartless too

That's somethin’ y’all have in common, I'm cut from a different cloth and it

[Pre-Chorus]

Replays in my mind, did you even think of me?

What does she have more on me?

It’s so hard to believe

[Chorus]

'Cause when you lied to me, oh, I stayed up

But you be fakin', you a snake, I didn't complain, no

You were my favorite, now you ain’t shit, I regret it

But I believed you when you said it

Did you mean it, did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm, mm-hmm, hmm

Did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm (Yeah), mm-hmm, hmm

[Bridge]

Always felt like I was the missin' piece

But now I feel like I'm missin' something, it's killin' me

Always wanted to belong to somethin' that belonged to me

But if it's for everybody, then it's not in my reach

When you speak, do you say things you mean?

Does your mind or your heart take the lead?

If it's love, does that mean you shouldn't leave?

I don't know, I don't know what to believe

[Chorus]

'Cause when you lied to me, and I stayed

You ain't changed, you betrayed me

You tried to say that I was your favorite

And you love me, but you ain't shit

And I believed you when you said it

Did you mean it, did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm (Ooh, ooh), mm-hmm, hmm

Did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm (Mm-hmm), mm-hmm, hmm

Did you mean it?

Mm-hmm, hmm (Yeah, yeah), mm-hmm, hmm (Mean it)

Did you mean it? (Mm-hmm, hmm)

Did you mean it? (Mm-hmm, hmm)

[Outro]

Oh, ooh, woah

Did you mean it?

Ooh, ooh, baby, did you mean it?

Ooh, ooh, ooh

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Track details

From Back of My Mind

2021
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Album
Back of My Mind
Back of My Mind
H.E.R.
18th June 2021
Release year
2021
  1. —Bloody Waters
  2. —Cheat Code
  3. —For Anyone
  4. —Closer To Me
  5. —My Own
  6. —I Can Have It All
  7. —Process
  8. —Lucky
  9. —Find A Way
  10. —Back of My Mind
  11. —Trauma
  12. —Paradise
  13. —Mean It
  14. —Don't
  15. —Hard To Love
  16. —Exhausted
  17. —Slide
    3:56
  18. —Paradise (feat. Yung Bleu)
    2:37
  19. —Damage
    3:48
  20. —Come Through (feat. Chris Brown)
    3:34
  21. —Back of My Mind (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
    3:41

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H.E.R., Vol. 1
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2016
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2007
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
H.E.R., Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, Prince Charlez
Producer
H.E.R., Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, Jeff Robinson, Walter Jones
Engineer
Miki Tsutsumi
Keyboards
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Mastering Engineer
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Mixing Engineer
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