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The Weeknd

Acquainted

Release date: 2013

From Beauty Behind the Madness
Track 6
5:49
R&B/SoulMusicDanceRock
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About This Track

'Acquainted' arrives midway through 'Beauty Behind the Madness', a track that folds hesitation and compulsion into the same gesture. The Weeknd frames the relationship as something friends and family warn against, yet he keeps returning, caught between the pull of intimacy and the knowledge that declaring love would be reckless. The refrain settles on a careful middle distance: glad to be acquainted, reluctant to go further.

The production shifts in the outro, darkening the mood as the song closes. Lyrically, The Weeknd acknowledges his mother's concern that he won't find someone real, whilst the fast life he leads continues to overtake him. The bridge offers a moment of surrender, asking for comfort without urgency, before the final chorus repeats its careful ambivalence. The track ends with a fragment about women born in the nineties, a line that gestures towards a longer meditation on generational restlessness and danger.

"Acquainted" is a track by The Weeknd, from the album Beauty Behind the Madness, released 2013. The track is 5:49 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about The Weeknd.

About the Artist

The Weeknd

The Weeknd

Lyrics

Acquainted

Baby you're no good
'Cause they warned me 'bout your type girl
I've been ducking left and right
Baby you're no good
Think I fell for you, I fell for you, I fell for you
You got me puttin' time in, time in
Nobody got me feeling this way
You probably think I'm lying, lying
I'm used to bitches comin' right away
You got me touchin' on your body
You got me touchin' on your body
To say that we're in love is dangerous
But girl I'm so glad we're acquainted, oh
I get you touchin' on your body
I get you touchin' on your body
I know I'd rather be complacent
But girl, I'm so glad we're acquainted
We're acquainted
Baby you're no good
All my niggas think I'm crazy
'Cause I'm thinking 'bout us lately
But really if I could
I'd forget about you, 'get about you, 'get about you
You got me puttin' time in, time in
Nobody got me feeling this way
You probably think I'm lying, lying
I'm used to bitches comin' right away
You got me touchin' on your body
You got me touchin' on your body
To say that we're in love is dangerous
But girl I'm so glad we're acquainted, oh
I got you touchin' on your body
I got you touchin' on your body
I know I'd rather be complacent
But girl, I'm so glad we're acquainted
We're acquainted
Momma called me cryin', cryin', cryin', cryin'
'Cause I won't find somebody that's real (she wants somebody that's real)
Shit
'Cause every time I try to, try to, try to run
The fast life keeps gaining on me (the fast life keeps gaining on me)
Shit
But ever since I met you (ever since I met you)
I couldn't believe what you did
So comfort me babe, ain't no rush from me, babe, ooh
I'll keep on touchin' on your body
I'll keep on touchin' on your body
To say that we're in love is dangerous
But girl I'm so glad we're acquainted, oh
I got you touchin' on your body
I got you touchin' on your body
I know I'd rather be complacent
But girl, I'm so glad we're acquainted
We're acquainted

I'm not tryna talk at all
'Cause I'm tryna love you crazy
Put some more inside your cup
And drink 'til you numb the pain
I got you touchin' on your body
These girls keep touchin' on their body
They got accustomed to the life we live
These girls born in the '90s are dangerous
I got 'em thinkin' that they want me
Although they know they not the only
I got 'em wanting to embrace their sins
These girls born in the '90s are dangerous

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Track details

From Beauty Behind the Madness

5:492013
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Album
Beauty Behind the Madness
Beauty Behind the Madness
The Weeknd
2013
Track number
6
Release year
2013
  1. 1Real Life
    3:43
  2. 2Losers (feat. Labrinth)
    4:41
  3. 3Tell Your Friends
    5:34
  4. 4Often
    4:09

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
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    Producer
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    Vocals
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