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Nicki Minaj, Last Time I Saw You: The Lyrics & Their Meaning

The first verse of “Last Time I Saw You” lyrics by Nicki Minaj reflects on her past. She reminisces the time when her ex-lover begged her to stay with the lines “Beggin’ me to stay and then you walk away // There’s something that you wanted to say” but he walked away. People in general feel ashamed when they get vulnerable and this is exactly what her lover did. Then, he couldn’t face it even though there was something he wanted to say. Also, she acknowledges that she couldn’t give him time with the lines “I was in a rush, but you said you were crushed // And I said, “I’d be back, it’s okay”. The rapper simply consoled him by saying things will be okay and she regrets not being present for him.

In the chorus, Nicki Minaj shares her side of the story. While her lover felt uneasy about facing his vulnerable side with her, she felt he would find her boring if she stayed there for him. She expresses this with the line “Maybe I pushed you away because I thought that I’d bore you”. Nicki Minaj is regretful in the chorus. She wishes she were there to hug him tighter and give him some time to listen to what he had to say. The rapper feels sad that she couldn’t keep the promise she made that she would do anything for him. She expresses these emotions with the lines “I wish I’d have hugged you tighter the last time that I saw you // I wish l didn’t waste precious time the night when I called you // I wish I remembered to say I’d do anything for you”. In the Bridge section of the song, she wishes to the starlight that she dreams about him. She says she still dreams about him with the lines “Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight // Wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight // Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight // B…s away, b…s away // Yeah, yeah, dream about you // I still dream about you”. Here, she repeats “dream about you” four times.

The second verse of “Last Time I Saw You” lyrics by Nicki Minaj describes the nuances of her relationship. She explains her situation pretty plainly with the lines “Listen // So close, but we were so distant // Wish I’da known in that instant // Ignored the hints or I missed it // I killed it”. With these lines, she says she simply didn’t know him enough. But she realizes she missed the hints to know him better. Nicki says he was always there for her with the lines “You’d always be in attendancе // No flights, but always attendant”. The handwritten letter, the nights they spent together, and the rules they wanted to break went all in vain. Instead, they broke each other’s hearts. These emotions are expressed with the lines “Handwritten lettеr, you penned it // Them nights we wish never ended // Those rules that we wish we bended // Heartbreak that we never mended”. Their relationship was toxic to the point of deleting messages, cutting off friends, and offending everybody, even though they wished to attend fun parties and get drunk and laugh instead. She expresses these emotions with the lines “Those messages we unsended // Best friends we somehow unfriended // Ain’t care ’bout who we offended // Parties they wish we attended // Got drunk and laughed, it was splendid”.

What Are the Lyrics of “Last Time I Saw You” by Nicki Minaj?

These are the lyrics of Nicki Minaj’s “Last Time I Saw You” via Genius:

Last Time I Saw You Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Beggin’ me to stay and then you walk away
There’s something that you wanted to say
I was in a rush, but you said you were crushed
And I said, “I’d be back, it’s okay”

[Chorus]
I wish I’d have hugged you tighter the last time that I saw you
I wish l didn’t waste precious time the night when I called you
I wish I remembered to say I’d do anything for you
Maybe I pushed you away because I thought that I’d bore you

[Verse 2]
Listen
So close, but we were so distant
Wish I’da known in that instant
Ignored the hints or I missed it
I killed it
You’d always be in attendancе
No flights, but always attendant
Handwritten lettеr, you penned it
Them nights we wish never ended
Those rules that we wish we bended
Heartbreak that we never mended
Those messages we unsended
Best friends we somehow unfriended
Ain’t care ’bout who we offended
Parties they wish we attended
Got drunk and laughed, it was splendid

[Chorus]
I wish I’da hugged you tighter the last time that I saw you
I wish l didn’t waste precious time the night when I called you
I wish I remembered to say I’d do anything for you
Maybe I pushed you away because I thought that I’d bore you

[Bridge]
Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight
Wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight
Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight
Wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight
B…s away, b…s away
B…s away, b…s away
Yeah, yeah, dream about you
Yeah, yeah, dream about you
Yeah, yeah, dream about you
I still dream about you

[Chorus]
I wish I’da hugged you tighter the last time that I saw you
I wish l didn’t waste precious time the night when I called you
I knew the moment I met you that I’d always adore you
Maybe I pushed you away because I thought that I’d
Bore you
Nicki Minaj’s “Last Time I Saw You” Lyrics

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