Future Wants Validation On "Please Tell Me"

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The rapper gets reflective about navigating a relationship with wealth and status.

It's not unlike Future to express vulnerability on his records, but SAVE ME takes the cake. However, the candid honesty about his faults and flaws give the album an attractive quality, even with its melancholy essence. On his track "Please Tell Me," Future addresses quite a few issues, but the overall theme seems to deal with insecurity. Lyrically, Future raps about being with a woman and doing whatever it is that he can to make sure that she's taken care of financially and materialistically.

Yet, there's no real return in the relationship other than his request for her to "please tell [him]" that he's the boss. He can show her how a real man operates because he's rich. The rapper spends most of his time on the song talking about providing for this woman, but one line gets to the crux of his problem when he states, "And all I really want is for you to hold me down." Some fans have an aversion to Future's self-reflective, somber-esque quality of SAVE ME, but the project itself speaks to his growth an artist.

Quotable Lyrics

So I gotta pipe that down (Please, please)
When a rich n*gga text her phone (Please)
Baby gotta screenshot now (Please)
Went to sleep with all my jewelry on me, yeah (Please)
I bet she tryna take a peek now (Please, please)
You can splurge all day long, yeah
F*ckin' with a rich n*gga now, yeah
And all I really want is for you to hold me down (Please, please)


About The Author
Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming a Features Editor, highlighting long-form content and interviews with some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, Amy Luciani, and Omerettà—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.

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