Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tyler, The Creator
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tyler Okonma
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tyler, The Creator
Producer
Vic Wainstein
Recording Engineer
Derek Jenner
Assistant Recording Engineer
Neal Pogue
Mixing Engineer
Zachary Acosta
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Mike Bozzi
Mastering Engineer
Josh Sellers
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Say somethin' more
You never want to talk about it
Feel the wave, oh
Feel the wave, oh
Feel the wave, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Take me back to November
Take me back to November
Hawaiian shirts in the winter
Cold water, cold water
Yeah, take me back to November, what's up?
Can we go back to November?
Take me back to November
Hawaiian shirts in the winter
Deep thoughts, deep thoughts
Now, take me back to November, what's up?
[Verse 1]
What if Clancy fuckin' me over?
What if "Who Dat Boy" is rhetorical and this shit is over?
What if I'm hustlin' backwards?
What if my accountant ain't payin' my taxes?
Fillin' his pockets and the IRS show up, askin' me questions
I couldn't answer 'cause I was too busy tryna make classics
Boy ain't got no motherfuckin' classics
What if my music too weird for the masses?
And I'm only known for tweets more than beats, or
All my day ones turn to three, fours 'cause of track seven
Fuck, what if I get stuck?
What if I got comfortable? I gotta keep it buck fifty
What if I lost it all and ended up back in Ladera
At them shitty apartments that's across the Bank of America?
Damn, I would be hurtin'
Writin' all of these songs 'cause Wi-Fi wasn't workin'
Last year in total, I put out two verses
But five-seven figures since then, life's kinda perfect, or is it really?
[Verse 2]
Or is it really? Bitch, you know the dealy really
Hilly willy tilly silly, hold that billy how I Milly Rock
When they can't relate him, when they start to hate him
They don't drive these cars, so what's they ultimatum?
Tell me, what's your November? Is it a person?
Mine was the summer '06, I remember the
What if I thought the brake was the gas? What if I crashed?
What if these deep thoughts was my last? Let me pull over, quick
[Chorus]
And drive back to November
Take me back to November
Hawaiian shirts in the winter
Cold water, cold water
Yeah, take me back to November, what's up?
Can we go back to November?
Take me back to November
Hawaiian shirts in the winter
Deep thoughts, deep thoughts
Now, take me back to November, what's up?
[Bridge]
My November was those, uh, Odd Future Sundays
Where we used to just skate all day
My November, Nas performing, and Lil' Wayne rapped with me
My November was awesome, I booked my first feature film
My November was when I was gifted this Getz and Gilberto album
My November was seeing Erykah Badu perform
My November was my brother took me to my first concert ever
My November was summer 2015, when I fell in love with someone
Who fucked my whole world up, showed me life through a different
2014, Miami 43rd Street, everyday was November
[Bridge]
Take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back
[Bridge]
I ain't doin' fine, lost my motherfuckin' mind
Time travel back and help me find
Take me back, take me back (To November, this I know)
Take me back, take me back
Take me back, take me back to November, this I
My November is right now
[Verse 3]
I wrote a song about you, I want your opinion
Opposite of my heart rate, it slows down at the endin'
'Cause the love that I got for you has exceeded appearance, the lyrics are
Matter of fact, I'ma just call you, so you can hear it
If you do answer, I'll play it to state facts
Although I already know the response you gon' say back
At that point, I'll hang up, disappear and just stay back
And if you don't, I'll leave a voicemail with the playback
[Outro]
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Written by: Tyler Okonma
