“Needed Me” is a mid-tempo mood piece with raw lyrics set over top of dark fluttery synth sounds produced by DJ Mustard. Rihanna provides a solid female empowerment anthem with this one (per her fans on Twitter).
It’s basically 3 minutes and 12 seconds of Rihanna serving tea.
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[Intro: YG]
Mustard on the beat, ho!
[Verse 1]
I was good on my own, that's the way it was
That's the way it was
You was good on the low for a faded fuck
On some faded love
Shit, what the fuck you complaining for?
Feeling jaded, huh?
Used to trip off that shit I was kickin' to you
Had some fun on the run though I'll give it to you
[Pre-Chorus]
But baby, don't get it twisted
You was just another nigga on the hit list
Tryna fix your inner issues with a bad bitch
Didn't they tell you that I was a savage?
Fuck ya white horse and ya carriage
Bet you never could imagine
Never told you you could have it
[Chorus]
You needed me
Ooh, you needed me
To feel a little more, and give a little less
Know you hate to confess
But baby ooh, you needed me
[Verse 2]
You been rollin' around, shit I'm rollin' up
Light and roll it up
Break it down, like a pound, shit was never us
Shit was never us
That's the real, on the real, are you serious?
How you feel, how you feel?
Used to trip off that shit I was kickin' to ya
Had some fun on the run though, I'll give it to ya
[Pre-Chorus]
But baby, don't get it twisted
You was just another nigga on the hit list
Tryna fix your inner issues with a bad bitch
Didn't they tell you that I was a savage?
Fuck ya white horse and ya carriage
Bet you never could imagine
Never told you you could have it
[Chorus]
You needed me
Ooh, you needed me
To feel a little more, and give a little less
Know you hate to confess
But baby ooh, you needed me
Needed Me was written by Starrah & Ging & Khaled Rohaim & Lewis Hughes & Nicholas Audino & Prince Charlez & Derrus Rachel & Mustard & Rihanna & SickDrumz.
Needed Me was produced by Kuk Harrell & Ging & Twice as Nice & Mustard.
“Needed Me” peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the chart week of July 2, 2016. It spent a total 45 weeks on the chart, and has become Rihanna’s longest-charting hit.
Singer Starrah told Billboard:
The way it translated to other people was a good feeling for me. It changed my perspective on my ability to write a universal song. I dated a girl who told me that I helped her get out of her old relationship with that song… That’s crazy.