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From the album HIStory, an uncharacteristically aggressive song, with vocals to match.
When Michael Jackson started hanging around Jordan Chandler, the boy at the center of the 1993 child molestation allegations, his estranged father, Evan, quickly made moves to get back into his son’s life, mainly...
[Intro: Michael Jackson]
Ah, ah, ah, ah (Hoo!)
A-lacka-lacka-lacka
A-lacka-lacka-lacka-lacka-lacka-lacka
Uh, ah
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
This time around, I'll never get bit
Though you really wanna fix me, uh (Ah)
This time around, you're makin' me sick
Though you really want to get me (Ah)
Somebody's out, somebody's out to get me
They really want to fix me, hit me (Uh)
But this time around, I'm takin' no shit
Though you really want to get me
You really want to get me
[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson]
This time around, I'll never get bit
Oh, you really want to get me (You really want to get me)
But this time around, I'm takin' no shit
Though you really want to fix me (Uh, you really want to fix me)
Somebody's out, somebody's out to use me
You really to use me and then falsely accuse me (Accuse me)
This time around, they'll take it like spit
Though you really can't control me (Uh, you really can't control me)
You know you can't control me, ugh
[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me
He really thought he really had a hold of me (Woah, get me, and fix me)
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me (Woah, woah)
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me
[Verse 3: The Notorious B.I.G. & Michael Jackson]
Listen, I got problems of my own (Uh)
Flashin' cameras, taps on my phone (Uh-huh)
Even in my home, I ain’t safe as I should be
Things always missin', maybe it could be (Uh)
My friends, but they ain’t friends if they robbin' me
Stoppin' me, from makin' a profit, see
Apology shallow like the ocean (Uh-huh)
I guess I'll resort to gun-totin'
If I was dead broke and smokin', I'd probably be by my lonesome
I'ma kill a nigga, I ain’t joking, Indo smoke got me chokin' (Uh)
I'm hopin' a fool come slippin', so I can blow him open
This time around, I changed up my flow (Uh-huh)
Got rid of the Rotts, got Pits by the door (Uh)
A real set of peoples to watch my back (Uh-huh)
Stay away from strangers so I won't slack
And I know my nigga Mike like that, baby (This time around, yeah)
[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me (Get me, fix me, he really had to get me)
He really thought he really had a hold of me (Accuse me, abuse me, nobody's gon' abuse me)
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me (Take me, shake me, nobody's gonna break me)
He really thought he really had a hold of me
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me (Killed me, guilt me, hell, like the way you—)
Control this here
[Outro: Michael Jackson]
(Woah) He really— (Woo)
He really— (Woah)
He really thought— (Abuse me, accuse me, nobody gon' accuse me)
(Woah) He really thought— (Evict me and wish me, nobody's gonna dish me)
He really thought—
(Woo!) This time around, yeah
He really thought—
This Time Around was written by The Notorious B.I.G. & René Moore & Bruce Swedien & Dallas Austin & Michael Jackson.
This Time Around was produced by René Moore & Bruce Swedien & Michael Jackson & Dallas Austin.
Michael Jackson released This Time Around on Tue Dec 26 1995.
Not quite. The press is touched on in the song, but the song is a subliminal diss at Evan Chandler, who accused MJ of molesting his son in 1993.