Me & Mr. Jones Lyrics

[Intro]
Nobody stands in between me and my man
It's me and Mr. Jones
(Me and Mr. Jones)


[Chorus]
What kind of fuckery is this?
You made me miss the Slick Rick gig (Oh, Slick Rick)
And thought I didn't love you when I did (When I did)
Can't believe you played me out like that


[Verse 1]
No, you ain't worth guest list
Plus one of all them girls you kiss (All them girls)
You can't keep lying to yourself like this (To yourself)
Can't believe you played yourself (Out) like this


[Bridge]
Rulers one thing, but come Brixton
Nobody stands in between me and my man
'Cause it's me and Mr. Jones
(Me and Mr. Jones)

[Chorus]
What kind of fuckery are we?
Nowadays you don't mean dick to me (Dick to me)
I might let you make it up to me (Make it up)
Who's playing Saturday?
What kind of fuckery are you?
Side from Sammy you're my best black Jew (Best black Jew)
But I could swear that we were through (We were through)
I still wonder 'bout the things you do
[Outro]
Mr. Destiny, 9 and 14
Nobody stands in between me and my man
'Cause it's me and Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones (Me and Mr. Jones)
Me and, oh

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Genius Annotation

“Me and Mr. Jones” rotates around Winehouse’s relationship with Nasir Jones, best known by his stage name, Nas. Winehouse once revealed that this song was one of her favourites to perform live.

The two performers first crossed paths in the early 2000s thanks to their mutual producer Salaam Remi, who has produced a majority of Winehouse’s records. Remi sat down with The Hollywood Reporter in 2012 and recalled the moment he introduced the two and sparked an instant connection:

When I’d just met Amy, I was doing “Made You Look” for Nas' God’s Son album at the time. And I was just starting to work on Amy’s Frank album, so there are Nas songs where Amy did ad-libs on them that we never put out that were just background that she was just singing on. She was really inspired by him. Over the last couple years, a lot of times if I had my computer on in the studio, my Skype would ring and Amy would be there […] and then she’d end up talking to Nas or whatever, then they got each other numbers and they would talk.

In October 2011, three months after Winehouse’s death, Nas opened up about the song with XXL Magazine, confirming that he is in fact the titular Mr. Jones:

I don’t really remember if Salaam, who was really close to her, who introduced us, if he told me about it or not. I don’t remember right now. But, I heard a lot about it before I even heard the song."

Winehouse and Nas in London, 2010

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What did Amy Winehouse say about "Me & Mr. Jones"?
Genius Answer

In the 2018 documentary, “Amy Winehouse: Back to Black”, producer of the song, Salaam Remi, said the following about the track:

So ”Me and Mr Jones” pretty much started as the song “Fuckery” that, you know, in between albums, Amy kept going to the studio and she’d call the song “Fuckery”. And people on the label, and the manager, would say, “We’ll never get on the radio, she’s swearing again.” All they could focus on was “fuckery”. So during the sessions, I was like, “I like it”. Her kinda being influenced by West Indian cultures as well, hearing somebody say, “Yo, this fuckery wagwon,” she picked it up and made a song about it.

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