Released: June 9, 2008

Featuring: LL Cool J Swizz Beatz

Songwriter: Steve Ett Alicia Keys LL Cool J Slick Rick Hank Shocklee Eric Sadler Darryl Pierce Nahiem Johnson Bobcat Doug E. Fresh Jo Bridges Dwayne Simon Oliver Sunderland Jack Splash Harold Lilly Carl Hampton Tom Nixon

Producer: Swizz Beatz

[Intro: LL Cool J + (Swizz Beatz)]
Keys!
L!
Swizz!
L!
Keys!
L!
(Remix time!)

[Verse 1: LL Cool J]
When I'm alone in my room, sometimes I stare at the wall
And in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call
Tellin’ me I need a girl who's as sweet as a dove
It's like the second time around, a teenage love
I won't won't won't hurt you again
This time I'm holdin’ you down ‘til the end
We back bouncin’ again
Back seat of the jeep
Make you bounce like the 6-4 with Snoop and his friends, uh

[Hook: Alicia Keys]
Nothin’ really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair

[Verse 2: Alicia Keys]
Can't wait to get home
Baby, dial your number
Can your pick up the phone?
‘Cause I wanna holla
Daydreamin' ‘bout you
All day in school
Can't concentrate
Tryna keep my cool
‘Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
I just don't want, I just don't want, to say goodbye

[Hook: Alicia Keys]
Nothin’ really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair

[Verse 3: Alicia Keys]
I love our secret meetings
On the 5th floor staircase
I wanna give you this letter
Of all the things I can't say
Want you to be
My first, my last, my ending and beginning (Yeah)
I'll write your name in my book
Your last name, my first, I'm your misses
‘Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
I just don't want, I just don't want, to say goodbye
(LL: Damn, baby, got me feeling like I’m 17 or somethin’
Check it)

[Verse 4: LL Cool J]
Excuse me, Miss Keys, you’re on
Uh uh on; uh uh on
Back to basics before the Louis Vuitton
Hand in hand with matching sweatsuits on
I wrote you love letters to make you feel better
We'd spend the day together when you fightin’ with ya mom
Sippin’ on quarter waters, too broke for champagne
Sayin’ ‘Don't, don't, don't hurt me again’

[Hook: Alicia Keys]
Nothin’ really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair

[Outro: Alicia Keys]
A teenage love
Whoa whoa whoa
Don’t, don’t hurt me again
Don’t, don’t, don’t hurt me again

Teenage love
Whoa whoa whoa
Don’t hurt me again
Don’t, don’t hurt me again

[Slick Rick “Teenage Love” sample]
A teenage love
A teenage love
Don’t, don’t hurt me again
Don’t, don’t, don’t hurt me again
A teenage love
(Repeat until end)

(Swizz Beatz over sample)
You’re listening to the sounds of Alicia Keys
Y’all know who it is
Rock…rock…rock on…rock, rock on

Alicia Keys

Gifted with one of the finest voices of the early 21st century and exceptional talent, the famed Alicia Keys is a recognized, award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. She was born on January 25, 1981 in New York.

Her debut album Songs in A Minor launched her career as she became the best-selling new artist of 2001. Her follow-up album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) and her album for the MTV Unplugged series in 2005 further cemented her at the top of the pop and R&B game. Her biggest hits are powerful ballads like “Fallin',” “If I Ain’t Got You,” and “No One.”

On January 15, 2019 Pop/R&B legend and 15-time GRAMMY winner Alicia Keys was announced as the host of the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. This will be the first time Keys has been the master of ceremonies for Music’s Biggest Night.