Worth It (song)

* Single
* Album

**"Worth It"** (stylized with a full stop at the end) is the thirteenth track to RAYE's debut studio album, My 21st Century Blues released on February 3, 2023, independently and distributed by Human Re Sources.

It's live version recorded at the Royal Albert Hall was released as the live album's, My 21st Century Symphony, lead single on November 10, 2023, along with the studio version as a b-side.

## Background

On the Spotify storyline she explained:

“*The happiest song on the album. Recorded entirely with live instruments, strings and brass, this song is warm and hopeful, it makes me optimistic for brighter days and finding love that completes the picture.*”
―via Spotify Storyline
She later expanded the concept for the song for Apple Music:

“*I wanted to release this a long time ago. Sometimes there are moments where it’s like, ‘Here comes someone-let’s make all of the shit things feel really cool. And all this work that I’m supposed to be doing on myself, I might pause for a section and start putting some work into this other thing because it feels really nice.’ I wanted to have this near the end of the album-a warm hug as you are leaving some of those darker earlier things. The irony is in putting it just before “Buss It Down.” because it didn’t fucking work out!*”
―via Apple Music

## Concept

The track portrays RAYE wondering if all the time she's giving to this person she is really in love with will be "worth it" in the future. So, instead of using that time on focusing on herself, she chooses and prefers to just waste it with them.

## Lyrics

Oh, no, no, no

No, no, no

Oh, ba, ba, ba, da, da

I hope you're gonna

Ooh, oh, no, no, no

My love, you're gonna make it all

I just wanna tell ya how I feel, woo!

If my body was a boat, could you steer that, sailor? (Mmm)

Make it feel like it's a 1960s Hollywood trailer (old-school, I like)

Classic like cars, classic like Elizabeth Taylor (Taylor, Taylor)

Uh, need you to romance me, yeah, I need a giver, not a taker

Ooh, it's what I need

Yes, 'cause I could love you if I really wanted to

You could be, be my glass of wine

When the sun sets, help me exhale

All the excess

Baby, bae, b-b-bae, b-b-baby, would you

Would you make it alright?

Or maybe that much better?

If you wanted you could make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, when I see the sun rising

You make it that much better

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, worth all of the time I'm 'bout to give you, baby

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, give all of the time I should be be working on me

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Mmm, this is the night (something 'bout it's making me cry)

My soul, it did decide (feel my body shiver in your moonlight)

And I need you to (let me have the time of my life)

Checked your credentials

South residentials

Ooh, baby boy, you got so much potential

I could love you if I really wanted to

You could be, be my glass of wine

When the sun sets, help me exhale

All the excess

Baby, bae, b-b-bae, b-b-baby, would you (baby, would you)

Would you make it alright? (Would you make it alright?)

Or maybe that much better? (Or maybe that much better)

If you wanted you could make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it (if you wanted to)

Ooh, when I see the sun rising

You make it that much better

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, worth all of the time I'm 'bout to give you, baby

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, give all of the time I should be be working on me

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Drip me out in six-carat Cartier rings, baby

(Babe) top floor in the penthouse, sipping on Chardonnay 2016, baby

(On the top floor) something like a dream, babe

Somehow I'm so captured by you

I'm rearranging all of my plans

And I'm holding my breath

As I hope you make it worth it

Would you make it alright

Or maybe that much better?

If you wanted you could make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, when I see the sun rising

You make it that much better

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, worth all the time I'm 'bout to give you, baby

So I hope you're gonna make it all

Worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, give all of the time I should be be working on me

So I hope you're gonna make it all

(Worth it, worth it, worth it)

This is the night (this is the night)

My soul, it did decide

And I need you to (I need you to)

I'm all in, I can't reverse it

So I hope and pray you make it

(All worth it) ah, ah, ooh, yeah

### Live at Royal Albert Hall recording

So this next song

Which I already told you before this, is called Worth It

And it was written about a man who really wasn't worth it

And he's married now, I think his wife is pregnant, maybe

It's how it goes, but I hold on to this feeling of this song

'Cause I hope one day, I will feel this again

For someone truly skin deep

And anyway, I'm gonna sing it for you now

See, baby, baby, baby, baby, I hope you're gonna make it all

If my body was a boat, could you steer that, sailor? (Mmm)

Make it feel like it's a 1960's Hollywood trailer (Old-school, I like)

Classic like cars, classic like Elizabeth Taylor (Taylor, Taylor)

Yeah, need you to romance me, yeah, I need a giver, not a taker

(Ooh, it's what I need, yes, 'cause)

But baby boy, no, I could love you, you

If I really wanted to

You could be, be my glass of wine

When the sun sets, help me exhale all the

Baby, bae, b-b-bae-b-b-baby, would you?

Would you make it all right? (Mm)

Or maybe that much better?

If you wanted, you could make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, when I see the sun rising, you make it that much better

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, worth all of the time I'm 'bout to give you, baby

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, give all of the time I should be working on me

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it (Mhm)

This is the night

(Something 'bout it's making me cry)

My soul, it did decide

(Feel my body shiver in your moonlight) Hey

And I need you to

(Let me have the time of my life)

Checked your credentials, South residentials

Ooh, baby boy, you got so much potential

(I could love you) Oh, I could love you

If I really wanted to

You could be, be my glass of wine

When the sun sets, help me exhale all the

Baby, bae, b-b-bae-b-b-baby, would you?

Would you make it all right?

Or maybe that much better?

If you wanted, you could make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, when I see the sun rising, you make it that much better, yeah

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, worth all of the time I'm 'bout to give you, baby

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, give all of the time I should be working on me

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Drip me out in six-carat Cartier rings, babe (Babe)

I'm sippin' on Chardonnay 2016, babe (On the top floor)

Something like a dream, baby

Somehow I'm so captured by you

And I'm rearranging all of my plans

As I'm holding my breath

As I hope you

Gonna make it worth it, ooh (Hey, hey)

Ooh, when I see the sun rising, you make it that much better

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it (Would you sing it with me?)

Ooh, worth all of the time I'm 'bout to give you, baby

So I hope you're gonna make it all worth it, worth it, worth it, worth it

Ooh, give all of the time I should be working on me

So I hope you're gonna make it all (Worth it, worth it, worth it)

This is the night

My soul, it did decide, yes

And I need you too

I'm all in, I can’t reverse it

So I hope and pray you make it worth it (Ah, ooh)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://music.apple.com/us/album/my-21st-century-blues/1647623993
2. ↑ https://www.royalalberthall.com/
3. ↑ https://music.apple.com/py/album/worth-it-live-at-royal-albert-hall-single/1715590537
4. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/track/7JgNAnCjJvL8hBR1kmCOFF