"Meant to Be" is the second single / sixth and last track from Bebe Rexha's third Extended Play "All Your Fault: Pt. 2". It features country music duo Flordia Georgia Line. It is also featured on Expectations.
Background[]
Serving as the last song from the second installment of Bebe’s All Your Fault series, Meant to Be is a country-pop track with a que-sera-esque message. The track was released as the second single after The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) on October 24, 2017. Featuring bro-country duo Florida Georgia Line, the track was produced by Wilshire and written by Tyler Hubbard (of FGL), Rexha, David Garcia and Josh Miller. Meant to Be was noted by many critics as a suprise collaboration, and further solidified her recognition as a diverse recording artist. Billboard noted that All Your Fault: Part 2 featured almost no genre limitation, with the EP featuring trap, ‘pop-balladry’, ‘EDM-pop’, ‘art-damated world beats’ and ‘pop-country’ music.
Commercial performance[]
"Meant to Be" has so far peaked at number #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming her highest-charting single as a sole lead artist, passing "I Got You". It also debuted atop the Hot Country Songs chart, becoming Rexha's first entry on that chart and Florida Georgia Line's sixth number one.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Florida Georgia Line]
Baby, lay on back and relax
Kick your pretty feet up on my dash
No need to go nowhere fast, let's enjoy right here where we at
[Pre-Chorus: Florida Georgia Line]
Who knows, where this road is supposed to lead?
We got nothing, but time
As long as you're right here next to me, everything's gonna be alright
[Chorus: Florida Georgia Line]
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
So won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See, where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Verse 2: Bebe Rexha]
I don't mean to be so uptight
But my heart's been hurt a couple times by a couple guys, that didn't treat me right
I ain't gon' lie, ain't gon' lie
'Cause I'm tired of the fake love, show me, what you're made of
Boy, make me believe
[Pre-Chorus: Florida Georgia Line]
But hold up, girl, don't you know you're beautiful?
And it's easy to see
[Chorus: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
So won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See, where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Post-Chorus: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
So c'mon, ride with me, ride with me
See, where this thing goes
So c'mon, ride with me, ride with me
See, where this thing goes
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Bridge: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
Maybe we do
Maybe we don't
Maybe we will
Maybe we won't
[Chorus: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
But if it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be (take it, baby)
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be (c'mon)
Baby, just let it be (let's go)
So won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See, where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
[Outro: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line]
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be