[Verse 1:]
Honest where I start from
I try and impart my wisdom
A combination of truth and fear
That’s the way it’s always been
My father and his before him
At times we hurt the …
[Verse 1]
Oh, pity me
I’m so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was I on my own
With no need to belong
And I wanted to die
That’s when …
[Verse 1]
Got some money, got some cash
I’m rich and now I’m sad
And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have
Got some boats on my plane
At the hotel …
[Intro]
Yeah
Polishin’ a goddamn sword, you know what I’m sayin’?
Polishin’ a sword (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
Concrete Family, Concrete Industries, Concrete Boys up, always, never down
(And this beat from Cash, not from …
When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
When the moon so long has been gazing down
On …
I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
I bet you start needing me
Soon as you see me with someone else
Somebody other than you1
And I know that it hurts
You know that it hurts your pride
But you thought the grass was greener on the other side2
I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
So I’m s’posed to believe that it’s Fellini’s3 calling your phone?
I’m s’posed to believe that they’re asking’ you if you’re home4
I wasn’t born yesterday, not me, can’t get that over me, not me5
I love you but I won’t be a fool for you
That is just something’ that I wouldn’t do, babe6
I mean I’mma stay if you could tell the truth
But you can’t, no matter how much time I ask7
Is that your bitch over there, giving me the ugly stare8
The one with the silicone ass, and the Brazilian hair?9
You ain’t gon’ respect me no no no ’til I’m not there
See I got you comfortable, now you ain’t really scared10
But I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
I bet you start needing me
Soon as you see me with someone else
Somebody other than you
And I know that it hurts
You know that it hurts your pride
But you thought the grass was greener on the other side
I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
So you bought me a car, he can buy that too
I can take care of myself and I can find someone to do it too, baby11
You actin’ like you upgraded me, I upgraded you12
You and me Fashion Week in Paris, I put you on to that new
But you took advantage of me, took advantage of, you took advantage
I cannot understand it, I cannot understand it, I cannot understand it
I thought you’d always be there for me, yeah yeah
But if you ask me if I knew betta now, hell yeah13
So you can keep that bitch over there, giving me the ugly stare
The one with the silicone ass, and the Brazilian hair?
You ain’t gon’ respect me no no no ’til I ain’t there
See, I got you comfortable, now you ain’t really scared
But I bet you start loving me, soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
I bet you start needing me, soon as you see me with someone else
Somebody other than you
And I know that it hurts, you know that it hurts your pride
But you thought the grass was greener on the other side
I bet you start loving me, soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
Baby, tell me what’s it, gonna take to keep it
All the way one-hundred14
You won’t get it till I’m gone away (Away)
I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
I bet you start needing me
Soon as you see me with someone else
Somebody other than you
And I know that it hurts
You know that it hurts your pride
But you thought the grass was greener on the other side
I bet you start loving me
Soon as I start loving someone else
Somebody better than you
I hate, I hate that I’m singing this song, singing this song
‘Cause I love you, yeah I love you oh
I’m all cried out, I’m all tried out, I’m all fired out hey
Right now it’s killing me, ’cause now I have to find someone else
When all I wanted was you15
Ciara predicts that the phenomenon of desiring someone who is already invested in a romantic relationship will occur when a suitor sees her with another man.
“You thought the grass was greener on the other side” means that her suitor was formerly her partner, and he left her for another lover.
Fellini’s is a name used here for a pizza shop, an excuse made up to lie about who is on the other end of the phone line.
Obviously a pizzeria would never call to ask whether someone is at home. Ciara caught her lover in a lie.
Ciara says she’s not stupid. She can’t be fooled.
Although Ciara is hurt, she has enough self-respect to move on from the relationship if necessary.
Ciara doesn’t have faith in her boyfriend’s honesty.
Ciara is offended that her lover could fall for such a rude girl.
A “silicone ass” and “Brazilian hair” indicate that the girl is a fake. She doesn’t have a real body.
“You ain’t really scared” means that the guy doesn’t perceive any threats to his relationship with her.
Ciara says that she doesn’t need her ex-partner in any way, whether financially or romantically.
Ciara insists she was “out of his league.”
Ciara regrets engaging in a relationship full of lies. She looks back on her past man as fraudulent.
That is, 100% truthful.
Although Ciara spent most of the song being bitter about her former lover, she now realizes that despite his unfaithfulness, she actually loved him. Filling the void left in her heart now is no easy matter.
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