Have You Ever Listened to the Lyrics of the Songs of Your Youth?

I'll admit I was your typical teenage girl when it comes to the music I listened. I loved 'N SYNC, Backstreet Boys, Usher, and other pop stars to which some I am ashamed to list here but still enjoy them from time to time. I have been listening to a lot of music from those years lately. The only thing is, I've realized that either the years past have given me new insight or I never really paid attention to the lyrics. I was listening to Usher's Confessions. As I listen, I let my mind start doing commentary between the lyrics and I start to crack myself up. How did these songs become so popular? It's about some idiot who is about to get blackmailed and needs to come clean to his girlfriend about a long term affair and to add salt he got the woman pregnant. I say idiot because he was stupid enough to do it in the first place and then is disillusion enough to actually think there's hope his girlfriend will stay by his side. To be fair to all my guy friends, I'm not in anyway shape or form saying all guys cheat or that only guys cheat; this is just the song I chose for tonight. I'll pick from female artist too.

I got lyrics from A-Z LYRICS (www.azlyrics.com).

Part 1
Every thing that I've been doing is all bad
I got a chick on the side with a crib and a ride
(Good, so you’ll have a place when I kick your ass to the curb)
I've been telling you so many lies ain't nothing good it's all bad
And I just wanna confess 'cause it's been going on so long
(…and you’re telling me now, why?)
Girl I've been doing you so wrong and I want you to know that
Everything that I've been doing is all bad
I got a chick on the side with a crib and a ride
I've been telling you so many lies ain't nothing good it's all bad
And I just wanna confess 'cause it's been going on so long
Girl I've been doing you so wrong and I want you to know that
[Verse 1]
Every time I was in L.A. I was with my ex-girlfriend
Every time you called I told you,
"Baby I'm working." (No!)
I was out doing my dirt (Oh!)
Wasn't thinkin' 'bout you gettin' hurt
(I) was hand in hand in the Beverly Center like man
Not givin' a damn who sees me
(And now someone saw, right?...Why else you feel like you need to say something?)
So gone (I know)
So wrong (just listen)
Acting like I didn't have you sittin' at home
(Good, so it won’t be that hard to get use to?)
Thinkin' about me
Bein' a good girl that you are
But you probably believe you got a good man
(Don’t worry, won’t confuse you for that again)
I man that never would do the things I'm about to tell you I've done
Brace yourself
It ain't good
But it would be even worse if you heard this from somebody else
(Yup, that’s what I thought, someone wants to tell on ya.)

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
If I could turn back the hands of time and start all over I would
stead of everything being all bad baby everything will be all good
(well yea, you’ve already had your fun. Really, ya think you’re ready to settle down now)
I don’t wanna lose you but I know what I'm telling you ain't gonna’ make you wanna stay, probably just make you run away or
(If the only thing I do, is walk (run) away, you’re lucky)
mad enough to punch me in my face
(Don’t grasp the gravity of the situation, cuz if ya did, your face wouldn’t be the only thing hurting)
I've been living like an idiot and I deserve every bit of it
(Damn, straight)
I know, today is the day that I end all the lying and the playing and the bullshit
(What makes you think you can just change overnight, huh?)
Girl, I'm sorry baby I'm sorry
But I can no longer walk around with this stress on my chest
(Stress from what exactly, from getting caught? Does that count?)
I confess...

[Chorus]
Can you break it down....

Part 2

Watch this...
(Who you talking to?)

[Chorus:]
These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I could say
(ya, done screwed up again?)
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
(Phrased that wrong, present tense.)
These are my confessions
Man I'm thrown and I don’t know what to do
I guess I gotta give part 2 of my confessions
(You guess…still doubting)
If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all
(oh, going to tell it all now…this time)
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
(Expecting…pity, sympathy?)
I'm so throwed and I don't know what to do
(Could tell you, but you may not like it)
But to give you part 2 of my confessions

[Verse 1]
Now this gon' be the hardest thing I think I ever had to do
Got me talkin' to myself askin' how I'm gon' tell you
(hmmm…you could tell the truth and brace yourself, I can’t be held responsible for the pain I inflict on you)
'bout that chick on part 1 I told ya'll I was creepin' with, creepin' with
Said she's 3 months pregnant and she's keepin' it
The first thing that came to mind was you
(If you really thought of me, you wouldn’t be in this situation…it’s too late to think of me now)
Second thing was how do I know if it's mine and is it true
(Might want to figure out, but either way, it’s safe to assume we’re done)
Third thing was me wishin' that I never did what I did
(Again, too little too late)
How I ain't ready for no kid and bye bye to our relationship
(well least you’re not completely crazy and know I’m leaving)

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Sittin here stuck on stupid, tryin to figure out
(Must been stuck on that for awhile, huh?)
When, what, and how I'ma let this come out of my mouth
Said it ain't gon' be easy
But I need to stop thinkin', contemplatin'
Be a man and get it over with (over with)
(Be what? A man? A good man wouldn’t do what you did)
I'm ridin' in my whip
Racin' to her place
Talkin' to myself
Preparin' to tell her to her face
She open up the door and didn't want to come near me
(Well, duh, you think she’s gonna welcome a cheat with open arms)
I said "one second baby please hear me"

[Chorus]

[Breakdown]
This by far is the hardest thing I think I've ever had to do
To tell you, the woman I love
That I'm having a baby by a woman that I barely even know
(You know her enough to have a long affair with her, should have thought a little more)
I hope you can accept the fact that I'm man enough to tell you this
And hopefully you'll give me another chance
(Which planet are you from, really another chance?)
This ain't about my career
Yet, you use it to make a hit song...)
This ain't about my life
It's about us
Please

[Chorus]