Desperation

Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
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  • Girl, you give me writer's block
    I'm at a loss for words
    Uh, my mind's as lost as yours
    I rack my brain but still no thoughts emerge
    Never seen no ass as large as yours, how much that cost?
    That's what I call a Roethlissplurge
    You drive me bonkers, I'm about to get my swerve on for sure
    Thought I was pimpin' 'til I felt like Nas, the first
    Date 'cause I think I gave you power when I gave you flowers
    In a vase, a box of chocolates, throat lozenges, cough drops and Certs
    Probably shoulda never let me call that job of yours
    To talk to your boss and ask him if you can take off from work
    Shoulda been one of the first signs that caused alert
    Man, we jumped in too fast
    'Cause since then I just can't be apart from her
    'Cause nobody's body's awesomer
    I lust her and she loves me 'cause I'm popular
    But you know this ain't love

    You know this ain't love, oh no (you know this ain't love)
    You know this ain't love, oh no (you know this ain't love)
    What is it then?
    It's desperation
    She's lookin' for Mr. Right (hey)
    Wants me to be that guy to her
    It's desperation
    I can't even put up a fight (hey)
    'Cause I give in at the sight of her
    And here I go again

    You were obviously oblivious to me
    I swore I was just invisible to you
    'Til I went to the lengths I did to meet you
    'Cause you played so hard to get with me from the beginning
    Now I'm in disbelief, I
    Never knew that this could be such misery, ah
    'Cause now you see nothin' but me
    And I don't see nothin' but you
    And I'm about to flip 'cause we are super glued in
    We stuck to each others hips and we can't
    Do anything individually, we're just too cling on
    Scared to be alone, can't specifically to describe it
    I just can't seem to give a reason
    That's definitive, just need ya
    Talkin' 'bout I live and breathe ya
    And you pretend to be as mentally and physically addicted to me
    As Wiz Khalifa is to reefer
    Don't wanna be without you
    Don't wanna be with you neither, bitch
    Put me in a situation in which it's both I wish to seek, 'cause this ain't

    You know this ain't love, oh no (you know this ain't love)
    You know this ain't love, oh no (you know this ain't love)
    What is it then?
    It's desperation
    She's lookin' for Mr. Right (hey)
    Wants me to be that guy to her
    It's desperation
    I can't even put up a fight (hey)
    'Cause I give in at the sight of her
    And here I go again

    Just want you to myself, don't wanna share you with no one else
    What the fuck you whispering for?
    You get on my nerves, you make me sick
    I think our relationship, it seems to be on the fritz
    I mean it's time that we just split and leave the
    Games behind, your frame of mind ain't the same as mine
    I think you need to finish developing
    A little more mentally to get the picture
    That's a negative, Alicia
    I will never give the keys up
    To the crib, ever again, no Visa
    Not even a gift certificate from Tiffany's
    You better have an epiphany, slut
    Guess what? What? The lease up
    I'm just mad the time it took to discover
    You were using me for loot like I used you for looks
    Oh, thought you was too good for me, huh?
    Yeah, toots, used to be my Carrie Underwood
    I was your lumberjack
    But I can't stomach this, I'm leavin' you, I'm not comin' back
    She said, "The fuck with that
    Where's my Louisville Slugger at?"
    She grabbed that fuckin' bat and swung it at my head
    I barely ducked and that's
    Right when she came up with a kick to the nuts twice
    Steel toe, it would of put a hundred-yard field goal through the uprights

    You know this ain't love, oh no (you know this ain't love)
    You know this ain't love, oh no (you know this ain't love)
    What is it then?
    It's desperation
    She's lookin' for Mr. Right (hey)
    Wants me to be that guy to her
    Lord, it's desperation
    I can't even put up a fight (hey)
    'Cause I give in at the sight of her
    It's desperation (and here I go again) Writer/s: Alexander Junior Grant, Jamie N. Commons, Marshall B. Mathers III
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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