Appetite

Album: Here I Stand (2008)
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  • Usher Usher
    Yeah man, true story
    Real G's with me on this one
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

    Wifey home, wedding band I'm a lucky man (man)
    You'd think I'd be satisfied and truthfully yes I am (am)
    But lately, only late at night I find it hard to sleep
    Stay struggling with the part of me that wants to run the streets
    My Mac is in my backpack, I'm surfing on the sites
    I'm chatting, this ain't cheating, just telling myself a lie (oh)
    And it's almost like I'm caught up and living another life
    Man, I'm hungry for something, I need to feed this appetite

    Tempted I must confess, but I better not make a mess
    Better give my girl my best, put my B.S under arrest
    'Cause I love my lady
    Fellas if ya love your girl, fight that appetite for the ladies, appetite for the ladies
    Coulda picked up the phone, could of ended up doing wrong
    Man, I miss home, but I ate my dinner at home, 'cause I love my lady
    Fellas if ya love your girl, fight that appetite for the ladies, appetite for the ladies

    I'm not tryna be late, rush through security gates
    With weather in Atlanta, all out goin' flights delayed (oh)
    No rooms left in the Mandarin, I gotta figure out a play (play)
    Sparked up some conversation, she was going the same way (way)
    We started talking business, she handed me a card (card)
    We exchanged information, I rented me a car (car)
    While I'm driving, she calling, I'm thinking this is how it starts
    Fine as hell but I don't wanna break my baby's heart, no no

    Tempted I must confess, but I better not make a mess (ayy)
    Better give my girl my best, put my BS under arrest (hey, 'cause)
    'Cause I love my lady
    Fellas if ya love your girl, fight that appetite for the ladies, appetite for the ladies
    Coulda picked up the phone (hey), could of ended up doing wrong (oh, oh-I)
    Man I miss home, but I ate my dinner at home, 'cause I love my lady (I love)
    Fellas if ya love your girl, fight that appetite for the ladies, appetite for the ladies

    They call me U-S-H-E-R R-A-Y-M-O-N-D
    And I just wanna do right by my lady
    But lately I been slippin' up, fantasies 'bout dimes on the side
    Dark tint on my ride, I gotta 10 in ride, I can hide
    I can't lie (lie), but ever since I put that band on my hand
    More chicks tryna get at me
    Then I know what to do
    Just tryna handle my grown man B.I
    Got a girl, I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose
    Break her heart, I don't wanna do, I don't wanna be that fool
    Make that move
    Bend 'em a bit, but never break the rules
    Bend a bit but never break the rules (ooh-ooh)

    Tempted I must confess ('fess), but I better not make a mess (make a mess)
    Better give my girl my best, put my B.S under arrest
    'Cause I love my lady
    Fellas if ya love your girl, fight that appetite for the ladies, appetite for the ladies (hey, hey)
    Coulda picked up the phone, could of ended up doing wrong (oh, oh-oh)
    Man I miss home, but I ate my dinner at home, 'cause I love my lady (my lady, yeah yeah)
    Fellas if ya love your girl, fight that appetite for the ladies, appetite for the (ooh)

    She got the door locked, and the lock don't fit, your key
    Yeah, you punchin' up her numbers in the ADT
    You'll be wonderin' how the hell I let this happen to me
    Better not feed, feed, feed, that appetite
    Now your baby's gone, you putting out an APB
    Yeah, some other brother, been tossin' up your PYT
    Get caught slippin' you gone wish you would of listened to me
    Brother don't feed, feed, feed, that appetite

    Usher, Usher, Usher Writer/s: Balewa Muhammad, Brian Casey, Ezekiel Lewis, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Lonnie Seal, Manuel Seal, Marcella Araica, Nate Hills, Usher Raymond
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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