Best Thing

Album: Here I Stand (2008)
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  • I mean, Ush' is this what it come to, man?
    This is how we gon' do it
    I mean, even grass grow baby, you know
    Seeds become plants
    Boys become men
    Want we gon' do?
    Let's lead the way, uh

    Wrapped around our girls like pashminas
    What's my demeanor?
    The grass is always greener on the other side
    To think of I cant give her a ring up
    I couldn't give a
    How could I give a finger?
    Let alone half baths and closets
    So claustrophobic in fear of close objects
    Now it's sorta like two-car garages
    It's like two broads menagin'
    You're the best, mama

    Is there any chance
    That you remember me being more than just a horrible man?
    And would you consider
    Pullin' this trigger
    And taking a second shot at romance?
    Oh, babe
    I want the days when you were my girl
    And I was your man
    Know I took you for granted
    But it wasn't 'til now I see how much I miss you
    Girl, I'm sorry that I ran the streets, actin' like a damn fool, yeah
    But for once, here goes the truth

    I can't be fake I can't be phony
    Actin' all hard, that's for homies that's lonely
    I tried to flex, but I confess, that when you left you took the very best thing
    The best thing that ever happened to me
    You took my best thing (yeah)
    The best thing that I ever seen
    You took the best thing (the best thing that I ever had, yeah)
    And now all I feel is stress (oh-oh), 'cause when you left you took the very best

    Remember Mimi or Vita? Remember Isha or Eva?
    I ain't got 'em no more, hey yes
    Naomi or Jenny, the same outcome is chillin'
    Girl, I let 'em all go
    No more trickin' and kissin' miscellaneous chicks
    Actin' like a jerk, woman I been to church
    And I talked to the bishop and he wanted me to share this with ya
    How much I miss you

    I'm so sorry that I ran the streets, actin' like a damn fool
    But for once here goes the truth

    I can't be fake I can't be phony
    Acting all hard that's for homies that's lonely
    I tried to flex, but I confess, that when you left you took the very best thing
    The best things that ever happened to me
    You took my best thing (yeah)
    The best thing that I ever seen, you took the
    (Best thing) the best thing that I ever had, yeah
    And now all I feel is stress, 'cause when you left you took the very best (uh)

    Mama tried to told me
    Hovie Hov to slow it down
    You gon' lose your best thing
    If you keep gettin' round
    Like PAC needed pot
    When you old to hold you down
    Ma forever young, was forever numb
    Sorry states are sorry done
    Your million and all of them
    All of 'em was funny time
    It wasn't you, it was him
    School me once, school me twice
    Three times, I was dumb
    Now it's so plain to see to me
    I got the one
    You the best, mama

    I can't be fake I can't be phony
    Actin' all hard that's for homies that's lonely
    I tried to flex, but I confess, that when you left you took the very best thing
    The best things that ever happened to me (happened to me)
    You took my best thing (you took the best of me)
    The best thing that I ever seen
    You took the best thing (ooh-ooh)
    The best thing that I ever had (ooh-whoa-oh)
    And now all I feel is stress (ayy)
    'Cause baby, when you left you took the very best Writer/s: Curtis Mayfield, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, Manuel Seal, Shawn Carter
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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