*Note, this is an excerpt from the yet to be published collection Everything But the Kitchen Sink. I’m putting myself out there y’all.
Shame
So this is a duet. Two ain’t shit partners who realize that they collectively ain’t shit. The perfect relationship.
Shame Written 2/16/05
1
This ain’t another break up song
That’s the last thing we need
But tell me why do you keep on killing me
I want you in my life
I want you in my heart
But you can’t seem to see
And you act like you’re in the dark
Cause it’s a goddamn shame
That you like to act this way
I don’t know what to do
For the sake of me and you
I want you in my heart
I want you for myself
Can’t stand being alone
Don’t want to be with nobody else
2
I ain’t the one tripping
You’re killing me inside
Because you keep coming back late at night
You look right past my face
You keep on playing games
If I’m doing wrong
Then we’re one in the same
Cause I cheat just like you do
Play the game by all the rules
I don’t know what to do
For the sake of me and you
I can’t see how you can look at me
Tell me all these damn lies baby
1
I can’t see how I’d allow you to drive me crazy
You want to break me down, break me down
2
Cause it’s a goddamn shame
That you like to act this way
I don’t know what to do
For the sake of me and you
I want you in my heart
I want you for myself
Can’t stand being alone
Don’t want to be with nobody else
Tell me now
Is this the way things are supposed to be
I wonder how
I ignored this problem, I just couldn’t see
Us falling
Into despair
You’re not being fair
To what I want
Or how I feel
1
I can’t see how you can look at me
Tell me all these damn lies baby
2
I can’t see how I’d allow you to drive me crazy
You want to break me down, break me down
Cause it’s a goddamn shame
That you like to act this way
I don’t know what to do
For the sake of me and you
I want you in my heart
I want you for myself
Can’t stand being alone
Don’t want to be with nobody else
