John Legend and Usher are two icons commonly considered to be "good guys”—one recently played the superbowl and the other is regularly featured in Pampers commercials. But have these guys always been American sweethearts? Listen to this episode to dive deeper into some of their lyrics, and the ways their songs glorify cheating, which is often overlooked
Confessions pt II - Usher
These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I can say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
These are my confessions
Man, I'm throwed and I don't know what to do
I guess I gotta give you part two of my confessions
If I'm gonna tell it, then I gotta tell it all (all)
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so throwed and I don't know what to do
But to give you part two of my confessions
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
'Bout that chick on part one I told ya'll I was creepin' with, creepin' with
Said she's three months pregnant and she's keepin' it
The first thing that came to mind was you
Second thing was, how do I know if it's mine and is it true?
Third thing was me wishin' that I never did what I did
How I ain't ready for no kid and bye bye to our relationship
These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I can say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way (yeah, yeah)
These are my confessions (these are my confessions)
Man, I'm throwed and I don't know what to do (no)
I guess I gotta give you part two of my confessions
If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all (all)
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so throwed and I don't know what to do (I don't know, I don't know)
But to give you part two of my confessions
Sitting here, stuck on stupid, tryin' to figure out
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)
I'm ridin' in my whip racin' to her place
Talkin' to myself, preparin' to tell her to her face
She opened up the door and didn't want to come near me
I said, "One second baby, please hear me"
These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I can say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
These are my confessions
Man, I'm throwed and I don't know what to do (so gone, so gone)
I guess I gotta give you part two of my confessions
If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all (all)
Damn near cried when I got that phone call (when I got it)
I'm so throwed and I don't know what to do (didn't know what to do)
But to give you part two of my confessions (but I need to you you, baby)
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
I hope you can accept the fact that I'm man enough to tell you this
And hopefully you'll give me another chance
This ain't about my career
This ain't about my life
It's about us, please
These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I can say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
These are my confessions
Man, I'm throwed and I don't know what to do
I guess I gotta give you part two of my confessions
If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all (all)
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so throwed and I don't know what to do
But to give you part two of my confessions
She Don’t Have to Know - John Legend
Ooh stealing moments just to be with you
Though it's wrong it's hard to tell the truth
Oh no she don't have to know
She don't have to know
When I meet you
I got my shades on to cover up my eyes
I'm hoping that nobody sees me passing by
Through my disguise
I still know, you recognize
But you
I know you got a little secret of your own
You sneaking out with me while your man's at home
You know your wrong
But it's so strong, still carrying on
I go
To the other side of town so I
Never risk the chance of catching her eye oh no
She don't have to know
She don't have to know
And ooh
Girl I know you're doing the same thing too
But I won't tell your man the things we do (oh no)
He don't have to know
He don't have to know
Someone's watching
We got to be careful next time or we're through
Damn it's so stressful doing the dirt we do
So sad but true
And I know one day
I'm going to pay
Then you ask me
To sneak out of town for just a day or three
Go to DC and hold hands publicly
All through the streets
Cause they don't know you and they don't know me
And oh
I'll feel sorry for mistakes we've made
There's no reason that we should tell her today
She don't have to know, she don't have to know
And oh
Though you give a lot of love to me
Girl I know I'm not the only one you see
But he don't have to know
He don't have to know
Oh it's getting crazy
I don't want to hurt my baby
And I know it's supposed to be the last time for you and I
But let's not end this way
Wait another day
Ohh
I don't wanna let you go
So I'll just get let her know
She don't have to know yeah
Oh I know you're gonna say things too
He don't, they don't have to know yeah