Selfish

By Dumbfoundead

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Instrumental from Miguel's Sure Thing


Lyrics:


Its 1 am on a Wednesday and I swear im with the baddest chick

Its been months and she ain't question what are status is

I know her g spot, but I don't really know her

And she don't really know me, except I like it slower

I drink nightly till my vision is a blur

Party till it hurts, now my card is in her purse

Wake up to something that only started with a flirt

Been down this road before, you swear my car was in reverse


Before this girl it was her, and with her I was sure

Till I learned there was no such thing

Now I find myself messin with girls with low self esteem

Heres the person that you painted me to be


A selfish man, im a selfish man, this song was about you

Now its about me , livin without you, ain't hard as I thought it be


A sefish man, im a selfish man, girl you were good, the new one is better

She fell for it all, all the bullshit I fed her


The rules I don't need em, a fool for this freedom

Gave up what I had, true love for convenience

Let it go let it go let it go girl let it go let it go let it go girl

All the problems you had with me go and air it out

Those are problems that this new girl don't care about

Ya we keep everything on the surface

Ignorance is bliss, and this is damn near perfect

I needed part time love, wasn't fit for a career

Call my dark side up, and tell her to bring a blunt, it feels better when we fuck

I get mine, she gets hers there will never be an us, im

A selfish man, a selfish man, this song was about you now its about me, livin without you, ain't hard as I thought it be

A sefish man, im a selfish man, girl you were good, the new one is better, she fell for it all, all the bullshit I fed her


The rules I don't need em, a fool for the freedom

Gave up what I had, true love for convenience

Let it go let it go let it go girl let it go let it go let it go girl


I sleep around like im trynna get revenge, hoping that you'll hurt, but you don't even flinch

Seen you with your new mans im glad you found your prince, I know his kind I smell the stench


Of a selfish man , a selfish man, this song was about you now its about me

Livin without you, ain't hard as I thought it be


A sefish man, im a selfish man, girl you were good, the new one is better

She fell for it all, all the bullshit I fed her

“Livin without you, ain’t hard as I thought it be”
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Being as selfish as he is, he doesn’t feel that living without her ex is as hard as he thought it gonna be.

“A sefish man, im a selfish man, girl you were good, the new one is better She fell for it all, all the bullshit I fed her”
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He is stating that what they had in the past was true love but now that it has ended he is done with love;The new girl is gullible and will not question his lies or make the relationship difficult for him.

“Heres the person that you painted me to be”
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He’s blaming the girl he thought was “the one” for how he is now

“Ya we keep everything on the surface Ignorance is bliss, and this is damn near perfect”
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Basically they don’t tell each other how they’re feeling. As the old saying goes, ignorance is bliss. And they’re both so ignorant that it’s perfect. They just ignore problems and hope things are going to be fine.

“All the problems you had with me go and air it out Those are problems that this new girl don’t care about”
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He dumped his girl ‘cause she seemed to point out things about him that he needed to work on. Or they actually talked about problems. Whereas this new girl doesn’t care – explained further in the next line.

“Seen you with your new mans im glad you found your prince, I know his kind I smell the stench Of a selfish man”
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Suggesting that this girl may be attracted to a certain type because her new man, who she thinks is her prince, is just another selfish man.

“Before this girl it was her, and with her I was sure”
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Before he met this new girl, she was the only thing in his world. She was “the one”.

“Now I find myself messin with girls with low self esteem”
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“Girls with low self esteem” are generally easier to have sex with and manipulate. If you make them feel insecure about themselves, they will do anything to make you stay because they think that they won’t be able to get another man. It may be wrong, but as he says, he’s a selfish man.

“Till I learned there was no such thing”
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You might think you’ve found her, but it is just an illusion, what you’re looking for doesn’t even exist.

“Call my dark side up, and tell her to bring a blunt, it feels better when we fuck I get mine, she gets hers there will never be an us, im”
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Calls up his darkside (this bad girl?) And gets her to bring a blunt to improve the feelings in sex. They both get what they want out of it. they’re both selfish and want to please themselves. There isn’t an ‘us’ in the relationship. They’re both in it for themselves.

“Been down this road before, you swear my car was in reverse”
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Dumbfoundead has had casual, physical relationships many times before, and he always ends up going back to them.

With his car in reverse, it means he’s always looking backwards to the past, and is unable to move on to the future.

“The rules I don’t need em, a fool for this freedom Gave up what I had, true love for convenience”
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I think he’s basically saying that he doesn’t need a relationship and the ‘rules’ that come with it. Even saying that he gave up true love ‘cause he prefers the convenience and the freedom of being single.

“Now my card is in her purse”
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Dumb gets so drunk that his credit card essentially belongs to the girl, who can buy whatever when she pleases. See; gold digger hoe.

“I needed part time love, wasn’t fit for a career”
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He’s using these different types of jobs as a metaphor for the kind of love that he needed.

Part-time jobs have fewer hours a week, which gives you more freedom and time to do what you want.

As opposed to part time, a career is what you will do for the rest of your life (ie. most people consider flipping burgers just a job, whereas being a doctor is a career). This is taken much more seriously.

Dumb is saying that he needs his freedom and that a long term relationship is not for him.

“I know her g spot, but I don’t really know her And she don’t really know me, except I like it slower”
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They don’t know really anything about each other, other than what does it for themselves in bed. He can make her cum, she knows that he likes it slower etc.

“Its 1 am on a Wednesday and I swear im with the baddest chick Its been months and she ain’t question what are status is”
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He’s got a girl who he thinks is pretty decent. She’s been with him months and hasn’t even had a talk about where they both stand in the relationship (she’s seemingly quite happy with the sex and what not)

“A selfish man, im a selfish man, this song was about you Now its about me”
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He confirms what his ex girl had always claimed of him, he is a selfish man. Even showing it by making a love song about her, selfishly into something about him.

“I sleep around like im trynna get revenge, hoping that you’ll hurt, but you don’t even flinch”
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His old love has moved on, he tries to make her hurt and feel the pain he feels for the lost relationship by sleeping around;He is only fooling himself

“Wake up to something that only started with a flirt”
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Another night repeats itself, he gets so inebriated that he ends up bringing a random from the club home. She is most likely a one night stand and will result in nothing serious.