Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
USHER
Vocals
Shyne
Vocals
Twista
Vocals
Kanye West
Vocals
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
Songwriter
Bryan-Michael Cox
Songwriter
Usher Raymond IV
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
Producer
Bryan-Michael Cox
Co-Producer
Brian Frye
Recording Engineer
Chris Steinmetz
Additional Engineer
Doug Wilson
Additional Engineer
Ian Cross
Additional Engineer
John Horesco IV
Recording Engineer
Jun Ishizeki
Additional Engineer
Kevin Mahoney
Additional Engineer
Tadd Mingo
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Hey
Hey, what's up?
That you?
Yeah, listen
[Verse 1]
Baby, I know we said it's best we don't talk no more
But I gotta get it off my chest, like all the **** I've been hearin', babe
I, I thought you was that ride or die, you would never leave my side
I really made you out to be the woman that I would be with for life
I took in your kid, did everything that you wanted me to
Now I'm in the **** 'bout you frontin' on radio interviews
Do it make you feel good to lie, even though I know you wanna cry?
Hey, if you go and tell it, then you should have told everything
Instead of makin' me the bad guy
If you've got nothing good to say, then don't say nothing
'Cause if I really start talking, it'll be somethin'
So you cheated, I cheated, so be it, we need to leave it alone, move on
Too god****, hold up
[Verse 2]
Hello, you have a collect call from Franklin Correctional Facility
Will you accept the charges?
Yes, I'll accept it, what's up?
[Verse 3]
Sittin' in my cell, head about to burst
Wouldn't be alive if I didn't **** first
Had it made, sorry for the ricochet
But I'd be in the grave if I didn't let it spray
I never said that I was perfect
Nobody walking on this earth is (That's right)
That night, I woulda got murdered
If I ain't grabbed the ratchet and let them cowards have it, yeah
[Verse 4]
Listen up, listen up, listen up, world
Listen up, listen up, listen up, world
I gotta confess, this the hottest remix I ever did in my life
So, So Def
[Chorus]
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
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so throwed, I don't know what to do but to give you part two of my confessions (If you got something to confess to right now, step to the mic, Twista)
[Verse 5]
I confess about the incident when I was with a shorty in a Lexus Coupe
Your homie said she saw me but she didn't have proof
But I knew I really shoulda been just tellin' you the truth
And I confess about the days
I was rollin' my Seville with the custom gold grill
I was in the field, still lookin' for a thrill
And I knew it was bogus, I should have kept it real
And I confess that
Just when I thought I could really try to get away
With havin' other women on the side
But I never knew that it would catch up with a **** one day (That's real)
You gotta hear me, girl, I done learned a lesson
If you stay with me then it'll be a blessin', no stressin'
It'll never be no guessin'
'Cause I'm pourin' out my heart and these are my
[Chorus]
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 (Rock with me)
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
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so throwed, I don't know what to do but to give you part two of my confessions (Kanye, confess to the people, man)
[Verse 6]
Damn, how did she bring it up? How did she break it down?
Man, you at the clinic? Dog, slow down, that's your child
But if you keep it, then you gotta tell your girl you was cheatin'
And you went raw dog when you beat it
That's when she gon' tell you to beat it
And you know it ain't y'all little secret
You famous, you can't go nowhere, 'cause every time you go there
There's **** there, so basically you and your girl over
And I know when she broke the news you told her, "Man, don't say that"
Matter of fact, like Pat, don't say jack
Every time a **** sittin' on pay stacks
Things come up from way, way, way back
Way back, way back, way, way back
[Chorus]
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 (Rock with me)
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
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so throwed, I don't know what to do but to give you part two of my confessions
[Outro]
And this by far is the hardest thing I think I have ever had to do
To tell you, the woman I love
That I am 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
Written by: Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri Mauldin, USHER