CHANCE ON YOU
Love's Betrayal: Taking Risks and Facing DeceitLyrics
I took a chance on you
The speaker expresses having taken a risk or invested emotionally in someone.
I took a chance on you
-I took a chance on you
-All you do is lie
Accusation of dishonesty on the part of the person being addressed.
All you do is cheat
Accusation of infidelity or betrayal.
Playing with my heart
Suspicions about the person toying with the speaker's emotions.
Girl I know that you for the street
Belief that the person is suited for a promiscuous lifestyle.
I took a chance on you thinking you would hold me down
Regret and disappointment in expecting support from the person.
Got me looking like a clown
-I took a chance on you when nobody even knew yo name
Highlighting the speaker's initial support when the person was unknown.
Paid all your bills and gave you game
-Flu you to my city coped you a bag
Actions taken by the speaker to improve the person's life.
Tried to give you a life you never had
-Pray that you would be the one
Hopes for a genuine connection dashed by lies and deceit.
Lying to me for someone
-How You gonna do that to me
Expressing hurt and contemplating leaving the person.
Girl I should have left you in the streets
-I took a chance on you
Reiteration of the speaker's risk-taking and disappointment.
All you do is lie
-All you do is cheat
Reiteration of accusations of lying and cheating.
Playing with my heart
Repeating the emotional manipulation and awareness of the person's lifestyle.
Girl I know that you for the streets
-I took a chance on you
Reflecting on the expectation of loyalty from the person.
Thinking you would hold me down
-Got me looking like a clown
Expressing the feeling of being made a fool.
I took a chance on you
Reiteration of disappointment and accusations.
All you do is lie
-All you do is cheat
Reiteration of accusations of dishonesty.
Playing with my heart
Repeating the theme of emotional manipulation and awareness of the person's lifestyle.
Girl I know that you for the street
-I took a chance on you
Revisiting the hope for support and loyalty.
Thinking you will hold me down
-Got me looking like a clown
Reiterating the feeling of being made a fool.
I took a chance on you
Recalling the initial support when the person was unknown.
When nobody even knew your name
-Paid all your bills and gave you game
Describing efforts to improve the person's life.
Flu you to my city copped you a bag
-Tried to give you a life you've never had
Highlighting unreciprocated efforts to provide a better life.
When my dog said you was no good
Regret for not heeding warnings about the person.
Should've left you in the hood
-All yo student loans in my name
Revelation of financial deception and unfulfilled promises.
You told me that you was going to change
Expression of broken promises and failed change.
I took a chance on you
Recurrence of accusations of dishonesty.
All you do is lie
-All you do is cheat
Recurrence of accusations of infidelity.
Playing with my heart
Reiteration of emotional manipulation and awareness of the person's lifestyle.
Girl I know that you for the street
-I took a chance on you
Revisiting the desire for support and loyalty.
Thinking you will hold me down
-Got me looking like a clown
Reiterating the feeling of being made a fool.
I took a chance on you
Emphasizing the repeated pattern of dishonesty.
All you do in lie
-All you do is cheat
Emphasizing the repeated pattern of infidelity.
Playing with my heart
Repetition of emotional manipulation and awareness of the person's lifestyle.
Girl I know that you for a street
-I took a chance on you
Revisiting the expectation of loyalty and support.
Thinking you would hold me down
-Got me looking like a clown
Reiterating the feeling of being made a fool.
I took a chance on you
Recalling the initial support when the person was unknown.
When nobody even
-Knew your name
Reiteration of providing support when the person was unrecognized.
Paid all your bills and gave you game
Describing efforts to improve the person's life, with an emphasis on unfulfilled promises.
Flu you to my city copped you a bag
-Tried to give you a life you've never had
Emphasizing the disparity between efforts to improve the person's life and the actual outcome.
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