Janelle Monae's "My Favorite Nothing"

Apr 23rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Category: Fly Lyrics
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How many of us have ever stared true love right in the face, only to inexplicably allow it to pass us by? Though unfortunate, it happens more often than any of us may care to admit. As fate would have it, by the time we do come to our senses, it’s oftentimes too late to claim what should have been ours from the start. Janelle Monae eloquently expresses her own bout with this regrettable set of circumstances in “My Favorite Nothing,” this week’s Fly Lyrics feature.

The Lyrics:

My favorite nothing loved me so
And I’d trick him, he’d treat me
In the end I let go
I never found him worth my time
How selfish, when he’d give his life for mine

He even tried to make a new start.
Around, the time I said we needed time apart
I knew that sticks and stones would break your bones
But I didn’t know my words would break your heart

I can’t believe love just passed me by
I just looked love right in the eyes
I can’t believe love just passed me by
I can’t believe love just passed me by

See I’ve been hurt too many times before
I thought that you were going to hurt me too
Love lifts me up then brings me down…down, down
I really wish you were around (and now you’re gone)

I never gave you what was due you
I ended up just doing me
I wanted to apologize to you
But now it’s too late

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  • B Hess

    Always loved Janelle. She’s dope. And I think we’ve all experienced this at least once.

  • Kaliente

    DUnno if i experienced it yet…because i gave the wrong one the chance, i gave him my all. I hate dating now.

  • http://twoditzybroads.blogspot.com/ Bahama

    Can’t say i’ve ever been there..it’s a nice song though

  • B Hess

    What about the flip side though? Have you ever experienced being the one that gave your all, only to have the other person pass on being with you? It just happened to me, and after months of trying to get over him, this b*stard had the nerve to call say that he now knows that I am the one for him. F*ck that! I’m sorry. You had your chance, and you blew it! You aren’t my favorite nothing. You’re just nothing! (Whew! I’m sorry ya’ll, I had a moment! LMAO!)

  • Kaliente

    B HESS, u right…i din’t think of it like that. I was the one he let go to run the streets and be with the ratchett azz foot draggaz. LOL it’s crazy though because they always come back when they know they had a good woman, but after finding out our 4 year relationship was a lie, i can’t do it anymore…i cannot put up with a cheater. And we have a child together so we have to see each other, but I’m STTTTTTTTTRRRRRAIGHT lol and you good B hess, we all have our moments!

  • paj nonsense

    i feel you b hess, i know exactly what you are talking about because i went through the same exact thing about a year ago and he did the same thing to me as well. months later he wants to confess how he loves me and sh@t, by then i had moved on but i still think that i moved to fast even for my own self preservation. they say that you don’t miss a good thing until it is gone and i truly believe that. i know in the bottom of my heart i am a good woman and i choose to not let someone who cannot see that on their own detour me from finding the one that can see it! i love the words to the song and i think that ms. monae writes very well, good pick FG!

  • http://tsagrednerp.blogspot.com tsagrednerp

    Love her…Like the lyrics not sure about the music….

  • http://tsagrednerp.blogspot.com tsagrednerp

    Actually listening to it a couple times actually grew on me…

  • TBrad07

    I’m going thru somethin similar to this song becuz I’m used to gettin hurt so I think this one is going to screw up when actually he might be a good one…

  • TBrad07

    I didn’t get to finish lol so I’d better act right b4 I look up and he’s gone so I needed to hear this song so I could straighten up